Department of Biological Sciences

Premedicine

The requirements for medical schools and osteopathic schools are similar and the student would be taking the same courses. The minimum requirements for most schools of medicine are 90 semester hours. Although the medical schools require 90 hours of course work, most people would have their bachelor's degree completed before they enter medical/osteopathic school.This work must include general chemistry (two semesters), organic chemistry (two semesters), physics (two semesters), general zoology (one semester), genetics, comparative anatomy, developmental biology, histology or cell biology (one semester), English (three semesters), and psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, humanities, foreign language, or a combination thereof (three semesters). Additional study in the social sciences, humanities, mathematics (calculus is recommended), fine arts, computer science, English, biology and chemistry is encouraged. One of three degree programs are recommended for students:

BIOLOGY MAJOR/CHEMISTRY MINOR

CHEMISTRY MAJOR/BIOLOGY MINOR

BIOLOGY-CHEMISTRY INTERDISCIPLINARY MAJOR

The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) must be taken no later than the summer of the year in which the application is filed. Applications must be submitted approximately one year in advance of the desired admission date. The minimum GPA required is 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and the minimum MCAT score is 7. These are the minimum scores needed. Admission to medical school is highly competitive and the average scores of those who are admitted to the schools are significantly higher than these minimums. SOSU has a preprofessional advisory committee for premedical students. It is highly recommended that premedical students see one of the members of the committee for advisement. For more information on the preprofessional advisory committee, click here.

Many of SOSU students apply to the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine or Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. If you would like more information about OU College of Medicine click here. If you would like more information about OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine click here.