A student who is interested in medicine or dentistry as a profession should select a degree program which will adequately prepare him or her for entry into professional school yet provide ample opportunity to pursue additional interests in varied academic disciplines.
Most schools stress a four-year degree program as the best possible preparation.
Students with poor high school preparation or low ACT scores should not attempt to complete all the work in two semesters. Programs of study in the remaining years will be designed in consultation with an adviser in the student's major department. The mathematics and chemistry courses must be selected in accordance with the requirements of the student's major field of concentration and placement test scores. These students should select Chemistry 1017 and 1018 . Students in a curriculum that requires Mathematics 2111 should consult an adviser or the catalog description of the major department before registering for chemistry.