Life Science or Biology

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>Which degree gives you, the more benefit (knowledge) toward the mcat and meeical school. I know the BS Life Science degree at my school is a teaching degree one BUT the science courses include:
Biology 1/2
Chemistry 1/2
Genetics
Cell biology
Invertebrate Zoology
Senior seminar
General ecology
Evo Biology
And 9sh upper science courses electives. </p>

<p>I know this doesnt entail physicd cause its not on the degree plan, but then again you can always take orgo 1/2, physics 1/2, and a biochemistry course as electices if you wanted to. </p>

<p>Whereas the biology degree is concrete. Meaning mostly everyone knows it comes with a chemistry minor. Major requirements = bio 1/2 and then x amount of sh of upper electives allowing you to take orgo 1/2 and the other pre reqs AND includes physics in the degree plan. </p>

<p>I guess in the life science degree I dont have to do the teaching part freeing up a ton of electives to take. </p>

<p>Need some help!</p>

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<p>Edit: Considered Life Science because of the courses it makes you take which would dilute the couple3 bad grades in the sciences I have.</p>

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<p>Orgo, physics, and biochem are required at most if not all medical schools. You couldn’t take them just “if you wanted to.” It doesn’t matter which route you go, but just know you’ll have to take all those courses anyway so it may be more work if you’re not a bio/chem major. Go with the major you will enjoy most.</p>

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<p>Right but even still I will have the free space for those and more with bio but with life science I wouldnt have as much free room to squeeze in those 4-6 classes cause thats around 16-24 sh of classes. </p>

<p>I love the sciences and with life science I feel like itll challenge me in the sciences and possibly could just get the teaching requirements of it taken off and just take electives? But with biology its very basic with free room.</p>

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<p>Follow the link and it is the life science (8th-12th) grade certification. </p>

<p><a href=“http://tamut.edu/search/?q=science+degree&sa=Search[/url]”>http://tamut.edu/search/?q=science+degree&sa=Search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You should talk with your assigned advisor to make sure you can get excused from the educaiton requirements–otherwise you’re going to have a problem fitting everything into your schedule. (And you entire senior year will be consumed by student teaching.)</p>

<p>TX med schools have their own admission requirements that may differ from other schools:</p>

<p>[TMDSAS</a> Medical: Education Requirements](<a href=“http://www.utsystem.edu/tmdsas/medical/education_Requirements.html]TMDSAS”>http://www.utsystem.edu/tmdsas/medical/education_Requirements.html)</p>

<p>Additionally for the 2015 MCAT, you’ll need sociology, psychology</p>