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Pre-med Class Requirments

Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics
Popular Pre-med Majors at Pitt

Biological Sciences

  • 8 credits

    • BIOSC 0150 - Foundations of Biology 1

        • 3 credits

    • BIOSC 0050 - Foundations of Biology 1 Lab

        • 1 credit

    • BIOSC 0160 - Foundations of Biology 2

        • 3 credits

    • BIOSC 0060 - Foundations of Biology 2 Lab

        • 1 credit

Chemistry

  • 16 credits

    • CHEM 0110 - General Chemistry 1

        • 4 credits

    • CHEM 0120 - General Chemistry 2

        • 4 credits

    • CHEM 0310 - Organic Chemistry 1

      • 3 credits

    • CHEM 0320 - Organic Chemistry 2

      • 3 credits

    • CHEM 0345 - Organic Chemistry Lab

      • 2 credits

Physics

(algebra-based; calculus-based also acceptable)

  • 8 credits

      • PHYS 0110 - Introduction to Physics 1

        • 3 credits

      • PHYS 0111 - Introduction to Physics 2

        • 3 credits

      • PHYS 0212 - Introduction to Laboratory Physics

        • 2 credits

Mathematics

  • 4 credits

      • MATH 0220 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1

        • 4 credits

Besides taking the required courses, you'll also need to take some upper-level science courses. If you're majoring in one of the hard sciences this won't be a problem (since your curriculum requires so many science courses anyway), but if you're a humanities or social sciences major, you'll need to work closely with your academic advisor to fit additional science courses into your plan of study. Biochemistry, human physiology and genetics are highly recommended (try to finish these before you take the MCAT); statistics and neuroscience are also good choices.

Popular Pre-med Majors at Pitt

Biological Sciences

Microbiology

Psychology

Neuroscience

Molecular Biology

Natural Sciences

In addition to taking courses in math and science, most medical schools also require at least 6 credits in English. If you are enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences, this requirement is easy to fulfill, since you'll probably have to take General Writing (ENGCMP 0200) and a literature course to complete your general education requirements. Just make sure that the course you choose for your literature requirement is a class offered by the English Department. If you are not enrolled in CAS, be sure to work with your academic advisor to make sure that 6 credits in English will fit into your curriculum. If you can't fit English in, you may want to consider taking a couple courses over the summer, just to be sure that you fulfill the requirement.


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