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Course

Semester Hours

Comments

English Composition
6
   
Religion
3
Bible Based

(Can be completed during first year of PharmD program)

Humanities
6
Ex. Literature, Philosophy, Music, Art, Drama, Foreign Language
Social Sciences
6
Ex. History, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology
Economics/Accounting
3
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics or General Accounting
Physical Education
2
Selected courses in Health will also be considered
Calculus (or higher)
3
   
Physics
4
Physics for health science professions majors (need not be calculus based)
General Chemistry
8
    
Organic Chemistry
8
   
Biological Sciences 
 (> 12 hours are STRONGLY recommended)
8
Recommended: General Biology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, and/or Microbiology.  Also Appropriate: Immunology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Medical Terminology, Biochemistry
Electives
7
Suggested: Statistics, any Pharmaceutical Sciences or Clinical Research courses, any advanced biology or chemistry courses.  Also, certain business electives may be used to meet the requirements of the joint Pharm. D./MBA program

NOTE: The minimum grade point average for consideration is 2.5; grades for all pre-professional coursework attempted are included in this calculation.  The competitive grade point average in order to qualify for a required personal interview will be determined by the overall strength of the applicant pool.

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