The University of Texas at El Paso

Effective Entry Year 2026

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

Life Sciences

Subject Credit Hours The University of Texas at El Paso
Courses That Meet Requirements
General Biology with lab 4 BIOL 1305/1107
General Microbiology with lab 4 MICR 2340 and 2141
Genetics 3 BIOL 3320
Animal Nutrition 3 Courses that fill the requirement

Chemistry/Statistics/Physics

Subject Credit Hours The University of Texas at El Paso
Courses That Meet Requirements
General Chemistry with lab 8 CHEM 1305/1105 and 1306/1106
Organic Chemistry with lab 8 CHEM 2324/2124 and 2325/2125
Biochemistry (must be lecture hours only) 3 CHEM 3330
Statistics 3 STAT 2480 or 3320 or 3330
Physics I with lab 4 PHYS 1403 

Non-Science

Subject Credit Hours The University of Texas at El Paso
Courses That Meet Requirements
English 3 Any 1 English course
Communications/Public Speaking 3 COMM 1301 or 1302

Please refer to the University of Texas at El Paso Catalog for current course descriptions.


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