Pre-Cardiovascular Perfusion
A candidate for admission to the Clinical Perfusion Education Program at the University of Nebraska Medical
Center must have successfully completed a Bachelor's Degree and the following required courses. Scores from the basic portion of
the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) must also be submitted. Students should check the specific school(s), other than the University of
Nebraska Medical Center, to which they intend to apply to ensure that all admission requirements are fulfilled.
Competition to gain a place in perfusion school is intense and cannot be guaranteed.
- Required Courses
- Take ONE of the following options:
- Take two courses (these two courses must be taken in sequence):
- BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
- BIOL 226, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
- OR take two courses:
- Take 2 additional courses in BIOL from the following:
- Take all of the following:
- Take one of the following:
- Additional electives
- A minimum of six credit hours should be chosen from the humanities and social sciences in areas such as
PHIL, PSY, or SOC.
- Strongly Recommended
- HSCI 225, Introduction to Hematology - 2 hours (Prereq: 8 hours of BIOL or permission of instructor)
- BIOL 309, Cellular Biology - 4 hours
- BIOL 325, Medical Terminology - 1 hour
- BIOL 360, Genetics - 4 hours (Prereq: BIOL 309)
- BIOL 401, Principles of Immunology - 4 hours (Prereq: BIOL 211GS or BIOL 400; either BIOL 309 or CHEM 351, CHEM 351L OR permission of instructor)
- CHEM 250, Elementary Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
- AND CHEM 250L, Elementary Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
- PHYS 206GS, General Physics II - 4 hours
- AND PHYS 206LGS, Physics Laboratory II - 1 hour
- Take one of the following:
