Pre-Health Professions, A.S

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PRE-DENTISTRY, MEDICINE, OPTOMETRY, PHARMACY, VETERINARY MEDICINE

Major in Tennessee Transfer Pathway with Emphasis in Pre-Health Professions (A.S.)

Sample Academic Plan - Total Credit Hours: 60-61

Program Requirements - Students may be required to take additional Learning Support courses. Courses cannot be used more than once to satisfy program requirements.

First Year - Fall Semester - Credit Hours: 17

ENGL 1010 - English Composition I Credits: 3
¹History Requirement Credits: 3
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4
²Humanities/Fine Arts Requirement Credits: 3
COLS 101 - Columbia State College Success Credits: 1
MATH 1830 - Applied Calculus Credits: 3 OR MATH 1910 Calculus I OR MATH 1920 Calculus II

First Year - Spring Semester - Credit Hours: 15

ENGL 1020 - English Composition II Credits: 3
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II Credits: 4
¹History Requirement Credits: 3
²Humanities/Fine Arts Requirement Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 2 (an elective can be any college-level course)

Second Year - Fall Semester - Credit Hours: 14

COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication Credits: 3 OR COMM 2055 Argumentation and Debate
⁵Social/Behavioral Science Requirement Credits: 3
BIOL 1110 - General Biology I Credits: 4 ** OR CHEM 2010 Organic Chemistry I ** OR PHYS 2010 Non-Calculus Physics I ** OR PHYS Higher**
CHEM 2010 - Organic Chemistry I Credits: 4 ** OR BIOL 1110 General Biology I ** OR PHYS 2010 Non-Calculus Physics I ** OR PHYS Higher**

Second Year - Spring Semester - Credit Hours: 14

²Literature Requirement Credits: 3
⁵Social/Behavioral Science Requirement Credits: 3
BIOL 1120 - General Biology II Credits: 4 ** OR CHEM 2020 Organic Chemistry II ** OR PHYS 2020 Non-Calculus Physics II ** OR PHYS Higher**
CHEM 2020 - Organic Chemistry II Credits: 4 ** OR BIOL 1120 General Biology II ** OR PHYS 2020 Non-Calculus Physics II ** OR PHYS Higher**

General Education Requirements (Only When Option Noted Above)

¹History Requirement - Select from , , , , .

²Humanities/Fine Arts Requirement - Select from , , , , , , , , , , , . Literature Options: , , , , .

³Mathematics Requirement - Select from , , , , , , , , .

⁴Natural Sciences Requirement - Select from , (must pair with non-biology course except for or ), , , , , , , , , , , , , .

⁵Social/Behavioral Science Requirement - Select from , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Note(s):

*Students who plan to transfer to APSU should take .

**Choose Two of the Following Three Sequences:
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,
, or Higher

Additional hours of coursework may be required prior to acceptance in to a professional school. Please check with the institution you wish to transfer to for any prerequisites.

Check www.tntransferpathway.org to see which four-year institutions offer this TTP major. Students should meet with their assigned advisor to determine courses required for the university chosen.

Students and advisors should run a degree audit from myChargerNet each semester to confirm classes are applicable to the program of study.

For more information contact:
Mandy Carter-Lowe at mcarterlowe@columbiastate.edu or 931.540.2675
Science, Technology & Math Division Office at 931.540.2710 or stm@columbiastate.edu