Curriculum
Requirements for the Major (120 units)
The Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences requires:
- 45 units General Education and core university courses
- 51 units Lower and Upper Division required courses
- 24 units lower or upper division Electives courses depending on the track of choice: Pre-Medicine, Pre-Nursing, Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Physician Assistant, Pre-Optometry, Pre-Physical therapy and Pre-Podiatry
The lower division core curriculum provides a strong foundation in basic sciences, in addition to the unique CDU core themes to prepare our graduates to disseminate the CDU mission. The CDU advantage includes core courses on cultural diversity education, global comparative health disparities, underserved community engagement, and sociopolitical dynamic of health embedded in the Biomedical Sciences curriculum.
The upper division curriculum is tailored to individual career goals, such as pre-medicine, pre-nursing, pre-physician assistant, pre-pharmacy pre-physical therapy and pre-dentistry. In addition, pre-professional admission exam preparation is offered through Integrative Biomedical Sciences courses.
- Successful completion of the major requires a minimum C (2.0) overall grade point average.
- Courses marked with an * will fulfill category B for General Studies (8 units).
- Courses marked with ** are aligned with the CDU advantage and the ILOS:
- Research Experience
- Global Experience
- Social Justice
- Community Engagement
General Education Requirements (45 Credits)
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Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
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GE Category A |
ENG 111 |
English Composition |
3 |
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COM 111 |
Public Speaking |
3 |
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ENG 112 |
Critical Thinking and Text Analysis |
3 |
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Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
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GE Category B |
CPU 125 |
Computer Applications |
2 |
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ILR-101 |
Information Literacy |
1 |
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Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
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GE Category |
ART 131 |
Health and Creative Arts |
3 |
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HUM 231, 232 or 233 |
Intro to Humanities I, II, Cultural Diversity in Contemporary Literature, or Medical Humanities I (Philosophy of Health) |
3 |
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HUM 231, 232, 233 or 330 |
Intro to Humanities I, II, Cultural Diversity in Contemporary Literature, or Medical Humanities I (Philosophy of Health) |
3 |
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Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
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GE Category |
HIS 141 |
United States History |
3 |
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POL 141 |
United States Government |
3 |
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COM 315 |
Cross Cultural Communication in Healthcare |
3 |
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PSY 141 or 351 or SOC 141 |
General Psychology, Human Development, or Introduction to Sociology |
3 |
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Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
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GE Category |
COM 131 |
Introduction to Spanish |
3 |
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COM 231 |
Spanish for Healthcare Professionals |
3 |
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PHE 250 |
Community Health Issues |
2 |
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PHE 450 |
Senior Health Seminar and Capstone |
1 |
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Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
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GE Category |
HUM 330, or |
Medical Humanities I (Philosophy of Health) |
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Introduction to Public Health |
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PHE 352, or |
Health Dynamics & Cultural Diversity |
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PSY 351 |
Human Development |
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Biomedical Sciences major: Required courses (51 Credits)
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Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
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Required Courses for the major |
BMS 130 L/ 131 L |
General Biology w/ Lab part I and II* B |
4,4 |
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BMS 140L/ 141L |
General Chemistry w/ Lab part I and II * B |
4,4 |
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BMS 201 |
Social Justice and Leadership Seminar |
1 |
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BMS 210/211L |
Organic Chemistry w/ Lab part I and II |
4,4 |
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MTH 150 |
Statistics for Research |
3 |
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MTH 130 |
Pre-Calculus |
3 |
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MTH 230 |
Calculus I (required pre-med) |
3 |
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BMS 250 |
Brain and Behavior |
3 |
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BMS 303L |
Biochemistry w/ Lab |
4 |
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BMS 310 L/311L |
Anatomy & Physiology w/Lab part I and II |
4,4 |
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BMS 320L |
General Microbiology w/ Lab |
4 |
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BMS 450 |
Ethical Issues in Biomedicine |
1 |
Biomedical Sciences major: Electives Courses (24 Credits)
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Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
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Lower Division Electives |
BMS 155 |
Introduction to physical therapy |
2 |
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COM 113 |
Medical Terminology |
3 |
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BMS 260 |
Pharmacy calculations |
3 |
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NTR 220 |
Principles of Nutrition |
3 |
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MTH 231 |
Calculus II |
3 |
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PHY 250L |
General Physics I w/ Lab *B (required pre-med) |
4 |
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PHY 251L |
General Physics II w/ Lab (required pre-med) |
4 |
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BMS 299 |
Independent Study |
1-2 |
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Course Number |
Course Title |
Credits |
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Upper Division Electives Courses |
BMS301L |
Cellular and Molecular Biology w/ Lab |
4 |
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BMS 350 |
Kinesiology |
3 |
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BMS 368L |
Fundamentals of Biotechnology |
4 |
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BMS 400 |
Social Justice and Leadership Seminar II |
1 |
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BMS 401 |
Pharmacology |
3 |
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BMS 405L |
Immunology w/ Lab |
3 |
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BMS 410 |
Human Genetics |
3 |
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BMS 425 |
Human Embryology |
3 |
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BMS 435 |
Neurobiology |
3 |
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BMS 444 |
Clinical Immunology and Hematology |
3 |
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BMS 453 |
Biophysics |
3 |
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BMS 455 |
Diagnostic skills/simulations |
1 |
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BMS 475 |
Evolutionary Medicine |
3 |
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BMS 480 |
Global Oral Health |
3 |
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BMS 495/496 |
Integrative Biomedical Sciences exam preparation-MCAT |
2,2 |
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BMS 497 |
Integrative Biomedical Sciences exam preparation-HESI |
2 |
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BMS 498 |
Research Project |
2 |
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BMS Elective |
Approved by Department Chair |
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Example of the 4-year plan of studies for the pre-Med track
Plan of Studies
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YEAR 1 |
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Semester |
Course |
Course Name |
Units |
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Fall |
BMS 130-L |
General Biology I with lab* |
4 |
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BMS 140-L |
General Chemistry with lab* |
4 |
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COM 111 |
Public Speaking |
3 |
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BMS 200 |
Social Justice and Leadership Seminar ** |
1 |
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ILR-101 |
Information Literacy |
1 |
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CPU 125 |
Intro to computers |
2 |
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Total units: |
15 |
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Spring |
BMS 131-L |
General Biology II with lab * |
4 |
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BMS 141-L |
General Chemistry with lab * |
4 |
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ENG 111 |
English Composition |
3 |
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MTH 230 |
Calculus I |
3 |
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PHE 250 |
Community Health Issues ** |
2 |
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Total units: |
16 |
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Summer |
ENG 112 |
Critical Thinking |
3 |
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ART-131 |
Health and Creative Art ** |
3 |
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POL 141 |
United States Government |
3 |
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HIS 141 |
United States History |
3 |
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Total units: |
12 |
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YEAR 2 |
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Semester |
Course |
Course Name |
Units |
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Fall |
PHY250-L |
General Physics I with Lab * |
4 |
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BMS 210-L |
Organic Chemistry I with Lab |
4 |
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BMS 250 |
Brain and Behavior |
3 |
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COM 131 |
Intro to Spanish |
3 |
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PSY 141 |
Intro to Psychology |
3 |
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Total units: |
17 |
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Spring |
PHY 251-L |
General Physics II with Lab * |
4 |
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BMS 211 |
Organic Chemistry with Lab |
4 |
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MTH 150 |
Statistic for research* |
3 |
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COM 231 |
Spanish for Healthcare Professionals |
3 |
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Total units: |
14 |
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YEAR 3 |
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Semester |
Course |
Course Name |
Units |
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Fall |
BMS 302 L |
Cellular and Molecular Biology |
4 |
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BMS 300 L |
Biochemistry with lab |
4 |
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HUM 233 |
Cultural Diversity |
3 |
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PSY 351 |
Human Development |
3 |
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Total units: |
14 |
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Spring |
COM 315 |
Cross cultural communication in health care |
3 |
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BMS 410 |
Human Genetics |
3 |
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BMS 401 |
Pharmacology or elective |
3 |
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BMS 499 |
Research Project** |
2 |
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Total units: |
11 |
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YEAR 4 |
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Semester |
Course |
Course Name |
Units |
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Fall |
BMS 320L |
Microbiology with Lab |
4 |
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BMS 310L |
Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab |
4 |
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BMS 495 |
Integrative Biomedical Science exam prep II |
2 |
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HUM 330 |
Medical Humanities |
3 |
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Total units: |
13 |
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Spring |
BMS 311L |
Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab |
4 |
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BMS 496 |
Integrative Biomedical Science exam prep II |
2 |
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BMS 450 |
Ethics in Biomedical Sciences** |
1 |
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PHE 450 |
Senior Health Seminar and capstone** |
1 |
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Total units: |
8 |
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