Medicine

The requirements for admission to medical school (including osteopathy, podiatry, and veterinary medicine) and the courses which are prerequisites for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) are more or less the same. The MCAT is based upon a core of work in the sciences which should be completed before attempting the test. Consult the Dimensions web site located at http://cornellcollege.edu/dimensions/, or consult the pre-med advisors (Barbara Christie-Pope and Craig Tepper) for further information.

Requirements

At Cornell the essential minimum preparation consists of the following courses:

BIO 141 - Foundations: Cellular Biology (1)
BIO 142 - Foundations: Organismal Biology (1)
BIO 205 - Cell and Molecular Biology (1)
CHE 121 - Chemical Principles I (1) AND CHE 122 - Chemical Principles II (1) OR CHE 161 - Accelerated General Chemistry (1)
CHE 225 - Organic Chemistry I Lecture (1)
CHE 326 - Organic Chemistry II Lecture (1)
CHE 327 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1)
PSY 161 - Fundamentals of Psychological Science (1)
STA 201 - Statistical Methods I (1)

And Either

PHY 141 - Introductory Physics I (1) , PHY 142 - Introductory Physics II (1) OR PHY 161 - General Physics I (1) , PHY 162 - General Physics II (1) & PHY 263 - Laboratory Physics (1)

Other Relevant Courses are

BIO 211 - Evolution (1)
BIO 313 - Developmental Biology (1)
BIO 315 - Genetics (1)
BIO 326 - Microbiology (1)
BIO 327 - Immunology (1)
BIO 328 - Neurobiology (1)
BIO 329 - Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology I (1)
BIO 330 - Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology II (1)
CHE 334 - Biochemistry (1)
INT 121 - Communication in Education (1) found under “Interdepartmental”