ChiropracticFour Year Pre-requisite Plan

Requirements for Chiropractic programs vary from school to school and can change year to year, students must carefully examine the pre-requisitie requirements of the schools they are interested in to be current and accurate when registering for courses at Gustavus. Consult the Association of Chiropractic Colleges website http://www.chirocolleges.org/prospective-students/find-a-school/ to view a list college members and the requirements and statistics for the 20+ Chiropractic programs.

*Course sequence will vary by major. 

First Year: Fall

BIO 110 Principles of Biology (MCAT) & BIO 111 Lab

*CHE 110 General Chemistry (MCAT) & CHE 111 General Chemistry Lab OR CHE 105 Foundations of Chemistry I (MCAT) & CHE 106 Foundations of Chemistry I Lab 

*Before you can register for CHE110, you are required to take the Chemistry placement exam. (CHE 105/106 offered Fall only and CHE 107/108 offered Spring only) taking both are equivalent to CHE 110. Find out more about the CHE placement exam, click here.

FTS 100 First Term Seminar (Writing Intensive course- WRIT)

First Year: Spring

BIO 120 Organismal Biology (MCAT) & BIO 121 Lab

CHE 120 Organic Chemistry I (MCAT) & CHE 121 Organic Chemistry I Lab (offered Fall and Spring)

*CHE 107 Foundations of Chemistry II (MCAT) & CHE 108 Foundations of Chemistry II Lab *(CHE 105/106 offered Fall only and CHE 107/108 offered Spring only) taking both are equivalent to CHE 110)

English (some schools may waive this course, if you compete two courses designated as "writing intensive")

Second Year: Fall

CHE 220 Organic Chemistry II (MCAT) & CHE 221 Organic Chemistry II Lab (offered Fall only)

PHY 120 General Physics I (MCAT) & PSY 121 General Physics I Lab (offered Fall only)

Second Year: Spring

CHE 230 Inorganic Chemistry I (MCAT recommended) & CHE 231 Inorganic Chemistry I Lab (offered Spring only)

PHY 170 General Physics II (some content on MCAT) & PHY 171 General Physics II Lab (offered Spring only)

PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology (offered both Fall and Spring)

Third Year: Fall

CHE 270 Biochemistry & CHE 271 Biochemistry Lab (offered Fall or Spring)(required at select schools, Northwestern)

Third Year: Spring

Microbiology (required at select schools)

Regional Chiropractic Programs Pre-requisite Requirements:

Northwestern(Biochemistry)

Logan University

Palmer College

Parker University

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