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 MATH 119 or Math ACT 25 Complete with C or better BIOL 150 * or CHEM 120 * (or equivalent)
COMMUNICATING THROUGH WRITING (WC) ENGL 101 * or ENGL 102 * OR ENGL 121 * or ENGL 131 * OR ENGL 118 * OR ENGL 198 * (for Chancellor’s Honors Program students only)	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 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 * OR ENGL 298 * (for Chancellor’s Honors Program students only)	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 260 or CHEM 268	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 (Medical Laboratory Science, Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine)