University of Michigan-Flint

While no prescriptive program of study is guaranteed or required for successful candidacy into medical school, we have prepared a series of strong recommendations to complement your major and minor programs. All of these have been selected specifically to functionally align with medical school expectations.

While we list some recommended courses, recommendations are generalized. It is therefore imperative that you speak with one of our faculty or academic advisors prior to registering for coursework.

Modern medicine is rooted in biology, chemistry, and physics, all serviced by the scientific method. In this way, your premedical study should leverage these topics, and it is expected that you master these subjects prior to medical school matriculation. That said, medical schools are looking not only for a high science GPA, but also a program of study with breadth and depth. To this end, you should consider taking introductory courses and then follow up with higher-level courses.

We have based some of the following recommendations upon the articulation agreement between the University of Michigan-Flint and the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University.

BIOLOGY
BIO	111	Organismal Biology
BIO	113	Principles of Biology
BIO	326	Cell Biology
BIO	328	Genetics

CHEMISTRY
CHM	260	Principles of Chemistry
CHM	261	General Chemistry Lab
CHM	262	Principles of Chemistry II
CHM	263	Introductory Quantitative Analysis Laboratory
		or
CHM	265	Introductory Quantitative Analysis Laboratory Honors

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
CHM	330	Organic Chemistry I
CHM	331	Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CHM	332	Organic Chemistry II
CHM	333	Organic Chemistry Laboratory II

BIOCHEMISTRY
CHM	350	Fundamentals of Biochemistry
		or
CHM	450	Biochemistry I
CHM	452	Biochemistry II

Recent UM-Flint graduates attending medical school suggest “the more biochemistry you can get, the better.” Accordingly, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UM-Flint offers several courses for your review. We recommend two semesters of biochemistry. Some medical schools now require at least one semester of biochemistry. If you can not fit the two-semester sequence into your schedule, you can opt to take our one-semester survey course of biochemistry.

ENGLISH
ENG	111	College Rhetoric
ENG	112	Critical Writing and Reading

MATHEMATICS
MTH	120	Pre-Calculus Mathematics
		Some medical schools recommend a year of calculus.

PHYSICS
PHY	143	College Physics I
PHY	145	College Physics II
		Recently, some of our first year medical school alumni mentioned that the course in physics was useful to them.

ADDITIONAL COURSES WORTH CONSIDERING
BIO	167	Human Anatomy and Physiology I
BIO	168	Human Anatomy and Physiology II
BIO	407	Human Macroscopic Anatomy
BIO	425	Immunology
BIO	432	Mammalian Physiology Recent premed students have remarked that this course was the single most helpful course for the MCAT.
BIO	434	Human Anatomy Medical School admission departments generally advise against cadaver courses, since you will have that training later. However, most of our alumni at med school note that the course will make first year med school easier.
BIO	435	Microbiology
BIO	450	Parasitology
BIO	467	Molecular Biology of Prokaryotes
BIO	472	Topics in Medical Genetics
CHM	340	Physical Chemistry I Physical Chemistry will give students a deeper mathematical understanding of thermodynamics, which should enhance understanding of pharmacological and other physiological reactions in the body.
CHM	366	Analytical Chemistry Analytical Chemistry will give the student a deeper understanding of how biological and non-biological samples are analyzed for chemical content.
COM	210	Introduction to Public Speaking
COM	281	Principles of Interpersonal Communication
HCR	304	Ethics of Healthcare
HCR	362	Cultural Competence in Healthcare
PHL	115	Mortal Questions
PHL	168	Introduction to Bioethics
PHL	202	Introduction to Logic
PHL	304	Ethics of Healthcare
PSY	100	Principles of Psychology
PSY	309	Abnormal Psychology