Biomedical Sciences - Pre-Medical, Pre-Dental, Pre-Optometry

THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS provides programs in the physical sciences, life sciences, and mathematics at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The college also offers scientific and mathematical service courses for students enrolled in all of the other colleges and schools. The college includes the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geosciences, Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics. The Arboretum, Natural History Museum, and the Leach Science Center are also included in the College of Sciences and Mathematics. These programs are designed to prepare students for dental, medical and optometry schools and lead to a Bachelor of Science degree in one of several majors offered through the college. The requirements are very exacting and demand high scholastic competence and performance.Auburn University students complete these requirements by enrolling in a core of courses shown in the curriculum model. Each student also declares a major. Students should confer with the College of Sciences and Mathematics (COSAM) pre-health advisors for specific course requirements since these can vary from school to school. The prerequisite courses for most U.S. dental, medical and optometry schools are listed in the curriculum model, either as required courses or as electives. Students may choose to major in a curriculum in another college or school, but they should meet with the COSAM Pre-Health Counseling Specialist as freshmen andor sophomores for assistance in becoming competitive applicants.In the junior year, students should attend the mandatory meetings concerning the application process that are conducted by the COSAM Chairman of the Pre-Professional Advisory Committee (PPAC) in October. Also, students in pre-dentistry, pre-medicine or pre-optometry should take the Dental Admission Test (DAT), the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) or the Optometry Admission Test (OAT) at least a year before the date of entry to professional school and submit applications to the professional schools of their choice at that time.

International freshmen applicants are currently attending or graduated from high school but have not attended college (summer following high school graduation excluded).A completed application includes an admissions application and an application feean official evaluated high school transcript, official ACT/SAT scores, official TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE scores, affidavit financial support, and supporting bank letter.