Texas Physics Requirement

[StaceLynn7]

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Maybe this is off topic...Does anyone from Texas know the specifics of the Physics requirement? I've checked TMDSAS and the requirement states something about counting only physics courses for science majors. No allied health, etc. My university catalog says that Physics 2425/2426 is required for chem, engineering, and physics majors, but nothing about Biology. Does that mean I can take PHYS 1401/1402 or is that an absolute no?

I know I can pass PHYS 2425/2426 with a lot of work, but I'm terrified and wondering if that's an absolute, or if Tex schools will consider the other physics?

TIA

 

[tex05]

If the 1401/1402 is the non-calculus physics, I think you'll be fine. I took the non-calc physics and had no problem with either the schools or TMDSAS (in med school now 😀)

 

[StaceLynn7]

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[aggie08]

Maybe this is off topic...Does anyone from Texas know the specifics of the Physics requirement? I've checked TMDSAS and the requirement states something about counting only physics courses for science majors. No allied health, etc. My university catalog says that Physics 2425/2426 is required for chem, engineering, and physics majors, but nothing about Biology. Does that mean I can take PHYS 1401/1402 or is that an absolute no?

I know I can pass PHYS 2425/2426 with a lot of work, but I'm terrified and wondering if that's an absolute, or if Tex schools will consider the other physics?

TIA

I am 99.99% sure 1401 and 1402 are fine.
I hope so - that's what my adviser had me take.

 

[StaceLynn7]

Update...I emailed the admissions dept of UTMB and UTHSC San Antonio. UTMB hasn't replied yet, but I got a reply from San Antonio that said this...

"The physics course must be a course that is applicable for science-degree seeking students. If the course you are referring to is offered to non-science majors, then it will not meet the requirement."

What confuses me, however, is the fact that some undergrad universities in Texas do not require the Calc-based (Univerisity, 2425/2426) Physics class for their undergrads, and some universities do. Example: Baylor allows their premeds to take College (non-calc based), but UT Austin requires the Calc-based. If some schools allow the non-calc based, shouldn't ALL premeds, regardless of university, be permitted to use that class for admissions?

I already have a degree, I just have to take my pre-med requirements.

Ugh...so confused, and really need to register for classes!

HELP!!!!!!!

 

[cpa2md]

A trig-based physics is just fine. It does NOT have to be a calculus-based physics.

You will be fine with the lower-level physics.

 

[utjsm08]

You are wrong that UT Austin requires cal. based physics for pre-meds. You can take algebra based, calculus based, or engineering. I took calculus based, however I have several pre-med friends that took algebra based.

 

[yowhatup]

i THINK as long as it is MINIMUM 4 credits per physics course including lab, and that both physics I and II have individual respective labs u should be fine regardless of whether it is intended for science or nonscience majors.

The criteria again i think is that it should be MINIMUM 4 credits for physics I + lab, and MINIMUM 4 credits of physics II + lab... the key is having a lab done along with lecture and making sure both physics courses with labs adds up to atleast 8 credit hours

 

[StaceLynn7]

Thanks everyone. I'm confidently (mostly) going to take non-calc based physics. It is definitely 4 hours with a lab, and since others have done it and gone on to be doctors, I'm in good company.