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Jan 17, 2025
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2007-09 Catalog [Archived Catalog]
Medicine
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Northwestern’s pre-medicine program prepares a student for entrance into a medical school and an eventual career as a physician, surgeon or osteopath. Other possibilities include eventual research positions in graduate school, government agencies, state health agencies, industry and in related scientific fields such as physiology, microbiology, genetics or cell and molecular biology. The specific courses that will meet the admissions requirements of most of the American medical schools are as follows:
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Pre-Professional Programs
Recommended general education courses for one year at Northwestern:
Choose one general education course: 4
- Fine arts option under general education
- Natural science option under general education
- Philosophy option under general education
- Social science option under general education
Total credits recommended: 8
Recommended general education courses for two or three years at Northwestern:
(For students not planning to recieve the B.A. degree at Northwestern) Choose two general education courses: 8
- Fine arts option under general education
- Philosophy option under general education
Choose one course: 4
- Natural science option under general education
- Social science option under general education
Total credits recommended: 18
Recommended courses:
- Advanced biology elective (Human Physiology preferred) 4
Total credits recommended: 35-36
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