Prerequisite Courses and Suggested Course Sequence

Prior to entering the junior year professional program, required courses include general biology, human physiology, two semesters of inorganic chemistry with laboratory, two semesters of organic chemistry, and two mathematics courses. Junior year students in the professional program enroll in microbiology with a laboratory, genetics, and biochemistry. Students applying to enter the professional program at the beginning of the senior year must have completed these courses. In response to U of M policy to ensure that graduating students will be up-to-date in the discipline, science courses older than seven years will be evaluated and may need to be repeated.

All students graduating from the University of Minnesota's CLS program must fulfill all the requirements of the CLS program as well as the requirements for a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota, as outlined in the Prerequisite Course Table (link). Students who are enrolled at a partnering university (such as Winona State University) must complete all CLS senior year courses (to be permitted to take the NCA or ACSP national certification examination) AND fulfill all the depth and breadth requirements of their home university.

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