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2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Arts and Sciences Exploratory Program – Pre-Professional Track


The College of Arts and Sciences Pre-Professional Exploratory program is designed for students who are deciding among one or more pre-health majors in the College. It allows students to explore major options as well as make progress toward graduation through the completion of general education courses. Exploratory students are required to meet with their advisor every semester.

All full-time, degree-seeking UT Knoxville students who first entered Fall 2013 or later must transition out of the exploratory track into a major no later than the end of their fourth tracking semester. Transfer students with less than 45 hours of transferrable work who are admitted as exploratory students must transition out of the exploratory track into a major no later than the end of their second full semester at UT.

Requirements for the Arts and Sciences Exploratory Major – Pre-Professional Track (Medical Laboratory Science, Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine)


COURSE SUBJECT AND TITLE HRS ADVISING NOTES MILESTONES
 TERM ONE 

Select one of the following first-year seminars: FYS 101 , FYS 129 , BCPP 102 , COUN 205 , COUN 212 , INPG 100 , UNHO 101 

 

1

 

 
  • Completion of at least 12 credit hours
     
 
 
 
 
 
 

COMMUNICATING THROUGH WRITING (WC)

ENGL 101  or ENGL 102 
OR ENGL 121  or ENGL 131 
OR ENGL 118  

 

3

 

SAT/ACT/EPE and AP/dual enrollment credit determines placement in English Composition.

QUANTITATIVE REASONING (QR)

 

3-4

 

Option A
MATH 125  

 

Option B
MATH 141  or MATH 147 
OR MATH 151  

 
 

NATURAL SCIENCE (NS)

BIOL 150  or BIOL 158  and
BIOL 159  or BIOL 167  

 5  

NATURAL SCIENCE (NS)

CHEM 120  or CHEM 128  

4

 

CHEM 120  has a prerequisite of MATH 119  or Math ACT 25.

 TERM TWO   

COMMUNICATING THROUGH WRITING (WC)

ENGL 102 
OR ENGL 131  or ENGL 132  

 

 3

Students who complete ENGL 118  with a B or higher may complete the English composition requirement by taking ENGL 102 , a sophomore English course, or ENGL 355 .

  • ENGL 101  or equivalent
     
  • Complete with C or better an additional course from BIOL 150   or CHEM 120  (or equivalent)

QUANTITATIVE REASONING (QR)

3-4

STAT 201  is required for pre-pharmacy.

NATURAL SCIENCE (NS)

BIOL 160  or BIOL 168  

3

 

NATURAL SCIENCE (NS)

CHEM 130  or CHEM 138  

4

 

General Elective

0-1

 
 TERM THREE

BIOL 240  

4

 
  • ENGL 102  or equivalent
     
  • Quantitative Reasoning course
     
  • Complete with C
    or better an
    additional course
    from BIOL 150 
    or BIOL 160  (or equivalent)
 

CHEM 350  or CHEM 358  

3

 

COMMUNICATING ORALLY (OC)

3

 

ARTS AND HUMANITIES (AH) OR SOCIAL SCIENCE (SS)

3

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

3

Intermediate foreign language satisfies the CULTURES & CIVILIZATION (CC) requirement.

For more information on specific health professions programs, see Arts & Sciences Pre-Health.