Pre-Medicine
UW-Eau Claire's pre-professional study programs prepare you to enter another institution for matriculation in a professional degree or prepare you for graduate study after obtaining a bachelor's degree. Most pre-medicine students complete a bachelor's degree at UW-Eau Claire before going to medical school. Because the specific requirements of professional schools vary considerably, you should obtain admission information from the schools in which you are interested. A pre-health professions adviser at UW-Eau Claire will help you plan an appropriate curriculum.
Pre-Medicine Program
The courses recommended in the pre-medicine program do not constitute an academic major but are the courses required for entrance into the majority of medical schools. They also provide you with the information needed to obtain competitive scores on the Medical College Admission Test, which is required for entrance into medical school. Courses in biology and chemistry form the core of the pre-medicine curriculum, and UW-Eau Claire has strong programs in both disciplines.
The pre-medicine program is not an academic major. You must select a major and minor in order to graduate. The major and minor also serve as a safeguard in case you change career objectives or do not get accepted into medical school. Most pre-medicine students at UW-Eau Claire major in biology, chemistry or biochemistry/molecular biology, but any major is acceptable. Medical school requires that you take a number of pre-medicine courses, maintain a high grade-point average (3.6 or higher), and obtain above average scores on the MCAT.
Placement
The majority of Wisconsin residents attend either the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison or the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Minnesota residents attend a University of Minnesota Medical School in the Twin Cities or Duluth. Other UW-Eau Claire graduates have attended private medical schools or schools of osteopathy in the Midwest, South and East.
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High school preparation
- All students who enroll at UW-Eau Claire are required to have a minimum of 17 college preparatory units including:
– 4 years of English (at least 3 composition and literature)
– 2 years of a single foreign language
– 3 years of math (algebra, geometry, 1 advanced college preparatory math)
– 3 years of natural science
– 3 years of social science (1 must be world or American history)
– 2 additional units in the areas already mentioned or other academic areas
- High school students who plan to enter the pre-medicine program should take a college preparatory sequence which contains four years of English, mathematics and science, including at least one year each of biology, chemistry and physics. Advanced courses in the sciences, especially chemistry, are helpful but not required.
Freshman course work (sample first year)
Fall Semester
- Biol 110, Ecology and Evolution, 4 credits
- Chem 103, General Chemistry or Chem 115 Chemical Principles, 5 credits
- Math 110, 112 or 114, 4 credits
- General education course, 3 credits
Spring Semester
- Biol 111, Cell Biology and Genetics, 4 credits
- Chem 104, General Chemistry or Chem 213, Quantitative Analysis 5 credits
- Engl 110, Introduction to College Writing, 5 credits
- Math 110, 112 or 114, 4 credits
- General education course, 3 credits
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