Pre-Health Professions, Combination BS Degree
An exceptionally few highly qualified pre-health professions students may be accepted by the professional school after the completion of a three-year college curriculum. TCU offers the BS Combination Degree Program for these students. The student must complete a minimum of 94 semester hours, including the prescribed courses, the TCU Core Curriculum and admissions tests listed above. The last 45 hours of the 94 must be taken at TCU. The BS combination degree is awarded after successful completion of the first year of professional school. Students must declare their interest in this program (i.e., file a degree plan) prior to application to a professional school. A typical curriculum that meets all these requirements is outlined below.
Typical Combination BS Degree Program
First-year
The Unity of Life: Molecules to Cells | 3 | |
The Diversity of Life: Organisms to Ecosystems | 3 | |
Introduction to Biological Investigation | 3 | |
General Chemistry I | 3 | |
General Chemistry II | 3 | |
General Chemistry II Laboratory | 2 | |
OR | ||
Quantitative Analysis | 3 | |
Writing Workshop | ||
Other TCU CC | ||
Total Credit Hours: | 30-33 | |
Sophomore Year
Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology | 3 | |
Organic Chemistry I | 3 | |
Organic Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 | |
Organic Chemistry II | 3 | |
Organic Qualitative Analysis | 3 | |
General Physics I with Laboratory | 4 | |
General Physics II with Laboratory | 4 | |
TCU CC | ||
Total Credit Hours: | 33 | |
Aptitude test should be taken at this point
Junior Year
BIOL (7-9 hours)
TCU CC (15 hours)
Electives or Additional Requirements (6-9 hours)
Total Credit Hours: | 28-33 |