Pre-Health Courses

Pre-health courses

If so, then you may need to complete some pre-requisite coursework to apply for these health-related programs.

Benefits of online courses

• Study from wherever you are: The online courses are offered asynchronously
• Earn the same credits as students on campus: The online pre-health courses are taught by CSU faculty and cover the same content as their on-campus course equivalents

Can I receive a pre-health degree program/certification and is financial aid available?

You have three options to take these courses online:

• No financial aid available:
• Take the courses as a non-admitted student
• Non-admitted students are not earning a degree/certification
• Financial aid is available:
• Be admitted to an online bachelor’s degree program with CSU and take these online courses as a part of your degree program
• Be admitted to an on-campus/residential instruction bachelor’s degree program with CSU and take these online courses as part of your degree program (please note differences in on-campus vs. online tuition rates)

Do I need to apply?

• If you want to take these courses as a non-admitted student, you do not need to apply to CSU; please set up an account on the CSU Online website in order to register for coursework
• If you want to use financial aid, you would need to apply and be admitted to a bachelor’s degree program with CSU to use financial aid

Will these courses help me get into medical school/vet school/dental school, or any other health-based graduate degree?

• First consult the graduate program you wish to apply for to understand their pre-requisite coursework requirements
• Then compare the requirements you need to what we offer online
• It is the student’s responsibility to connect to your intended graduate program(s) to ensure that they will accept the CSU coursework for their pre-requisites requirements

Have more questions?

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Pre-health course options

• ANEQ 322 – Pet Nutrition (2 cr.)
• ANEQ 323 – Zoo Nutrition (2 cr.)
• BC 351 – Principles of Biochemistry (4 cr.)
• BC 353 – Pre-Health Genetics (4 cr.)
• BMS 300 – Principles of Human Physiology (4 cr.)
• BMS 320 – Virtual Laboratory in Physiology (2 cr.)
• BZ 110 – Principles of Animal Physiology (3 cr.)
• BZ 120 – Principles of Plant Physiology (4 cr.)
• BZ 350 – Molecular and General Genetics (4 cr.)
• BZ 478 – Biology and Behavior of Cats (3 cr.)
• BZ 479 – Biology and Behavior of Dogs (3 cr.)
• CHEM 107 – Fundamentals of Chemistry (4 cr.)
• CHEM 108 – Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory (1 cr.)
• CHEM 245 – Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (4 cr.)
• ERHS 450 – Introduction to Radiation Biology (3 cr.)
• FSHN 150 – Introduction to Human Nutrition (3 cr.)
• HDFS 101 – Lifespan Development (3 cr.)
• HDFS 312 – Adult Development – Middle Age and Aging (3 cr.)
• HDFS 332 – Death, Dying, and Grief (3 cr.)
• HDFS 375 – Lifespan Intervention and Prevention Science (3 cr.)
• HDFS 404 – Child Life Theory and Practice (2 cr.)
• HDFS 412 – Mental and Physical Health in Adulthood (3 cr.)
• HDFS 445 – Early Childhood Health, Safety, and Nutrition (3 cr.)
• LIFE 210 – Introductory Eukaryotic Cell Biology (3 cr.)
• MATH 160 – Calculus for Physical Scientists I (4 cr.)
• MIP 300 – General Microbiology (3 cr.)
• OT 110 – Introduction to Occupational Therapy (3 cr.)
• OT 215 – Medical Terminology (1 cr.)
• PBHL 200 – Introduction to Public Health (3 cr.)
• PH 121 – General Physics I (4 cr.)
• PH 122 – General Physics II (4 cr.)
• PSY 100 – General Psychology (3 cr.)
• PSY 320 – Psychopathology (3 cr.)
• SPCM 200 – Public Speaking (3 cr.)
• STAT 301 – Introduction to Statistical Methods (3 cr.)
• VS 331 – Histology (4 cr.)
• VS 333 – Domestic Animal Anatomy (4 cr.)
• BZ/VS 479 – Biology and Behavior of Dogs (3 cr.)