Pre-Medicine and Pre-Dentistry
Pre-Medicine and Pre-Dental at Carroll
Admission to medical or dental school requires completion of courses in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and English. While most premedical students graduate from Carroll College with a degree in biology, the choice of a major field of study is left open to the student.
The following are recommended minimum requirements:
- BI 171-172 Biological Principles I & II
- BI 281 Genetics
- BI 282 Cell Biology
- CH 101-102 General Chemistry
- CH 301-302 Organic Chemistry
- CH 353 Biochemistry
- PHYS 201-202 Physics I & II
- MA 121-122 Differential and Integral Calculus
- MA 207 Elementary Statistics
In almost all cases, students enter medical or dental school after completing a four-year undergraduate program. Occasionally, highly qualified students enter after three years. A student who enters medical or dental school after three years of undergraduate study may receive the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in biology from Carroll College under the following conditions:
- Successful completion of the first 3 years of course work in the major program.
- Fulfillment of all Carroll College Core Curriculum requirements.
- Successful completion of the first two years of professional school.
- Application for degree and receipt by the Registrar’s Office of an official transcript from the professional school.
Eye on Alaska: Carroll Biology Alum Kamey Kapp
Working in the frigid cold of Alaska's northern terrain, Kamey Kapp (class of 2004) commutes from one Eskimo village to the next carrying more than 350 pounds of equipment. She is the only full-time practicing optometrist in the Norton Sound region which spans hundreds of miles.
“Of 36 years of students, Kamey is one of a handful whom I wish I could claim as a daughter,” says Dr. John Salzsieder, a professor of physical chemistry at Carroll. “Kamey isn’t simply making Carroll proud by being very successful professionally. She embraces life with energy and fearlessness that I envy—her adventures overlapping each other.”
This sort of personal connection between professor and student is exactly what Kapp was seeking when she decided to make Carroll her alma mater. Story »
Questions? Contact:
Dan Gretch, Ph.D.
Pre-medical advisor
dgretch@carroll.edu
406.447.4463
Sam Alvey, Ph.D.
Pre-dental advisor
salvey@carroll.edu
406.447.4313
Recent graduates are currently attending Medical
or Dental School at:
- Creighton University Medical School
- Midwestern University
- Northwest University of Health and Sciences
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Pacific University Medical School
- Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
- University of Chicago Medical School
- University of Colorado School of Dentistry
- University of Colorado Medical School
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Washington - WWAMI Program
- Western University of Health Sciences