COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Medical schools require a bachelor’s degree and dental schools require at least three years of college.  The MINIMUM course entrance requirements, as stated by most medical and dental schools are followed here by MSU courses that fulfill the requirements:

One year or more of English:
                  WRIT-101W - College Writing I
                  WRIT-201 - College Writing II
                  LIT-110IH - Intro to Lit
                  Honors courses in English, including Texts and Critics
                     UH 201/202

One year of Biology (with labs):
                  BIOL 101 - Biology of Organisms and
                  BIOL 102 - Molecular & Cellular Biology or
                  BIOL 213-214-215 (for Cell Bio/Neuroscience majors)

Note: the following are good electives to complement the basic biology (choose at least two).
                  BIOL 207 - Anatomy & Physiology I (Required by many dental schools)
                  BIOL 208 - Anatomy & Physiology II
                  BIOL 311 - Vertebrate Embryology
                  BIOL 301 - Genetics*
                  BIOL 302 - Advanced Cellular & Molecular Biology
                  BIOL 410 - Advanced Human Anatomy
                  BIOL 411- Animal Physiology *
                  MB 201 - Infectious Diseases*
                  MB 301 - General Microbiology I  
                  * no lab

One year of Inorganic Chemistry (with labs):
                  CHMY 141 - College Chemistry I
                  CHMY 143 - College Chemistry II
                  or Honors College Chemistry – CHMY 151/153

One year of Organic Chemistry (with labs):
                  CHMY 321 - Organic Chemistry I
                  CHMY 323 - Organic Chemistry II
                  or Honors Organic Chemistry – CHMY 331/333

Also highly recommended:
                  BCHM 340 - General Biochemistry

One year of Physics (with labs):
                  PHYS 205 - College Physics I
                  PHYS 206 - College Physics II
                  or PHYS 211 - General & Modern Physics I
                  PHYS 212 - General & Modern Physics II
                  or Honors General and Modern Physics PHYS 221/222

Competence in Mathematics:
                  M-161-Q - Survey of Calculus and STAT 216
                  or  M-171Q & M-172Q - Calculus I & Calculus II

Some schools may require one or two courses in behavioral science, the second of which should be an upper division course (e.g., PSYX-100IS and PSYX-340).

Some schools have additional requirements and also strongly recommend specific courses, such as additional courses in biology, the social sciences and humanities.