What prerequisite courses are required for UMass Chan Medical School?

Please review our academic requirements for full details and policies.

Academic requirements for the entering class of 2024 and beyond are:

- Biology with a lab - one year or two semesters

- Physics with lab - one year or two semesters

- English composition, literature or writing intensive coursework - one year or two semesters

- Statistics – one semester

- Chemistry – applicants must fulfill one of the following chemistry sequences:

- Sequence 1 – One year or two semesters of general (inorganic) chemistry with lab AND one year or two semesters of organic chemistry with lab AND one semester of biochemistry

- Sequence 2 – One year or two semesters of general (inorganic) chemistry with lab AND one semester of organic chemistry with lab AND one semester of biochemistry

- Sequence 3 – One semester of general (inorganic) chemistry with lab AND one year or two semesters of organic chemistry with lab AND one semester of biochemistry