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Professional Curriculum for the Doctor of Pharmacy

Pre-Pharmacy Course Requirements for the Doctor of Pharmacy

Read the sections describing general education requirements. Pre-pharmacy students are expected to fulfill these requirements.

Course requirements for the Doctor of Pharmacy include the pre-professional curriculum and four years of professional preparation. Courses and clerkships in the professional curricula are revised periodically to meet pharmacy education standards. Current information on the curriculum can be obtained from the Office for Student Affairs in the College of Pharmacy.

All Doctor of Pharmacy students complete required courses and elective requirements (146 total credits for the professional curriculum and 69-72 credits in the pre-professional program).

Pre-Pharmacy

To remain ‘on track’ for this major , a student must meet the following critical tracking criteria. The critical tracking courses appear in bold.

Semester 1:

  • Complete CHM1025 or (CHM2045 and CHM2045L)

Semester 2:

  • Complete 3 additional courses of the 11 critical courses – excluding labs ((CHM2045, CHM2045L, CHM2046, CHM2046L, MAC2233, BSC2010, BSC2010L, BSC2011, BSC2011L, CHM2210, CHM2211, CHM2211L, PHY2004, PHY2004L, PHY2005, PHY2005L, PET2320C and PET2350C)))

  • 3.0 GPA on all math and science courses for semesters 2-5

Semester 3:

  • Complete 4 additional courses of the 11 critical courses – excluding labs

  • 2 of the critical courses must be CHM2210 and (PET2320C or ZOO3713C)

Semester 4:

  • Complete all 11 critical courses – including associated labs

  • Satisfactory score on the PCAT test

  • Complete Notice of Application, Supplemental Application Form to Select a Campus Site, Personal Profile and Essays online by March 1.

  • Download two Letters of Recommendation Forms and a Signature Page and submit to the Office for Student Affairs by March 1.

  • Approval by college admission committee

Please note that the semester one label may not be the first semester at the university. Semester one refers to the first semester of pre-professional science and mathematics courses. Students who already have satisfied the criteria for a particular semester will be assigned an appropriate semester to begin the tracking program. Critical tracking courses are bolded in the semester plans and should be completed in the semester indicated. Preprofessional courses are preceded by an asterisk (*).

Semester 1

Credits

English Composition (GE)

3

*CHM 2045, 2045L General Chemistry I and Lab (GE-P)(or take CHM 1025, 2 cr.)

4

*BSC 2010, 2010L Biological Sciences I and Lab (GE-B)

4

MAC 1147 Pre-calculus

4

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Total

15

Semester 2

Credits

Humanities (GE-H, I)

3

*CHM 2046, 2046L General Chemistry II and Lab (GE-P) (OR take CHM 2045 + 2045L, 4 cr.)

4

*BSC 2011, 2011L Biological Sciences II and Lab (GE-B)

4

*MAC 2233 Calculus I (3) OR MAC 2311 Analytical Geometry and Calculus (4)

3-4

_____

 

Total

14-15

Summer

Credits

ECO 2013 OR ECO 2023 Economics (GE-S)

3

Preferred social science general education course

 

Humanities (GE-H, I)

3

CHM 2046, 2046L General Chemistry 2 and Lab (alternative path only)

4

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Total

10

Semester 3

Credits

*CHM 2210 Organic Chemistry I

3

*PET 2320C Applied Human Anatomy OR ZOO 3713C Functional Vertebrate Anatomy

4

*PHY 2004 Applied Physics I (GE-P) OR PHY 2053 General Physics I (4) (GE-P)

3-4

*SPC 2600 Public Speaking

3

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Total

13 -14

Semester 4

Credits

*CHM 22111, 2211L Organic Chem II & Lab

5

*PET 2350C Applied Human Physiology OR PCB 4723C Animal Physiology

4-5

*PHY 2005 Applied Physics 2 (GE-P) OR PHY 2054 Physics II (4) (GE-P)

3-4

Social and behavioral science (GE)

3

_____

 

Total

15-17

Note: PHY 2053 and 2054 are required for many science majors. These are the preferred physics courses.

Summer

Credits

Humanities (GE-H, I)

3

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Total

3

 

NOTE: Calculation of the science and math GPA does not include SPC 2600, Public Speaking. Refer to the section on calculating the science and math GPA.

 

Doctor of Pharmacy/BS in Nutritional Science Option

Students who complete nutritional science courses through the junior year in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences may be eligible to receive a B.S. in Nutritional Sciences upon completion of the pharmaceutical science courses in the first professional year of the Doctor of Pharmacy program.
 
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