The pre-professional program for pre-medical students is a program of advising for students preparing to apply to medical school. The advice is based on requirements and recommendations of American medical schools and the requirements for a bachelor's degree at College Park. The pre-medical advisor is prepared to assist students in setting career objectives, selecting undergraduate course work to meet the admissions criteria of the professional schools, and in all phases of the application process itself.

The recommendations made during advising are meant to prepare the student to take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) in the spring of the junior year or the following summer. The courses in italics are needed in order to be prepared for this test.

Application to medical school is made during the summer-fall of the senior year. Medical school admissions committees generally request or require an evaluation from the student's pre-medical advisor. It is important, therefore, for the student to contact the pre-medical advisor early in the academic career and to become familiar with the proper procedures necessary in the evaluation and application process.

Biological Science Technical Electives