Special Accelerated Degree Programs
Special Accelerated Program Opportunities
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College
of Dentistry’s Honors Combined B.S./D.M.D. Program
Incoming freshmen who intend to pursue a career in dentistry can,
through a cooperative agreement between the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the College of
Dentistry, qualify for provisional admission to the preprofessional program leading to the D.M.D. This honors
program helps highly motivated students complete a B.S. degree in either Food Science and
Human Nutrition or Microbiology and Cell Science and the D.M.D. degree.
Admission Criteria
Contact: College of Dentistry Admissions, (352) 273-5955
- Junior Honors Medical
Program offers a fast track to medical school. Students apply to this highly competitive program (12 spaces
only) in the second semester of the second year of undergraduate study. If selected, they begin coursework for
medical school in the third year and enter the M.D. program in the fourth year. After completion of the first year
of medical school, students earn their B.S. degree.
Admission Criteria: 1200 SAT; 3.5 GPA. Apply during sophomore year
Contact: Robyn Sheppard, robyn@dean.med.ufl.edu, (352) 392-4569
- Doctor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences A 3+4 degree option is available through
the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and the College of Pharmacy. Pre-pharmacy students who choose to major in
the nutritional sciences specialization in food science and human nutrition can complete prerequisites for admission to
the College of Pharmacy along with core requirements for the B.S. degree in three years. If the student is admitted to
the UF College of Pharmacy after the third year, courses in the Pharm.D. program will complete the requirements for
the B.S. degree, which will be awarded after completion of the first year of pharmacy school.
Contact: Dr. Anne Kendall, undergraduate coordinator in Food Science and Human Nutrition,
kendall@ufl.edu, (352) 273-3472
- The Master of Agribusiness (MAB)
is a professional degree for students who desire careers in marketing and management in agriculture, food
processing and distribution, forest products and related industry where there has been strong demand for MAB graduates.
Offered by the Department of Food and Resource Economics (FRE), the MAB can be completed in three semesters (fall,
spring and summer). A bachelor's degree in economics or business is not required.
Admission Criteria: 1000 GRE; 3.0 upper-division GPA
Contact: fregradprogram@ifas.ufl.edu
- The Master of Science in Management, MSM,
provides non–business majors with the opportunity to combine the knowledge gained from other academic
disciplines with functional business applications to create a dynamic skill set that is in demand by employers.
Admission Criteria: Refer to Web site for next information session.
Contact: Jane McNulty, msm@cba.ufl.edu, (352) 273-0344.
- Master of Public Health.
This degree offers diverse career opportunities, including identifying and tracking biohazards, keeping communities
safe, investigating disease outbreaks, creating community health promotion programs and measuring the impact of health
policy on access to care. Students are admitted to one of six concentrations: biostatistics, environmental health,
epidemiology, public health management and policy, public health practice or social and behavioral sciences.
Admission Criteria: 1000 GRE and a 3.0 GPA for last 60 hours of undergraduate coursework.
Contact: Dr. Stephanie Hanson, shanson@phhp.ufl.edu, (352) 273-6379
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