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Semester Course Information

Pre-Health Quarter to Semester Prerequisite Course Comparison Chart

Quarters:If you completed this by SP 26 Semesters: Beginning Fall 26, Consider TAKING these Equivalent Courses:
General Biology  
BIO 150 & BIO 161 BIO 3352
BIO 161  BIO 1150 & BIO 3352  
BIO 161 & BIO 162  BIO 1150 or BIO 3352   
No biology coursework completed yet   BIO 1150 & BIO 1151 
Microbiology  
No microbiology coursework completed yet

MCRO 2224: General Microbiology I

or

MCRO 2221: Introduction to Microbiology

Anatomy and Physiology   
Anatomy & Physiology for non-Bio majors

BIO 2231 & BIO 2232 (For non-Bio majors)

*BIO/MCRO majors will not be permitted to take this series for degree credit beginning Fall 26

Some but not all of this coursework: BIO 406, 407, 408, 409

BIO 4431 & BIO 4432

(For BIO or MCRO major degree credit)

General Chemistry  
CHEM 124 or 127 Take CHEM 1122 and a semester of general chemistry at a community college to complete the general chemistry sequence and units needed for professional schools
CHEM 124 & CHEM 125
or 
CHEM 127 & CHEM 128

Take CHEM 126 or CHEM 129 in Summer 26 (last time offered) or

the second semester of general chemistry at a community college to complete the general chemistry sequence and units needed for professional schools

No general chemistry coursework completed yet CHEM 1120 & CHEM 1122
Organic Chemistry  
CHEM 216 Take CHEM 2242 and a semester of organic chemistry at a community college to complete the organic chemistry sequence and units needed for professional schools
CHEM 216 & CHEM 217/220 or CHEM 217/CHEM 221

Take CHEM 218 & CHEM 223 in Summer 26 (last time offered) or

the second semester of organic chemistry at a community college to complete the organic chemistry sequence needed for professional schools

No survey of organic chemistry coursework completed yet  CHEM 2240 (CHEM 312)
No organic chemistry coursework completed yet CHEM 2242 & CHEM 2244
(CHEM 216, CHEM 217/221, CHEM 218/223)
Biochemistry  
No Biochemistry coursework completed CHEM 3350 (CHEM 314) or CHEM 3352 (CHEM 369)
Physics  
PHYS 121 PHYS bridge course for PHYS 122 offered during 2026-27 academic year only & PHYS 1123
PHYS 121 & 122 PHYS 1123
PHYS 121 & 123 PHYS bridge course for PHYS 122 offered during 2026-27 academic year only
No physics coursework completed yet PHYS 1121 & PHYS 1123

Calculus-Based

Physics

 
PHYS 141 Bridge course for PHYS 142 offered during 2026-27 academic year only & PHYS 1143
PHYS 141 & PHYS 142 PHYS 1143
PHYS 141 & PHYS 143 Bridge course for PHYS 142 offered during the 2026-27 academic year only
No calculus-based physics coursework completed yet PHYS 1141 & PHYS 1143
Calculus for Life sciences To meet a year of Math/STAT coursework, consider taking:
Math 161 Take STAT 1110 and one additional STAT course to complete a year of Math
No Calculus for Life Sciences completed MATH 1264 & MATH 1265
General Calculus  
MATH 141 Take MATH 1263 bridge course in Fall 26 and MATH 1262 in Spring 27
MATH 141 & MATH 142 Take MATH 1263 bridge course in Fall 26
No general calculus coursework completed MATH 1261 & MATH 1262
Statistics  
No statistics coursework completed STAT 1110 (STAT 218)

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