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Planning a Course Schedule
The first thing to consider is when you plan to begin medical school - immediately after graduating from Connecticut College or a year or more later? Both options are perfectly acceptable to medical schools.
Individuals planning to enter medical school in the fall after they graduate should complete all the required courses by the end of their junior year. Because four year-long course sequences are required, it is necessary to take two together one year or go to summer school. Students who do not plan to begin medical school immediately following graduation will have more flexibility.
Several possible course sequences are as follows:
| Fall | Spring | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| I. | 1st year | Biology 106 Chemistry 103 or 107 | Biology 105 Chemistry 104 or 202 |
| 2nd year | Chemistry 223 Mathematics 112 | Chemistry 224 Mathematics 107 or 113 or PSY 201 or Com 110 | |
| 3rd year | Physics 107 | Physics 108 | |
This program is recommended for students who have a strong science background and are strongly motivated for a career in medicine or other health-related sciences. Taking both chemistry and biology in the freshman year also helps potential majors in biochemistry, chemistry, and biology avoid an especially heavy load in their junior year. | |||
For students who are less certain of their interest in the health sciences and who want to keep their options open, one of the following sequences might be considered:
| Fall | Spring | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| II. | 1st year | Chemistry 103 or 107 Mathematics 112 | Chemistry 104 or 202 Mathematics 107 or 113 or PSY 201 or Com 110 |
| 2nd year | Biology 106 Chemistry 223 | Biology 105 Chemistry 224 | |
| 3rd year | Physics 107 | Physics 108 | |
| Fall | Spring | ||
| III. | 1st year | Mathematics 112 Biology 106 | Mathematics 107 or 113 or PSY 201 Biology 105 |
| 2nd year | Chemistry 103 or 107 Physics 107 | Chemistry 104 or 202 Physics 108 | |
| 3rd year | Chemistry 223 | Chemistry 224 | |
| Fall | Spring | ||
| IV. | 1st year | Physics 107 or 109 Mathematics 112 | Physics 108 or 110 Mathematics 107 or 113 or PSY. 201 |
| 2nd year | Chemistry 103 or 107 Biology 106 | Chemistry 104 or 202 Biology 105 | |
| 3rd year | Chemistry 223 | Chemistry 224 | |
These sequences provide a somewhat lighter freshman year, but require the student to take chemistry and physics together or biology and chemistry together while also starting on their major requirements in the sophomore and junior years. | |||
