Pre-Med Info

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Most if not all of this info can be found at premed.uark.edu as well as a lot more. If you have a hard question or one you can't find on that website, you best bet is just emailing one of the advisors.

1 Advisors
2 Course requirements
3 Usefull Links

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Advisors

If you have any questions at all it would probably be best to contact one of them.

For Seniors and Juniors:
Dr. Neil Allison
(479) 575-5179
nallison@uark.edu

For Freshman and Sophomores
Dr. Jeanne McLachlin
(479) 575-5348
jeannem@uark.edu

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Course requirements

This should give you some idea of wwhat you need to take to prepare for med school. However Each School is different. If you have a specific school in mind you should probably either look at their website of email the advisors.

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for UAMS

2 SEMESTERS* BIOLOGY
2 SEMESTERS GENERAL CHEMISTRY (University Chemistry I & II or Chemistry for Majors I & II)
2 SEMESTERS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (Organic Chemistry I & II or Organic Chemistry for Majors I & II)
2 SEMESTERS PHYSICS (College Physics I & II or University Physics I & II)
2 SEMESTERS MATHEMATICS (College Algebra, Plane Trigonometry, Finite, Precalculus, *Calculus)
2 SEMESTERS ENGLISH (Comm 1313 and any ENGL or H2P)

2 SEMESTERS or the equivalent usually means 6 credit hours for non-science courses or 8 credit hours for science classes, which includes 3 hours of lecture credit and 1 hour of laboratory credit per course.

- Calculus is not a specific requirement for UAMS but most medical school applicants complete at least Calculus I. If students have either AP credit for Calculus or complete only Calculus I as an undergraduate, the UAMS College of Medicine does not require a second mathematics course

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for MCAT

Many students who are not Biology majors choose to take more than the minimum 2 semesters of Biology required by medical schools to be better prepared for the MCAT exam. Some recommended classes include the following:

Comparative Anatomy or Human Anatomy
Comparative Physiology or Human Physiology
General Microbiology
General Genetics
Cell Biology

and other useful classes:
Biochemistry (Introduction to Biochemistry or Biochemistry I & II)
Essay Writing
Philosophy (Introduction, Logic or Introduction to Ethics)
American National Government or Introduction to Comparative Politics

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Other Courses

Courses recommended prior to medical school

CPR
Cell Physiology
Biochemical Genetics
Developmental Biology
Embryology
Histology
Immunology
Interpersonal Communication
Mechanisms of Pathogenesis
Medical Terminology for Health Professions
Microbial Genetics
Neurobiology
Virology

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