Four-Year Suggested Sequence of Courses
B. S. in Biology with an Emphasis in Pre-Medical


This is a possible 4-year schedule for a biology major who is just entering ESU and wishes to apply to either medical or osteopathic schools. It ensures that you complete the general education and biology requirements, that you have enough hours (45) that are 300 or above, that you have enough total hours (124), and that the necessary mathematics, physics, and chemistry courses have been completed before taking the Medical College Admissions Test at the end of the junior year. There are several places in the schedule where substitutions can be made and these are indicated by footnotes. At least one General Education class must be a multicultural intensive section. While a shuffling of this schedule is possible, you should be forewarned that withdrawal from a class may extend the college experience beyond eight semesters.
freshman, fall
        freshman, spring
English Comp. IEG 1013        English Comp. IIEG 1023
Principles of BiologyGB 1403        Biology of AnimalsZO 2143
Principles of Biology LabGB 1411        Biology of Animals LabZO 2151
College AlgebraMA 1103        Basic EconomicsEC 1013
Chemistry ICH 1233        Chemistry IICH 1263
Chemistry I LabCH 1242        Chemistry II Lab.CH 1272

Jazz DancePE 132f1
total15        total16

sophomore, fall
        sophomore, spring
College Physics IPH 1403        College Physics IIPH 1423
College Physics I LabPH 1412        College Physics II LabPH 1432
Public SpeakingSP 1013        MicrobiologyMC 3162
Mod. World CivilizationHI 102a3        Microbiology LabMC 3172
Human Anat. & Phys.ZO 3623        World Regional GeographyGE 101b3
Human A & P LabZO 3632        Intro. to PhilosophyPI 225e3
total16        total15

junior, fall
        junior, spring
Organic Chemistry ICH 5723        Organic Chemistry IICH 5743
Organic Chem I LabCH 5732        Organic Chem II LabCH 5752
Intro. to PsychologyPY 100d3        Art AppreciationAR 105c2
Biology of PlantsBO 2123        General GeneticsGB 4253
Biology of Plants LabBO 2131        General Genetics LabGB 4261
Personal FinanceBU 241h3        Lifetime FitnessPE 1001

Biology elective(>300)4
total15        total16

senior, fall
        senior, spring
Cell BiologyMC 540g3        Vert. Structure & Devel.ZO 5153
Principles of EcologyEB 4803        Vert. Str. & Dev. LabZO 5162
BiochemistryCH 560i3        Intro. to SociologySO 101d3
Theater AppreciationTA 125c2        Statistics IPY 520j3
Any Elective(>300)3        Any Elective 3
Biology Elective(>300)3
total17        total14

a World Cultures to 1500 (HI 101), U.S. History to 1877 (HI 111), or U.S. History since 1877 (HI 112) could substitute
b Intro to Cult. Antro (AN 110), Internat. Relat. (PO 330), or 1st semester foreign language
c Must have two of the three of Art Explor. (AR 105), Music Explor. (MU 226), and Theater Appreciation (TA 125)
d Must have two of the three of Intro. to Govt. & Politics (PO 100), Intro. to Sociology, and Intro. to Psychology (PY 100)
e Introduction to Literature (EG 207) could substitute
f Any PE activity course could substitute
g Environmental Physiology (ZO 762) or Mammalian Physiology (ZO 570) could substitute
h Marriage & Family (SO 261) or Health for Human Wholeness (HL 150) could substitute
i Highly recommended by KU Medical School
j Highly recommended by KU Medical School, Calculus I (MA 161) could substitute
Last updated on 7 November 2006.
Provide comments to Dwight Moore at mooredwi@emporia.edu.
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