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.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| BIOL 141P1,* | Introductory Biology: Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics | 1 |
| HLSC 119V | Health and Wellness | 1 |
| FSEM 1001 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| Writing or General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course)1,* | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| BIOL 142P1,* | Introductory Biology: Animal and Plant Physiology | 1 |
| PSYC 101S1,* | Introduction to Psychology | 1 |
| MATH 141Q* | Calculus I with Analytic Geometry | 1 |
| General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course)1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| MATH 141Q should be taken at some point during this year if it was not taken in First Year. | ||
| HLSC 2011,* | Anatomy Physiology I | 1 |
| CHEM 141P* | General Chemistry I | 1 |
| SOCI 101S | Understanding Society: An Introduction to Sociology | 1 |
| General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course)1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| HLSC 2021 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 1 |
| CHEM 142P* | General Chemistry II | 1 |
| HLSC elective (e.g., Nutrition, Developmental Psychology, Health Psychology, etc.)1 | 1 | |
| General Education requirement (A, B, H, L course )1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Summer | ||
| Take GRE exam in preparation for chiropractic school applications - by the end of summer before Fourth Year. | ||
| Term Units | 0 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Junior Seminar must be taken during this year. | ||
| Junior Seminar | 1 | |
| HLSC 4111,* | Exercise Physiology | 1 |
| PHYS 121P or 141P* | College Physics I University Physics I | 1 |
| COMM 108 | Public Speaking | 1 |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| HLSC 4981 | Senior Research Proposal | 1 |
| CHEM 142P or PHYS 142P* | General Chemistry II University Physics II | 1 |
| COMM 108 | Public Speaking | 1 |
| MATH 125Q | Introduction to Mathematical and Statistical Modeling | 1 |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| Suggested electives include Biomechanics, Organic Chemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology, other Psychology courses, etc. | ||
| HLSC 4991 | Senior Research Project | 1 |
| PHIL 316V | Bio-Medical Ethics | 1 |
| HLSC elective1 | 1 | |
| HLSC elective1 | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Spring | ||
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Elective | 1 | |
| Term Units | 4 | |
| Total Unit: 32 | ||
- 1
Required for HLSC major.
- *
Common core of prerequisite course work.