Prerequisite Classes for Admission
The following health professions generally require the completion of a four year undergraduate degree, followed by four years of professional school:
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Optometry
- Veterinary
- Podiatry
These schools have relatively uniform prerequisites, which include at least the following college courses:
- General Biology: 1 year
- General Chemistry: 1 year
- Organic Chemistry: 1 year*
- Physics: 1 year**
* Some vet schools require one semester of organic chemistry and one semester of biochemistry.
** Some vet schools require only one semester of physics.