Pre-Medicine/Biology Option
This option is offered within the following major(s):
The Pre-Medicine/Biology option is designed to meet the requirements for most medical schools in the U.S., but students should consult the requirements for specific schools before they apply because requirements can change. The option can also be used to meet the requirements for physician assistant, pharmacy and some other health professions. The option couples the comprehensive biological sciences background of the Biology major with intensive physiology laboratory experiences and important social science requirements. Dedicated health profession advisors work with Pre-Medicine/Biology option students to integrate essential professional experiences during their time at OSU.
Option Code: 714
Options in the Biology major require 15 or fewer additional credits (one term) beyond the basic Biology major, and most students can complete the additional Pre-Medicine/Biology option course work in four years. The Pre-Medicine option requires a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA in major and option course work. Courses used to satisfy the Pre-Medicine option requirements also satisfy the Physiology, Writing Intensive Course, Biology and Society, Physics or Computational and Quantitative Applications, and Experiential Learning or Integrative Biology Elective requirements in the Biology major. Several courses may also be used to satisfy areas of the Baccalaureate Core.
Students may not pursue either the Pre-Medicine, Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Veterinary Medicine or Physiology and Behavior options within the Biology major—no dual combinations of these options are permitted.
Students interested in private practice should also consider taking BA 260 or BA 315.
For further information, see MyDegrees or the Integrative Biology website.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core | ||
| BI 109 | HEALTH PROFESSIONS: MEDICAL | 1 |
| PHAR 210 | TERMINOLOGY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES | 2 |
| PHL 205 | *ETHICS | 4 |
| or PHL 444/REL 444 | *BIOMEDICAL ETHICS | |
| PSY 201 & PSY 202 | *GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY and *GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY | 8 |
| SOC 204 | *INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (required for pre-medical students) | 3-4 |
| or ECON 201 | *INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS | |
| PH 201 & PH 202 & PH 203 | *GENERAL PHYSICS and *GENERAL PHYSICS and *GENERAL PHYSICS | 15 |
| Writing Intensive Course (WIC) | ||
| BI 319 | ^THEORY, PRACTICE AND DISCOURSE IN THE LIFE SCIENCES | 3 |
| or MB 385 | ^EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND EPIDEMICS | |
| Medicine, Health and Society | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3-4 | |
| *ANTHROPOLOGY, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| *CANCER: SOCIETY'S MALIGNANT SHADOW | ||
| *MOLECULAR MEDICINE | ||
| *INTRODUCTION TO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM | ||
| *SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL HEALTH DETERMINANTS | ||
| *HIV/AIDS AND STIS IN MODERN SOCIETY | ||
| *GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH | ||
| *HISTORY OF MEDICINE | ||
| *DISEASE AND SOCIETY | ||
| Physiology | ||
| Select one of the following tracks: | 14-15 | |
| Comparative Vertebrate Track | ||
| COMPARATIVE/FUNCTIONAL VERTEBRATE ANATOMY | ||
or Z 425 | EMBRYOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT | |
| VERTEBRATE PHYSIOLOGY I | ||
| VERTEBRATE PHYSIOLOGY II and VERTEBRATE PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY | ||
| Human Track | ||
| ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY and ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY and ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY | ||
| ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY and ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY and ADVANCED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY | ||
| Experiential Learning or Biological Science/Psychology Electives | ||
| Select one of the following tracks: | 3-5 | |
| Track I Experiential Learning Credits | ||
| Select any combination of three credits from the following or GS 410 Medical Preceptorship credits by approval: | ||
| TEACHING PRACTICUM (by approval) | ||
| RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP (by approval) | ||
| ADVANCED TEACHING PRACTICUM (by approval) | ||
| INTERNSHIP (by approval) | ||
| Track II Biological Science/Psychology Elective | ||
| Select one course from the following: | ||
| ADVANCED CELL BIOLOGY | ||
| FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE HUMAN MUSCULAR SYSTEM (by application only - limited summer enrollment) | ||
| MONSTER BIOLOGY | ||
| DISEASE ECOLOGY | ||
| IMMUNOLOGY (MB 417 lab is optional) | ||
| THE HUMAN MICROBIOME | ||
| GENERAL PARASITOLOGY | ||
| HUMAN NUTRITION SCIENCE | ||
| HUMAN LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT | ||
| ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY | ||
| PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF TOXICOLOGY | ||
| VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY (Z 372 lab is optional) | ||
| EMBRYOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT (if not used above) | ||
| BEHAVIORAL NEUROBIOLOGY | ||
or BB 360 | INTRODUCTION TO NEUROSCIENCE | |
| Total Credits | 56-61 | |
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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)
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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)