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Formal Post-Bac Program: Curricula

Overview of CCT Curriculum

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Total for CCT: 44-62 Units

Notes

*We recommend that no extra activities (jobs, volunteer work, electives, clinical or research experiences, etc.) be undertaken during the first two summers, when a considerable amount of course work is taken over 10 weeks instead of 15 weeks.

a. Indicates a lecture course.

b. Indicates a laboratory course.

c. Those who took Pre-Calculus (Math 109) during the first summer are strongly advised to take Calculus I (Math 226) as an additional core class in place of an elective.

Discussion sections are shown in blue. These courses are mandatory during the first summer and optional thereafter.

Electives are shown in red. We strongly recommend that no CCT participant apply to graduate health professions schools without taking at least two electives, chosen from the list of the six most popular elective; see the Electives page for details. Some CCT participants take additional electives during the third summer and/or fall.

Special Health Professions Courses are shown in green.The Health Professions Colloquium (Sci 695) is an optional but highly recommended 2-unit course that helps students prepare for application to graduate health profession schools in a supportive, safe environment. The course focuses on writing personal statements, practicing interviewing, and filling out primary and secondary applications. Tuition for the Colloquium has been reduced to $100 per unit ($200 total) to facilitate CCTs enrolling in it. Special Studies in Biology (Bio 699, not shown) is an optional course that can be used to get 1-3 units of academic credit for clinical and/or research activities. This course costs $600 per unit.

MCAT, DAT, etc., preparatory course is shown in purple. CCT participants usually arrange these on their own; however, If there is sufficient interest, these courses will be offered on campus at a discounted rate in collaboration with commercial providers. We have recently added an MCAT support class; however, this class does not take the place of an MCAT preparatory course.

Audited Courses: In some cases it is better to audit a course rather than retake it for credit. For example, a CCT participant that took General Chemistry I five years ago with a grade of B+ does not need to retake the class (indeed, this may look like GPA padding) yet may not remember much of its content. This student could audit the lecture component of the course during the first summer so that they are better prepared for Organic Chemistry I the following fall. In general, labs are not available for auditing.

 

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Detailed CCT Curriculum

Dept/Number	Title	Units
First Semester (Summer)
Chem 115	General Chemistry I: Essential Concepts of Chemistry	5
Sci 115	Science Concepts: General Chemistry I	1
Math 109	Pre-Calculus (for students with weaker math background)	4
and Sci 109	Mathematics Concepts: College Algebra and Trigonometry	1
or
Math 226	Calculus I	4
and Sci 226	Mathematics Concepts: Calculus I	1
Total		11
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Second Semester (Fall)
Phys 111	General Physics I	3
Sci 111	Science Concepts: General Physics I	1
Phys 112	General Physics I Laboratory	1
Chem 233	Organic Chemistry I	3
Sci 333	Science Concepts: Organic Chemistry I	1
Chem 234	Organic Chemistry I Laboratory	2
Total		9-11
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Third Semester (Spring)
Phys 121	General Physics II	3
Sci 121	Science Concepts: General Physics II	1
Phys 122	General Physics II Laboratory	1
Chem 335	Organic Chemistry II	3
Sci 335	Science Concepts: Organic Chemistry II	1
Chem 377	Organic Chemistry II Laboratory	2
Total		9-11
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Fourth Semester (Summer)
Biol 230	Introductory Biology I	5
Sci 230	Science Concepts: Introductory Biology I	1
Chem 215	General Chemistry II: Quantitative Applications of Chemistry Concepts	3
Sci 215	Science Concepts: General Chemistry II	1
Total		8-10
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Fifth Semester (Fall)
Biol 240	Introductory Biology II	5
Sci 240	Science Concepts: Introductory Biology II	1
Chem 216	General Chemistry II Laboratory: Quantitative Applications of Chemistry Concepts	2
	1 Elective (optional; chosen from 6 most popular); see Electives	3
Total		7-11
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Sixth Semester (Spring)
	MCAT, DAT, etc. Preparation (Optional)	----
Sci 695	Health Professions Colloquium (optional but highly recommended)	2
	1-2 Electives (optional; chosen from 6 most popular); see Electives.	3-6
Total		0-8
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Total for CCT		44-62

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Overview of AET Curriculum

	*Summer 2012	Fall 2012	Spring 2013	*Summer 2013	Fall 2013	Spring 2014	Summer 2014
Cohort B Continues =>	3 Electives........9 Total.................9	4 Electives.......12 Total................12	MCAT, DAT, etc Prep Course 2 Electives........6 HP Colloq.........2 Total.................8	2-year members of Cohort B apply to health prof schools
Cohort C Begins =>	3 Electives........9 Total.................9	4 Electives.......12 Total................12	4 Electives.......12 Total................12	3 Electives........9 Total.................9	4 Electives.......12 Total................12	MCAT, DAT, etc Prep Course 2 Electives........6 HP Colloq.........2 Total.................8	2-year members of Cohort C apply to health prof schools
Cohort D			Cohort D Begins =>	3 Electives........9 Total.................9	4 Electives.......12 Total................12	4 Electives.......12 Total................12	Cohort C Continues =>

Total for 1-Year AET Program: 33 Units

Total for 2-Year AET Program: 62 Units

Notes

*AETs can begin at any semester and end at any semester (cohort designations are merely for bookkeeping purposes). We recommend the following: 1) AETs remain in the Program for 1-2 years; 2) Only 9 units of course work and no extra activities (jobs, volunteer work, electives, clinical or research experiences, etc.) be taken during our 10-week summer semester; 3) Those AETs who before entering our Program earned grades of B or above for their most recent 60 semester-units or 90 quarter-units of pre-health course work, consider applying to health profession graduate schools after one year (3 semesters) in our Program; 4) Thoset AETs who do not meet this criterion apply to health profession graduate schools after two years (6 semesters) in our Program. 5) AETs participate in the Health Professions Colloquium (Sci 695) during the spring semester before they apply to a health profession graduate school.

Electives are shown in red. We recommend that AET participants take all six of the most popular electives as well as many of the advanced electives; see the Electives page for details.

Special Health Professions Courses are shown in green.The Health Professions Colloquium (Sci 695) is an optional but highly recommended 2-unit course that helps students prepare for application to graduate health profession schools in a supportive, safe environment. The course focuses on writing personal statements, practicing interviewing, and filling out primary and secondary applications. Tuition for the Colloquium has been reduced to $100 per unit ($200 total) to facilitate Formal Post-Bacs enrolling in it. A 2-unit, low cost AET Colloquium (also Sci 695) will be offered each fall and spring to help maintain the AET community. Special Studies in Biology (Bio 699, not shown) is an optional course that can be used to get 1-3 units of academic credit for clinical and/or research activities. This course costs $600 per unit.

MCAT, DAT, etc., preparatory course is shown in purple. AET participants may arrange these on their own, or If there is sufficient interest, these courses will be offered on campus at a discounted rate in collaboration with commercial providers. We have recently added an MCAT support class; however, this class does not take the place of an MCAT preparatory course.

Audited Courses: In some cases it is better to audit a course rather than retake it for credit. For example, an AET participant that took Genetics five years ago with a grade of B+ does not need to retake the class (indeed, this may look like GPA padding) yet may not remember much of its content. This student could audit Genetics during their first semester so that they are better prepared for other upper-division electives (e.g., Molecular Pathophysiology) the following semester.