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RIT's Bachelor of Science in biomedical sciences integrates fundamental life sciences coursework with adaptable electives, allowing you to tailor your degree for medical school or immediate career entry. This discipline merges biology and medicine to enhance and preserve human and animal health. As an investigative field, it involves hands-on research to address critical health challenges. The biomedical sciences program equips you for advanced studies in medicine and health care—such as medical, dental, or veterinary school, nursing, public health, and beyond—as well as for elite research roles in medical and health sciences institutions. The curriculum features a wide selection of elective courses and provides experiential learning opportunities, enabling you to apply classroom knowledge in practical settings. Alongside comprehensive academic and faculty advising, a pre-medical/pre-health professions program offers support in course selection and meeting prerequisites for advanced degree admissions.
Cultivate the multidisciplinary abilities, self-assurance, and cross-disciplinary understanding needed to excel in the fast-evolving realm of biomedicine and biomedical sciences.
RIT's biomedical sciences BS curriculum encompasses a life sciences core alongside diverse, flexible electives, empowering you to personalize your education to align with your career goals and participate in undergraduate research or independent study under faculty guidance.
You can select electives from various categories to shape your degree according to your professional ambitions and interests. Options include medical foundations, medicine and disease, and medicine and health. A range of professional electives allows for specialized study in genetics, genetic engineering, genomics, exercise and kinesiology, sports physiology, nutrition, pharmacology, epidemiology, and additional areas.