Pre-Pharmacy Option, Arts and Sciences, A.S.

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The pre-pharmacy option is designed for students interested in attending pharmacy school at a graduate institution. This program provides the general education and science course work necessary for acceptance to pharmacy school upon receiving adequate Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) scores. Students will be required to learn the specific course requirements for the schools they wish to attend. Specific school requirements can be found through the Pharmacy College Application Service at www.pharmcas.org/collegesschools/start.htm. Students accepted into the program will be eligible for priority admission to Shenandoah University Pharmacy School if, when accepted, the students have a high school GPA of 3.25 on a 4.0 grading scale and SAT scores of 1100 or greater or ACT scores of 24 or greater. Priority admission requires that the student continue their academic excellence and PCAT scores in the 75th percentile.

View the Pre-Pharmacy Fact Sheet.

Program Pathway

First Year Fall			First Year Spring
Course Number	Course Name	Credits	Course Number	Course Name	Credits
ENG 101	English Composition	3	ENG 102 or SPD 103	Composition and Literature or Public Speaking	3
MAT 203	Calculus I	4	Gen Ed	Arts/Humanities	3
CHM 103	General Chemistry I	4	CHM 104	General Chemistry II	4
Restricted Elective	Choose from the list	4	BIO 205	Microbiology	4

TOTAL		15	TOTAL		14
Second Year Fall			Second Year Spring
Course Number	Course Name	Credits	Course Number	Course Name	Credits
Gen Ed	Behavioral/Social Science	3	Gen Ed	Diversity	3
CHM 203	Organic Chemistry I	4	Gen Ed	Arts/Humanities (in a different discipline from the first)	3
PHY 201	General Physics I	4	Gen Ed	Behavioral/Social Science (in different discipline from first)	3
Restricted Elective	Choose from the list	4	CHM 204	Organic Chemistry II	4
			Elective	Choose in consultation with advisor	3
TOTAL		15	TOTAL		16