2006-2008 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

*** HIST 2313, 2323 are recommended, in part because these courses and six hours of politicalscience are required by all state universities in Texas. The following courses satisfy degreerequirements at many engineering schools and are recommended for students who want totake additional general elective courses at HBU before transferring: POLS 2313, PSYC 1313or SOCI 1313, ECON 2301 or 2302, COMM 1313, WRIT 3345, and ART 2343. Students whowish to take additional math or science courses at HBU should consider MATH 3383, PHYS2343, 3313, 3323, and 3414.Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental ProgramDirector: Dr. Susan CookCoordinator: Cathy CapesThe pre-medical/pre-dental program is designed to prepare students for entryinto medical and dental schools.This is a guide to the most frequently required courses. Not all courses will berequired by all medical or dental schools. Prerequisite courses may change at anytime without notice to Houston Baptist University. Some of the listed courses mayhave other prerequisite requirements. It is the student’s responsibility to checkoften with the professional school for any updates.A candidate for medical or dental school will be expected to complete the followingcourses and requirements before an evaluation letter to a medical or dental schoolwill be sent. If the requirements are not met, the situation must be referred to theMedical Professions Advisory Committee. The Committee will evaluate all casesreferred to it and make comments to be included in the letter of evaluation.ICreditsScience and Math Core 45/48BIOL 2473 General Biology I:Cellular and Molecular Biology*BIOL 2474 General Biology II: Diversity of Life, Botany, and Ecology*BIOL 2475 General Biology III: Animal Structure and Life Processes*Four advanced hours (3000–4000) of Biology including LabCHEM 2415 General Chemistry ICHEM 2416 General Chemistry IICHEM 3121 Organic Chemistry LaboratoryCHEM 3313 Organic Chemistry I**CHEM 3333 Organic Chemistry II**CHEM 4262 Organic Analysis(CHEM 4373 Biochemistry required by some medical and dentalschools)MATH 2434 Calculus IPHYS 2413 Prinicples of Physics IPHYS 2423 Prinicples of Physics INotes:*BIOL 2473, 2474, 2475 are prerequisites for all 3000 and 4000 level biologycourses.**CHEM 3313 and 3333 are prerequisites for CHEM 4262 and 4373SCIENCE/MATHCollege of Science and Mathematics / 215