Advising Course Plan - Health Sciences Major - Chiropractic Medicine Interest

Those interested in pursuing a career in Chiropractic Medicine should follow the curriculum plan listed below, including a common core of prerequisite course work (*). Some requirements may differ from the ones below, depending on the graduate program in which you may be interested. Please make sure to look at various graduate program requirements for different universities (early on – in your 1st year) in which you may be interested, so that you can modify your course plan according to requirements needed for graduate programs to which you might apply. Speak to your advisor if you have a particular area of interest in mind. Of course, make sure you satisfy all the Health Sciences (HLSC) major requirements, which can be found in the course catalog online (the plan below should allow you to do this).

Chiropractic programs generally require about a 3.0 GPA.

Take the GRE exam in preparation for chiropractic school applications by the end of summer before Fourth Year.

First Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
BIOL 141P1,*1BIOL 142P1,*1
HLSC 119V1PSYC 101S1,*1
FSEM 10011MATH 141Q*1
Writing or General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course)1,*1General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course)11
 4 4
Second Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
MATH 141Q should be taken at some point during this year if it was not taken in First Year.HLSC 20211
HLSC 2011,*1CHEM 142P*1
CHEM 141P*1HLSC elective (e.g., Nutrition, Developmental Psychology, Health Psychology, etc.)11
SOCI 101S1General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course )11
General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course)11 
 4 4
Third Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
Junior Seminar must be taken during this year.HLSC 49811
Junior Seminar1CHEM 142P or PHYS 142P*1
HLSC 4111,*1COMM 1081
PHYS 121P or 141P*1MATH 125Q1
COMM 1081 
 4 4
Fourth Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
Suggested electives include Biomechanics, Organic Chemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology, other Psychology courses, etc.Elective1
HLSC 49911Elective1
PHIL 316V1Elective1
HLSC elective11Elective1
HLSC elective11 
 4 4
Total Units 32
1

Required for HLSC major.

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Common core of prerequisite course work.