Prerequisite(s) are specific courses that must be taken prior to entering a specific degree program regardless of any type of degree; it’s a precondition or prequalification for the program. They are established by State Medical Boards and required for licensure. For students to graduate, schools need to specify all courses the student completed. Residency programs will look through your whole medical education history. When applying for a license, they will look at your whole medical education including Pre-Medical education.
If you want to get a degree in education, for example, the school may require you to have specific courses before you are admitted to it if you do not have them. The same applies to medicine. Our requirements are similar to the ones from top medical schools in the U.S.
The prerequisites required to enter CMU’s medical program are:
- One year of Biology or Zoology
- One year of General Chemistry
- One year of Organic Chemistry
- One year of General Physics
- One semester of Math: Calculus, Computer Science, or Statistics
- One semester of English
One year = two semesters or two courses of each subject
Science courses must be taken with lab
The courses listed above are undergraduate level only. Thus, if you completed similar courses through high/secondary school, they don’t count toward these prerequisites.For full information on admission requirements for both pre-med and medical programs, please visit the Admission’s page and select Requirements.
