Courses and Electives useful for Premeds at UBC

Thanks to the reader who asked this question:

“What electives do you recommend for someone interested in a health profession such as medicine, pharmacy, etc?”

I titled this post “for premeds” but this probably applies to students interested in pharmacy, optometry, etc as well! I also named this courses and electives because what was an elective for me may be a required course for you. Full disclosure: I am not an expert and in no way a premed advisor. I’m just another student but since this was a popular question, I wanted to share my experience with my classes so far.

Classes that you’ll probably also find interesting if you’re interested in healthcare and medicine and diseases and all that great stuff

  • PSYC 101 – Biological Psychology
  • PSYC 102 – Developmental and Abnormal Psychology
  • MICB 202 Immunology and Microbiology (diseases and stuff – very cool class)
  • MICB 302  More Immunology
  • BIOL 260 Animal and Plant Physio
  • CAPS 301 Human Physiology
  • PCTH 201 Intro Pharmacology
  • PCTH 305 Pharmacology
  • PSYC 304 Neuroscience
  • CAPS 391 Gross Anatomy (though if you’re in Kinesiology, it’s supposed to be very similar to courses you have already taken)
  • CAPS 390 Microscopic Anatomy
  • CLST 301 Medical Terminology – greek and latin!
  • PATH 375 Human Pathology
  • ISCI 350 Darwinian Medicine

Health-related Classes with multiple choice exams and were easy to get 90% or higher (A+) in if you study

  • PSYC 101 – Biological Psychology
  • BIOL 112 – Cell Bio
  • MICB 202 Immunology and Microbiology (diseases and stuff – very cool class)
  • PCTH 201 Intro Pharmacology
  • PATH 375 Human Pathology
  • PSYC 304 Neuroscience

These were electives I took and found incredibly useful for the MCAT. By already learning this information in depth, studying for the MCAT will be freeze. I strongly believe that these courses help you help a solid science foundation that you will draw upon when taking high level courses.

  • PHYS 117 – Physics: Kinematics, forces, etc
  • PHYS 118 – Physics: Magnetism, electricity
  • BIOC 202 – Medical Biochemistry
  • CHEM 205 – Physical Chemistry
  • CHEM 233  – Organic Chemistry
  • CHEM 235 –  Organic Chemistry Lab
  • PSYC 101 – Biological Psychology
  • PSYC 102 – Developmental and Abnormal Psychology
  • SOCI 102 –  Sociology, Social Change, Institutions
  • BIOL 112 – Cell Bio
  • BIOL 200 – Advanced cell Bio (this was REALLY useful)
  • BIOL 260 Physiology

 

Please recommend any classes that I don’t know about!

Wish you all a fantastic start to the school year!

Shanna