Pre-Medical Studies

An option is a “mini-minor” – a set of courses in one discipline that can be completed in conjunction with any undergraduate degree program, allowing you to focus on an additional subject of interest.

Medicine, dentistry, veterinary and pharmacy – just a few professional programs that require individuals to have a well-rounded background in the physical sciences and life sciences, as well as the social sciences and humanities. This option will help prepare you for a future in a medical profession and will give you a significant advantage when it comes time to prep for examinations like the MCAT or DAT.

The Trent Med Path Advantage

• Personalized learning environment with faculty who know you on an individual basis and care about your success 
• Flexibility to mix and match your interests by combining courses across different disciplines, giving you the kind of well-rounded learning experience medical schools are looking for
• MCAT preparation course, student-led DAT and MCAT study groups, and mock exams 

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Resumé Boosters

• Benefit from unparalleled undergraduate research opportunities
• Gain valuable real-world experience in health-care and medical settings through internships 
• Laboratory experience starting in your first year

Course & Requirements

Students who have fulfilled the requirements for an Honours or General degree in any subject may graduate with an Option in Premedical Studies if they have successfully completed the following 4.0 credits with a minimum grade of 75% in each course:

• 1.0 credit from Category A: Humanities
• 2.0 credits from Category B: Sciences
• 1.0 credit from Category C: Social Sciences

Category A Humanities

• Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
  • AHCL 2999H: Origins of Modern Terminology
• Canadian Studies
  • CAST-GESO-SOCI 4551H: Gender and Disability in Canada
  • CAST-HIST-POST 4772H: Canadian Social Policy, 1951–Present
• Cultural Studies
  • CUST 2560H: The Making of the Modern Body
  • CUST 4565H: Psychoanalysis and Cultural Studies
• English Literature
  • ENGL 2609H: Contagion
  • ENGL-GESO 3609H: SickLit
  • ENGL-GESO 3710H
• Gender & Social Justice
  • GESO-NURS 2121H: Women and Health
  • GESO-CAST-ERST 3141H: Gender, Health, and Environments
  • GESO-PHIL-SOCI 3400H: Feminism and Disability
  • GESO-ANTH 4932H: Sex, Gender, and Science
• History
  • HIST-SOCI 2601H: Public Health and Medicine: Doctors, Nurses, and Patients in History
  • HIST-PSYC 2621H: History of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology 
  • HIST 4800Y: History of Madness
• Philosophy
  • PHIL 2020H: Philosophy of Sport and Recreation
  • PHIL 2030H: Death
  • PHIL 2390H: Biomedical Ethics
  • PHIL 3030H: The Meaning of Life 
  • PHIL 4390H: Advanced Topics in Biomedical Ethics

Category B: Sciences

• Biology
  • BIOL 1030H: Foundations of Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • BIOL 1050H: Human Anatomy
  • BIOL 1051H: Human Physiology
  • BIOL 2000H: Methods of Biological Inquiry
  • BIOL-FRSC 2050H: Introduction to Genetics
  • BIOL 2070H: Cell Biology
  • BIOL 2600H: Evolution
  • BIOL 3040H: Histology
  • BIOL 3080H: Molecular Biology
  • BIOL-PSYC 3210H: Principles of the Nervous System
  • BIOL 3250H: Microbiology
  • BIOL 3640H: Epidemiology
  • BIOL 3830H: Animal Physiology I
  • BIOL 3840H: Animal Physiology II 
  • BIOL 4010Y/4020D: Research Thesis
  • BIOL-ERSC 4030H: Research Design and Data Analysis
  • BIOL 4080H: Developmental Biology
  • BIOL 4130H: Human Cell Biology
  • BIOL 4160H: Immunology
  • BIOL 4260H: Virology
  • BIOL 4320H: Pharmacology
  • BIOL 4355H: Pathophysiology of Disease
  • BIOL 4370H: The Gut Microbiome
  • BIOL 4380H: Research and Methods in Gene Expression
  • BIOL 4630H: Epigenetics
  • BIOL-PSYC 4840H: Neuroendocrinology
• Biomedical Science
  • BIOM 1000H: Introduction to Biomedical Science
  • BIOM 4450Y/4451H: Placement in Biomedical Science
• Chemistry
  • CHEM 1000H: Introductory Chemistry I
  • CHEM 1010H: Introductory Chemistry II
  • CHEM 2100H: Introductory Organic Chemistry I
  • CHEM 2110H: Introductory Organic Chemistry II 
  • CHEM-BIOL 2300H: Biochemical Concepts
  • CHEM 3102H: Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  • CHEM 3110H: Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry: Biological Applications
  • CHEM 3310H: Protein Chemistry and Enzymology
  • CHEM-BIOL 3320H: Metabolism
  • CHEM 4110H: Medicine and Chemistry: The Design, Synthesis, and Analysis of Drugs
  • CHEM-BIOL 4300H: Bioinorganic Chemistry 
• Environmental & Resource Science/Studies
  • ERSC 2220H: Environmental Assessment: Chemical and Laboratory Methods
  • ERSC 2230H: Environmental Assessment: Sampling and Analysis
  • ERSC 3551H: Pollution Ecology
  • ERSC 3702H: Chemical Hazards in the Environment 
  • ERSC-PSYC 3710H: Environmental Health
  • ERSC-BIOL-GEOG-EGEO-WASC 4060H: The Geochemistry of Natural Waters 
• Geography
  • GEOG-ERSC 2080H: Natural Science Statistics
  • GEOG-CAST 3730H: Social Geography
  • GEOG-NURS 3820H: Health Geography
• Mathematics
  • MATH 1001H: Precalculus Mathematics
  • MATH 1005H: Applied Calculus
  • MATH 1051H: Non-Calculus Statistics I: Elementary Probability and Statistics 
  • MATH 1052H: Non-Calculus Statistics II: Elementary Statistical Methods 
  • MATH 1080H: Math for Everyday Life
  • MATH 1110H: Calculus I: Limits, Derivatives, and Integrals
  • MATH 1120H: Calculus II: Integrals and Series
  • MATH 1350H: Algebra I: Linear Algebra
  • MATH 1550H: Probability I: Introduction to Probability
• Nursing
  • NURS-ECON-SOCI 2015H: Critical Perspectives on Aging
• Physics
  • PHYS 1001H: Introductory Physics I
  • PHYS 1002H: Introductory Physics II 
  • PHYS-COIS 2250H: Electronics
  • PHYS 2610H: Introductory Quantum Physics
  • PHYS 2700H: Thermal Physics
• Psychology
  • PSYC 1020H: Introduction to Psychology Part 1: Experimental and Biological Bases of Behaviour
  • PSYC 1030H: Introduction to Psychology Part 2: Social and Personality Perspectives
  • PSYC 2200H: Brain and Behaviour
  • PSYC-KINE 2210H: Brain and Body in Action
  • PSYC 2550H: Theories of Human Development 
  • PSYC 2700H: Introduction to Social Psychology
  • PSYC 3240H: Drugs and Behaviour
  • PSYC 3610H: Behaviour Modification
  • PSYC-GESO 3740H: Psychology of Gender
  • PSYC 3750H: Health Psychology
  • PSYC 3770H: Environmental Psychology
  • PSYC 4225H: Advanced Cognitive Neuroscience
  • PSYC 4310H: Psychopathology
  • PSYC 4560H: Relationships and Health

Category C: Social Sciences

• Anthropology
  • ANTH 2410H: Biological Anthropology: Darwin, Death, and Disease
  • ANTH 2450H: Plagues and People
• Economics
  • ECON 1010H: Introductory Microeconomics 
  • ECON 1020H: Introductory Macroeconomics
  • ECON-ADMN-IDST 3310H: The Economics of Developing Countries
  • ECON 3840H: Health Economics
• Indigenous Studies
  • INDG 2100Y: Introduction to Indigenous Knowledge
  • INDG-CAST-GESO-SOCI 3508H: Indigenous Genders, Sexualities, and Relationships
  • INDG-ERSC/ERST-IESS-NURS 4740Y: Critical Investigations in Indigenous Peoples’ Health and the Environment
• International Development Studies
  • IDST-ANTH-SOCI 4512H: Contemporary Issues in Global Health 
• Political Studies
  • POST-GESO 3360H: The Body Politic / The Body in Politics
• Sociology
  • SOCI 2630H: Sociology of Health and Illness
  • SOCI-GESO 3440H: Sexuality and the Social
  • SOCI 3631H: Sociology of Health Care
  • SOCI-CAST-POST 3661H: Race, Ethnicities, and Multiculturalism 
  • SOCI 4050H: Sociology of Pharmaceuticals
  • SOCI 4420H: Aging and the Lifecourse
  • SOCI 4850H: Sociology of the Body

Program Coordinator

Dr. Holger Hintelmann hhintelmann@trentu.ca

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