(Effective Fall 2020 - for all students who entered UCSD prior to FA24)
The Concentration in Medicine Sciences seeks to provide Pre-Health and Pre-Med students with well-rounded foundational training in both public health and health sciences fields of study. This concentration will allow students the opportunity to utilize some of their Pre-Health and/or Pre-Med courses as part of their academic experience in public health.
Pre-Med and Pre-Health Track resources can be found on the Healthbeat website from UC San Diego's Career Center. The Healthbeat advisors assists students interested in applying to health professional schools (Healtbeat Advising). They provide general guidelines for specific health professions however students are responsible for checking individual program requirements as admission requirements can slightly differ between programs.
Please see plans.ucsd.edu for a sample academic plan.
Option 1 is recommended for students going into epidemiology, biostatistics, or other fields that value statistics and data analysis.
Students may request through the VAC to use HDS 60 towards their Quantitative Methods area in place of MATH 11 or PSYC 60 or COGS 14B.
Students who have completed a LD Anatomy w/ Lab and/or Microbiology w/ Lab at a Community College or another University may petition to use the course(s) towards their natural science area (must be UC transferable and be listed for units on academic history).
*Please note: 1) Credit can not be earned for BILD 20 after completing BICD 100 at UCSD; 2) Credit can not be earned for BILD 22 after completing BIBC 120 at UCSD; 3) Credit can not be earned for BILD 26 after completing BIPN 100 at UCSD.
Students may request through the VAC to use BILD 12^, BILD 28^, BILD 30^, BILD 32^, BILD 36^, BILD 38, and/or BILD 60 towards their Natural Science area.
^Please note: 1) Credit can not be earned for BILD 12 after completing COGS 17 at UCSD; 2) Credit can not be earned for BILD 28 after completing BICD 140 at UCSD; 3) Credit can not be earned for BILD 30 after completing BIMM 120 at UCSD; 4) Credit can not be earned for BILD 32 after completing BIMM 134 at UCSD; 5) Credit can not be earned for BILD 36 after completing BICD 136 at UCSD.
Students may request through the VAC to use ECON 3 and/or GLBH 20 towards their SBE area.
A minimum of one course from the following:
Students may petition to use AIP 197, UCCS, or a Study Abroad Experience (must be an upper-division 4-unit course and have been pre-approved by the department).
FMPH 180A and FMPH 196A have been discontinued and will no longer be offered.
Two medicine sciences courses from the following:
ANBI 130, ANSC 146, ANSC 150, ANSC 164, BIBC 100, BIBC 102, BIBC 103, BIBC 120, BICD 100, BICD 110, BICD 136, BICD 140, BIEB 152, BIMM 100, BIMM 110, BIMM 120, BIMM 124, BIMM 134, BIPN 100, BIPN 108, BIPN 134, COGS 174, COGS 174GS, FMPH 161, GLBH 113, GLBH 146, HISC 115, HISC 116, LTCS 165, PHIL 163, PSYC 134, PSYC 155, PSYC 168, PSYC 179, PSYC 181, PSYC 181GS, PSYC 188, SOCI 107, SOCI 134, SOCI 135, SOCI 136F
Students may request through the VAC to use ANBI 141, ANBI 143, ANBI 144, BIPN 105 (FA21 or later), GLBH 141, GLBH 143, GLBH 150, SOCI 138, and/or SOCI 173 towards their medicine sciences UDE area.Two additional courses from either those listed above or those listed below:
Students may request through the VAC to use ANTH 128A, ANTH 128B, GLBH 160, MGT 119 (WI22) "Topics in Business: Managing Healthcare & Life Sciences", SIO 109, SIO 109R, USP 128A, USP 128B, USP 142A and/or USP 142B towards their UDE area.
