A Bachelor of Science Degree in Medical Science will be conferred upon students not already in possession of a bachelor's degree who satisfy the following three conditions:
Complete 93 semester hours in an accredited undergraduate university program of which at least the last 30 were taken in residence at Southern Adventist University and at least 12 of which were at the upper division level.
Meet the General Education requirements equivalent to those outlined for the current Medical Laboratory Science program and the following required courses and cognates listed below. (See Medical Laboratory Science, B.S.)
Provide certification from an accredited professional school of dentistry, chiropractic, medicine, pharmacy, or optometry that the first year of the respective professional program has been successfully completed and that the applicant is eligible to continue.
The curricula below is for medical, dental, and pharmacy, but not physical therapy school applicants.
Request for the conferral of this degree is made to the Director of Records and Advisement.
Required Courses
BIOL 151 - General Biology (IN-7) 4 hours
BIOL 152 - General Biology 4 hours
CHEM 151 - General Chemistry (IN-7) 4 hours
CHEM 152 - General Chemistry 4 hours
CHEM 311 - Organic Chemistry 4 hours
CHEM 312 - Organic Chemistry 4 hours
UD Biology/Chemistry Elect 12 hours
Required Cognates
MATH 215 - Statistics (IN-4) 3 hours
PHYS 211 - General Physics I (IN-7) 3 hours
PHYS 213 - General Physics Laboratory I (IN-7) 1 hour