Many undergraduate pharmacy programs will admit students in the junior year if they have fulfilled pre-requisite courses with a specified GPA. Because specific program GPAs and pre-requisites VARY GREATLY, students are strongly advised to visit the home page of individual pharmacy schools of interest to them and seek out specific requirements. A good general web source is: www.pharmacy.org/students.html Click on United States of America and scroll through US pharmacy schools. Sacred Heart University's Suggested Two Year Pre-Pharmacy Course of Study *
Year 1
| BI 111,113 Concepts in Biology I
CH 151,153 General Chemistry I
MA 151 Calculus
CA 101 Communications
EN 011, 012 or EN 110 | BI 112, 114 Concepts in Biology II
CH 152,154 General Chemistry II
MA 152 Calculus II
HI 101 Civilizations
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Year 2
| CH 221,223 Organic Chemistry I
PY 111,113 Physics I
BI 230 Microbiology
EC 201 Macroeconomics
Core elective
| CH 222,224 Organic Chemistry II
PY 112,114 Physics II
BI - Biology or core elective
SO 101 Sociology
Core elective |
Summer
Year 2 | Biochemistry CH 321, 323 | |
As an alternative to transferring after 2 years of pre-pharmacy, students may choose to major in Chemistry or Biology and on completion of their baccalaureate degree apply to graduate school in pharmacy. Doctor of Pharmacy Programs (PharmD) without an undergraduate degree in pharmacy may take an additional 3-4 years. With an undergraduate degree in pharmacy, they usually require an additional 2 years of study.
For 2005, the Pharmacy College Application Service (PharmCAS) announces a web application service http://www.pharmcas.org/ . Please follow the posted instructions on this web site when applying to member Pharmacy Schools.
* This course sequence represents a suggested course of study. Students are cautioned that program pre- requisites in different pharmacy schools vary greatly. Therefore, students should research the specific requirements of the schools to which they will be applying. e.g., U of Buffalo requires Evol. Biology and Cell Biology; Purdue requires a year of Anatomy and Physiology.
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