VMCAS COURSE SUBJECTS
VMCAS uses a standardized list of course subjects which cover the majority of classes you may be taking. VMCAS uses these subjects to then determine which Course Subject GPA Category your courses will factor into. If you cannot determine which VMCAS Subject to choose based on your course’s title, please default to the department the course is offered through. During the verification process, VMCAS will change any VMCAS Course Subjects which it deems have been incorrectly listed. Your application will not be undelivered for listing the incorrect VMCAS Course Subject.
The lists below has been created in conjunction with the AAVMC, which has determined which VMCAS Subjects factor into which Course Subject GPAs. Please use this list to understand how your VMCAS Course Subjects will factor into your Course Subject GPAs.
Course subjects that factor into the Biology/Chemistry/Physics/Life Sciences GPA:
| Abnormal PsychologyAcupuncture
Adolescent Psychology Aerospace Studies Agriculture Analytic Chemistry Anatomy Animal Behavior Animal Science Anthropology Armchair Chemistry Astronomy Atmospheric Science Audiology Bacteriology Basic Chemistry Behavioral Sciences Biobehavioral Health Biochemistry Biodiversity Bioengineering Biological Anthropology Biological Chemistry Biological Psychology Biology Biomechanics Biomedical Engineering Biomedical Science Biometry/Biometrics Biomolecules Bioorganic Chemistry Biophysics Biotechnology Botany Cellular & Molecular Biology Cellular Biology Cellular Physiology Chemistry Child Psychology Chinese Internal Medicine Chiropractic Medicine Clinical Sciences Cognitive Science Community Health CPR Cytology/Cytotechnology Death & Dying Dental Hygiene Dentistry Developmental Biology Developmental Psychology Dietetics Disease Earth Science Ecology Educational Psychology Electricity Electricity & Light Electronics Embryology Emergency Med-Tech |
EndocrinologyEngineering
Entomology Environmental Science Epidemiology Eukaryotics Evolution Exercise Physiology Exercise Science Family Studies Food Science Forensic Sciences Forestry Genetics Genomics Geology Growth & Development Gynecology Health Health Science Heat Hematology Herbology Histology Horticulture Human Behavior Human Development Human Geography Human Movement Human Sexuality Hygiene Immunology Inorganic Chemistry Intro to Chemistry Kinesiology Life Span Development Light Limnology Locomotion Studies Magnetism Marine Biology Marine Science Mechanical Heat Mechanics Medical Chemistry Medical Technology Medicine Metabolism Meteorology Microbiology Micro-Organisms Military Science Molecular Biology Motor Control Movement Science Natural Resources Natural Science Neural Mechanisms Neurobiology Neurology Neuroscience |
NuclearNursing
Nutrition Occupational Therapy Oceanography Optics Optometry Organic Chemistry Oriental Medicine Other Health Prof Paramedic Parasitology Pathology Pathophysiology Personal Health Pharmaceutical Chemistry Pharmacology Pharmacy Phlebotomy Physical Anthropology Physical Biochemistry Physical Chemistry Physical Education Physical Geography Physical Sciences Physical Therapy Physical Therapy Assistant Physician Assistant Physics Physiological Chemistry Physiological Science Physiology Plant Plant Sciences Podiatry Population Biology Prokaryote Physiology Psychobiology Psychology Public Health Qualitative Analysis Radiology Respiratory Therapy Sensorimotor Development Social Ecology Social Science Social Welfare Sonography Speech and Hearing Science Sports Medicine Sports Sciences Structure & Bonds Structure & Reaction Surgery Tech Therapeutic Exercise Thermodynamics Toxicology Veterinary Virology Wildlife Zoology |
Course subjects that factor into the Math GPA:
| AlgebraAnalytical Geometry
Behavioral Statistics Biostatistics Calculus |
Chemical MathLinear Algebra
Logic Math Analysis Mathematics |
Quantitative AnalysisStatistics
Trigonometry |
Course subjects that factor into the Other GPA:
| AccountingActing
American Sign Language Archeology Architecture Banking Bioethics Business Communications Conservation Criminal Justice Criminology Cultural Geography Dance Debate Drama |
EconomicsEthics
Film/Media Folklore Food Management Geography Humanities Law Law Enforcement Library Science Management Marketing Marriage/Family Massage Multicultural Studies Music |
PhilosophyPoetry
Public Administration Public Affairs/Administration Range Management Reading Recreation Rehabilitation Religion Special Topics Sports Administration Theater Theater Literature Theology |