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The Marquette University Department of Biomedical Sciences offers a biomedical sciences major and minor area of study for undergraduate students interested in pursuing careers in or related to health care professions and offers graduate courses for the Ph.D. specialization in neuroscience. The primary purpose of the major and minor is to provide human-oriented courses in anatomical sciences, biochemistry, nutrition, microbiology, molecular biology, pathology, pharmacology and physiology. The course work will provide students with the opportunity to acquire the concepts, principles, facts, and terminology fundamental to all health care professions or to areas, which require health related knowledge.
Graduation Requirements
Candidates for the baccalaureate degree must complete a minimum of 128 credit hours including the following requirements:
| Area | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| UCCS Requirements | 36-39 |
| Required Science Cognates | 17-25 |
| Medical Ethics and Health and Society Cognates | 4-6 |
| Major | 30 |
Core and Department Curriculum Requirements:
Diverse Cultures (DC)
| Any approved DC course | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 3 | |
Histories of Cultures and Societies (HCS)
| Any approved HCS course | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 3 | |
Human Nature and Ethics (HNE)
| PHIL 1001 | Philosophy of Human Nature | 3 |
| PHIL 2310 | Theory of Ethics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 6 | |
Individual and Social Behavior (ISB)
| PSYC 1001 | General Psychology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 3 | |
Literature and Performing Arts (LPA)
| Any approved literature LPA course except the following: ARSC 2970, COMM 2100, MUSI 1020, MUSI 2420, THAR 1020 and any other non-literature LPA courses. | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 3 | |
Mathematical Reasoning (MR)
| Any statistics course approved for UCCS MR: | 3-4 | |
| Modern Elementary Statistics | ||
| Psychological Measurements and Statistics | ||
| Social Statistics | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 3-4 | |
Rhetoric (R)
| Any two approved Rhetoric courses:* | 6 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 6 | |
*ENGL 1001 Rhetoric and Composition 1 and ENGL 1002 Rhetoric and Composition 2 are recommended for pre-professional students.
Science and Nature (SN)
| Any required cognate (see below) approved for SN: | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 3 | |
Theology (T)
| THEO 1001 | Introduction to Theology | 3 |
| One additional approved UCCS Theology course: | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 6 | |
Required Science Cognates:
All students are required to complete:
| BIOL 1001 | General Biology 1 | 3 |
| BIOL 1002 | General Biology 2 | 3 |
| CHEM 1001 | General Chemistry 1 | 4 |
| CHEM 1002 | General Chemistry 2 | 4 |
| CHEM 2111 | Organic Chemistry 1 | 4 |
| or CHEM 2112 | Organic Chemistry 2 | |
| or BISC 2050 | Organic Chemistry for the Health Sciences | |
| One of the following laboratory science courses: | 1-3 | |
| Principles of Biological Investigation | ||
| Concepts in Clinical Laboratory Medicine | ||
| Molecular Diagnostics: Laboratory Techniques | ||
| Kinesiology 1: The Upper Extremity (Only for students admitted to DPT program) | ||
| Microbiology Laboratory | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 19-21 | |
Students who are interested in pursuing a professional or graduate education (i.e. pre-med, pre-dental) should take the following courses:
| Organic Chemistry 1 | ||
| Organic Chemistry 2 | ||
| General Physics 1 | ||
| General Physics 2 | ||
| Principles of Biological Investigation | ||
| Calculus for the Biological Sciences |
Required Health and Society Cognate (one course) and Medical Ethics (minimum 1 credit):
| One of the following Health and Society courses: | 3 | |
| Social Justice Issues in Health Science (can be used as a Health and Society Cognate or BISC elective, but not both) | ||
| Public Health (can be used as a Health and Society Cognate or BISC elective, but not both) | ||
| Culture and Health (can be used as a Health and Society Cognate or UCCS DC requirement, but not both) | ||
| Primary Health Care Concepts | ||
| Sociology of the Life Course | ||
| Culture, Health and Illness | ||
| Health Care Systems | ||
| Race, Gender and Medicine | ||
| Men, Masculinities and Health | ||
| Sociology of Aging | ||
| Introduction to Social Welfare and Justice | ||
| Advanced Spanish for the Health Professions | ||
| Introduction to Clinical Medicine (for students admitted to MPA program) | ||
| One of the following medical ethics courses (minimum 1 credit): | 1-3 | |
| Applied Ethics for the Health Sciences | ||
| Biomedical Ethics | ||
| Medical Ethics | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 4-6 | |
Academic Performance
All students must comply with the College of Health Sciences graduation requirements. Candidates for a degree must earn at least the minimum number of credits listed in their curriculum and a minimum GPA of 2.000. A student must earn a C or better in all major courses. Major courses completed with a CD or less do not count toward the total hour requirement for the major or minor but do count toward the total number of credit hours for graduation. A waiver request may be submitted by a student if a required BISC course taken in the senior year is completed with a CD or D grade, provided the student has completed at least 30 credits in the major with a C or better.
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Biomedical Sciences Major
The following courses (30 credits) are required for undergraduate students not admitted to the MPA, DPT or Pre-dental Scholars programs:
| BISC 2135 | Human Anatomy | 4 |
| BISC 4145 | Human Physiology | 4 |
| BISC 3115 | Human Microbiology | 3 |
| BISC 4120 | Pharmacology | 3 |
| BISC 3150 | General Pathology | 3 |
| BISC 4160 | Molecular Pathology | 3 |
| BISC 3213 | Biochemistry | 3-4 |
| or BISC 2070 | Biochemistry for the Health Professions | |
| or BIOL 4101 | Biochemistry and the Molecular Basis of Biology | |
| Additional courses from the Biomedical Sciences Electives list below: | 6 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 29-30 | |
Biomedical Electives: Additional courses must be selected from the following list to reach a total of 30 credits in the major.
| BISC 1001 | Contemporary Issues in Biomedical Sciences (required course for all first semester freshman) | 1 |
| BISC 1030 | Introduction to Dentistry | 1 |
| BISC 2125 | Course BISC 2125 Not Found | |
| BISC 2150 | Social Justice Issues in Health Science (can fulfill Health and Society Cognate or BISC elective, not both) | 3 |
| BISC 2173 | Principles of Human Embryology | 3 |
| BISC 3110 | Nutritional Aspects of Health | 3 |
| BISC 3112 | Head and Neck Anatomy | 3 |
| BISC 3136 | Gross Anatomy for the Biomedical Sciences | 2 |
| BISC 3340 | Course BISC 3340 Not Found | 3 |
| BISC 3859 | Evolution | 3 |
| BISC 4140 | Functional Neuroanatomy | 3 |
| BISC 4165 | Microbiology Laboratory | 1 |
| BISC 4931 | Topics in Biomedical Sciences | 1-3 |
| BISC 4986 | Internship in Biomedical Sciences (Maximum 3 credits toward BISC major) | 1-3 |
| BISC 4995 | Independent Study in Biomedical Sciences (Maximum 3 credits toward BISC major) | 1-6 |
| BIOL 2201 | Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL 2301 | Cell Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 3202 | Experimental Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL 3302 | Experimental Cell Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 3501 | Neurobiology | 3 |
| BIOL 3502 | Experimental Neurobiology | 3 |
| BIOL 3702 | Experimental Physiology | 3 |
| BIOL 4102 | Experimental Molecular Biology | 3 |
| BIOL 4806 | Immunobiology | 3 |
| CLLS 2050 | Forensic Science | 3 |
| CLLS 2060 | Public Health (can fulfill Health and Society Cognate or BISC elective, not both) | 3 |
| CLLS 3160 | Molecular Diagnostics: Laboratory Techniques | 3 |
| PHTH 7515 | Pathophysiology and Aging | 4 |
| PHTH 7558 | Neuroanatomy | 4 |
| A maximum of nine transfer credit hours can be applied toward the requirements for a major | ||
Curricula Information
Typical Program for Biomedical Sciences Majors
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours |
| ENGL 1001 (R) | 3 | ENGL 1002 or COMM 1100 (R)* | 3 |
| CHEM 1001 | 4 | CHEM 1002 | 4 |
| BIOL 1001 (SN) | 3 | BIOL 1002 | 3 |
| THEO 1001 (T) | 3 | PSYC 1001 (ISB) | 3 |
| UCCS (HCS) | 3 | PHIL 1001 | 3 |
| BISC 1001 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 16 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours |
| BISC 2135 | 4 | PHIL 2310 | 3 |
| CHEM 2111 or BISC 2050 | 2-4 | BISC 3213 or Elective | 3-4 |
| BIOL 2001 (or Lab Course )**** | 3 | Statistics (MR) | 3-4 |
| MATH 1410 (or elective)* | 3 | Electives | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | CHEM 2112 or BISC 2070 | 3-4 |
| 15-17 | 15-18 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours |
| PHYS 1001 (or elective)* | 4 | PHYS 1002 (or elective)* | 4 |
| BISC 3115 | 3 | BISC 4145 | 4 |
| Health and Society requirement*** | 3 | BISC 3150 | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Electives | 6 |
| UCCS LPA (Literature) | 3 | ||
| 16 | 17 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours |
| BISC 4160 | 3 | BISC 4120 | 3 |
| BISC elective | 3 | BISC elective | 3 |
| PHIL 4336 | 1 | UCCS (T) | 3 |
| UCCS (DC) | 3 | Electives | 7 |
| Elective | 6 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Total credit hours: 128-133 | |||
| * | Courses required for many post-graduate/professional programs |
| ** | The biochemistry requirement can be satisfied by either BISC 2070 or BISC 3213 (4 cr) in spring of sohpomore year or BISC 3213 (4 cr) or BIOL 4101 in fall of junior year. |
| *** | BISC 2150, CLLS 2060. HEAL 1025, HEAL 2100, PSYC 3420, SOCI 2300, SOCI 3500, SOCI 3520, SOCI 3550, SOCI 3570, SOCI 4300 or SOWJ 100, SPAN 3715. Topics (4931) courses that relate to health and society may be approved on an individual basis. BISC 2150 and CLLS 2060 can fulfill either the Health and Society Cognate or BISC elective, but not both. HEAL 1025 can fulfill either the Health and Society Cognate or the UCCS Diverse Cultures requirement but not both. |
| **** | The laboratory course requirement can be satisfied by either BIOL 2001, BISC 4165, CLLS 1010, CLLS 3160 or PHTH 7525 (for students admitted to the DPT program). |
Typical Program for Biomedical Sciences Majors - Pre-physician Assistant Students
| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours | ||
| ENGL 1001 (R) | 3 | ENGL 1002 or COMM 1100 (R) | 3 | ||
| CHEM 1001 | 4 | CHEM 1002 | 4 | ||
| BIOL 1001 (SN) | 3 | BIOL 1002 | 3 | ||
| UCCS (HCS) | 3 | PSYC 1001 (ISB) | 3 | ||
| THEO 1001 (T) | 3 | PHIL 1001 | 3 | ||
| BISC 1001 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | ||||
| Sophomore | |||||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours | ||
| Literature (LPA) | 3 | Elective | 3 | ||
| CHEM 2111 | 4 | CHEM 2112 | 4 | ||
| BISC 2135 | 4 | PHIL 2310 (HNE) | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | UCCS (T) | 3 | ||
| UCCS DC | 3 | Statistics (MR) | 3-4 | ||
| 17 | 16-17 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours | Summer Term | Hours |
| BISC 3213 | 4 | BISC 4145 | 4 | PHAS 7090** | 3 |
| BISC 4130 | 5 | PHTH 7558 | 4 | PA Curriculum * | |
| BISC 3110 | 3 | BISC 3150 | 3 | ||
| PHIL 4336 | 1 | BISC 7410 | 4 | ||
| PHAS 7040 | 1 | BISC 4165 | 1 | ||
| BISC 3340 | 3 | PHAS 7117# | 2 | ||
| 17 | 18 | 3 | |||
| Senior | |||||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours | ||
| BISC 7120 | 4 | PA Curriculum* | |||
| PA Curriculum* | |||||
| 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total credit hours: 108-109 | |||||
| # | For the 2011-12 academic year, PHAS 7117 Cultural Diversity in Health Care will be offered for 3 cr. and fulfill the UCCS Diverse Cultures (DC) requirement. Starting in the 2012-13 academic year, PHAS 7117 Cultural Diversity in Health Care will be offered for 1 cr. and will not fulfill the UCCS DC requirement. Students accepted to PA starting with the 2012-13 academic year must fulfill the UCCS DC requirement before entering the PA curriculum. |
| * | See PA section of the Bulletin. PA courses will fulfill remaining elective requirements to complete 128 credits required for the B.S. degree. |
| ** | Fulfills BISC Health and Society Cognate |
Typical Program for Biomedical Sciences Majors - Direct Admit Physical Therapy Students
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours |
| BIOL 1001 (SN) | 3 | BIOL 1002 | 3 |
| CHEM 1001 | 4 | CHEM 1002 | 4 |
| ENGL 1001 (R) | 3 | ENGL 1002 or COMM 1100 (R) | 3 |
| THEO 1001 (T) | 3 | PSYC 1001 (ISB) | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | PHIL 1001 | 3 |
| BISC 1001 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 16 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours |
| BISC 2050 | 2 | BISC 2070 | 3 |
| UCCS (HCS) | 3 | Elective | 6 |
| Literature (LPA) | 3 | PHTH 1001* | 1 |
| Elective | 9 | Statistics (MR)*** | 3-4 |
| PHIL 2310 (HNE) | 3 | ||
| 17 | 16-17 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours |
| PHYS 1001 | 4 | PHYS 1002 | 4 |
| BISC 3115 | 3 | BISC 4145 | 4 |
| BISC elective (Min. 1 credit) | 1-3 | BISC 3150 | 3 |
| Elective | 5 | Health and Society Requirement** | 3 |
| UCCS (T) | 3 | PHIL 4336 | 1 |
| 16-18 | 15 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours |
| PHTH 7512 (DC) | 3 | PHTH 7530 | 2 |
| BISC 4130 | 5 | PHTH 7528 | 2 |
| PHTH 7503 | 3 | PHTH 7515 | 4 |
| PHTH 7513 | 3 | PHTH 7525 | 3 |
| BISC 4160 | 3 | BISC 4120 | 3 |
| 17 | 14 | ||
| Total credit hours: 128-131 | |||
| * | Students who are not direct admit PT students are not required to complete PHTH 1001 |
| ** | BISC 2150, CLLS 2060, HEAL 1025, HEAL 2100, PSYC 3420, SOCI 2300, SOCI 3500, SOCI 3550, SOCI 3550, SOCI 3570, SOCI 4300 or SOWJ 1001, SPAN 3715. Topics (4931) courses that relate to health and society may be approved on an individual basis. BISC 2150 and CLLS 2060 can be used to fulfill the Health and Society Cognate or BISC electives, but not both. HEAL 1025 can be used to fulfill the Heal and Society Cognate or the UCCS Diverse Cultures requirement but not both. |
| *** | Any statistics course approved for math requirement of the UCCS |
Typical Program for Biomedical Sciences Majors - Pre-dental Scholars
| Freshman | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours |
| ENGL 1001 (R) | 3 | ENGL 1002 (R) | 3 |
| CHEM 1001 | 4 | CHEM 1002 | 4 |
| BIOL 1001 (SN) | 3 | BIOL 1002 | 3 |
| UCCS (HCS) | 3 | PSYC 1001 (ISB) | 3 |
| THEO 1001 (T) | 3 | BISC 1030 | 1 |
| BISC 1001 | 1 | PHIL 1001 | 3 |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| Sophomore | |||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours |
| CHEM 2111 | 4 | CHEM 2112 | 4 |
| MATH 1410 | 3 | PHIL 2310 (HNE) | 3 |
| BIOL 2001 | 3 | BISC 2070 | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | BISC 4145 | 4 |
| UCCS (DC) | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| 16 | 17 | ||
| Junior | |||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours |
| PHIL 4336 | 1 | BISC 4120 | 3 |
| Health and Society Requirement* | 3 | UCCS (T) | 3 |
| Literature (LPA) | 3 | BISC 3150 | 3 |
| BISC 4160 | 3 | Statistics (MR)** | 3-4 |
| PHYS 1001 | 4 | PHYS 1002 | 4 |
| Elective | 3 | ||
| 17 | 16-17 | ||
| Senior | |||
| First Term | Hours | Second Term | Hours |
| BISC 7514 | 4 | BISC 7410 | 4 |
| Clinical curriculum*** | BISC 7515 or 7516 | 3 | |
| Clinical curriculum*** | |||
| 4 | 7 | ||
| Total credit hours: 111-112 | |||
| * | BISC 2150, CLLS 2060, HEAL 1025, HEAL 2100, PSYC 3420, SOCI 2300, SOCI 3500, SOCI 3520, SOCI 3550, SOCI 3570, SOCI 4300 or SOWJ 1001, SPAN 3715. Topics (4931) courses that relate to health and society may be approved on an individual basis. BISC 2150 and CLLS 2060 can be used to fulfill either the Health and Society Cognate or BISC elective, but not both. HEAL 1025 can be used to fulfill the Health and Society Cognate or the UCCS Diverse Cultures requirement, but not both. |
| ** | Any statistics course approved for math requirement of the UCCS |
| *** | Clinical curriculum credits in D1 year will apply toward the 128 total credits required for the B.S. degree. |
Biomedical Sciences Minor
Choose any of the following courses for a total of 18 credits:
| BISC 1030 | Introduction to Dentistry | 1 |
| BISC 1060 | Chemistry for the Health Professions | 3 |
| BISC 2070 | Biochemistry for the Health Professions | 3 |
| BISC 2125 | Course BISC 2125 Not Found | |
| BISC 2135 | Human Anatomy | 4 |
| BISC 2150 | Social Justice Issues in Health Science | 3 |
| BISC 2173 | Principles of Human Embryology | 3 |
| BISC 3110 | Nutritional Aspects of Health | 3 |
| BISC 3112 | Head and Neck Anatomy | 3 |
| BISC 3115 | Human Microbiology | 3 |
| BISC 3150 | General Pathology | 3 |
| BISC 3213 | Biochemistry | 4 |
| BISC 3340 | Course BISC 3340 Not Found | 3 |
| BISC 3859 | Evolution | 3 |
| BISC 4120 | Pharmacology | 3 |
| BISC 4130 | Human Gross Anatomy (PA and PT students only) | 5 |
| BISC 4140 | Functional Neuroanatomy | 3 |
| BISC 4145 | Human Physiology | 4 |
| BISC 4160 | Molecular Pathology | 3 |
| BISC 4165 | Microbiology Laboratory | 1 |
| BISC 4931 | Topics in Biomedical Sciences | 1-3 |
| BISC 4995 | Independent Study in Biomedical Sciences Maximum of 3 credits applied toward the minor | 1-6 |
| CLLS 1010 | Concepts in Clinical Laboratory Medicine | 3 |
| A maximum of nine transfer credit hours can be applied toward the requirements for a minor | ||
For students in non-science majors interested in pursuing a minor in biomedical sciences, it is strongly recommended that BIOL 1001 General Biology 1 is completed for the UCCS Science and Nature requirement. BISC 1060 Chemistry for the Health Professions (a fall semester course) and BISC 2070 Biochemistry for the Health Professions (a spring semester course) should be the first BISC minor courses completed. These two BISC minor courses fulfill the chemistry and biochemistry prerequisites for most other BISC minor courses.
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- Graduation Requirements
- Academic Performance
- Biomedical Sciences Major
- Curricula Information
- Typical Program for Biomedical Sciences Majors
- Typical Program for Biomedical Sciences Majors - Pre-physician Assistant Students
- Typical Program for Biomedical Sciences Majors - Direct Admit Physical Therapy Students
- Typical Program for Biomedical Sciences Majors - Pre-dental Scholars
- Biomedical Sciences Minor
- Courses
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