Students will not be allowed to matriculate into the program unless they have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and all prerequisite course requirements have been completed, including: Physics – 8 credit hours including laboratories, General/Inorganic Chemistry – 8 credit hours including laboratories, Organic Chemistry – 8 credit hours including laboratories, and Biology – 12 credit hours. Courses pertinent to mammalian biology are particularly encouraged. These could include mammalian/comparative anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, neuroscience, immunology, cell biology, developmental biology, genetics, etc. There is not a minimum GPA for prerequisites or a minimum grade for individual prerequisite courses.