Typical courses required by internship programs:
- At least 4 chemistry courses (2 General, 1 Organic, 1 Biochem)
- Statistics
- At least one semester of anatomy & physiology
- Two “general” biology courses (e.g., Molecular & Cellular Biology, Genetics & Evolution)
- General microbiology and lab
- Parasitology and lab
- Hematology and lab
- Immunology
- Virology
- Medical bacteriology & mycology and lab
Strongly recommended electives:
- Clinical diagnosis
- Immunology lab
- Second semester of anatomy and physiology
- Virology lab
- Clinical diagnosis lab
- Quantitative analysis (analytical chemistry)
- Microbial genetics
- Microbial physiology