Physics, B.S., Pre-Medicine Concentration

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Pre-Medicine Concentration (21 Hours)

In addition to the core set of physics and mathematics courses, the pre-medicine concentration allows courses from biology and chemistry to complete the requirements for the degree. The concentration also provides the set of physics, chemistry, and biology courses required for admission to most medical schools. Note that BIOL 2107 /BIOL 2107L and BIOL 2108 /BIOL 2108L are prerequisites for BIOL 3800 and other upper-division biology courses.

Required Chemistry Courses (8 Hours)

CHEM 2400 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 2410 - Organic Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours

Select one of the following options (2 Hours)

CHEM 2400L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours and
CHEM 2410L - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
CHEM 2100 - Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2 Hours

Required Biology Course (3 Hours)

Select one of the following.

BIOL 3240 - Applied Medical Physiology 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 3800 - Molecular Cell Biology 3 Credit Hours

Electives (10 Hours)

Select ten hours from the following or other courses approved by the undergraduate director.

BIOL 3240 - Applied Medical Physiology 3 Credit Hours (unless used above)
BIOL 3250 - Human Physiology Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
BIOL 3800 - Molecular Cell Biology 3 Credit Hours (unless used above)
BIOL 3810 - Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory-CTW 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 3880 - Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 3890 - Microbiology Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
BIOL 3900 - Genetics 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 3910 - Genetics Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
CHEM 3110 - Intermediate Organic Chemistry Laboratory II 2 Credit Hours
CHEM 3400 - Structure and Reactivity of Biomolecules 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 4600 - Biochemistry I 5 Credit Hours
NEUR 3000 - Principles of Neuroscience I 4 Credit Hours
NEUR 4001 - Computational Neuroscience Laboratory 4 Credit Hours
or
PHYS 4001 - Computational Neuroscience Laboratory 4 Credit Hours
NEUR 4330 - Functional Neuroimaging 3 Credit Hours
or
PHYS 4710 - Functional Neuroimaging 3 Credit Hours
NEUR 4340 - Neurophysics 3 Credit Hours
or
PHYS 4340 - Neurophysics 3 Credit Hours
PHYS 3560 - Mathematical Methods and Computational Physics II 3 Credit Hours
PHYS 4300 - Teaching Physics 1 to 2 Credit Hours
PHYS 4310 - Teaching Physics Practice 1 Credit Hours
MATH 4258 - Vector Calculus 3 Credit Hours
MATH 4265 - Partial Differential Equations 3 Credit Hours