Program: Arts and Sciences Exploratory Program - Pre-Professional Track - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Apr 11, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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.

Campus: Knoxville

Term 1

Select one of the following first-year seminars:
HBS 102 - Professional Development Seminar 1 Credit Hours
COUN 205 - Student Development 1-3 Credit Hours (1 hour)
FYS 101 - The UT Experience 1 Credit Hours
FYS 129 - Special Topics Seminar 1 Credit Hours
INPG 100 - Selected Topics 1-3 Credit Hours (1 hour)
UNHO 101 - Honors First-Year Seminar 1 Credit Hours
Select one Written Communication (WC) course:

SAT/ACT/EPE and AP/dual enrollment credit determines placement in English Composition.
ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 112 - Advanced Writing and Research 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 121 - Academic English for Undergraduate Students 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 131 - Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English I 3 Credit Hours *
Select one Quantitative Reasoning (QR) course:

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

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 - Basic Calculus 3 Credit Hours * has a prerequisite of MATH 119 or Math ACT 25.
Option B

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.
MATH 141 - Calculus I 4 Credit Hours *
MATH 147 - Honors: Calculus I 4 Credit Hours *
MATH 151 - Mathematics for the Life Sciences 3 Credit Hours *
Natural Sciences (NS) courses:
Select one lecture course
BIOL 150 - Organismal and Ecological Biology 3 Credit Hours *
BIOL 158 - Honors: Organismal and Ecological Biology 3 Credit Hours
Select one lab course
BIOL 159 - Skills of Biological Investigation 2 Credit Hours *
BIOL 167 - Honors: Skills of Biological Investigation 2 Credit Hours *
Natural Sciences (NS) courses:
Choose separate lecture and lab or honors lecture/lab combined:

(CHEM 122 * and CHEM 123 * has a prerequisite of MATH 119 or Math ACT 25)
CHEM 122 - General Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours * and
CHEM 123 - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *
or
CHEM 128 - Honors: General Chemistry I 4 Credit Hours *

Credit Hours 16-19

Term 1 Milestone Notes

Completion of at least 12 credit hours
MATH 119 or Math ACT 25
Complete with C or better BIOL 150 * or CHEM 122 * and CHEM 123 * or CHEM 128 * (or equivalent)

Term 2

Select one Written Communication (WC) course:
ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 131 - Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English I 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 132 - Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English II 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 298 - Honors Writing and Research 3 Credit Hours * (for Chancellor’s Honors Program students only)
Quantitative Reasoning (QR) course:
STAT 201 - Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours
Select one Natural Sciences (NS) course:
BIOL 160 - Cellular and Molecular Biology 3 Credit Hours *
BIOL 168 - Honors: Cellular and Molecular Biology 3 Credit Hours *
Natural Sciences (NS) courses:

Choose separate lecture and lab or honors lecture/lab combined.
CHEM 132 - General Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours * and
CHEM 133 - General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *
or
CHEM 138 - Honors: General Chemistry II 4 Credit Hours *
General Elective 0-1 Credit Hours

Credit Hours 13-14

Term 2 Milestone Notes

ENGL 101 * or equivalent
Complete with C or better and additional course from BIOL 150 * or CHEM 122 * and CHEM 123 * or CHEM 128 * (or equivalent)

Term 3

BIOL 240 - General Genetics 4 Credit Hours
Select one course:
CHEM 260 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 268 - Honors: Foundations of Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
Oral Communication (OC) Elective 3 Credit Hours *
Select one:
Arts and Humanities (AH) Elective 3 Credit Hours *

Social Sciences (SS) Elective 3 Credit Hours *
Foreign Language course 3 Credit Hours:

Intermediate foreign language satisfies the Global Citizenship - International (GCI) requirement.

Credit Hours 16

Term 3 Milestone Notes

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

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

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirement.