Allopathic Medical Schools with Additional Science Course Requirements 2015 For many U.S. medical schools, the minimum required science courses for admission include one year each with laboratory of general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, and introductory biology. This table lists medical schools that have additional science requirements beyond those core courses. Nearly all medical schools encourage applicants to take upper level courses in biology, especially biochemistry, to prepare for medical studies. For students with AP/IB credits in biology, a course in biochemistry will not satisfy the general biology requirement at most medical schools. If you have AP/IB credits for science courses, be sure to check carefully the policies regarding acceptance of AP credits for each medical school where you intend to apply. Medical schools prefer (and some require) that students supplement their AP/IB credits by taking upper level college courses with labs in the same subjects. In addition to science and math prerequisites several medical schools also require specific coursework in behavioral science, psychology or social science. You should carefully review information about these requirements on each school s web site because there are different specifications for which academic disciplines meet the behavioral and the social science requirements. It is important early in your academic career to review the requirements of your state medical schools to determine their complete set of requirements. You must complete all required courses prior to matriculation. Note that medical schools in Puerto Rico require 3-4 semesters of Spanish grammar/literature courses. The information in this table was compiled from the 2015 edition of the Medical School Admissions Requirements (MSAR) published online by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC; www.aamc.org) and from a July 2014 review of individual medical school websites. Only schools with specific requirements are listed in this table. This table is only meant to be a guideline. In cases where there were discrepancies between the requirements listed in the MSAR and on the individual medical school admissions office web site, the information from the medical school web site was entered into the table. You should review the MSAR and medical school websites for course recommendations before applying to individual medical schools. Note: Below the table there is a listing of medical schools that do not have formal course requirements for 2015 admissions; instead, these schools have adopted a competency based approach to admissions. Check each school s admissions office web site to learn more about how they will assess academic competencies in specific areas and if they will require supplemental information from applicants. Medical School Arizona University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Arkansas University of Arkansas College of Medicine California University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Connecticut Yale University Required Courses 1 semester physiology (only one of organic now required) 1 semester upper level biology (only one of organic now required)
Florida Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University Florida State University College of Medicine University of Florida College of Medicine University of Miami School of Medicine University of South Florida Georgia Georgia Regents University Hawaii University of Hawai i John A. Burns School of Medicine Illinois University of Illinois College of Medicine Indiana Indiana University School of Medicine Iowa University of Iowa College of Medicine Louisiana Louisiana State - Shreveport Maryland Johns Hopkins University Massachusetts Harvard Medical School Michigan Michigan State University College of Human Medicine University of Michigan Medical School Minnesota Mayo Medical School 2 semesters of additional science coursework (may be satisfied by natural sciences or courses in mathematics) 1 semester of biochemistry (or one of organic and one biochemistry) 1 semester advanced chemistry (this can be met by two semester of organic chemistry or one of organic and one of biochemistry) 1 semester cell and molecular biology 1 semester advanced level biology 1 advanced biology course 1 advanced biology course (can be interwoven with second semester of organic chemistry); see admissions website for more info from one of the following areas: anatomy, biochemistry, cell biology, embryolog genetics, microbiology, molecular biology, immunology, neuroscience, or physiology
Mississippi University of Mississippi School of Medicine Missouri University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine Nebraska University of Nebraska College of Medicine Nevada University of Nevada School of Medicine New Hampshire Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth New Mexico University of New Mexico School of Medicine New York New York Medical College SUNY Upstate Medical University Stony Brook University School of Medicine North Carolina Duke University School of Medicine Ohio Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Ohio State University School of Medicine Oklahoma University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Oregon Oregon Health and Sciences University School of Medicine 2 semesters advanced science courses 1 semester cell biology See website: http://dukemed.duke.edu/modules/ooa_applicant/index.php?id=21 1 semester anatomy (For more information on options to complete the requirement including online and community college courses see http://medicine.osu.edu/admissions/md/preparing/pages/index.aspx, cellular biology or molecular biology
Texas Texas A&M University System Health Science Center Texas Tech, El Paso Texas Tech Lubbock University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston University of Texas Medical School at Houston University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Utah University of Utah School of Medicine Washington University of Washington West Virginia Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine West Virginia University School of Medicine Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health 1 semester advanced biological sciences 1 semester upper level biology 1 additional semester of upper level biology 2 semesters of upper level biology 1 semester cell biology Other Chemistry/Biology courses ; visit their website for complete information /organic chemistry 1 semester advanced level biology Medical Schools with No Requirements 2015 The following schools have no formal course requirement. Please see individual schools admissions web site for information further details. California Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Stanford University of Medicine Illinois Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Louisiana Tulane University School of Medicine New York Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine New York University School of Medicine Ohio University of Cincinnati Pennsylvania Drexel University College of Medicine (moving to this model but without a date listed) Sydney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania South Carolina Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine Tennessee East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine Virginia University of Virginia