Pre-Pharmacy
Course Requirements
General pharmacy school requirements include:
- Two semesters of general biology with laboratories
- Two semesters of general chemistry with laboratories
- Two semesters of organic chemistry with laboratories
- Two semesters of physics with laboratories
- Two semesters of English
- One semester of calculus
- One semester of microeconomics
- One semester of microbiology with laboratory
- One semester of statistics
- One semester of human anatomy
- Public speaking required by some colleges
- 10–19 hours of elective courses
Suggested course work arrangement:
First semester
- CHEM 1055 Principles of Chemistry I
- MATH 1304 Calculus I
- FLA 1004 Foundations of Liberal Arts I or FYS 1004 First-Year Seminar
Second semester
- CHEM 1065 Principles of Chemistry II
- BIO 1044 Biological Interactions
- FLA 1104 Foundations of Liberal Arts II or FYS 1104 First-Year Research Seminar
Third semester
- CHEM 2155 Organic Chemistry I
- BIO 2304 Cell and Molecular Biology
Fourth semester
- CHEM 2165 Organic Chemistry II
Fifth semester
- PHYS 2115 University Physics I
Sixth semester
- PHYS 2125 University Physics II
To be taken as schedule allows:
- ECON 2024 Principles of Microeconomics
- BIO 3046 Microbiology
- MATH 1144 Elementary Statistics
- BIO 2014 (PE 2094) Anatomy and Physiology I
- BIO 2104 (PE 2104) Anatomy and Physiology II
Or
- BIO 3065 Animal Physiology
- BIO 3016 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
- WRC 1034 Public Speaking
PCAT
The PCAT tests the following subject areas:
- Writing (part I)
- Verbal Ability
- Analogies
- Sentence Completion
- Biology
- General Biology
- Microbiology
- Human Anatomy
- Human Physiology
- Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Writing (part II)
- Reading Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension
- Analytical Skills
- Ability to Evaluate Passages
- Quantitative Ability
- Basic Math
- Algebra
- Probability and Statistics
- Pre-calculus
- Calculus
Competitive applicants
- Overall GPA: 3.0-3.5
- PCAT overall score: 75
Factors that increase competitiveness:
- Community service/volunteer work
- Experience in the field
- Leadership
- Strong communication skills
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