Other Course and Curricular Choices
In addition to the course requirements for applicants to medical school, there are many
other courses and curricular paths that can prepare you well as a medical school applicant. For instance, degree
programs that combine the natural and social sciences are of great interest to medical schools, whether you
achieve this with a combination of minors, double majors, or course work. You might also consider a minor that is
relevant to the health professions, such as the minor in Health Care Policy and Management
as outlined at the end of this page.
Below is a list of some health related courses that you might consider adding to your schedule:
42-100 Biomedical Engineering Seminar
42-202 Physiology
42-377 Rehabilitation Engineering
42-644 Medical Devices
79-384 Medicine & Society
76-494 Medical Communications
80-245 Medical Ethics
88-470 Health Risk Course
Minor in Health Care Policy and Management
A program of particular interest to future health professionals is the interdisciplinary minor in health care policy
and management. Through this minor, students become aware of the policy and management aspects of the current
health care environment.
Six courses (a minimum of 60 units) are required to complete this minor. Entry into the minor requires completion
of 73-250 Intermediate Microeconomics and 88-220 Policy Analysis I, or the equivalent by approval.
Required Courses (33 units)
Students are required to take the following courses:
90-761 Principles of Health Care Management
90-735 Health Economics
79-384 Medicine and Society
Elective Courses (27-36 units)
Complete three of the following Heinz School courses and/or Humanities and Social Sciences courses totaling a
minimum of 27 units.
Heinz School Courses (12 units each)
90-824 Legal Issues in Health Care Management
90-830 Financial Management of Health Systems
90-831 Health Management Systems
90-837 Health Project Planning & Management
90-853 Medical Information Systems
90-861 Health Policy
90-862 Managed Care
90-863 Health Care Guidelines and Outcomes
Humanities and Social Sciences Courses (9 units each)
79-330 Health Care in Historical Perspective
79-335 Drug Use and Drug Policy
79-336 Epidemic Disease and Public Health
79-385 History of Biomedical Research
85-241 Social Psychology
85-441 The Social Psychology of Social Problems
85-442 The Social Psychology of Health
85-446 The Psychology of Gender
85-451 The Psychology of Purpose
88-338 Medical Sociology
Please note that some of these courses have prerequisites which will not count toward the completion of the
requirements of this minor.
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