{"id":2165,"date":"2025-10-27T09:26:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T13:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/biomed\/?page_id=2165"},"modified":"2025-10-29T12:11:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:11:17","slug":"science-and-math-prerequisite-courses-for-the-selected-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/biomed\/science-and-math-prerequisite-courses-for-the-selected-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Science and math prerequisite courses for the selected program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Required Courses for ALL PhD Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>General Biology + lab<\/li>\n<li>General Chemistry + lab<\/li>\n<li>Organic Chemistry + lab<\/li>\n<li>Physics + lab<\/li>\n<li>Calculus I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-332369d28687ae859\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-332369d28687ae859 uvc-9204  uvc-heading-default-font-sizes\" data-hspacer=\"no_spacer\"  data-halign=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer no_spacer\" style=\"top\"><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-332369d28687ae859 h3'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h3 style=\"--font-weight:theme;\">Required Courses in Science and Mathematics to Calculate the Specific Index (GPS)<\/h3><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"70%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f8ebc3; color: black;\" align=\"center\" width=\"94\"><strong>Program<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f8ebc3; color: black;\" align=\"center\" width=\"482\"><strong>Required courses per program<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f8ebc3; color: black;\" align=\"center\" width=\"95\"><strong>Required<br \/>\nCredits<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #f8ebc3; color: black;\" align=\"center\" width=\"287\"><strong>Recommended Courses<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" rowspan=\"5\" align=\"center\"><strong>Anatomy<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">Biology<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">12<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" rowspan=\"5\">Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Cellular\/Molecular Biology, Statistics, and Calculus II<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">General Chemistry + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">Organic Chemistry + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">Physics + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">Calculus I<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" rowspan=\"6\" align=\"center\"><strong>Biochemistry<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\">General Biology<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" rowspan=\"6\">Cellular\/Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Statistics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\">General Chemistry + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\">Organic Chemistry + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\">Physics + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\">Calculus I<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" align=\"center\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\">Analytical Chemistry + lab or Quantitative Chemistry +lab with Laboratory<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" align=\"center\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" rowspan=\"5\" align=\"center\"><strong>Microbiology<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">General Biology<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" rowspan=\"5\">Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Molecular, Immunology, Parasitology, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Scientific and Scientific Sciences Computers, Scientific Writing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">General Chemistry + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">Organic Chemistry + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">Physics + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">Calculus I<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" rowspan=\"5\" align=\"center\"><strong>Pharmacology<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\">General Biology<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" rowspan=\"5\">Animal Physiology, Cell Biology and Molecular Biochemistry, Human biology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\">General Chemistry + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\">Organic Chemistry + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\">Physics + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\">Calculus I<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #98b1cc; color: white;\" align=\"center\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" rowspan=\"6\" align=\"center\"><strong>Physiology<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">General Biology<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" rowspan=\"6\">Analytical Chemistry, Genetics, Zoology, Introduction to Research, Anatomy &amp; Physiology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">General Chemistry + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">Organic Chemistry + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">Physics + lab<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">Calculus I<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\">Statistics<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #666a85; color: white;\" align=\"center\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Required Courses for ALL PhD Programs General Biology + lab General Chemistry + lab Organic Chemistry + lab Physics + lab Calculus I [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Program Required courses per program Required Credits Recommended Courses Anatomy Biology 12 Anatomy, Histology, Embryology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Cellular\/Molecular Biology, Statistics, and Calculus II General Chemistry + lab 8 Organic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1712,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2165","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/biomed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/biomed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/biomed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/biomed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/biomed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2165"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/biomed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2185,"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/biomed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2165\/revisions\/2185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/biomed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/md.rcm.upr.edu\/biomed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}