Apr 11, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Pre-Health Professions Minor

This 24-credit hour minor includes the prerequisites for each of our pre-health profession tracks. Students should seek advice from a pre-health advisor in Arts & Sciences Advising Services as to which specific courses they should take for their chosen profession.

It is also advised that students interested in this minor consult with a Pre-Health Advisor in the College of Arts and Science to determine if the minor is suitable for their major and goals. Due to course overlap, this minor may not be suitable for students in STEM majors, including Biology, Neuroscience, Nutrition, Food Science, and Kinesiology.

Campus: Knoxville

Prerequisites:

Complete:

BIOL 150 - Organismal and Ecological Biology 3 Credit Hours *
BIOL 159 - Skills of Biological Investigation 2 Credit Hours *
BIOL 160 - Cellular and Molecular Biology 3 Credit Hours *

Or

BIOL 101 - Introduction to Biology: Cells, Genetics, and Physiology 4 Credit Hours *
BIOL 102 - Introduction to Biology: Biodiversity and Ecology 4 Credit Hours *
BIOL 160 - Cellular and Molecular Biology 3 Credit Hours *

Or

CHEM 122 - General Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours *
CHEM 123 - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *
CHEM 132 - General Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours *
CHEM 133 - General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *

Pre-Health Professions Minor

Please note that 9 hours of the minor must be distinct from the major.

I. Select 15 hours:

ANTH 250 - Human Anatomy 3 Credit Hours and
ANTH 251 - Human Anatomy Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
BCMB 230 - Human Physiology 5 Credit Hours
BIOL 220 - General Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 229 - General Microbiology Laboratory 2 Credit Hours
BIOL 240 - General Genetics 4 Credit Hours
CHEM 260 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 269 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
CLAS 273 - Medical Terminology 3 Credit Hours
EEB 250 - Human Anatomy 3 Credit Hours and
EEB 251 - Human Anatomy Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
MICR 210 - Allied Health Microbiology 3 Credit Hours *
NUTR 100 - Introductory Nutrition 3 Credit Hours *
PHYS 221 - Elements of Physics I 4 Credit Hours *
PHYS 222 - Elements of Physics II 4 Credit Hours *
Note: either BIOL 220 or MICR 210 * may be applied to the minor.

II. Select 9 additional hours:

BCMB 311 - Advanced Cellular Biology 3 Credit Hours
BCMB 401 - Biochemistry I 4 Credit Hours
BCMB 402 - Biochemistry II 4 Credit Hours
BCMB 412 - Molecular Biology and Genomics 4 Credit Hours
BCMB 440 - Advanced Human Physiology 3 Credit Hours
BCMB 461 - Cancer Biology 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 359 - In-depth Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
CHEM 360 - In-depth Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
EEB 310 - Evolution, Disease, and Medicine 3 Credit Hours *
EEB 403 - The Evolution of Cancer: An Integrative Approach 3 Credit Hours
ENGL 342 - Literature and Medicine 3 Credit Hours *
ENGL 360 - Technical and Professional Writing 3 Credit Hours * *
HIAS 480 - Traditional Chinese Medicine 3 Credit Hours
HIEU 430 - Gender and Medicine in the Middle Ages 3 Credit Hours
HIEU 432 - Medicine in the Third Reich 3 Credit Hours
HIUS 339 - The History of Medicine in the Movies 3 Credit Hours
HIUS 443 - Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery 3 Credit Hours *
MICR 330 - Immunology 3 Credit Hours
MICR 420 - Microbial Pathogenesis 3 Credit Hours
MICR 429 - Medical Microbiology Laboratory 2 Credit Hours
MICR 440 - Virology 3 Credit Hours
MICR 461 - Cancer Biology 3 Credit Hours
PHIL 345 - Bioethics 3 Credit Hours *
PHIL 360 - Philosophy of Science 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 330 - Abnormal Psychology 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 410 - Sensory Processes and Perception 3 Credit Hours
PSYC 430 - Health Psychology 3 Credit Hours
REST 309 - Religion and the Workplace 3 Credit Hours
REST 335 - Islam and the Body 3 Credit Hours *
REST 390 - Mindfulness 3 Credit Hours
REST 481 - Public Health in Holocaust Ghettos 3 Credit Hours
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .