UT Austin pre-med prerequisite classes to plan for
Build your plan around these seven areas
These are common Texas medical school prerequisites and UT Austin options from the Health Professions Office. The course link opens the first or an example class in each sequence.
- General chemistry · 6 lecture hours + 2 lab hoursStart with CH 301 and CH 302. Common lab options are CH 204 or the CH 104M and CH 104N pair.
- Organic chemistry · 6 lecture hours + 2 lab hoursCH 320M and CH 320N are common lecture choices. Plan CH 220C when you’re eligible because lab seats can be limited.
- Biology · 12 lecture hours + 2 lab hoursBIO 311C, BIO 311D, BIO 325 and another upper-division biology class are one route. Check BIO 206L or another accepted formal lab.
- Biochemistry · 3 lecture hoursBCH 369 is a common option. Keep biology and chemistry hours on the plan separately until your target schools confirm what they accept.
- Physics · 6 lecture hours + 2 lab hoursOne route is PHY 302K and PHY 302L with PHY 105M and PHY 105N labs. Check the alternate sequences if your major has its own requirements.
- Statistics · 3 hoursCompare SDS 301, SDS 302F, SDS 320E and EDP 371. Some schools require a course from a math or statistics department.
- English · 6 hoursRHE 306 and an eligible literature course are possible choices. Check whether your target schools expect both composition and literature.
Check the admissions rules for your schools
Check each school’s treatment of AP, transfer and online work before relying on those credits. UT’s advising office recommends checking the course plan with an adviser and taking prerequisites for a letter grade.