Please refer to the current SIUE catalog or the Biology Department Web Page for detailed specialization requirements.

Science Course Requirements
Chemistry Minors
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Science Course Requirements

Biology	Required Core: 120--Zoology (4), 121--Botany (4), 220--Genetics (4), 319--Cellular and Molecular Biology (4)
	Required: 340--Physiology (4), 497 (or 492ab or 492cd)--Senior Assessment (2)
	Required: Chem. 451ab--Biochemistry (3,3)
	Electives: 8 credit hours to include one 400-level course in addition to Chem 451ab
	Recommended electives: 350--Microbiology (4), 335--Immunology (3), 421--Human Genetics (3), 451-Microbial Pathogenesis (3), 441--Advanced Physiology (3), 431--Advanced Cell Biology (3), 493--Research in Biology (2-4)
Chemistry	121ab--General Chemistry (4,4), 125ab--General Chemistry Laboratory (1,1)
	241ab--Organic Chemistry (3,3), 245--Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)
Mathematics	Math 150--Calculus (5)
Statistics	Statistics 244--Statistics (4) (required for majors declared after summer, 2005)
Physics	Physics 206ab--College Physics (5,5)
	optional substitute: 211,212--University Physics, University Physics Laboratory
Recommended Courses	Philosophy 320 (Ethics) or 321 (Ethics in the Medical Community) (3)

Notes:
1) Some coursework may be completed at a two-year school and transferred to SIUE as determined by the university and the biology department. As a general rule, microbiology and anatomy and physiology taken at a two-year school are not accepted for credit toward a biology major, although they may be accepted as hours toward graduation. If you complete an A.S./A.A. degree, you should plan to take a very rigorous course selection and load once you begin to take classes at SIUE. Questions, as usual, should be addressed to your advisor.
2) Some pre-professional students may want to consider a specialization other than medical science that may better meet their needs. Pre-PT, pre-OT and pre-PA students especially might be interested in the integrative biology specialization. (BIOI).

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Chemistry Minors

As a biology/medical science major, you will have sufficient hours of chemistry to qualify for a chemistry minor if you take biochemistry through the chemistry department and if you declare the minor. Chemistry 451a and b count as one 400-level course and 6 hours of credit toward a biology major.

Note that the biochemistry that you apply to a chemistry minor must be taken through the chemistry department.

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Veterinary Medicine

University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine

Dental School

Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine
Useful Link:Predental Information
Useful Link:American Dental Association

Medical Schools

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/Chicago Medical School
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
Northwestern University Medical School
Rush Medical College
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
University of Illinois/Chicago College of Medicine
University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign College of Medicine
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Useful Link: American Association of Medical Colleges

Pharmacy

SIUE School of Pharmacy
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
UIC College of Pharmacy Midwestern College of Pharmacy

Podiatry

Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine

Optometry

Southern College of Optometry
University of Missouri-St. Louis School of Optometry
Illinois College of Optometry
Useful Link:American Schools and Colleges of Optometry

Other Useful Links for Preprofessional Students
(Let me know if you know of some I should add!)

Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program (both dentistry and medicine)

http://www.navyjobs.com