It's helpful to think about courses in terms of "what does one-year of a course equal?"
The following outlines how the courses (listed on the recommended Pre-Medical Certificate) would generally equate to those on a semester-based system:
- 1-year General Chemistry with Lab:
- CHEM XL 14A General Chemistry for Life Scientists I
- CHEM XL 14B General Chemistry for Life Scientists II
- CHEM XL 14BL General and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
- 14BL is a lab that covers material from CHEM XL 14A and CHEM XL 14B
- 1-year Organic Chemistry with Lab:
- CHEM XL 14C Structure of Organic Molecules
- CHEM XL 14CL General and Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
- 14CL is the lab that covers material from CHEM XL 14C and CHEM XL 14D
- CHEM XL 14D Organic Reactions and Pharmaceuticals
- 1-year Biochemistry (Upper-Division):
- CHEM XL 153A Biochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism
- CHEM XL 153B Biochemistry: DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis
- CHEM XL 153C Biochemistry: Biosynthetic and Energy Metabolism and Its Regulation
- no lab offered for this series
- 1-year of Biology/Life Sciences with Lab:
- LIFESCI XL 7A Cell and Molecular Biology
- LIFESCI XL 7B Genetics, Evolution, and Ecology
- LIFESCI XL 7C Physiology and Human Biology
- LIFESCI XL 23L Introduction to Laboratory and Scientific Methodology
- 23L is the lab for all the lectures listed above.
- 1-year of Physics with Lab:
- PHYSICS XL 5A Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Mechanics and Energy
- Both lecture and lab
- PHYSICS XL 5B Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Thermodynamics, Fluids, Waves, Light, and Optics
- Both lecture and lab
- PHYSICS XL 5C Physics for Life Sciences Majors: Electricity, Magnetism, and Modern Physics
- Both lecture and lab
- 1-year of Calculus:
- MATH XL 31A Introduction to Calculus
- MATH XL 31B Integration and Infinite Series
- 1-semester of Statistics:
- STATS XL 10 Introduction to Statistical Reasoning or STATS XL 13 Introduction to Statistical Methods for Life and Health Sciences
- Do not complete both courses.
You may also view this information on the Pre-Med Certificate Planner pdf.