Biology Department
220 Pasteur Hall (507.457.5271)
Dr. Ed Thompson, Dr. Amy Runck, Dr. Nicole Aulik, and Dr. Ted Wilson, Advisors
course1.winona.edu/ethompson/premed.htm
Chemistry Department
350 & 342 Pasteur Hall (507.457.2476 & 507.457.5294)
Dr. Thomas Nalli and Dr. Sara Hein, Advisors
With few exceptions, admission into a medical school requires a bachelor’s degree but does not require a specific undergraduate major. Each pre-medical student should, therefore, choose a major in which he or she has a strong interest while working closely with a pre-medical advisor to be certain that prerequisite courses for medical schools are completed. In the Biology Department, most pre-medical students choose the Cell and Molecular option. In the Chemistry Department, most pre-medical students choose the ACS Biochemistry option.
Admission to the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Medical School, Mayo School of Medicine, and the University of Minnesota-Duluth Medical School requires completion of a four-year degree which includes:
Biology with lab (2 semesters/1 year)
General chemistry with lab (2 semesters/1 year)
Organic chemistry with lab (2 semesters/1 year)
Calculus (1 semester)
Physics with lab (2 semesters/1 year)
Biochemistry (1 semester)
English (2 semesters/1 year)
Social and behavioral sciences (4 semesters/2 years)
These same requirements are applicable to the majority of both allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) medical schools in the United States. Premedical students should seek the advice of a pre-medical advisor during their first semester at WSU, and they should consult the catalogs of the medical schools of their choice for more specific requirements. The Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) should be taken no later than August prior to the year in which applications will be submitted. MCAT application and AMCAS packets are available online; the pre-medical advisors will help students access these applications.
