PreMed - Planning a Course Schedule

Planning a Course Schedule

The first thing to consider is when you plan to begin medical school - immediately after graduating from Connecticut College or a year or more later. Both options are perfectly acceptable to medical schools.

Individuals planning to enter medical school in the fall after they graduate should complete all the required courses by the end of their junior year. Because four year-long course sequences are required, it is necessary to take two together one year or go to summer school. Students who do not plan to begin medical school immediately following graduation will have more flexibility.

Several possible course sequences are as follows:

		Fall	Spring

I.	1st year	Biology 106 Chemistry 103 or 107	Biology 105 Chemistry 104 or 202

	2nd year	Chemistry 223 Mathematics 111 or 112	Chemistry 224 Mathematics 107 or 113 or PSY. 201

	3rd year	Physics 103	Physics 104
	This program is recommended for students who have a strong science background and are strongly motivated for a career in medicine or other health-related sciences. Taking both chemistry and biology in the freshman year also helps potential majors in biochemistry, chemistry, and biology avoid an especially heavy load in their junior year.

For students who are less certain of their interest in the health sciences and want to keep their options open, one of the following sequences might be considered:

		Fall	Spring

II.	1st year	Chemistry 103 or 107	Chemistry 104 or 202

	2nd year	Biology 106 Chemistry 223	Biology 105 Chemistry 224

	3rd year	Physics 103	Physics 104

		Fall	Spring

III.	1st year	Mathematics 111 or 112	Mathematics 107 or 113 or PSY. 201 Biology 106

	2nd year	Chemistry 103 or 107 Physics 103	Chemistry 104 or 202 Physics 104

	3rd year	Chemistry 223	Chemistry 224


		Fall	Spring

IV.	1st year	Physics 103 or 107 Mathematics 111 or 112	Physics 104 or 108 Mathematics 107 or 113 or PSY. 201

	2nd year	Chemistry 103 or 107 Biology 106	Chemistry 104 or 202 Biology 105

	3rd year	Chemistry 223	Chemistry 224

	These sequences provide a somewhat lighter freshman year, but require the student to take chemistry and physics together or biology and chemistry together while also starting on their major requirements in the sophomore and junior years.