Medical Sciences
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Why study Medical Sciences?
Medical Sciences comprises biological sciences, applied sciences & engineering, informatics and technology, with an emphasis on human health and disease. Medical Sciences provide the scientific basis for modern medicine practices. The Medical Sciences Program is an interdisciplinary program with teaching faculty from the Colleges of Medicine (both basic science and clinical faculty), Allied Health Sciences, Arts & Sciences, and Engineering & Applied Science. The Minor in Medical Sciences complements majors such as Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Business, Chemistry, Health Sciences, and Neuroscience. The Minor in Medical Sciences prepares students to be competitive for admission to professional schools (including medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy), graduate school doctoral and master's programs in the life sciences, and post-baccalaureate health professions programs (including occupational, physical, and speech & language therapy, and genetic counseling).
Admission Requirements
The Minor in Medical Sciences is a selective program and applications are reviewed by an admissions committee. Applicants must be in their sophomore year or above (i.e. students enter the program in their junior or senior year) with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above. Applicants are required to submit a personal statement (maximum 250 words). Applications must be submitted via the online application form before the posted deadline. See the application site for details.
If your objective is a career in medicine, UC's Pre-Professional Advising Center should be your first stop in preparing for medical school. In addition, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) provides information for prospective medical students at its website:
- UC's Pre-Professional Advising Center
- Aspiring Docs—a resource provided by the AAMC
- UC College of Medicine—information for prospective medical students
Additional Online Resources:
UC Pre-Medical Programs:
- Pre-Medical School Programs—UC offers a range of programs to enrich the experience of undergraduate students whose goal is medical school, including summer programs and MCAT review
- Master's in Physiology Program—UC's gap-year or special master's program designed to help students improve their credentials for admission to medical school
Find out more about a career in biomedical research at the AAMC website
UC Biomedical Research Programs:
- Summer Research Programs at UC College of Medicine
- PhD Programs in Biomedical Sciences at UC College of Medicine
- Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)—the combined MD/PhD training program run jointly by UC College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Exploring Other Health Professions
Find everything you want to know about a wide variety of health careers at ExploreHealthCareers.org
UC Master's Programs in Health Sciences/Health Professions:
A total of 18 semester credits are needed to satisfy the requirements of the minor. At least 9 credit hours should be from the courses offered in the College of Medicine (List A) and up to 9 credit hours from the courses offered from other programs (Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Health Sciences, or Neuroscience) (List B). Although most of the courses offered in List A are open to all undergraduate students, some (e.g. laboratory research rotations) may be open only to students admitted into the minor. The course director will make the final decision on enrollment.
Edmund Choi, PhD
Director of Admissions for the Minor
Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics
edmund.choi@uc.edu
Rachel Shah
Academic Adviser
rachel.shah@uc.edu
513-558-9897
Beth Preising
Program Coordinator
beth.preising@uc.edu
513-558-7650
A total of 18 semester credits are needed to satisfy the requirements of the minor. Of those 18 credit hours, at least 9 credit hours should be from the courses offered in the College of Medicine (List A) and the remainder, from the courses offered from other programs (List B).
Consult the Undergraduate Admissions webpage for information on transfer admission.
Application Deadlines
Applications for admission to the Minor in Medical Sciences Program beginning annually in fall semester will be accepted from students who must be in their sophomore year or above (i.e. students enter the program in their junior or senior year) by the application deadline of December 1 in the year prior to admission to the program. Applicants will be notified of whether or not they will be admitted to the program by January 15 in the year of admission. Applications must be submitted by using the online application form. Application deadlines may change annually—see the application webpage for the current posted deadline.
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Program Code: 26MIN-MEDS-MIN