Draft UT-PACT Curriculum Plan for Bachelor of Arts in Biology

Red indicates courses that must be taken at UT Dallas. Blue indicates courses that will be taken at UT
Southwestern and credited dually toward the B.A. in Biology at UT Dallas and the M.D. degree at UT Southwestern.
Courses in black may be fulfilled via AP credit, dual enrollment, previous college course credit or taken at UTD.
UNIVERSITY YEAR 1
FALL
General Chemistry I with Lab
Directed Readings in Healthcare
Freshman Seminar
Rhetoric
Applied Calculus
American History

Summer

4 hours
1 hour
1 hour
3 hours
3 hours
3 hours
15 hours

SPRING
General Chemistry II with Lab
Physics I with Lab
Directed Readings in Healthcare
Introduction to Health Profession
American History
Intro to Sociology w/ Health Focus

4 hours
4 hours
1 hour
1 hour
3 hours
3 hours
16 hours

Clinical Medicine I (four week course with clinical preceptorship) - 6 hours

UNIVERSITY YEAR 2
* Subject to change

FALL
Org Chem for Med Sci w/ Lab
Physics II with Lab
Modern Biology I
Fine Arts
Directed Readings in Healthcare
US/TX Govt w/ Healthcare Focus

Summer

4 hours
4 hours
4 hours
3 hours
1 hour
3 hours
19 hours

SPRING
Biochemistry I
Modern Biology II
Biology Laboratory
Humanities
Directed Readings in Healthcare
US/TX Govt w/ Healthcare Focus

4 hours
4 hours
2 hours
3 hours
1 hour
3 hours
17 hours

Clinical Medicine II (four week course with clinical preceptorship) 6 hours

UNIVERSITY YEAR 3
* Subject to change

FALL
Statistics for Life Sciences
Anatomy and Physiology I
Introduction to Psychology
Interpersonal Communication
Clinical Medicine III

3 hours
4 hours
3 hours
3 hours
3 hours
16 hours

SPRING
Biochemistry Lab
Genetics
Anatomy and Physiology II
Capstone Seminar
Clinical Medicine IV

3 hours
4 hours
4 hours
3 hours
3 hours
17 hours

NOTE: Years four to seven will be in the M.D. curriculum at UT Southwestern Medical School.