The following courses are required for admission into Southwestern Medical School.  It is suggested, but not required, that all premedical course requirements be completed prior to application.  All requirements must be fulfilled before enrollment into the medical curriculum.  The required courses must be taken at a regionally-accredited U.S. college or university.  Advanced placement credit is accepted, if the school granting the credit lists the specific course(s) and number of units granted per course on the official transcript. 

BIOLOGY
Two years as required for science majors, one year must include formal laboratoy experience.  Minimum of 14 semester credit hours required, 8 for year with lab, and 6 for remainder or 12 lecture hours and two lab hours. Must have grade of C or better.

Includes all biology courses applied toward baccalaureate degree in traditional science field.
Includes courses in general biology, zoology, botany, microbiology, genetics, ecology, immunology, parasitology, ornithology, anatomy and physiology, entomology, pathophysiology, marine biology and herpetology.  One semester of biochemistry will be accepted toward fulfilling this requirement.   Any courses for non-science majors or courses taught for health career majors (nursing, pharmacy or allied health sciences) are not accepted.  UT Southwestern strongly recommends taking at least one semester of biochemistry.

CHEMISTRY
One year of general (inorganic) chemistry and one year of organic chemistry as required for science majors including corresponding laboratory experience in both years.   Minimum of 16 semester credit hours (8 inorganic and 8 organic) required. Must have grade of C or better.

Must be a course that is applied toward baccalaureate degree in any traditional science field. Should include familiarity with analytic and volumetric techniques.  Inorganic courses include general chemistry, physical chemistry and quantitative analysis.  Organic courses must have "organic" in course title.  Any courses for non-science majors or health career majors (nursing, pharmacy or allied health sciences) are not accepted.

ENGLISH
One year of college English, minimum of 6 semester credit hours required. Must have grade of C or better.

Any course approved by English department that fulfills general education English requirement of baccalaureate degree. Remedial or developmental courses or "English As a Second Language" courses are not accepted.

MATHEMATICS
One-half year of college calculus or statistics, minimum of 3 semester credit hours required. Must have grade of C or better.

The calculus course can be any calculus taught by a math or physics department.   Business calculus or any pre-calculus courses are not accepted.   The statistics course must be math based and preferrably taught in the math department.

PHYSICS
One year as required for science majors including full year of corresponding laboratory experience, minimum of 8 semester credit hours, including lab, required. Must have grade of C or better.

Includes all physics courses applied toward baccalaureate degree in any traditional science field. Any course for non-science majors or health career majors (nursing, pharmacy or allied health sciences) are not accepted.