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Pre-Dental Program
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Pre-Medicine and Pre-Dental at Carroll
Admission to medical or dental school requires completion of courses in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and English. The choice of a major field of study is left open to the student; however, most premedical and predental students at Carroll choose to major in biology or chemistry since the major programs in these fields include many of the courses required for admission.
Courses Required for Medical School Admission:
- BI 171-172 Biological Principles I & II
- BI 221 Cell Biology
- BI 300 Genetics
- CH 101-102 General Chemistry
- CH 301-302 Organic Chemistry
- CH 353 Biochemistry
- PHYS 201-202 Physics I & II
- MA 121-122 Differential and Integral Calculus
- MA 207 Elementary Statistics
In most cases, students enter medical or dental school after completing a four-year undergraduate degree program. Occasionally, highly qualified students enter after three years. A student who enters medical or dental school after three years of undergraduate study may receive the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in biology from Carroll College under the following conditions:
1. Successful completion of the first three (3) years of course work in the major program. The courses include:
* BI 171-172 Biological Principles I and II
* 3 additional four credit courses in biology at the 200 level or higher (predental students should include BI 305 Microbiology among these courses)
* CH 101-102 General Chemistry
* CH 301-302 Organic Chemistry
* CH 353 Biochemistry
* PHYS 201-202 Physics I and II
* MA 131 Calculus of Single Variable Functions
OR MA 121-122 Differential and Integral Calculus
* MA 207 Elementary Statistics
2. Fulfillment of all Carroll College Core Curriculum with the following exceptions:
Six (6) credits are required in social science (instead of nine); and nine (9) credits are required in philosophy and theology - three (3) in one and six (6) in the other (instead of six in each);
3. Successful completion of the first two (2)years of professional school; and
4. Application for a degree and receipt by the Registrar's Office of an official transcript from the professional school.
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