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BCH 4024
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Introduction to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
4 credits
Offered: Fall & Spring
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Protein structure, enzyme kinetics, metabolism, and molecular genetics. The capstone science course most pre-meds take before the MCAT.
Typical workload: ~12 hrs/week outside class
Do not delay. UF lists this in critical tracking for 1 major, and 21 courses sit downstream of it in the prerequisite graph. Pushing it back can push back everything behind it.
Why students take this
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Scheduled in 5 of 81 UF model plans, usually in semester 6 (junior year) and part of critical tracking for 1 major.
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Microbiology and Cell Science, CALS
Microbiology and Cell Science, CLAS
Nutritional Sciences
Prerequisites
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Courses UF model plans put in the same semester as BCH 4024.
What it unlocks
21 courses list this as a prerequisite (directly or downstream).
BCH 4905 · Biochemistry Senior Research
BME 4621 · Biomolecular Thermodynamics and Kinetics
BSC 4434C · Introduction to Bioinformatics
CHM 4034 · Advanced Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
CHM 4300L · Laboratory in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
CHM 4671 · Bioinorganic Chemistry
DIE 4245 · Medical Nutrition Therapy Applications: Part 1
ENY 4823 · Molecular Biology of Insects and Nematodes
HUN 4221 · Nutrition and Metabolism
HUN 4445 · Nutrition and Disease: Part 1
HUN 4446 · Nutrition and Disease: Part 2
HUN 4813C · Laboratory Techniques in Molecular Nutrition
MCB 4304 · Genetics of Microorganisms
MCB 4403 · Prokaryotic Cell Structure and Function
MCB 4503 · General Virology
PCB 4233 · Immunology
PCB 4666 · Human Genomics
PLP 4600 · Introduction to RNA Engineering
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Career relevance
Biochemistry is the single most-tested subject on the current MCAT.
Critical for: Medical School (MD)
Critical for: Dental School (DMD)
Critical for: Biomedical Research (PhD)
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