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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Biomedical Sciences, B.S.


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The Biomedical Sciences curriculum is an interdisciplinary science program that includes required courses in biology, chemistry, and physics alongside clinical internships. This major provides a solid foundation in health sciences and fulfills general prerequisites for admission to health professional schools including, but not limited to, medical, dental, veterinary, optometry, and pharmacy. Elective and Core/LS courses will satisfy additional admission prerequisites to master’s and doctoral programs in the health sciences.

Requirements for a Major in Biomedical Sciences


1.0 Course Requirements in Biomedical Sciences: 66 cr


Students matriculated at Marist and majoring in Biomedical Sciences are expected to take all BIOL courses at Marist. Exceptions will be considered under special circumstances, as when students get abroad offerings pre-approved. Transfer students must complete a minimum of 12 credits in 300-400 level BIOL classes at Marist (not including internships or research). Students must earn a C or higher in both BIOL 130L - General Biology I  and BIOL 131L - General Biology II  and CHEM 111L - General Chemistry I: Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry -CHEM 112L - General Chemistry II: Introduction to Physical Chemistry  and CHEM 115L - General Chemistry Laboratory I -CHEM 116L - General Chemistry Laboratory II .

Notes:


1 Students must earn a C or higher in BIOL 130L & BIOL 131L  , General Biology I & II. All 300-400 BIOL courses have as a prerequisite grades of C or higher in both BIOL 130L &  BIOL 131L .

2 BIOL 131L - General Biology II  when taken at Marist fulfills the public presentation requirment for the Core.

3 Students who take BIOL 201L  and/or BIOL 202L  may not then take BIOL 340L  and/or BIOL 440L  for Biomedical Sciences or Related Fields Elective credits, and students who take BIOL 340L  and/or BIOL 440L  may not take BIOL 201L  and/or BIOL 202L  for Biomedical Sciences credits or Related Fields Elective credits.

4 A course in ethics (PHIL 200L , PHIL 301L , PHIL 302L , PHIL 346L , PHIL 347, PHIL 348L , BUS 319N , COM 330L  or PSYC 309L ) is a prerequisite for BIOL 477L  

5 These elective credits must include two 4-credit BIOL courses drawn from the 300-400 level, both of which must have a laboratory component, not including internships or research. The remaining 7 credits must be chosen from ACCT, ATHT, BUS, ENSC, MEDT, BIOL 211L , 300-400-level BIOL courses, CHEM courses for which CHEM 111L , CHEM 112L , CHEM 115L , CHEM 116L  are prerequisites, HLTH 202N , HLTH courses for which BIOL 130L -BIOL 131L  are prerequisites, PSYC 301L -PSYC 305L  and MATH courses numbered above 130. Only 4 of these 7 credits may be Biology Research credits (BIOL 480L -BIOL 483L ). Required Biomedical Sciences courses cannot serve as Biomedical Sciences Electives. The specific combination of courses may contribute to a minor (such as in Business, which is strongly recommended by Marist’s Pre-Med/Pre-Health Professions Advisory Board), include categorical certification in one of the Medical Technology specialty areas, or serve to meet other educational needs of the student.

2.0 Course Requirements in Related Fields: 10 cr


Total Credit Requirement for a Major in Biomedical Sciences: 76 cr


* Prerequisite course needed

3.0 Core/Liberal Studies Requirements


3.1 Foundation: 7 cr


3.2 Distribution


Breadth: 18 cr

  • 3 Credit(s)
  • Ethics, Applied Ethics, or Religious Studies 3 Credit(s) ** (Bioethics is recommended)
  • Fine Arts 3 Credit(s)
  • History 3 Credit(s)
  • Literature 3 Credit(s)
  • Mathematics 0 Credit(s) (fulfilled by major field req.)
  • Natural Science 0 Credit(s) (fulfilled by major field req.)
  • Social Science 3 Credit(s)
Pathway: 12 cr

Breadth and Pathway courses may overlap, but all students must take a total of 36 distribution credits (including related field requirements). Students majoring in Breadth areas may apply a maximum of 6 credits to their distribution total. If applicable to a Pathway, 3 credits may come from disciplines outside of Core Breadth areas. Although foreign language and culture courses are not required within the Core, some courses in these fields may be used to fulfill distribution requirements. See the Core/LS Program website for a detailed list of all courses that satisfy distribution requirements.

  • Courses addressing an interdisciplinary topic.

Total Core/Liberal Studies Requirement: 37 cr


** a PHIL ethics class is a prerequisite for entry into BIOL 477L - Capping Course 

4.0 Electives: 7 cr


While these are meant to be completely “free” electives, they could be combined with other courses above to constitute a minor or other individualized plan of study.

Total Credit Requirement for Graduation: 120 cr


Recommended Program Sequence for a Bachelor of Science in Biology - Biomedical Sciences


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