These are typical requirements and recommendations for applying to dental programs.  If you are interested in applying to programs in one of the other health profession areas (medical, pharmacy, PA, PT, optometry, etc.) please review the recommended courses for that specific area. 

These should only serve as guidelines when beginning to plan a pre-health sequence.  The health professional schools themselves provide the most accurate and up-to-date source of information.  Students should begin researching specific requirements of health professional schools they are interested in early in their academic careers and continue this research through their academic careers as health professional schools typically update their required and recommended courses on an annual basis. 

Students should also review Loyola department websites and LOCUS to determine relevant pre-requisites for courses listed below, what terms these courses are typically offered.

Area	Subject	Loyola Equivalent
Biology	General Biology I	BIOL 101 & 111
	General Biology II	BIOL 102 & 1112
	Biochemistry	BIOL 366 or CHEM 361
Chemistry	Chemical Structure & Properties w/lab	CHEM 160/161
	Chemical Reactivity I w/lab	CHEM 180/181
	Chemical Reactivity II w/lab	CHEM 240/241
	Quantitative Methods in Chemistry w/lab	CHEM 260/261
	Biochemistry	CHEM 361 or CHEM 370 or BIOL 366
Physics	Physics I	PHYS 111 & 111L or PHYS 125 & 125L
	Physics II	PHYS 112 & 112L or PHYS 126 & 126L
Math	College Algebra	MATH 117
	Pre-Calculus	MATH 118
	Calculus	MATH 131 (or 161) is a pre-requisite for CHEM 260/261
English Composition	Freshman Composition	UCWR 110
	Upper Level Composition Course	One Writing Intensive Course

Occasionally required courses include (but are not limited to):
Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology, Histology, Immunology, Statistics