<p>will college chemistry 1 and college chemistry 2 fulfill the chem pre req or do they have to be college chem for science majors? my school has both its a little confusing because I've heard that the science major one is the only one that will fulfill the requirement.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>Which one is fullfilling requirement of your major and recommended by your pre-med advisor.</p>
<p>Generally only the science classes offered for science majors will fulfill your pre med requirements. </p>
<p>Here’s NEU’s webpage listing the courses number/names of the classes that fulfill pre-med requirements:
<a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/prehealth/preparing/nu_course_numbers/[/url]”>http://www.northeastern.edu/prehealth/preparing/nu_course_numbers/</a></p>
<p>“Generally only the science classes offered for science majors will fulfill your pre med requirements.”</p>
<p>-There are many BA who enter Med. School, not everybody is BS. There were different classes for BA’s and BS’s at D’s UG. Some majors (D’s included) could be either BA or BS and they have different science classes that they take to fullfill major requirment. I believe that OP meant this type of situation.</p>
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<p>Depends on your college. Some (larger?) colleges offer Chem for life science majors and Chem for science/engineers/chem majors. Either is fine for med school. But other colleges offer Chem for Poets which may just satisfy a GE requirement. Such a course is not acceptable for pre-health. (My D’s college offers Chem for the nurses but that too, is not acceptable for pre-med since it is not a full year.)</p>
<p>Thus, check with your advisor or search your college website for ‘premed’.</p>
<p>^Yes, D’s UG had Chem. for BA’s, they had many first year Chems for sure. D’s Chem placement was also determined by her Math placement test that she took along with Foreign language placement test. They could not register for first semester freshmen year without these tests. You just take the one to fullfill your major reguirment and make sure to check with pre-med advisor or contact Med. Schools adcoms directly (D. has done both for different issues many times, both were very timely and helpful with responses).</p>
<p>OP is health science major at NEU and the course requirements for associated health majors are not the same as those required for pre-med. (Per NEU’s own pre-med webpage.) The health science’s chem requirement will not fulfill requirements for med schools.</p>
<p>if that’s the case, the answer is easily found by a couple of google clicks. And importantly, this will be the course list that the Committee uses when they prepare the Committee letter.</p>
<p>[NU</a> Coursework - NU Catalog Numbers](<a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/prehealth/preparing/nu_course_numbers/]NU”>http://www.northeastern.edu/prehealth/preparing/nu_course_numbers/)</p>
<p>NU COURSEWORK - NU CATALOG NUMBERS
NU Courses Required or Recommended By Most Professional Schools</p>
<p>Biology</p>
<p>BIOL1101/1102: Principles of Biology 1
or BIOL1111/1112: General Biology 1
BIOL1103/1104: Principles of Biology 2
or BIOL1113/1114: General Biology 2
General Chemistry</p>
<p>CHEM1211/1212: General Chemistry 1
CHEM1214/1215: General Chemistry 2
Organic Chemistry</p>
<p>CHEM2311/2312: Organic Chemistry 1
CHEM2313/2314: Organic Chemistry 2
Physics</p>
<p>PHYS1145/1146: Physics for Life Sciences 1
or PHYS1151/1152: Physics for Engineering 1
PHYS1147/1148: Physics for Life Sciences 2
or PHYS1155/1156: Physics for Engineering 2
Math</p>
<p>MATH1241/1242: Calculus 1 and 2
MATH1251/1252: Calculus and Differential Equations for Biology 1 and 2
MATH1130/1131: College Math for Business and Economics; Calculus for Business and Economics
MATH1241/1242: Calculus 1 and 2 for Science and Engineering
English</p>
<p>ENGL1111: College Writing
Take one of the following
ENGL3301, 3302, 3303, 3304, 3305, 3306, 3307, 3308, 3309, 3310, 3311, 3313: Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
You may substitute the Writing Workshop (ENGL3319) for Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
ENGL3319: Writing Workshop</p>
<p>Thanks guys. I’m still a bit confused though. My advisor said that general chem 1 and gen chem 2 are pre reqs for organic. I realize that is somewhat irrelevant to my post but this still means that these two chem classes won’t fulfill the med school requirement of one year of inorganic?</p>
<p>I think to be safe, a student should take the Chem and Bio for science majors as long as your major accepts that…get the needed signatures if needed. </p>
<p>At my kids’ school it isn’t an option no matter what your major is…the pre-med pre-req list ONLY includes the classes for science majors. Perhaps that’s because they know that the other (BA) majors will accept those classes to fulfill req’ts.</p>
<p>So, the pre-med req’ts at my kids’ flagship are…</p>
<p>Principles of Bio I and II (for STEM majors)
Gen Chem I and II (for STEM majors)
OChem I and OChem II (for STEM majors)
Physics I and II …or Physics with Calc I and II (for STEM majors)
Calculus I</p>
<p>Stats (recommended)
Genetics, BioChem, and some other class are also recommended. Anatomy maybe?? </p>
<p>I would be concerned that the ones for non-majors have been dumbed-down and won’t include all that is needed. </p>
<p>Both of my sons tutored Bio and Chem at their college, and they have said that the science courses for non-majors are a lot easier. So, those aren’t the “weeder” courses that the ones for majors are. I would imagine that med schools are aware of that.</p>
<p>Just as a caution, some Med. Schools started adding to their requirements. So, make sure to check every school on your list. One of D’s schools added Biochem and Anatomy to pre-reqs. While Biochem was useless waste of time at D’s UG, having UG Anatomy is serving her very well at Med. School. Seems to be soemthing to consider worthwhile taking .</p>
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<p>Methinks the confusion is that the requirements are different for Bio and Chem majors at NE. The Bio majors can take Chem 1211 as noted above, so it has to be safe for premeds. (Chem majors are recommended to take a different sequence, but will accept 1211 for transfers.)</p>
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<p>In the dark ages, Gen Chem = Inorganic Chem. With the developments over the past 20+ years, Inorganic has become a specialty, such that some colleges label it as an upper division course with “Gen” Chem being a prereq. The short answer is that the two semester courses noted in post #8 will suffice to fulfill the Gen/Inorganic requirement for med school.</p>
<p>thanks bluebayou for the help. my OP wasn’t phrased very well. i was just worried because i’m already taking Gen Chem 1 and was concerned that they wouldn’t fulfill the requirements</p>