University of the Incarnate Word

Effective Entry Year 2026

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

Life Sciences

Subject Credit Hours University of the Incarnate Word
Courses That Meet Requirements
General Biology with lab 4 BIOL 1401
General Microbiology with lab 4 BIOL 2474
Genetics 3 BIOL 3441
Animal Nutrition 3 Courses that fill the requirement

Chemistry/Statistics/Physics

Subject Credit Hours University of the Incarnate Word
Courses That Meet Requirements
General Chemistry with lab 8 CHEM 1301/1101 and 1302/1102
Organic Chemistry with lab 8 CHEM 2311/2111 and 2312/2112
Biochemistry (must be lecture hours only) 3 CHEM 4351
Statistics 3 MATH 3333
Physics I with lab 4 PHYS 1301/1101 

Non-Science

Subject Credit Hours University of the Incarnate Word
Courses That Meet Requirements
English 3 Any 1 English course
Communications/Public Speaking 3 SPCH 2341

Please refer to the Incarnate Word College Catalog for current course descriptions.


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