Pre-Medicine Requirements Often, Biological and Agricultural

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Pre-Medicine Requirements

Often, Biological and Agricultural Engineering students seek to enter medical school with an

emphasis in bioengineering, giving them the advantage of having a marketable engineering

degree as well as academic training appropriate for modern medicine. To meet the

requirements for admission to most medical schools, students must select some courses

required for medical school admission from electives in the biological and agricultural

engineering curriculum. It is also necessary to take additional course work above the

requirements for the biological and agricultural engineering program. The undergraduate

program is accredited by ABET.

Below is a table outlining the requirements of the pre-medicine program and

which BAEN courses can be taken to meet the requirements.

The minimum prerequisite requirements for medical school are as follows and require a

grade of "C" or better. Admission to medical school is extremely competitive. Schools will

examine your grade point average for your overall science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics and

Math BCPM), and overall course work.

Pre-Medicine

Requirement

BAEN Curriculum Additions/Substitutions

6 hrs

English

ENGL 104 and ENGL 210

3 hrs

Statistics

STAT 211 is required in BAEN curriculum

8 hrs Biology (introductory)

BIOL 111 is required in BAEN (we will substitute for

BIOL 113) and BIOL 112 in addition to BAEN curriculum

6 hrs Biology (advanced)**

BAEN 302 and GENE 301/BICH 410 are required in the

BAEN curriculum

8 hrs Chemistry (inorganic)

CHEM 101/111 and CHEM 102/112 (only 4 hours of

CHEM 102/112 count towards the BAEN curriculum)

8 hrs Chemistry (organic)

CHEM 227 is required in BAEN curriculum (we will

substitute for CHEM 222); CHEM 237 (lab), CHEM

228/238 in addition to BAEN curriculum

8/10

hrs

Physics with lab

PHYS 218/208 are required in BAEN curriculum; newer

catalogs will require PHYS 206/216 and PHYS 207/217

3 hrs Biochemistry**

BICH 410 in addition to BAEN curriculum (required only

for certain medical schools in TX – contact the OPSA

advisors for details)

** For schools that Biochemistry is not a prerequisite, Biochemistry 410 will fulfill one of the

Upper Level Biology requirements (with the exception of UT-Southwestern).

Some out of state institutions and private Texas medical schools require additional

courses. Please refer to their specific website for detailed information and contact them by

email with any questions specific to their course requirements.