PreMedical Postbac Certificate

Required Courses:

• PH 185: Colloquium in Public Health (.25 Unit)

• OR

• HCI 201: Issues in Health Care (.25 Unit)

Elective Courses:

Seven units, drawn from the approved list of courses below. Course plan made with consultation of Wilson Institute Health Professions Advisors. Additional courses may count toward the certificate pending approval of the Wilson Institute for Medicine.

• ANTH 242: Biological Anthropology (1 Unit)
• ANTH 279: Global Health (1 Unit)
• ANTH 368: Medical Anthropology (1 Unit)
• BIOL 301: Cell Biology (1 Unit)
• BIOL 324: Developmental Biology (1 Unit)
• BIOL 332: Microbiology (1 Unit)
• BIOL 341: Physiology (1 Unit)
• BIOL 360: Genomic Analysis (1 Unit)
• BIOL 362: Molecular Biology (1 Unit)
• BIOL 367: Virology (1 Unit)
• BIOL 371: Pathophysiology (1 Unit)
• BIOL 372: Immunology (1 Unit)
• CHEM 337: Biochemistry (1 Unit)
• CHEM 351: Biophysical Chemistry (1 Unit)
• CHEM 352: Medicinal Chemistry (1 Unit)
• COMM 208: Health Communication (1 Unit)
• COMM 211: Risk Communication (1 Unit)
• COMM 213: Intercultural Communication (1 Unit)
• COMM 308: Heath Disparities (1 Unit)
• COMM 310: Health Communication (1 unit)
• KIN 233: Human Gross Anatomy (1 Unit)
• KIN 305: Physical Activity Epidemiology (1 Unit)
• KIN 310: Research and Statistics in Kinesiology (1 Unit)
• KIN 369: Human Physiology (1 Unit)
• KIN 379: Exercise Physiology (1 Unit)
• MATH 209: An Introduction to Statistics (1 Unit)
• PHIL 308: Biomedical Ethics (1 Unit)
• PSYC 230: Health Psychology (1 Unit)
• PSYC 236: Social Psychology (1 Unit)
• PSYC 241: Neuroscience I: Brain Structure and Function (1 Unit)
• PSYC 243: Sensation & Perception (1 Unit)
• PSYC 247: Drugs, Brain, and Behavior (1 Unit)
• PSYC 251: Child and Adolescent Development (1 Unit)
• PSYC 254: Lifespan Development (1 Unit)
• PSYC 265: Psychology of Mental Illness (1 Unit)
• PSYC 267: Psychology of Personality (1 Unit)
• SOC 356: Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives (1 Unit)

Additional Requirements:

All students completing a PreMedical Postbac Certificate are required to successfully complete professional development workshops on professional school test (MCAT/DAT/GRE) preparation, effective time management, successful study skill strategies, reflective writing, professional school application essay writing, and current issues in healthcare.