AMCAS Application Course Classification Guide

AMCAS® Application Course Classification Guide

The following guide provides • Electrical Engineering • Nutrition
examples of how courses are Behavioral and Social • Nuclear Engineering • Occupational Therapy
often categorized. Please select Sciences (BESS) • Optometry
course classifications based on • Anthropology English Language and • Osteopathy
the primary content of the • Economics Literature (ENGL) • Physical Therapy
course. • •
• Family Studies Composition & Rhetoric Physician Assistant
• Psychology • Creative Writing • Public Health
In the case of interdisciplinary
• Sociology • Literature • Pharmacology and
courses, where two or more
Pharmacy
subject matters are combined
Business (BUSI) Fine Arts (ARTS) • Sports Medicine
into one course, refer to the
description of the course on • Accounting • Art • Veterinary Medicine
your school's website or • Finance • Art History
consult with your prehealth • Human Resource • Dance History (HIST)
advisor to choose the most Studies • Fine Arts • History
appropriate course • Management • Music
classification. • Marketing • Photography Natural and Physical
• Organizational Studies • Theatre Sciences (NPSC)
Biology (BIOL)* • Agriculture
• Anatomy Communications Foreign Languages, • Animal and Avian
• Biology (COMM) Linguistics, and Sciences
• Biophysics • Journalism Literature (FLAN) • Environmental Science
• Biotechnology • Media Production and • American Sign and Policy
• Botany Studies Language • Forestry
• Cell Biology • TV, Video, and Audio • Comparative Literature • Geography
• Ecology • Linguistics • Horticulture
• Entomology Computer Science and • Foreign Language(s) • Landscape Architecture
• Genetics Technology (COMP) and Literature • Meteorology
• Histology • Computer Engineering • Natural Resources
• Immunology • Computer Science Government, Political • Oceanography
• Microbiology • Information Systems Science, and Law (GOVT)
• Molecular Biology • Telecommunications • Criminology and Other (OTHR)
• Neuroscience Criminal Justice All courses that do not fit
• Physiology Education (EDUC) • Government appropriately into another
• Zoology • Counseling and • International Relations classification, as well as
Personnel Services and Studies tennis, golf, aerobics, etc.
Chemistry (CHEM)* • Curriculum and • Law/Legal Studies • Architecture
• Biochemistry Instruction • Political Science • Library Science
• Chemistry • Educational • Public Affairs and • Military Science
• Physical Chemistry Administration Policy
• Thermodynamics • Educational Policy • Urban Policy and Philosophy and Religion
• Toxicology • Health Education Planning (PHIL)
• Human Development • Ethics
Physics (PHYS)* • Physical Education Health Sciences (HEAL) • Logic
• Astronomy (except sports courses) • Allied Health • Philosophy
• Physics • Special Education • Chiropractic • Religion
• Dentistry • Theology
Mathematics (MATH)* Engineering (ENGI) • Hearing and Speech
• Applied Mathematics • Aerospace Engineering Sciences Special Studies (SSTU)
• Biostatistics • Biomedical Engineering • Hospital Administration • Afro-American Studies
• Mathematics • Chemical Engineering • Kinesiology • American Studies
• Statistics • Civil Engineering • Nursing • Gender Studies

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