Medicine

According to the admission requirements listed in the Journal of American Medical Colleges, medical schools prefer students who have had:

A broad general education,

At least three years of college,

A major in any field according to student interest,

Basic science, but not science that duplicates medical course work.

About 60 percent of medical schools require a bachelor’s degree or, at the very least, that the applicant be an exceptional student and have completed a set of prerequisite courses. The preferred curriculum includes:

Biology or Zoology at least 14 credits
Physics 8 credits
General Chemistry 8 credits
Organic Chemistry 8 credits
Statistics 3 credits
Calculus 4-7 credits