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

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 and what terms these courses are typically offered. 

The professional association websites listed to the right are additional resources that will likely be of value.

Area	Subject	Loyola Equivalent
Biology	General Biology I	BIOL 101 & 111
	General Biology II	BIOL 102 & 112
	Biochemistry	BIOL 366 or CHEM 361
	Cell Biology	BIOL 251
	Genetics	BIOL 282
Chemistry	Inorganic Chemistry I	CHEM 101 & 111 or CHEM 105
	Inorganic Chemistry II	CHEM 102 & 112 or CHEM 106
	Organic Chemistry I	CHEM 223 & 225 or CHEM 221
	Organic Chemistry II	CHEM 224 & 226 or CHEM 222
	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
	Statistics	STAT 103 or or STAT 203 or PSYC 304 or STAT 335
English Composition	Freshman Composition	UCWR 110
	Upper Level Composition Course	One Writing Intensive Course
Psychology	Psychology	PSYC 101
Social Science	Sociology	SOCL 101

Occasionally required courses include (but are not limited to):
Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology, Calculus, Additional Behavioral Sciences