Pharmaceutical Sciences BS

Admission Requirements/General Entry Requirements
To declare pharmaceutical sciences as a program of study, a student must meet one of the following for admission:

  1. Students must meet general-entry admission requirements for and be accepted into the Doctor of Pharmacy program.
  2. Students exiting the Doctor of Pharmacy program in the P3 or P4 year may be permitted to remain in the pharmaceutical sciences program of study with College approval.

Major Requirements

A major in pharmaceutical sciences consists of the following coursework and 17 hours of major electives fulfilled by any other PHAR 300- or 400-level courses:

BIOL 251Biology I: Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology

3

BIOL 251LBiology I: Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology Lab

1

BIOL 302Cell Biology

3

BIOL 312Microbiology for the Pharmaceutical Sciences

3

BIOL 322Human Anatomy & Physiology I

3

BIOL 322LHuman Anatomy & Physiology/Lab

1

BIOL 323Human Anatomy & Physiology II

3

BIOL 323LHuman Anatomy & Physiology II/Lab

1

CHEM 130General Chemistry I/Lecture

3

CHEM 130LGeneral Chemistry I/Lab

1

CHEM 131General Chemistry II/Lecture

3

CHEM 131LGeneral Chemistry II/Lab

1

CHEM 210Organic Chemistry I/Lecture

3

CHEM 210LOrganic Chemistry I/Lab

1

CHEM 211Organic Chemistry II/Lecture

3

CHEM 211LOrganic Chemistry II/Lab

1

CHEM 400Biochemistry

4

MATH 141Calculus I

4

MATH 223Applied Statistics and Data Analysis

3

 

PHYS 250General Physics I/Lecture

3

and

PHYS 250LGeneral Physics I/Lab

1

or

PHYS 260Physics for the Health Sciences

4

 

PHAR 350Introduction to Pharmacy Practice

2

PHAR 351Drug Information and Literature Evaluation

2

PHAR 360Self-Care for the Pharmacist

3

PHAR 380Introductory Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry

3

PHIL 221Health Care Ethics

3

Three hours from

PHAR 391Introduction to Pharmacy Practice Experience I

1

PHAR 392Introduction to Pharmacy Practice Experience II

1

PHAR 491Introduction to Pharmacy Practice Experience III

1

PHAR 492Introduction to Pharmacy Practice Experience IV

1

PHAR 406 may be taken for up to 6 credit hours.

 

Effective as of 1/5/2023