Pre-Professional Concentration (including Pre-Medicine, Pre-Dentistry and Pre-Veterinary Science)
Students interested in these professional careers usually major in biology, selecting courses from the pre-professional concentration. Students also may choose to major in chemistry or biochemistry. Other majors are possible, provided the entrance requirements for professional schools are completed. Students should design their academic programs in consultation with their advisers.
Students requesting letters of recommendation to professional schools must do so through the Pre-Health Professions Committee by submitting their requests to the departmental office (SC-207).
The pre-professional concentration is designed to prepare students for application to professional schools such as medical, dental or veterinary. The Army ROTC Department can assist pre-professional students with their graduate program finances through the Health Professions Scholarship Program. For more information, contact the Army ROTC Department at (813) 258-7200 or x7200 on campus.
Students must complete a minimum of six additional biology courses for the B.S. (not including BIO 440, 450, 495 or 490) to be determined in consultation with advisers. Four of the six courses must be selected from the Pre-Professional Concentration list below. The remaining two BIO courses above 204 or MAR courses above 200 may be used to fulfill the remaining elective requirements. Of the six courses, select at least one course each from Category II and III. This concentration is not applicable to the B.A. degree because of the collateral courses required for admission to professional school programs.
Degree Requirements
Requirements for the biology–pre-professional concentration:
| BIO 220 | Behavioral Biology | 4 |
| BIO 227 | Ecosystems and Ecophysiology (laboratory included) | 4 |
| BIO 230 | Introduction to Experimental Design and Biostatistics | 4 |
| BIO 250 | Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (laboratory included) | 4 |
| BIO 307 | Microbiology (laboratory included) | 4 |
| BIO 310 | Developmental Biology (laboratory included) | 4 |
| BIO 317 | Parasitology (laboratory included) | 4 |
| BIO 320 | Molecular Genetics (laboratory included) | 4 |
| BIO 350 | Cell Biology (laboratory included) | 4 |
| BIO 360 | Immunology (laboratory included) | 4 |
| BIO 370 | Molecular Biology (laboratory included) | 4 |
| BIO 390 | Essentials of Electron Microscopy (laboratory included) | 4 |
| BIO 400 | Evolution | 4 |
| CHE 320 | Biochemistry | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 24 |
Total Credit Hours: 24