<p>So my orientation is next week and I'm trying to put together my schedule for the fall term. I'm going in as pre-med and I was a little confused as to what I should be taking this year. From all of the things I've researched, it seems as though a lot of people take intro to bio (Bio 171/172) and gen chem (chem 130) freshman year. I'm a little confused though since it seems like gen chem at Michigan is only 1 semester when a full year is required for most medical schools. Someone told me that chem 230 was the other semester of gen chem at Michigan but I always though that P. Chem was never a requirement that I needed for med school. If anyone could offer some advice on scheduling or any comments about the chem requirements at Michigan that would be great!</p>
<p>I'm also in HSSP now so my schedule will include the perspectives on health class (2 credits).</p>
<p>Have you looked at the info online?
[Required</a> Courses](<a href=“http://www.lsa.umich.edu/advising/academicplanning/prehealth/requiredcourses]Required”>http://www.lsa.umich.edu/advising/academicplanning/prehealth/requiredcourses)
For Chem it says:
Medical schools and many other health professions graduate programs require two academic years (including laboratory experience) - usually one year of inorganic chemistry and one year of organic chemistry. At the University of Michigan, the Chemistry Department has set up the following 4-semester sequence: General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry (I), Organic Chemistry (II), Physical Chemistry. The starting point for students is determined by the results of the placement tests in chemistry and mathematics that are taken during orientation. To meet medical school requirements, students must take four terms of chemistry with lab.
Most Students begin with:</p>
<p>CHEM 130: Macroscopic Investigations & Reaction Principles (3)</p>
<p>CHEM 125 and 126: General and Inorganic Chemistry: Laboratory (1,1)</p>
<p>Some students with AP credit or a high score on the Chemistry and Math placement exams begin with:</p>
<p>CHEM 210: Structure and Reactivity (4)</p>
<p>CHEM 211: Investigation Laboratory (1)</p>
<p>This is followed by:</p>
<p>CHEM 215: Structure and Reactivity II (3)</p>
<p>CHEM 216: Synthesis and Characterization of Organic Compounds Laboratory (2)</p>
<p>The last term of chemistry includes:</p>
<p>CHEM 230: Physical Chemical Principles and Applications (3) </p>
<p>OR </p>
<p>CHEM 260 : Chemical Principles</p>
<p>Thanks a ton Shanghai! I saw that page before but I must have skimmed through it too quickly. </p>
<p>If anyone could offer any suggestions on bio/chem teachers at Umich that would be helpful as well.</p>
<p>Right now my schedule is:
HSSP Perspectives on Health and Healthcare (2 credits)
English 125 or a FYS/FYWR class (4 credits)
Bio 171 (4 credits)
Most likely Spanish 232 (4 credits)
Hopefully UROP (1 credit w/ work study)</p>
<p>So now I’m looking for an interesting class that would begin to fulfill my distribution requirements. Is 15 credits alright or should I add another 2 credit class?</p>
<p>If you do UROP, then you can’t register for more than 15 credits without the UROP credit. You should add the 2 credit class only if you do not get into UROP. ratemyprofessors.com is a good site to see if the prof is good or not. If you do decide to join UROP, remember that you need an open schedule so that you may conduct research.</p>
<p>Rockbiter, have you done UROP in the past? I was just accepted into UROP under the biomedical science portion and I was looking for any sort of info that people could give me on it.</p>
<p>I’m an incoming freshman as well. I just got accepted under biomedical science I too. I can’t give much info on it, sorry lol. There’s a portion on UROP at orientation that you can attend to learn more.</p>
<p>Good luck! I"m an incoming freshman doing pre-med as well1</p>