<p>My freshman orientation is a day away and b/c my friend has already been to hers I know that we'll be registering for classes on the second day. I've been trying to figure out a rough idea on what classes i want to take and such but it's really hard for me. </p>
<p>Originally I declared myself at UCF as an undecided major b/c I was just going to go there to do my pre-reqs for pharmacy school and then leave to pharmacy school after that. but after talking around i've decided to earn a B.S. degree in MolecularBiology&Microbiology to increase my chances of getting into pharmacy school.</p>
<p>So I have a couple of questions && it would be great if you could help me out:</p>
<p>1.) I wanted to finish my pre-reqs/B.S. degree as quickly as I can so I can go to Pharmacy school && i know that I can't take anatomy without taking biology and i can't take organic chem without taking chemistry. Would it be smart of me to take Biology I and Chemistry I for the 1st semester and Bio II and Chem II for the 2nd semester? (I'll probably be taking four classes in total FYI)</p>
<p>2.) If you've already been through it (or if you just know lol) how long does it usually take to earn a B.S. degree in MolecularBio&MicroBio?</p>
<p>I’m also an M&M major, and took Bio I and Chem I for Fall semester, along with gen-eds for my other classes. M&M does not require Bio II, so I didn’t take that class (though I did take Chem II). I would say that most if not all M&M majors take bio/chem I in the fall and then Chem II spring. It usually takes about 4 yrs to get the degree, though if you wanted to you could certainly get it in 3 yrs.</p>
<p>Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any more questions!</p>
<p>I know that I can take bio I and chem I in the semester… it’s just that a lot of ppl are telling me that it’s rly hard and i shouldn’t do it. And I also thought that Biology II was required for M&M??? unless I read it wrong under the UCF catalog. </p>
<p>honestly the only reason why i’m going to declare myself as an M&M major is b/c under the pharmacy pre-reqs it says that i have to have an AA degree or higher to get in. At first i had only intended to be at UCF for about 2yrs (i figured i’d be about done with pharmacy pre-reqs by then) and then head off to pharm school. but since i did dual enrollment my senior yr in high school by this coming spring i believe i have to declare a major b/c i’ll be considered as a sophomore or something.</p>
<p>I apologize for not getting back to you sooner… if you take Quantitive Bio Methods you can use that class to take the place of Bio II. Also, with regards to Bio/Chem I, it really depends on your strengths and what other classes you are taking. If you are fairly strong in those two classes, then you certainly can take both in the same semester. However, it is a lot of work for those two classes with the reading. One other thing- for the biology classes both Bio I and II has lab whereas for chemistry only Chem II has a lab component. Hope this clears things up!</p>
<p>My daughter is now a (rising) sophomore. So far this past year she has taken:</p>
<p>CHM 2045C, AMH 2010, AMH 2020, ENC 1102, MAC 1114 (trig), CHM 2046L, BSC 2010C, CGS 1060C (computer), HSC 2000 (great intro to health professions class that was P/F), and ZOO 3733L (Anatomy). She came to UCF with credit for PSY 2012 and ENC 1101.</p>
<p>i decided that i’m going to take both bio I and chem I this coming fall semester. && if all else fails i’ll just drop one of them if I find that i really can’t handle it.</p>
<p>The discussion part of Chem I is like a review/study group, where they have TAs going over the lecture material (reviewing it and giving quizzes based on the lectures). The lab part of Chem II is actually performing group experiments in a laboratory. Hope this clears it up!</p>
<p>i had to decide whether i was going to take bio and chem at the same time too. but then i decided not to because i’m also taking calc 2. and those three all together would probably kill me.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if we are suppose to read a book before school starts? I’m hearing from all my friends going to other public schools in Florida that they have to read a book for school, but I don’t remember hearing anything about it at the honors orientation. Did I miss something, or am I just going crazy?</p>
<p>mysterytime ask your friends again what class its for and all that. I have a few friends of mine going to FIU here in Miami and for their SLS class, a basic intro to college type of class for freshman, theres a book they have to read already before school. I’m pretty sure something like that won’t apply to us because as far as I know A) UCF doesnt have a class like that which ALL freshman have to take so theres no way we could all have an assignment like that, and B) It wasnt mentioned at all during orientation. So hopefully were safe from that but im pretty sure UCF wont make us do something like that. Just in case though I double checked with a friend of mine who went to normal orientation since I too was at the honors one.</p>
<p>I agree with marlins. Freshman are not taking all the same classes. There is no way that UCF could enforce a book policy for all freshman, unless it was for a specific class. If that was true you would have been contacted about it weeks ago. UCF continues to remind us about AlcoholEdu through mail and email… so I am positive that if there was required reading UCF would continue to remind us about it.</p>