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Pre-requisite
Courses
Academic preparation for medical school will be
discussed
below; however, this information is also pertinent to preparation for
other
health professions. Links for
admissions information for the other health careers can be found at the
end of this section. Each medical school determines its specific
requirements for
admissions. These requirements can be found in the Medical School
Admissions Requirements (MSAR), an official guide published by the
Association
of American Medical Colleges. The chair
of the College's Health Professions Committee has a copy of the MSAR
and other
professional
school
guides. The minimum science course work
necessary for preparing for medical school and the MCAT is two
semesters each of
general biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and
physics. These courses should be completed no later than
the end of your junior year so that you will be prepared for the
MCAT exam in April. The courses at the College of Charleston that
fulfill
these
requirements are:
| General
Biology |
Biol
111 + Biol 111 Lab Biol 112 + Biol 112 Lab |
| General
Chemistry |
Chem
111 + Chem 111 Lab Chem 112 + Chem 112 Lab |
| Organic
Chemistry |
Chem
231 + Chem 231 Lab Chem 232 + Chem 232 Lab |
| Physics |
Phys
101 + Phys 101 Lab Phys 102 + Phys 102 Lab or |
| Phys
201 + Phys 201 Lab Phys 202 + Phys 202 Lab |
There are two medical schools in South Carolina,
The Medical University of
South Carolina College of Medicine and the University of South Carolina School
of Medicine. Admissions requirements for each school can be found
by clicking on their names.
Dental
School:
Dental school requires additional courses in advanced biology.
The
only dental school in South Carolina is at the Medical University of
South
Carolina. Specific admissions
requirements can be found at the MUSC College of
Dental
Medicine website.
Pharmacy School:
Matriculation into pharmacy school requires completion of
approximately 67 hours of prerequisites that may include microbiology,
statistics, economics, psychology, and communications in addition to
the science courses listed above. Information for the specific
requirements for the NEW South Carolina pharmacy program (starting with the Fall2006 class) can be
found at the South Carolina
College of Pharmacy.
Veterinary School:
The admissions requirements for veterinary schools are quite variable
and specific
for each school and can be found in the Veterinary Medical School
Admission Requirements guide published by the Association of American
Veterinary Medical Colleges. The chair
of the College's Health Professions Committee has a copy of this and
other
professional
school
guides. South Carolina does not have a
veterinary school but does have contractual arrangements with the
veterinary schools at University of
Georgia to accept 17 , Mississippi
State University to accept 5, and Tuskegee
University
to accept 4 South Carolina residents.
Optometry School:
There are 17 schools of optometry in the United States and Puerto
Rico. In addition to the science courses listed above, most
require calculus, statistics, microbiology and psychology.
Some schools also require anatomy and physiology. There
is no school of optometry in South Carolina. A list of schools
and their pre-requisite courses can be found at Association of Schools and Colleges of
Optometry.
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