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Entrance Requirements
Alternative pathways to entrance requirements
- If you were excused from Introductory Biology by virtue of AP credits or placement exam, you may fulfill the requirement by completing 8 credits of biology with laboratory. These credits may come from a single course or several, do not need to occur in consecutive terms, and can be in any area of biology.
- If you were excused from General Chemistry and/or General Physics by virtue of AP credits or placement exam, you may fulfill the entrance requirement by completing an additional undergraduate science course, or courses, that have a laboratory. These must total at least 8 credit hours if one of the courses is replaced and 16 if both are replaced. This alternative may comprise a single course or several, and need not occur in consecutive terms. Courses in biology, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, physical anthropology, engineering and psychology, for example, are appropriate if accompanied by a laboratory.
- Up to half of the 8 credit hour organic chemistry requirement may be fulfilled with a course in biochemistry with laboratory. No other science coursework may be substituted for the organic chemistry requirement.
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