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Program checklist · Pre-Health Studies

Pre-Health Studies

St Olaf College · Northfield, MN

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Program
Award
Pre-Health Studies
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Pre-health studies are a roadmap through the liberal arts that begins with your admission to college and ends with your admission to a health professional school (such as a medical school). At St. Olaf College, this route intersects with our commitment (as stated in the Mission Statement) to an education that fosters critical thinking, heightens moral sensitivity, promotes lives of unselfish service to others and challenges you to become responsible, knowledgeable citizens of the world. Pre-health studies are supported by the dedication and efforts of the faculty of the Health Professions Committee (HPC) and the staff of The Piper Center for Vocation and Career ; the Chair of the HPC, Professor Kevin Crisp, serves as the faculty academic advisor for all pre-health students while coaches at the Piper Center support pre-health student professional development and experiential learning.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
174844
CourseShelf checklist
CK_174844_1f1c284a_1
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Pre-Nursing Students Not Majoring in Nursing

major core · 10 items
  1. Two semesters of anatomy and physiology:
    Not resolved to a course
    2.00
  2. BIO 143
    Human Anatomy and Physiology: Cells and Tissues
    As published: “Human Anatomy and Physiology: Cells and Tissues (Not Recommended for Biology Majors)”
  3. BIO 243
  4. BIO 231
    Microbiology
    or: BIO 140 Explorations in Microbiology
    1.00
  5. BIO 290
    Medical Terminology
    As published: “Medical Terminology (0.25 credit)”
    0.25
  6. CHEM 125
    1.00
  7. NURS 110
    1.00
  8. PSYCH 125
    1.00
  9. PSYCH 241
    1.00
  10. SDS 172
    1.00

Prerequisites for Pre-Medical, Pre-Dental, Pre-Physician Assistant, and Pre-Podiatry Students

0 items

    Recommended Coursework (for MCAT preparation and medical school admissions)

    Choose 1 of the following · Select one of the following: · 4 items
    1. MATH 119
      Introduction to Calculus
      or: MATH 120 Calculus I
      1.00
    2. Three semesters of general biology (typically BIO 150, BIO 227 & BIO 233)
      Not resolved to a course
      2.00
    3. Select one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      2.00-3.00
    4. CHEM 122& CHEM 126
      Introductory Chemistryand Energies and Rates of Chemical Reactions 1
      Not resolved to a course

    or

    13 items
    1. CHEM 125& CHEM 126
      Structural Chemistry and Equilibriumand Energies and Rates of Chemical Reactions 1
      Not resolved to a course
    2. CHEM 247& CHEM 248
      Organic Chemistry Iand Organic Chemistry II
      Not resolved to a course
      2.00
    3. CHEM 379
      Biochemistry I
      As published: “Biochemistry I (organic chemistry is a prerequisite; required at some medical schools)”
      1.00
    4. PHYS 124& PHYS 125
      Principles of Physics Iand Principles of Physics II
      Not resolved to a course
      2.00
    5. BIO 243
      Human Anatomy and Physiology: Organs and Organ Systems
      As published: “Human Anatomy and Physiology: Organs and Organ Systems (one semester of physiology, human or animal)”
      or: BIO 247 Animal Physiology
      1.00
    6. PSYCH 125
      1.00
    7. One sociology course (SOAN 121 is open to first-year students only)
      Not resolved to a course
      1.00
    8. One statistics course (typically SDS 172)
      Not resolved to a course
      1.00
    9. PSYCH 125& PSYCH 241
      Principles of Psychologyand Developmental Psychology
      Not resolved to a course
      2.00
    10. Medical terminology (typically as BIO 291)
      Not resolved to a course
      0.25
    11. One course emphasizing speech and communication
      Not resolved to a course
      1.00
    12. BIO 143& BIO 243
      Human Anatomy and Physiology: Cells and Tissuesand Human Anatomy and Physiology: Organs and Organ Systems
      Not resolved to a course
      2.00
    13. One statistics and data science course
      Not resolved to a course
      1.00
    Source. St Olaf College, catalog 2026-2027 Catalog — https://catalog.stolaf.edu/pre-professional-preparation/programs/pre-health-studies/. Captured page pages/0024.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.