Life Sciences Prerequisite
One of the prerequisite courses for the undergraduate program is a minimum of three credits in Life Sciences coursework. Life sciences courses are defined as those focused on the study of living organisms. Recommended accepted courses can be found in the list below. Other science courses may be considered. Email sph-inquiries@umich.edu to ask about acceptable alternate courses.
Please refer to the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts course guide or Atlas for more information about these courses.
Accepted Courses
| Course dept/number | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AES 220 | Applied Human Anatomy and Physiology | 3 |
| ANATOMY 303 | Introduction to Human Anatomy | 3 |
| ANATOMY 403 | Human Anatomy: Structure and Function | 5 |
| ANTHRBIO 167 (ENVIRON 167) | Evolution, Environment, and Global Health | 4 |
| ANTHRBIO 201 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology/How Humans Evolved | 4 |
| ANTHRBIO 297-001 | Topics in Biological Anthropology - Not Simply a Matter of Size: Human Brain Evolution | 3 |
| ANTHRBIO 297-201 | Topics in Biological Anthropology - Stress and Society: Understanding the Embodiment of Social Inequality | 3 |
| ANTHRBIO 361 | Biology, Society, and Culture | 4 |
| ANTHRBIO 362 (EEB 362, ENVIRON 362) | Primate Evolutionary Ecology | 4 |
| ANTHRBIO 373 | Humans and Environmental Change | 3 |
| ANTHRBIO 469-001 | Topics in Biological Anthropology - Behavioral Biology of Women | 3 |
| ANTHRBIO 469-002 | Topics in Biological Anthropology -Developmental Origins of Health and Disease: Evolutionary and Epidemiological Perspectives | 3 |
| ASTRO 115 | Introductory Astrobiology: The Search for Life in the Universe | 3 |
| BIOLCHEM 212 | Descriptive Biochemistry | 4 |
| BIOLCHEM 415 | Introductory Biochemistry | 4 |
| BIOLOGY 105 | Biology of Nutrition | 4 |
| BIOLOGY 107 | Evolution of Life | 3 |
|
BIOLOGY 110 (EARTH 171, ENVIRON 110, RCNSCI 110) |
Introduction to Global Change: The Science Behind Sustainability | 4 |
|
BIOLOGY 116 |
Biology of Sex | 3 |
| BIOLOGY 120-001 | First Year Seminar in Biology - Implications of Evolutionary Biology Outside the Natural Sciences | 3 |
| BIOLOGY 120-002 | First Year Seminar in Biology - Mysterious Minds: Biological and Social Aspects of Brain Disorders | 3 |
| BIOLOGY 120-003 | First Year Seminar in Biology | 3 |
| BIOLOGY 121-001 | Topics in Biology - Introductory Biology | 3 |
| BIOLOGY 130 | Animal Behavior | 4 |
| BIOLOGY 171 | Introductory Biology: Ecology and Evolution | 4 |
| BIOLOGY 172 | Introductory Biology: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental | 4 |
| BIOLOGY 191 | Introductory Biology | 3 |
| BIOLOGY 192 | Accelerated Introductory Biology | 4 |
| BIOLOGY 207 | Microbiology | 4 |
| BIOLOGY 212 | Plants and Human Health | 3 |
| BIOLOGY 222 | Principles of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience | 4 |
| BIOLOGY 225 | Principles of Human and Animal Physiology | 3 |
| BIOLOGY 230 | Introduction to Plant Biology | 4 |
| BIOLOGY 256 | Environmental Physiology of Animals | 3 |
| BIOLOGY 272 | Fundamentals of Cell Biology | 4 |
| BIOLOGY 281 (ENVIRON 281) | General Ecology | 3 |
| BIOLOGY 305 | Genetics | 4 |
| BIOMEDE 231 | Introduction to Biomechanics | 4 |
| BIOPHYS 421 | Structural Biology: Biophysical Controversies | 3 |
| BIOPHYS 440 (CHEM 440) | Biophysics of Diseases | 3 |
| CDB 450 | Introduction to Histology | 4 |
| CEE 482 | Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
| CHEM 351 | Fundamentals of Biochemistry | 4 |
| COGSCI 200 | Introduction to Cognitive Science | 4 |
| EARTH 418 | Paleontology | 3 |
| EEB 303-001 | Topics in Biology - Coastal Ecology and Sustainability | 3 |
| EEB 313 (EARTH 313) | Geobiology | 4 |
| EEB 390 | Evolution | 3 |
| ENVIRON 131 (EARTH 131) | Earth and Environmental Chemistry | 4 |
| ENVIRON 201 | Ecological Issues | 4 |
| ENVIRON 229 (EARTH 219) | Introduction to Environmental Science | 3 |
| ENVIRON 290 | Food: The Ecology, Economics, and Ethics of Growing and Eating | 3 |
| ENVIRON 304-002 | Topics in Culture and Environment - Ecology and Religion | 3 |
| ENVIRON 310 (EARTH 310) | Toxicology: The Study of Environmental Chemicals and Disease | 3 |
| ENVIRON 351 (ASIAN 351, INTLSTD 351) | Chinese Food in Crisis: Health, Ecology, and Identity in an Age of Globalization | 3 |
| HONORS 232-001 | Honors Core in Natural Science - The Anthropocene | 4 |
| HONORS 232-001 | Honors Core in Natural Science - Your Inner Ape | 4 |
| MCDB 310 | Introductory Biochemistry | 4 |
| MCDB 436 | Human Immunology | 3 |
| MOVESCI 110 | Biological and Behavioral Bases of Human Movement | 3 |
| MOVESCI 230 | Human Musculoskeletal Anatomy | 3 |
| MOVESCI 241 (AES 241) | Exercise, Nutrition and Weight Control | 3 |
| MOVESCI 340 | Exercise Physiology | 4 |
| NURS 245 | Pathophysiology | 6 |
| PHRMACOL 310 | Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 4 |
| PHYSIOL 201 | Introduction to Human Physiology | 4 |
| PSYCH 220 | Introduction to Biopsychology | 4 |
| PSYCH 230 | Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience | 4 |
| PSYCH 335 | Evolution and Animal Behavior | 4 |
| UC 252 | Sophomore Natural Science Seminar - Introduction to Medicine: Clinicopathologic Diagnosis of Human Diseases | 3 |
Courses Not Accepted
| Course dept/number |
Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BIOLOGY 118 | AIDS and Other Health Crises | 3 |
| CHEM 210 | Structure and Reactivity | 3 |
| CHEM 215 | Structure and Reactivity II | 3 |
| HONORS 233 | Health, Biology, and Society: What is Cancer? | 4 |
| PHYSICS 135 | Physics for the Life Sciences I | 4 |
| PHYSICS 235 | Physics for the Life Sciences II | 4 |
| PSYCH 112 | Introduction to Psychology as a Natural Science | 4 |
| PSYCH 120 | First-Year Seminar in Psychology as a Social Science | 3 |
| PSYCH 240 | Introduction to Cognitive Psychology | 4 |
| PSYCH 250 | Introduction to Developmental Psychology | 4 |
Updated: September 3, 2024