2006-07 Undergraduate Catalog
Course Descriptions
College of Medicine
For a complete description of the courses offered by the College of Medicine, refer to the College of Medicine and the Graduate School catalogs.
BMS 4905 Medical Sciences Senior Research
Credits: 1 to 5; can be repeated with a change in content up to 15 credits. Prereq: permission of instructor.
Laboratory or literature investigations of problems of current interest in the medical sciences.
MEL 4001 Introduction to Medical Science Seminar 1
Credits: 3.
MEL 4005 Medicine and the Law
Credits: 3.
This course is for students interested in medicine and conveys the importance of the law and its impact on the way medicine is practiced in the United States. Presented from both academic and practicing attorneys and physicians.
MEL 4012 Physicians' Shadow: Experiences in Clinical Practice
Credits: 3; Prereq: MEL 4011.
This course will provide students with background knowledge in issues related to clinical care such as privacy, professionalism, and compassion while giving students a chance to shadow clinicians in the Gainesville area through participation at the Equal Access Clinic and individual physician clinics. Enrollment in this course is completed by the College of Medicine.
Interdisciplinary Programs
There are two interdisciplinary majors within the College of Medicine for qualified undergraduates with department permission: neurobiological sciences and biochemistry and molecular biology. Both programs are offered in cooperation with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Neurobiological sciences involve course work in the Department of Neuroscience and related disciplines and biochemistry and molecular biology involves course work in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Both programs require independent laboratory research and additional electives. Applications should be made to the departments in the sophomore or early junior year.
General Education Categories
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- Composition (C)
- Mathematical Sciences (M)
- Humanities (H)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (S)
- Physical (P) and Biological (B) Sciences
- International (I) and Diversity (D) focus
Symbols Used in Course Descriptions
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- (WR) indicates the course satisfies the writing requirement.
- (MR) indicates the course satisfies the math requirement.
- (S-U) indicates the course must be taken on a satisfactory-unsatisfactory basis.