Wanting to transfer, confused about courses HELP! Pharmaceutical Major!

reddd123 · January 4, 2012, 11:29pm

<p>Hello I will be starting my first community college in less than a week at Pasadena City College, I will be taking 1 class “Early Film History, THART 7A” and trying to also get “Sociology 1 or Political Science 1”. What I am confused about is I want to pursue the career as a pharmacist, but only UCSD lists the requirements for a pharmaceutical major on assist.org, other UC’s like UCLA, UC Irvine, and USC do not list requirements for pharmaceutical major, They do have biochemistry major which is similar coursework if not that is what a pharmaceutical major is exactly the same as biochemistry major?</p>

<p>I am also confused that assist.org lists requirements for coursework under biochemistry, I will use UCLA as an example they list a lot of extensive coursework, I will be way over the credit requirement for the IGETC (70 credits) if I fulfill all the extensive coursework for biochemistry major. </p>

<p>====Biochemistry/B.S.====<br>
Listed below are the lower division preparation courses for the major. You
should complete as many preparation courses as possible prior to transfer, based
on the availability of courses. All courses must be taken for a letter grade.
For more information regarding this major and UCLA’s transfer selection process,
visit [UCLA</a> Chemistry and Biochemistry](<a href=“http://www.chem.ucla.edu%5DUCLA”>http://www.chem.ucla.edu) and [UCLA</a> Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu%5DUCLA”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu).</p>

<p>PLEASE NOTE: The community college courses listed below have been approved to
satisfy the preparation requirements for this major at UCLA, but they may not be</p>

<h2>exact equivalents of the UCLA courses listed.</h2>

<h2> Laboratory II | </h2>

<p>MATH 31A Differential and Integral (4)|MATH 5A Calculus (5)</p>

<h2> Calculus | </h2>

<p>MATH 31B Integration and Infinite (4)|MATH 5B Calculus (5)</p>

<h2> Series | </h2>

<p>MATH 32A Calculus of Several (4)|MATH 5C Calculus (5)</p>

<h2> Variables | </h2>

<h2> Physics | </h2>

<h2> | Organismal Biology </h2>

<h2> | Molecular Biology </h2>

<h2> | Molecular Biology </h2>

<h2> Laboratory II | </h2>

<p>END OF MAJOR</p>

<p>So my question is do I just follow the assist.org requirements for UCLA for biochemistry and not do the IGETC or also do the IGETC required classwork and have way over 70 credits I am thinking about 90 credits in total for the completed credits on IGETC + Biochemistry requirements. I will also need to take Math 7A + 7B because my math isn’t that great, I plan to study heavily to get into 7A + 7B as my math isn’t that great.</p>

strawberrywafer · January 5, 2012, 12:01am

<p>The other schools may not offer a pharmaceutical major. Even so, you do not need to be a pharmaceutical major to apply to pharmacy school. I don’t know anything on how to be a pharmacist but here’s what I found on the UCLA site:</p>

<p>[UCLA</a> Career Center](<a href=“http://career.ucla.edu/students/gradprofschcounseling/PreHealthCareerServices/Pharmacy.aspx]UCLA”>http://career.ucla.edu/students/gradprofschcounseling/PreHealthCareerServices/Pharmacy.aspx) Students can major in almost any discipline provided the required courses are completed in order to be competitive when applying to schools of pharmacy. Pre- pharmacy students are also encouraged to participate in an internship experience in a pharmacy setting in order to become acquainted with the field prior to making formal application to selected professional programs.</p>

<p>The same page also lists some important courses pharmacy schools look for when you apply. They are the usual biology, chemistry, physics, math, etc which is why UCSD’s pharmaceutical major may seem to be similar to the other schools’ biochemistry major. You should check out the websites of other undergrad schools and some pharmacy schools to see what courses you need to take.</p>

reddd123 · January 5, 2012, 12:13am

<p>So could I just complete the coursework required by the assist.org for UCLA biochemistry and the IGETC requirements which will lead me to 97 total transferable credits. I’ve read on this forum in many threads and other websites that there is no limit to transferable lower division credits to a UC as long as I do not attend a 4 year institution before which I haven’t?</p>

strawberrywafer · January 5, 2012, 12:42am

<p>It’s fine to have 97 transferable credits or even more. You could do the prerequisites for UCLA’s biochemistry if that’s what you want to major in. It covers some of the prerequisites for pharmacy school. There are other majors that will cover prerequisites needed for pharmacy school too. For lower division, they will all have a lot of the same prerequisite science and math classes so go ahead and start meeting the prerequisites for biochemistry while you decide what you want to major in.</p>

asphyxiac · January 5, 2012, 1:50am

<p>You could major in biochem if you want be a pharmacist, and physiology would be a useful major as well. Most pharm schools require physiology and anatomy courses - plus it’s less coursework that you have to complete prior to transferring (fewer math and physics courses, I believe).</p>

reddd123 · January 5, 2012, 11:35am

<p>Ok so I noticed UCLA other than USC would have higher requirements for Biochemistry major, other UC’s do not require 5C Math, say I did do 5C math and applied to a school that didn’t require 5C would that improve my chances?</p>

Inquiringmind2 · January 5, 2012, 11:52am

<p>Just wanted to make sure you know that as long as all your units are from cc, and not from a 4 year university, you can have as many units as you want. I am an older student transferring to Davis in the fall and I have 214 units form 4 different cc’s. They will use all the transferable units they need and I will transfer as a junior so I will have 90 (quarter units) when I enter and then will take 2 more years of classes to reach the 180 quarter units to graduate.</p>

<p>As far as your major…I do know that even pre-med students can major in anything and still go to med school as long as they have taken the right classes. Your best bet is to email or call the admission offices the schools that you are most interested in.</p>

Wanting to transfer, confused about courses HELP! Pharmaceutical Major!

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