Pre-Medicine and Pre-Dentistry (BS)

Federal CIP: 51.1102 Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

The Pre-Medicine/Pre-Dentistry major is designed to allow students to complete most requirements for medical or dental school within their major courses. Graduates from this program enter a variety of professions including health care at all levels and laboratory or research fields. This major allows students to be eligible for the Enhanced LIFE Scholarship and the Enhanced Palmetto Fellows Scholarship. 

Learning Outcomes

Students completing the Bachelor of Science (BS) in Pre-Medicine and Pre-Dentistry degree will be able to:

• express and support, orally and in writing, an integration of faith and biology and a knowledge of current biomedical and environmental issues, including their ethical implications
• demonstrate both a theoretical and practical mastery of biology and associated sub-disciplines
• demonstrate mastery of the scientific method, as well as scientific primary literature and the design and application of experiments
• demonstrate mastery of the art of critical thinking, by formulating research questions, appropriately gathering and analyzing data, and interpreting results to address practical questions in biology