Pepperdine Courses Recommended to Satisfy Medical and/or
Dental School Requirements
As a pre-med student at Pepperdine, it is recommended that
students take the following courses. This list provides the general
minimum requirements for the medical, dental, and veterinary schools to
which Pepperdine students usually apply. For details on particular
schools and their requirements, see the publications "Medical School Admission Requirements"
and "ADEA
Official Guide to Dental Schools".
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Recommended minimum courses for medical
and/or dental schools |
Required semester hours |
Pepperdine University Recommended to fulfill these
requirements |
Chemistry
(general) |
8 |
Chem 120 + 121- General Chemistry I and II |
| Organic |
8 |
Chem 310 + 311 - Organic Chemistry I and II |
Biology
(introductory) |
8 |
Biol 211 - Biology of Cells
Biol 270 - Principles of Human Physiology |
| Advanced |
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Biol 350 - Genetics
Biol 410 - Principles of Physiology for biology and
chemistry bachelor of science majors
Biol 420 - Microbiology
Chem 330 - Cellular Biochemistry
Chem 430 - Bioorganic chemistry |
Physics
(introductory) |
8 |
Physics 102 + 103 - Basic Physics I and II
Physics 210 + 211 - Physics I and II (calculus based) |
| Mathematics |
8 |
Math 210 - Analytical Geometry and Calc I
or
Math 211 - Analytical Geometry and Calc II
Math 316 + 317 - Biostatistics |
| English Composition |
6 |
English 101 - Great Books, etc. |
| Additional Courses |
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The above listed requirements should be regarded as
general requirements and students must be aware of additional
required or recommended classes of individual institutions
by looking these up in MSAR and/or Official Guide to Dental
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For a recommended sequence of courses click
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For course availability click
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Other Information About Required Courses
Major Courses
Students should work with their academic advisors to plan their
course requirements for their major. If you are a science
major it is less likely that your pre-med science requirements will
conflict with your major requirements.
Summer School Courses
Pepperdine offers many summer school courses. It is an excellent time for pre-med majors to catch up
on general education courses or explore an overseas program.
The only science classes regularly offered in summer school are Chemistry
121 and Physics 102 and 103.
Courses for the Medical School Admission Test (MCAT)
The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is a standardized test
consisting of four parts: essays (one part) and three
multiple-choice tests (verbal reasoning, physical sciences, and
biological sciences) (one-part each). In order to prepare for this
test we recommend taking the basic requirements listed above and
making sure to add biochemistry. It is
advisable to include both human physiology and genetics courses in
the biology courses you take.
All of these classes should be taken by spring or summer of your
Junior year when the MCAT must be taken if you plan on attending
medical school immediately following graduation.
Withdrawing from a course
Medical schools do not like to see a "W" on a transcript. Only
drop a course if you are getting a D or an F and there is no way to
bring your grade up. Do not withdraw from a class because you no
longer need it for graduation or are changing your major. When
applying to medical school you will have to explain why you dropped
the class.
Advanced Placement (AP)
At Pepperdine you can receive pre-med course credit for calculus
and physics if you have the required AP scare. Please refer to the
AP course credit handout
from Pepperdine University.
Be aware that some medical schools such as UCLA will not accept any AP course
credits even though they were accepted at Pepperdine. Check
individual medical school requirements lists to see what is needed.
If you need to take a math class for example and you already have
tested out of Analytical Geometry and Calculus I, then it is
advisable to take a higher level course in math which could be
Analytical Geometry and Calculus II.
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