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General Studies - Basic Medical Sciences Plan B

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General Studies - Basic Medical Sciences Plan B (120 Credits)

At least 40 of the 120 hours for the degree must be at the 300-400-level.
First Year
First TermCredits
BIOLOGY 106 [BSCI]4
CHEM 105 [PSCI]14
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS]3
HISTORY 105 [ROOT]3
Second TermCredits
BIOLOGY 1074
CHEM 1064
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG]3
MATH 140 [QUAN] or 171 [QUAN]24
Second Year
First TermCredits
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG]3
CHEM 3454
MBIOS 3014
PHYSICS 10134
Second TermCredits
CHEM 3483
MBIOS 3053
MBIOS 3062
PHYSICS 10234
Social Sciences [SSCI]3
Complete Writing Portfolio
Third Year
First TermCredits
Degree Program Elective43 or 4
Diversity [DIVR]3
MBIOS 3034
Foreign Language, if necessary, and/or Electives56
Second TermCredits
PHIL 365 [HUM], or Humanities [HUM]3
Degree Program Elective46 - 8
Foreign Language, if necessary, and/or Electives56
Fourth Year
First TermCredits
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS], Humanities [HUM], or Social Sciences [SSCI]3
Degree Program Elective43 or 4
Degree Program Elective [M]42 - 4
Electives57
Second TermCredits
Degree Program Elective43 or 4
Degree Program Elective [M]43 or 4
Integrative Capstone [CAPS]3
Electives56

Footnotes
1CHEM 101 may be taken prior to CHEM 105.
2MATH 106 may be taken the first semester as a prerequisite to other MATH courses and as a co-requisite to CHEM 105. MATH 108 may also be needed. In addition to either MATH 140 or 171, a statistics course is highly recommended, and for some programs, required.
3An elective may be substituted for PHYSICS 101/111 and 102/112 if it is not required for entrance to a graduate or professional program.
4Degree Program Electives: A combination of 39 science credits, with 21 credits in 300-400-level courses, is required. 20 credits must be selected from the following list and must include a minimum of one each BIOLOGY, MBIOS, and NEUROSCI: BIOLOGY 251, 315, 321 [M], 324, 333, 350, 352, 353, 393 [M], 405, 418 [M]; MBIOS 304, 360 [M], 401, 402 [M], 413, 414, 423, 440, 442, 446; NEUROSCI 301, 403 [M], 404, and 430 [M].
5Students are encouraged to pursue a minor.

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