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Seven-year Medical Program
The College of Arts and Sciences
and the School of Medicine of Boston University
offer a combined curriculum designed to
improve the quality of medical education
while shortening the overall period of study.
Qualified applicants include students who
are completing four full academic years
of secondary education and who are currently
high school seniors, or students who have
completed high school but have not enrolled
in any college-level, degree-granting program.Those
accepted are admitted to the College of
Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine,
subject to the review described under College
of Arts and Sciences in Admission
Information.
The first three years are
spent in the College of Arts and Sciences,
where the student takes premedical sciences
and elective courses in the humanities and
the natural and social sciences. In addition,
the second summer is spent taking a required
biology course and elective courses in the
humanities and social sciences, so that
the undergraduate requirements are completed
by the end of the third academic year. Following
completion of the required premedical courses
in the first two years of study, students
may enroll in certain modular medical courses
in the third academic year. Many of these
courses are equivalent to those taken in
the first or second year of medical school.
Completion of modular courses with equivalency
credit will decompress the medical school
curriculum. All students are required to
complete a minor concentration in a discipline
in one of the divisions of the College of
Arts and Sciences. Acceleration is made
possible by the 12-week summer session.
Although the program is accelerated, the
student has three summers completely free
for pursuing other interests. Students in
this program must meet all liberal arts,
residence, and course-distribution requirements
for the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.
First-year medical studies
begin with the fourth year; the amount of
time devoted to medical courses is the same
as in the present conventional medical program.
Students are awarded the Bachelor of Arts
degree at the completion of the first year
at the School of Medicine and the Doctor
of Medicine degree at the completion of
the program.
For more information, download
the Seven-year Liberal Arts/Medical Education
Program brochure
and visit the Undergraduate Bulletin web
site.
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