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 first-time, first-year UT Knoxville students must transition out of the exploratory track into a major no later than the end of the fourth tracking semester. Transfer students admitted as exploratory students must transition out of the exploratory track into a major no later than the end of their second tracking semester.

Requirements for the Arts and Sciences Exploratory Major – Pre-Professional Track (Clinical 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 MATH 119 or Math ACT 25 Complete with C or better BIOL 130 (or equivalent) or CHEM 120
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	SAT/ACT or Math Department Placement Exam or AP/dual enrollment credit determines placement in mathematics. PHYS 221 has a prerequisite of MATH 125 , MATH 130 , MATH 141 , or MATH 151 .
Option A MATH 125		For students whose major or minor interests include programs with specific math requirements other than MATH 141 -MATH 142 or MATH 151 -MATH 152 MATH 125 has a prerequisite of MATH 119 or Math ACT 25.
Option B MATH 141 or MATH 147 OR MATH 151		For students whose major or minor interests include programs with a math requirement of MATH 141 -MATH 142 or MATH 151 -MATH 152 MATH 141 and MATH 151 have a prerequisite of MATH 130 or Math ACT 28.
NATURAL SCIENCE (NS) BIOL 130 or BIOL 138	4
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 130 (or equivalent) or CHEM 120
QUANTITATIVE REASONING (QR)	3-4	STAT 201 is required for pre-pharmacy.
NATURAL SCIENCE (NS) BIOL 140 or BIOL 148	4
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 130 (or equivalent) or BIOL 140
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.

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Arts and Sciences Exploratory Program – Pre-Professional Track

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