Sample Pre-Professional Program of Study
Biology major with chemistry minor, 143 total credit hours
*Indp 135: First Year Experience 3 credit hrs (freshman only)
Required Proficiency Courses
(Can waive, if demonstrated proficiency through examination.)
- Computer Science 3 credit hrs
- Language 8 credit hrs
University Core Requirements: 40 credit hrs total
- Area I Communications 9 credit hrs
- Area II Mathematics 3 credit hrs
- Area III Lab Sciences 8 credit hrs
- Area IV Social/Behavioral Sciences 6 – 9 credit hrs
- Area V Humanities and Fine Arts 6 – 9 credit hrsArea IV and V must total 15 hrs
- Area VI Other university requirements 5 credit hrs (literature and P.E.)
- Highlands B.S. requirements 128 total credit hrs; 51 credit hrs at 300- or 400- level
For more information, contact:
Ben S. Nelson, DVM
Highlands Biology Discipline Coordinator and Preprofessional Adviser
505.454.3305