1. ΑΕΔ Welcome to AED! Meeting 1: Course Planning September 25, 2012 Please sign-in up front Help yourself to pizza, snacks & drinks!

2. ΑΕΔ Dr. Swadron & the Minor of Health Care Studies at USC http://dornsife.usc.edu/minor-in-health-care studies/ Learn more about the minor at:

3. ΑΕΔ AED Associate Membership Meetings! –Everything a Pre-Med needs to know to succeed Interact with Upperclassmen Princeton/Kaplan Discount Online Course Help AED Southland Conference

4. ΑΕΔ The Timeline Year 1: Explore Your Options Year 2: Research, Volunteer, GPA Year 3: MCAT, LOR, Primary App Year 4: Secondary App, Interviews Medical School

5. ΑΕΔ Year 1 – Explore Your Options Choose your major/minor –Consider non-science majors and minors Meet with a pre-med advisor –Office of Pre-Health Advisement http://dornsife.usc.edu/pre-health/ USC Organizations –Interaxon, JEP, EMSC, PHE, Public Health Brigades, Global Medical Brigades, Trojan Health Volunteers Clinical Volunteering, Shadowing, Research

6. ΑΕΔ HOW TO SUCCEED AS A PREMED Stay caught up (homework + reading + midterms) GPA: 3 A’s + 1 B each semester = 3.75 overall Always seek help when you feel overwhelmed SI, office hours, Center for Academic Support, fellow AED members Get to know your professors Work in groups

7. ΑΕΔ Prerequisites 2 Semesters of General Biology –BISC 120/BISC 220 or 121/221 2 Semesters of General Chemistry –CHEM105ab or 115ab 2 Semesters of Organic Chemistry –CHEM322ab 2 Semesters of Physics –PHYS 135ab or 151/152 *AP credits do not count

8. ΑΕΔ More Prerequisites MATH 125 and/or MATH 208 WRIT 140 WRIT 340 Humanities and Social Sciences –Requirements vary by school

9. ΑΕΔ Recommended Classes Upper Division Biology Courses –BISC 307: Physiology –BISC 320: Molecular Biology –BISC 325: Genetics –BISC 330: Biochemistry

10. ΑΕΔ Audrey’s Schedule Biology B.A. with a Public Health minor Fall 2009Spring 2010Fall 2010Spring 2011 BISC 120BISC 220CHEM322aCHEM322b CHEM105aCHEM105bMATH 125SPAN III GE Cat. 5GE Cat. 6AMST 206GE Cat. 1 GE Cat. 2Writ-140HP 200HP 402 Fall 2011Spring 2012Fall 2012Spring 2012 BISC 320Phys135bBISC 325Elective PHYS135aBISC 307BISC 490BISC 330 GE Cat. 4HP 401WRIT 340Elective HP 460MCAT classPPD 330Elective

11. ΑΕΔ Veronica’s Schedule BA Biology & MS Global Medicine Fall 2009Spring 2010Fall 2010Spring 2011Summer 2011 BISC 120BISC 220PHYS 135ACHEM322aCHEM 105B CHEM105aCHEM105bBISC 320SPAN IIIMATH 125 GE Cat. 6GE Cat. 5BISC 315GE Cat. 1 Writ 140GE Cat. 1HP 420BISC 369 BISC 193THTR- 183A Fall 2011Spring 2012Fall 2012Spring 2013Summer 2013 BISC 325BISC 330CORE IPHYS 135bGM Elective SPAN IIIWRIT 340CORE IIMEDS 502GM Elective HP 442GE: Cat 4MEDS 500GM Elective

12. ΑΕΔ Summer Classes -Physics 135ab -CHEM 322ab -BISC 120 -WRIT 140 -WRIT 340 -MATH 125

13. ΑΕΔ Other Things to Keep in Mind Off-track classes CHEM 322ab, PHYS 135ab Pass/Fail General Education Requirements 1 of the 6 GE courses Language Requirement Diversity Requirement No minor classes 24 Units total

14. ΑΕΔ Online Course Help Procedure Steps: 1.Pay your dues! 2.Go to our website (www.aedusc.org)www.aedusc.org 3.Resources tab—let us know if you don’t know the username/password 4.Submit Course Help request form 5.Get tests

15. ΑΕΔ Questions? http://www.aedusc.org