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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Medical Studies (BS) Sample Plan


YEAR ONE

Fall Spring
EN - 103 Composition and Rhetoric I   3 EN - 104 Composition and Rhetoric II                                                       3
UNIV - 101 First-Year Experience    3 PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking   3
BI - 151 Introductory Biology I  + BI 151L
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Scientific Inquiry - 1/6)  
4 BI - 152 Introductory Biology II  + BI 152L                                         4
CH - 101 General Chemistry I  + CH 101L + CH 101P 5 CH - 102 General Chemistry II  + CH 102L + CH 102P 5
    MD - 1001 PA as a Profession   1
    FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 17

YEAR TWO

Fall Spring
TH - 109 Catholic Theology  or Expanded Literacies (2/6) 3 TH - 109 Catholic Theology  or Expanded Literacies (2/6) 3
MA - 111 Probability and Statistics    
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Mathematical Reasoning - 3/6)
3 PS - 109 Introduction to Psychology    
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Social Analysis - 4/6)
3
BI - 255 Molecular Biology  + BI 255L 4 Expanded Literacies (5/6)  3
CH - 231 Organic Chemistry I  + CH 231L 4 BI - 256 Cell Biology  + BI 256L 4
    BI - 352 Medical Microbiology  + 352L 4
TOTAL CREDITS 14 TOTAL CREDITS 17

YEAR THREE

Fall Spring
Lens 1 or 3 (1/3) 3 Lens 1or 3 (2/3) 3
Expanded Literacies (6/6)  3 BI - 356 Human Structure and Function II  + BI 356L 4
Catholicism in Dialogue  3 MD - 301 Selected Medical Topics   3
BI - 353 Immunology   3 MD - 302 Medical Terminology   3
BI - 355 Human Structure and Function I  + BI 355L 4 MD - 306 Pharmacology and Toxicology   3
TOTAL CREDITS 16 TOTAL CREDITS 16

YEAR FOUR - Graduate Courses*

Fall Spring
PA 501 3 PA 501L 1
PA 502 3 PA 503 3
PA 504 4 PA 505  4
PA 506 2 PA 507 2
PA 510 2 PA 511 2
PA 515 2 PA 513 1
PA 517 1 PA 516 2
PA 619 (Satisfies Health & Wellness) 1 PA 575 (Satisfies Lens 2 - 3/3) 3
TOTAL CREDITS 18 TOTAL CREDITS 18

TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: 131

* Successful completion is required for Bachelor’s Degree.

For more information about the requirements in our general education Connections Curriculum, which are included in the sample plan above, please see I. General Education (Connections Curriculum), which can be found in The Undergraduate Program .