Recommended Courses in Preparation for Medical School (1) MCAT * (2) of -Columbia (3) Kirksville of Osteopathic Medicine (4) (5) of Medicine and Bioscience

(6) Kansas City 1 2 3 4 5 6

CORE 101 Drury Seminar √ √ √ √ √ * BIOL 172 Molecular Biology √ √ √ √ √ BIOL 181 Mech of Inheritance * √ √ √ √ √

CHEM 238† Inorganic Chem * √ √ √ √ √

CHEM 208† Analytical Chem √ √ √ √ √

MATH 231 Calculus I √ + + + √

MATH 227 Statistics *

Biol 182 Evolution *

PSYC 101 Intro Psychology *

PHYS 211 General Physics I * √ √ √ √

PHYS 212 General Physics II * √ √ √ √

† * CHEM 315 Organic Chem √ √ √ √ √ University of Missouri- CHEM 415† Adv Organic Chem * √ √ √ √

* To see all the pre-health programs Drury has Kansas City SOCI 347 Medical Sociology to offer visit: ENGL 207 Expository Writing * √ √ √ √ √

BIOL/CHEM 336 Biochemistry * + + + √ √ SCHOOL OF MEDICINE www.drury.edu/prehealth † BIOL 322 Genetics √ √ √ √ √ MEDICAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM CHEM 436 or BIOL 324 Adv. Biochem or Cell * √ Contact: BIOL 378 Adv. Human Phys. I&II * √ √ √ √ *Courses contain content for MCAT Madhuri Manpadi: +Labs are included in respective courses √ Required courses for Scholars Program prior to application [email protected] + Recommended courses - Some schools may have additional requirements Leanne Helgaas 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year [email protected]

About the Program § Students must have a combined MCAT The application for admission to the Medical score of 500 or higher. Scholars Program includes: University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) § Accepted students must maintain a § Personal statement. § Program application. partners with Drury University to offer early, cumulative GPA of 3.5 for all four years of guaranteed admission to its M.D. program. § Resume highlighting healthcare undergraduate work. experiences. Drury students apply to UMKC either § Three letters of recommendation, Only one student is accepted from each between their sophomore and junior years including at least one from a faculty partner school. or between their junior and senior years. member. Accepted students will begin studying at § Official college transcripts. Applicants must have completed the

UMKC the January following graduation from following courses prior to acceptance into Drury. the Scholars Program: See program requirements at:

http://med.umkc.edu/md/med_scholars_program/ Admission Guidelines Course Duration Drury Seminar 1 Semester § Students must have a cumulative Molecular Biology 1 Semester GPA of 3.5 at the end of the second Genetics* 1 Semester year. Inorganic Chemistry* 1 Semester Analytical Chemistry* 1 Semester § Students must earn a B- or better in General Physics I 1 Semester all science courses. General Physics II 1 Semester § Students are expected to have Organic Chemistry* 1 Semester shadowing experience of Biochemistry 1 Semester approximately 135 hours prior to the Evolution 1 Semester Cellular Molecular 1 Semester interview. *Labs are included in the respective courses. § Students must submit an application by August 1st. The application will be st available May 1 . § If invited for an interview, students must interview in person at the UMKC School of Medicine in September or October. § Applicants will receive notification of

acceptance in November.

Application Requirements