UCF students: So, I've already been accepted and began having a panic attack because of the biochemistry requirement. I confused Molecular Cell Biology with Molecular Biology and didn't realize as a Biomedical Sciences major I actually didn't have that course. Long story short, after some research there has been an update on this that I missed.
See option 4. Just wanted to put it out there for anyone in my shoes as this information was poorly communicated- at least to me it was.
CF Pre-Pharmacy Students:
NEW UPDATE ON THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY BIOCHEMISTRY PREREQUISITE COURSE:
You may have recently heard that the University of Florida College of Pharmacy now requires a 4-credit Biochemistry 1 course, and that they will not accept UCF’s 3-credit Biochemistry 1 course (BCH 4053) to meet their requirement due to the credit hour disparity. We are happy to report that after communicating with Dr. Michael McKenzie, Associate Dean of Student Affairs at the UF College of Pharmacy, that UCF Pre-Pharmacy students now have four options (previously you only had three options) to meet UF College of Pharmacy’s 4-credit Biochemistry 1 prerequisite course requirement:
Option 1: Biochemistry 1 (BCH 4053) and Molecular Cell Biology (PCB 3023) both at UCF (Good option for Biology majors)
Option 2: Biochemistry 1 (BCH 4053) and Biochemistry 2 (BCH 4054) both at UCF
Option 3*: Biochemistry 1 (BCH 4024) (4 credits) online at UF (Note: UCF students must submit the non-degree application to UF using the College of Pharmacy as the home sponsor college. Dr. McKenzie’s staff will approve the non-degree application (
http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/currents/nondegree.html) so the student can take the course through the College of Medicine. The BCH 4024 Biochemistry course is offered online each semester.)
Option 4 (New Option): Biochemistry 1 (BCH 4053) and Molecular Biology 1 (PCB 3522) both at UCF (Good option for Biomedical Sciences majors) -- Thank you to Dr. Genaro Lopez and Dr. Roseann White for their work on getting this new option approved for UCF Pre-Pharmacy students.
Please help us spread the word about these options to other UCF Pre-Pharmacy students.
*If you choose Option 3, and plan to complete UF’s Biochemistry 1 course prior to your graduation from UCF, please contact your UCF College or Major Advisor to ensure that taking this course as a transient student will not adversely affect your progress towards your graduation from UCF.