Auburn Bulletin 2024-2025

Biomedical Sciences (BMSC) — Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (IBMS)

Freshman
FallHoursSpringHours
ENGL 1100 English Composition I3ENGL 1120 English Composition II3
CORE SOCIAL SCIENCE3CORE FINE ART3
CORE HISTORY 13CHEM 1040 Fundamental Chemistry II13
CHEM 1030 Fundamentals Chemistry I13CHEM 1041 Fundamental Chemistry II Laboratory1
CHEM 1031 Fundamental Chemistry I Laboratory1BIOL 1020 Principles of Biology3
SCMH 1950 COSAM Major and Career Exploration1BIOL 1021 Principles of Biology Laboratory1
 14 14
Sophomore
FallHoursSpringHours
Foundational Elective14Foundational Elective14
CORE LITERATURE3BIOL 2510 Human Anatomy and Physiology II3
BIOL 2500 Human Anatomy and Physiology I3BIOL 2511 Human Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory1
BIOL 2501 Human Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory1COMM 1000 Public Speaking3
MATH 1610 Calculus I4CORE HIST or LIT23
SCMH 1890 Pre-Health Professions Orientation1 
 16 14
Junior
FallHoursSpringHours
CORE SOC SCI or HUM33Psychology Elective3
BIOL 1030 Organismal Biology3STAT 2510 Statistics for Biological and Health Sciences3
BIOL 1031 Organismal Biology Laboratory1BMSC Elective Group A56
Minor Course3Minor Course3
PSYC 2010 Introduction to Psychology3 
BMSC Elective Group A53 
 16 15
Senior
FallHoursSpringHours
BMSC Elective Group A56BMSC Elective Group B53
BMSC Elective Group B53KINE 3000 or HADM 2100 Med. Term.3
Minor Course43Minor courses46
Elective4Elective3
 16 15
Total Hours: 120
 

Long range schedules for COSAM courses are online at https://auburn.edu/cosam/departments/student-services/academic-advising/long-range-planning.html

Courses in BOLD will be used to calculate GPA in major.

Options for courses labeled CORE are in the Auburn University Bulletin (https://bulletin.auburn.edu/) under Core Curriculum.

1

Foundational Electives:  PHYS 1500/PHYS 1510 and labs for PT; CHEM 2070/CHEM 2080 and labs for Pre-Pharm; BIOL 3000/BIOL 3001/BIOL 3200/BIOL 3201 for PA.

2

Students must complete a two-course sequence in either HIST or LIT (for example, World History 1 & 2 or American Lit 1 & 2). For complete HIST and LIT sequence options, see the Bulletin.

3

If a LIT sequence is chosen, this course must be a core social science. If a HIST sequence is chosen, this course must be a core humanities.

4

Students must complete a formal minor. See advisor for options.

5

Please see advisor for full list of BMSC Group A and B options.