10-25-2013, 09:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-26-2013, 02:09 PM by Jonathan Whatley.)
Calcampus does not offer accredited degree-level college credit. They're regionally accredited but only on the K-12 and non-degree "postsecondary" – but non-credit, adult education – levels, by the by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), which operates primarily at the K-12 and additionally at the non-degree postesecondary, level, not by the North Central Association Higher Learning Commission (NCA HLC) which operates at the degree-granting level.
The big four, one-year-each core science sequences must include substantial lab components. Some medical schools will accept distance learning labs, some schools will not. The University of Idaho physics and BYU biology courses here don't even have distance learning labs and as such are ruled out.
Also, generally, a student can't just take say Principles of Biology (one-semester course) and Human Biology (one-semester course) and call that a qualifying one-year sequence in biology, or Biochemistry and Introductory Organic Chemistry and call that a qualifying one-year sequence in organic chemistry.
Basically, the biology department at an undergraduate college will have a specific general biology sequence intended to qualify for medical school admissions, the chemistry department will have specific general and organic chemistry sequences, etc. Medical schools should essentially always accept these. Meanwhile, other courses from the biology, chemistry, etc. departments won't meet the basic prerequisites.
A one-semester course, not necessarily with lab, in Biochemistry is becoming a prerequisite or highly recommended at an increasing number of medical schools. The major revision to the MCAT after January 2015 will include significantly more biochemistry.
Several courses listed above, like Medical Terminology, above are good to have but rarely or never prerequisites for medical school. Nursing and allied health programs are more likely than medical schools to require medical terminology, anatomy & physiology, etc.
The big four, one-year-each core science sequences must include substantial lab components. Some medical schools will accept distance learning labs, some schools will not. The University of Idaho physics and BYU biology courses here don't even have distance learning labs and as such are ruled out.
Also, generally, a student can't just take say Principles of Biology (one-semester course) and Human Biology (one-semester course) and call that a qualifying one-year sequence in biology, or Biochemistry and Introductory Organic Chemistry and call that a qualifying one-year sequence in organic chemistry.
Basically, the biology department at an undergraduate college will have a specific general biology sequence intended to qualify for medical school admissions, the chemistry department will have specific general and organic chemistry sequences, etc. Medical schools should essentially always accept these. Meanwhile, other courses from the biology, chemistry, etc. departments won't meet the basic prerequisites.
A one-semester course, not necessarily with lab, in Biochemistry is becoming a prerequisite or highly recommended at an increasing number of medical schools. The major revision to the MCAT after January 2015 will include significantly more biochemistry.
Several courses listed above, like Medical Terminology, above are good to have but rarely or never prerequisites for medical school. Nursing and allied health programs are more likely than medical schools to require medical terminology, anatomy & physiology, etc.
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