Core Requirements:

An alternative concentration for those who are planning to fulfill the requirements for entering medical school consists of the Physics courses listed below. A minimum of 30 credits in physics must be completed. In addition, this concentration requires the Chemistry/Biology courses listed below for a minimum of 42 credits.

• PHYS 101 - General Physics (3)
• PHYS 101L - General Physics Laboratory (1)
• PHYS 102 - General Physics (3)
• PHYS 102L - General Physics Laboratory (1)

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• PHYS 107 - Physics for the Life Sciences (3)
• PHYS 107L - General Physics Laboratory (1)
• PHYS 108 - Physics for the Life Sciences (3)
• PHYS 108L - General Physics Laboratory (1)

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• PHYS 201 - Modern Physics (3)
• PHYS 208 - Classical Mechanics of Particles and Waves I (4)
• PHYS 251 - Experimental Atomic Physics (2)
• PHYS 252 - Electronics I (2)
• PHYS 313 - Introduction to Quantum Physics (3)
• PHYS 401 - Electricity and Magnetism (3)
• PHYS 451 - Physics Research (1-3)
• PHYS 452 - Physics Research (1-3)

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• CHEM 209 - Organic Chemistry II (3)
• CHEM 353 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (1)
• CHEM 305 - Inorganic and General Chemistry II (3)
• CHEM 354 - General Chemistry Laboratory II (1)

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• CHEM 307 - Organic Chemistry II for Life Sciences (3)
• CHEM 353 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II 
• CHEM 308 - General Chemistry II for Life Sciences (3)
• CHEM 354 - General Chemistry Laboratory II 

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• BIOL 220 - Introduction to Organisms, Ecology, Evolution (3)
• BIOL 221 - Introduction to Organisms, Ecology, Evolution Laboratory (1)

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• BIOL 225 - Introduction to Molecules, Cells, Development (3)
• BIOL 226 - Introduction to Molecules, Cells, Development Laboratory (1)