We have made a change to our biochemistry requirement for UBC students. BIOC 300 will no longer be offered as of September 2012. In its place, students will take a new course, BIOC 202 and BIOC 302. We will continue to accept BIOL 201/BIOC 302, although students should note that by taking BIOC 202/302 they will be better prepared for the biochemistry component of first year medicine. This stream is recommended, as it has a human focus and is designed for students planning to enter the health sciences fields, including medicine. Students in the biochemistry program will take BIOC 203 and 303, though we will only include the grade for BIOC 303 in the prerequisite average. BIOC 300 is of course still acceptable for the biochemistry prerequisite if taken before September 2012.
For the General Biology/General Chemistry Prerequisites, can we put any biology/chemistry credits we want for that? Or does it mean we can only use 1st year biology/chemistry credits to fill these.
Please put the first year courses, even if you did better in different biology/chemistry courses you took later on. As a rule, we use the first courses taken that satisfy the prerequisite requirements in our evaluation.
Dear Admissions Committee,
Does Biochemistry lab course (BCH 370 from University of Toronto)count towards Biochemistry prerequisite? Does graduate-level course count?
If I had to take prerequisite from two different Canadian institutions, how do you suggest I approach this problem?
Thank you in advance.
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