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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 Term | Credits |
BIOLOGY 106 [BSCI] | 4 |
CHEM 105 [PSCI]1 | 4 |
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
BIOLOGY 107 | 4 |
CHEM 106 | 4 |
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
MATH 140 [QUAN] or 171 [QUAN]2 | 4 |
Second Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Communication [COMM] or Written Communication [WRTG] | 3 |
CHEM 345 | 4 |
MBIOS 301 | 4 |
PHYSICS 1013 | 4 |
Second Term | Credits |
CHEM 346 | 3 |
MBIOS 305 | 3 |
MBIOS 306 | 2 |
PHYSICS 1023 | 4 |
Social Sciences [SSCI] | 3 |
Complete Writing Portfolio | |
Third Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Degree Program Elective | 3-4 |
Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
MBIOS 303 | 4 |
Electives4 | 6 |
Second Term | Credits |
PHIL 365, or Humanities [HUM] | 3 |
Degree Program Elective | 6-8 |
Electives4 | 6 |
Fourth Year | |
First Term | Credits |
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS], Humanities [HUM], or Social Sciences [SSCI] | 3 |
Degree Program Elective | 3-4 |
Degree Program Elective [M] | 2-4 |
Electives4 | 8 |
Second Term | Credits |
Degree Program Elective | 3-4 |
Degree Program Elective [M] | 2-4 |
Integrative Capstone [CAPS] | 3 |
Electives4 | 6 |
Footnotes
1 | CHEM 101 may be taken prior to CHEM 105. |
2 | MATH 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. |
3 | An elective may be substituted for PHYSICS 101/111 and 102/112 if it is not required for entrance to a graduate or professional program. |
4 | Students are encouraged to pursue a minor. |
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