Post Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Certificate
The Post Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Certificate Program is a career-changing opportunity afforded to students by Montana State University through the Health Professions Advising office. As a ‘career-changing’ program, students accepted into this program have earned a non-science bachelor’s degree and have often been employed prior to deciding to pursue a career in medicine or health care. The Certificate program was approved in 2005 as a ‘career-changing’ program and the first students matriculated in May 2006.
The program is about 12-15 months (~4 semesters) in length when enrolled in classes full-time (12 credits or more per semester) when it is started in the summer. Students are encouraged to begin during summer session but can start during any academic semester.
Director
Hilary Becker, MS
Bozeman, MT 59717
Home Page for HPA Email: hpa@montana.edu
Tel: 406 994-1670
Certificate of Completion
Certificate of Completion is awarded to students who complete a minimum of 30 credits from the certificate curriculum and at least 20 of those credits at Montana State University.
Students will need to submit and have approved a Graduation application completed through the registrar's office, the Certificate will be included on the student's transcript.
How to Apply
- Application for the Post Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Certificate can be found online through MSU Undergraduate Admissions.
- Competency in math, as defined by MSU Math Level 4 or successful completion of College Algebra within the last 5 years, is highly recommend at the time of course registration and matriculation. Courses in Chemistry, Statistics, and Math require this as a pre-requisite. Therefore, students without this level of math will need additional semesters before beginning the required curriculum. It is also recommended that you have 2 semesters of college writing prior to beginning the program.
Program Specifics
While at MSU students complete professional school pre-requisites and prepare for a competitive application.
- Curriculum typically consists of 1 year each of biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics and a semester of biochemistry. Additional courses such as statistics, calculus, psychology, and sociology may be recommended depending on undergraduate coursework completed. Curriculum is established based on students educational goals and professional program course pre-requisites.
- Courses are taken at the undergraduate level and with the undergraduate students.
- Students are encouraged to participate in a semester-long application preparation process (Prep2Apply).
Students can apply to professional school at the end of the Certificate program and; therefore, experience at least one glide year. We encourage students to consider the 1-year Master of Science in Health Sciences program during the glide year to further enhance their academic foundation prior to professional school matriculation.
Curriculum Requirements:
Required Courses
| CHMY 141 & CHMY 142 | College Chemistry I and College Chemistry I Lab | 4 |
| CHMY 143 & CHMY 144 | College Chemistry II and College Chemistry II Lab | 4 |
| Take 7 credits from this list: | ||
| BIOB 160 | Principles of Living Systems | 4 |
| BIOB 260 | Cellular and Molecular Biology | 5 |
| BIOB 375 | General Genetics | 3 |
| BIOM 250 | Microbiology for Health Sciences: Infectious Diseases | 3 |
| BIOM 251 | Microbiology for Health Sciences Lab | 1 |
| BIOM 360 | General Microbiology | 5 |
| BIOH 320 | Biomedical Genetics | 3 |
| Electives - Take 15 credits from this list: | ||
| BIOH 201 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I | 5 |
| BIOH 211 | Human Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 |
| BIOH 303 | Global Diseases and Health Disparities | 3 |
| BIOH 323 | Human Developmental Biology | 4 |
| BIOH 409 | Advanced Human Torso Anatomy | 4 |
| BIOH 411 | Advanced Human Anatomy | 4 |
| BIOB 410 | Immunology | 3 |
| CHMY 211 | Elements of Organic Chemistry | 4 |
| CHMY 212 | Elements of Organic Chemistry Lab | 1 |
| CHMY 321 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHMY 322 | Organic Chemistry I Lab | 1 |
| CHMY 323 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHMY 324 | Organic Chemistry II Lab | 1 |
| BCH 380 | Biochemistry | 4 |
| BCH 381 | Biochemistry Lab | 1 |
| BCH 441 | Biochemistry of Macromolecules | 3 |
| BCH 442 | Metabolic Regulation | 3 |
| STAT 216Q | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| PHSX 205 | College Physics I | 4 |
| PHSX 207 | College Physics II | 4 |
| PSYX 230 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| PSYX 333 | Psychology of Aging | 3 |
| PSYX 340 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| PSYX 350 | Physiological Psychology | 3 |
| KIN 320 | Exercise Physiology | 4 |
| Total Credits | 30 | |