Pre-Medical Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

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The Pre-Medical Post-Baccalaureate Program is committed to identifying self-motivated students who have the compassion, commitment, and potential to become excellent medical or dental school applicants. The program is geared for career changers who have a bachelor’s degree outside of the hard sciences and have taken few, if any, of the courses listed below. Our post-baccalaureate program gives students an opportunity to demonstrate that they are prepared for the academic rigor of health professional school. If you are interested in helping improve the lives of others through medicine or dentistry, we invite you to apply.

Program Outcomes

Students will:

Gain the scientific knowledge required to apply to medical or dental school
Learn how to become a competitive applicant

Program Requirements

Eight courses are required to complete the certificate, and are chosen in consultation with the Program Director. Typical coursework includes:

CHEM 110 General Chemistry I , CHEM 111 General Chemistry I Lab , CHEM 112 General Chemistry II , CHEM 113 General Chemistry II Lab
CHEM 220 Organic Chemistry I , CHEM 221 Organic Chemistry I Lab , CHEM 222 Organic Chemistry II , CHEM 223 Organic Chemistry II Lab
BIOL 101 General Biology I , BIOL 111 General Biology I Lab , BIOL 102 General Biology II , BIOL 112 General Biology II Lab
PHYS 253 General Physics I , PHYS 254 General Physics II
CHEM 370 Biochemistry
Health Professions Advising I and II*
MATH 122 Calculus for the Life Sciences I (if needed)

*Health Professions Advising I and II are not included in the eight courses needed for the certificate.