Confused on Frosh Pre-med courses

syrianxo
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:10:49 +0000

The nice thing about MCB, as well as other Biology majors is that you can fulfill all Pre-Med courses within the major itself. The best thing to do is to talk to one of the Berkeley counselors. They want to get you out as soon as they can, so they will help you develop the best plan to fulfill everything you need to finish. However, you would want to be prepared so take a look at this page on the MCB undergrad page:

http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/prospective-students/high-school

Click on any one of the emphases, maybe one your most interested in, and you should find a Sample 4-year plan. This will give you an idea of how to best take the courses you need for the major. The lower division requirements for math are Math 10A and 10B, which someone else already explained are for. Pre-Med requirements for Math are 1 semester of statistics and 1 semester of calculus. The Math 10 series at Berkeley fulfills BOTH requirements. Take a look at this link direct from Cal Career Center:

https://career.berkeley.edu/Medical/PrepPrereq

Also, it looks like Bio 1B doesn’t have much, if any prereqs, and is a seperate course from Bio 1A/1AL so I think it is okay to take in Fall. You do not have to take one before the other.

Hope this helps!