Admissions requirements and standards are designed to ensure scholastic success in the professional Pharm.D. program. Selecting a candidate for the future practice of pharmacy involved many important factors, including academic background, PCAT scores, letters of reference and pharmacy experience. A qualified applicant will be invited to visit the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences for a required personal interview.

Admission to the four-year Doctor of Pharmacy degree program requires two years of pre-professional education at an accredited college or university in the United States. Each applicant must complete a minimum of 60 semester hours of college credit. Application can be made after the completion of 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of college coursework.

The minimum specific pre-pharmacy course requirements are as follows:

Courses	Semester Hours
General Chemistry	8
Organic Chemistry	8
General Biology or Zoology	8
Physics	4
Calculus	3-4
English Composition	6
Speech	3
Humanities Electives	6
Economics	3
Social/Behavioral Sciences Electives	6
Other Electives	to total 60

Important Notes about the Pre-Pharmacy Requirements:

• Grades below "C" cannot be accepted toward completion of these requirements.

• All science courses (chemistry, biology, physics), must include a laboratory with each lecture and must be majors courses. Non-majors courses will not fulfill the requirement.

• Biology courses must be either general biology, cellular biology, molecular biology or zoology to fulfill the requirement. Anatomy/physiology, genetics, immunology nor microbiology will not fulfill the requirement.

• The speech requirement should be fulfilled with a public speaking course.

• The economics requirement must be fulfilled with either a Macroeconomics or Microeconomics course.

• Humanities courses may be chosen from one or more of these areas: art, foreign language, history, literature, music, philosophy, religion, or theatre.

• Social / Behavioral Science electives may be chosen from one or more of the following areas: accounting, anthropology, business, computer science, economics, geography, health, history, management, political science, psychology, sociology, or statistics.

• No credit will be accepted for military science or physical education courses.

• All pre-pharmacy course requirements must be satisfied prior to matriculation.
  

Additionally..

• All applicants must have a minimum of two letters of reference submitted through the PharmCAS Electronic Letters of Reference (eLOR) system.

• All applicants are required to take the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) and must have their scores sent to PharmCAS (school code 104).

• Prospective pharmacy students are strongly encouraged to obtain work experience in a pharmacy. An example of appropriate experience is as a pharmacy technician in either a hospital or community pharmacy.

• Grades for all undergraduate coursework attempted are included in the calculation of the overall undergraduate GPA. This is the primary GPA used in the admissions process. The completive grade point average and PCAT score in order to qualify for a required personal interview will be determined by the overall strength of the applicant pool.

• Personal interviews for the next entering class begin in September. Throughout the duration of the interview process, applicants are accepted to the Doctor of Pharmacy program on a continual basis until the class has been filled; an alternate list will then be established. Due to the large number of applicants and limited number of positions available, acceptance is selective.