PRE-MEDICAL COURSEWORK
As a pre-medical student, I had to complete many medical school prerequisite courses, many of which fall outside of the Spanish and International Health Studies major. Listed below are all of the medical school prerequisite classes I completed during my college career.
Fall 2019
BIOL 1030, BIOL 1050, CH 1010, & STAT 2300
BIOL 1030: General Biology (I)
This courses discusses an evolutionary approach to cells, cellular activities, genetics, and animal diversity emphasizing the processes of science.
BIOL 1050: General Biology Laboratory (I)
This course is the laboratory to accompany BIOL 1030. This laboratory emphasizes developing laboratory techniques, becoming familiar with biological instrumentation, and performing investigations and interpreting results in the areas of biochemistry, cell biology, and molecular biology.
CH 1010: General Chemistry (I)
This course serves as an introduction to the elementary concepts of chemistry through classroom and laboratory experience. It emphasizes chemical reactions and the use of symbolic representation, the mole concept and its applications and molecular structure. It includes a laboratory component.
STAT 2300: Statistical Methods (I)
This course introduces basic concepts and methods of statistical inference; organization and presentation of data, elementary probability, measures of central tendency and variation, tests of significance, sampling, simple linear regression and correlation. It further stresses the role of statistics in interpreting research and the general application of the methods. Statistical microcomputer software is used in the laboratory component of this course.
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Spring 2020
BIOL 1040, BIOL 1060, & CH 1020
BIOL 1040: General Biology (II)
This course is a continuation of BIOL 1030. It includes an evolutionary approach to human anatomy and physiology, plant diversity, morphology, and physiology and principles of ecology.
BIOL 1060: General Biology Laboratory (II)
This course is the laboratory to accompany BIOL 1040. This laboratory also emphasizes developing laboratory techniques, becoming familiar with biological instrumentation, and performing investigations and interpreting results in the areas of organismal structure, physiology, and ecology.
CH 1020: General Chemistry (II)
This course is a continuation of CH 1010 that discusses solutions, rates of reactions, chemical equilibrium, electrochemistry, chemistry of selected elements, and an introduction to organic chemistry. It also includes a laboratory component.
Summer 2020
COMM 1500, PSYC 2010, & SOC 2010
COMM 1500: Introduction to Human Communication
This course is an overview of theoretical approaches to the study of communication, including the theory and practice of interpersonal/small group/intercultural/public communication. It includes a laboratory, which involves presenting verbal speeches and various group presentations.
PSYC 2010: Introduction to Psychology​
This course serves as an introduction to the study of behavior. It analyzes the biological bases of behavior, learning, thinking, motivation, perception, human development, social behavior, and the application of basic principles to more complex phenomena such as education, personal adjustment, and interpersonal relations.
SOC 2010: Introduction to Sociology​
This course addresses the sociological perspective: the study of contemporary groups, organizations, and societies in terms of human social behavior, social change, social structure, and social institutions.
Fall 2020
BIOL 2220, CH 2230, & CH 2270
BIOL 2220: Human Anatomy and Physiology (I)
This course addresses basic concepts in integrated human anatomy and physiology. It covers cells and tissues; integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems; sensory organs. Physiology is also stressed. It also includes a laboratory component.
CH 2230: Organic Chemistry (I)
This is an introductory course in the principles of organic chemistry and the derivation of these principles from a study of the properties, preparations, and interrelationships of the important classes of organic compounds.
CH 2270: Organic Chemistry Laboratory (I)
This laboratory involved the synthesis and properties of typical examples of the classes of organic compounds.
Spring 2021
BIOL 2230, CH 2240, & CH 2280
BIOL 2230: Human Anatomy & Physiology (II)
This course is a continuation of BIOL 2220 covering endocrine, reproductive, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, urinary, and digestive systems; fluid and electrolyte balance. Physiology is also stressed. It also includes a laboratory component.
CH 2240: Organic Chemistry (II)
This course is a continuation of the content covered in CH 2230.
CH 2280: Organic Chemistry Laboratory (II)
This laboratory is a continuation of the experiments conducted in CH 2270.
Summer 2021
PHYS 2070, PHYS 2090, PHYS 2080, & PHYS 2100
PHYS 2070: General Physics (I)
This is an introductory course that covers topics such as mechanics, waves, fluids, and thermal physics.
PHYS 2090: ​General Physics Laboratory (I)
This is an introductory laboratory course that covers such topics as mechanics, waves, fluids, and heat.
PHYS 2080: General Physics (II)​
This course is a continuation of PHYS 2070 and covers topics such as electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics, and modern physics.
PHYS 2100: General Physics Laboratory (II)​
This is a continuation of the laboratory experiments in PHYS 2090 and covers such topics as electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, optics, and modern physics.
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Fall 2021
BCHM 3050 & MICR 3050
BCHM 3050: Essential Elements of Biochemistry
This course serves as an introduction to structure, synthesis, metabolism and function of biomolecules in living organisms.
MICR 3050: General Microbiology​
This course discusses the morphology, physiology, classification, distribution, and cultivation of microorganisms. It also includes a laboratory component.
Fall 2022
BCHM 2050 & BIOL 4610
BCHM 2050: Clinical Undergraduate Research Experiences in Surgery (CUREs)
This course provides juniors interested in a career in medicine an opportunity to conduct research in a clinical setting. Students participate in a clinical research project designed by physicians at Prisma Health. In addition, students are exposed to different medical procedures through clinical interactions with both practitioners and patients. Students reflect on their experiences and present them to the class.
BIOL 4610: Cell Biology​
This course is centered around an in-depth analysis of how and where intracellular and extracellular molecules control general and specific cellular functions such as gene expression, secretion, motility, signaling, cell-cycle control and differentiation.
Spring 2023
BCHM 2050: CLINICAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN SURGERY (CURES)
This course provides juniors interested in a career in medicine an opportunity to conduct research in a clinical setting. Students participate in a clinical research project designed by physicians at Prisma Health. In addition, students are exposed to different medical procedures through clinical interactions with both practitioners and patients. Students reflect on their experiences and present them to the class.