Pre-medical & Health Professional Programs

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Biomedical engineering (BME) students interested in medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, or veterinary medicine are urged to meet with an advisor in . It is essential that such students begin program planning very early and involve both their biomedical engineering and career center advisor.

All the courses usually required for admission to medical school are readily accommodated. These courses include:

  • Two semesters of general physics
  • Two semesters of general chemistry
  • Two semesters of organic chemistry with labs
  • Two semesters of biology with labs
  • Two semesters of math
  • Two semesters of English

While many of these requirements are fulfilled in our BS program, biomedical engineering students may need to use electives to fulfill them all.

Please note that the English requirement is satisfied through the required CAS 105: Reasoning and Writing in the College, and upper-level writing requirement courses.

Accelerated Nursing Programs

The accelerated nursing programs at the ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ prepare college graduates from any past field of study to enter the nursing profession. You can earn a fully accredited nursing degree from the number one nursing school in Upstate New York, the . A second bachelor's degree in nursing only takes 12 or 24 months to pass the licensing exam and practice as a registered nurse (RN). With three cohort start dates a year, accelerate your career change on your timeline.

All prerequisite coursework must be completed with a grade of C or above, unless otherwise noted, to ensure success in the program.

, the School of Nursing's health care career development center, offers the .

Complete one or all of the listed required courses by at the ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ. Courses taken at other schools must be from an . Please feel free to email the Admissions Office to check that the course description is appropriate.

Anatomy and Physiology I and II with labs

We will also accept a stand-alone anatomy course with a lab combined with a stand-alone physiology course with a lab. Only human-specific anatomy and physiology courses will be accepted.

Microbiology with lab

This course is usually just called Microbiology but may also be called Medical Microbiology or Microbiology for Health Care Professionals.

Human Nutrition

The School of Nursing typically accepts a general human nutrition course that is not specific to any certain group. Other titles for this course may be Fundamentals of Human Nutrition or Introduction to Nutrition. They do not accept any plant or animal nutrition course to fulfill this requirement.

Human Growth and Development

This is a course that covers the fundamentals of human development across the lifespan, from birth to death. Other common names for this course are Lifespan Development or Developmental Psychology, and this is typically listed as a psychology course.

Statistics

The School of Nursing typically accepts any statistics course even if the course was specific to a student’s previous field of study, such as biostatistics.