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Undergraduate Course Requirements

Most entering students complete a baccalaureate degree before enrolling. Students, however, may enroll with 90 semester hours of college work or without a baccalaureate degree, provided their academic record and intellectual capacity, dedication to service, capacity for effective interactions, and life experiences are comparable or superior to those students who complete the baccalaureate degree.

The following courses are required with at least a grade of a "C" from a fully accredited college or university in the U.S. and must be completed before or by the time of enrollment.  Beginning with the Entering Year 2012 application, applicants will be required to fulfill 3 semester hours of Statistics to fulfill the math requirement. Calculus will not be an option to meet this requirement:

Undergraduate Course Requirements

General Biology (with labs)

8 semester hrs. (or 12 quarter hrs.)

Advanced Biological Sciences

6 semester hrs. (or 9 quarter hrs.)

o   3 semester hrs. or 5 quarter hrs. of Biochemistry is recommended

General Chemistry (with labs)

8 semester hrs. (or 12 quarter hrs.)

Organic Chemistry (with labs)

8 semester hrs. (or 12 quarter hrs.)

General Physics (with labs)

8 semester hrs. (or 12 quarter hrs.)

Math-Based Statistics

3 semester hrs. (or 5 quarter hrs.)

English

6 semester hrs. (or 9 quarter hrs.)

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS

47 semester hrs. 71 quarter hrs.

The Statistics course should be taught in the Math or Statistics Department. Statistics courses taught in other departments may be considered with appropriate documentation from faculty.