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The prepharmacy program prepares students for admission into an accredited pharmacy school. After completing the prepharmacy curriculum at SOU, students transfer to a professional pharmacy school and begin at least three years of professional studies. Students may prepare for advanced degrees or for careers in general retail, clinical, hospital, industrial, or administrative pharmacy.The following courses satisfy the prepharmacy requirements to enter Oregon State University's Pharm.D. program. Students interested in attending other pharmacy schools should contact those schools for copies of their prepharmacy curricula.
- General Chemistry (must include laboratory) 15
- Biological Science for Science Majors 15
- Microbiology or Bacteriology 4
- Organic Chemistry (must include laboratory; Ch 334, 335, 336 and 337, 340, 341 preferred) 11-17
- New first-year students must take the University Colloquium 12
Transfer students may substitute Written Communication 8
Verbal Communication 4- Physics (Ph 201, 202, 203 and 224, 225, 226 laboratory) 12
- Physiology (must be a yearlong upper division sequence) 12
- Behavioral and Social Sciences (Ec 201 or 202; Psy 201) 7
- Calculus (minimum requirement is one term of Mth 251) Note: Placement into an appropriate math course is determined by the student's achievements in high school and a placement examination. Students may need to take prerequisite courses prior to calculus. 4-12
- First Aid (HE 252 or equivalent) 3
- Lifetime Fitness (HE 275) 4
- Electives (Human Anatomy, Vertebrate Physiology, Computer Science, Statistics, and History are recommended. Oregon State University requires a minimum of 12 credits of approved humanities and/or arts courses for graduation) 4-14
Students typically take three years to complete the prepharmacy curriculum at SOU before they can be admitted to OSU's four-year professional program. Admission to pharmacy school is highly competitive, and students must have practical experience working in hospitals or retail pharmacies before applying.
A suggested first-year prepharmacy curriculum is shown below. Students should consult the program advisor for second- and third-year courses of study and additional details about the program. The advisor for the pharmacy program is Lynn M. Kirms, Department of Chemistry.
Some pharmacy schools (not OSU) require students to take the Pharmacy College Admission Test, which is given at the Southern Oregon University Testing Center in February of each year. Applications for the PCAT are due the first week of January. Since requirements for admission to pharmacy schools frequently change, prepharmacy students should see the advisor at least once each term.
First Year
- General Chemistry (Ch 201, 202, 203) 9
- General Chemistry Laboratory (Ch 204, 205, 206) 6
- Principles of Biology (Bi 211, 212, 213) 12
- University Colloquium (Core 101, 102, 103) 12
- General Psychology (Psy 201) 3
- Principles of Microeconomics (Ec 201) 4
- Mathematics (Mth 111 or 112 and 251) 4-12
Total 50-58
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