Texas Tech University

Effective Entry Year 2026

All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better.

Life Sciences

Subject Credit Hours Texas Tech University
Courses That Meet Requirements
General Biology with lab 4 BIOL 1402 or 1403
General Microbiology with lab 4 MBIO 3401
Genetics 3 BIOL 3416 or PSS 3421
Animal Nutrition 3 ANSC 3301, 3305 or 3307

Chemistry/Statistics/Physics

Subject Credit Hours Texas Tech University
Courses That Meet Requirements
General Chemistry with lab 8 CHEM 1307/1107 and 1308/1108
Organic Chemistry with lab 8 CHEM 3305/3105 and 3306/3106
Biochemistry (must be lecture hours only) 3 CHEM 3310 or 3311
Statistics 3 MATH 2345* or AAEC 2301
Physics I with lab 4 PHYS 1403 

* = Effective Jan. 12, 2015

Non-Science

Subject Credit Hours Texas Tech University
Courses That Meet Requirements
English 3 Any 1 English course
Communications/Public Speaking 3 COMS 2300 or 2358

Please refer to the Texas Tech University Catalog for current course descriptions.


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