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School Of Medicine

The Pre-Medical course and degree offerings at IUHS are designed specifically to be just that. The necessary academic foundation to undertake the study of Medicine.
 

The philosophy of the department is to not only prepare a student for medical school with the necessary undergraduate sciences but to enlighten them and draw the links between those studies and Medicine.

 

The IUHS premedical courses offered satisfy the need for a foundation of knowledge as well as offering the opportunity to achieve a Bachelors of Science. The core courses in the program include Math/Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry.

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Course list: Core Pre-Requisite Modules,  Select to view. 

Module 10 – Organic Chemistry 2


The understanding of molecular separation and identification techniques as well as examples of organic reactions round out the relevant review of organic chemistry to allow the premedical student to undertake the study of biochemistry as well as illuminate biomedical applications of the reaction processes to medical investigative testing.
Topics include: ultraviolet and visible Spectroscopy (UV-Vis), mass spectrometry (MS), infrared
spectroscopy (IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Chemistry of alcohols, ethers and epoxides,
aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and derivatives, amines