Upper-Level Elective Exceptions
As noted in the degree requirements, students must complete a minimum of 60 upper-level credits (300-level and above). The 45 public health credits are included in this requirement. The remaining 15 credits can be fulfilled by any upper-level course. Students can choose to fill these 15 credits with additional courses in the School The following lower-level courses are exceptions which may also count towards this requirement.
Language Courses
The final course used to fulfill the fourth-term profiency in a foreign language may be counted as an upper-level elective. These courses are offered by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), please see the LSA Course Guide for more information.
The School of Public Health follows the LSA policies for which courses count towards the language requirement, a list of those courses can be found here.
Pre-Health Courses
The following lower-level pre-health courses may count towards the 15 credits of upper-level electives. These courses are offered by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA), please see the LSA Course Guide for more information.
- BIOLOGY 207 - Microbiology
- BIOLOGY 225 - Principles of Human and Animal Physiology
- BIOLOGY 226 - Human and Animal Physiology Laboratory
- CHEM 210 - Structure and Reactivity I (Organic Chemistry I)
- CHEM 211 - Investigations in Chemistry (Organic Chemistry Lab I)
- CHEM 215 - Structure and Reactivity II (Organic Chemistry II)
- CHEM 216 - Synthesis and Characterization of Organic Compounds (Organic Chemistry Lab II)
- CHEM 230 - Physical Chemical Principles and Applications
- CHEM 260 - Chemical Principles
- Physics II Lecture - PHYSICS 235, 240, 250, 260 (honors) or 126 (transfer credit)
- Physics II Lab - PHYSICS 236, 241, 251, 261 (honors) or 128 (transfer credit)
- PHYSIOL 201 - Introduction to Human Physiology
- NURS 236 - Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- NURS 245 - Pathophysiology