Advising Course Plan - Health Sciences Major - Pharmacy Interest
Pharmacy Interest with Chemistry minor
Those interested in pursuing a career in Pharmacy (e.g., a Doctor of Pharmacy, PharmD) should plan on also pursuing a Chemistry minor, in addition to a common core of prerequisite course work (*). Some requirements may differ from the ones below, depending on the Pharmacy program in which you may be interested, so please make sure to look at various graduate program requirements for different universities. You may also be required to have a foreign language, depending on the Pharmacy graduate program. Therefore, you will want to begin looking at universities’ requirements during your 1st year as an undergraduate to better prepare you for graduate programs. There are two possible paths: the second one involves both Biology and Chemistry in the first year, which may better prepare you, though it may also be more challenging. Of course, make sure you satisfy all the Health Sciences (HLSC) major requirements listed in the course catalog (the plan below should allow you to do this).
Students will apply to pharmacy programs using the Pharmacy College Application Service (PharmCAS):
Before applying, students will need to take the PCAT standardized exam:
http://www.pearsonassessments.com/postsecondaryeducation/graduate_admissions/pcat.html
Option 1
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | ||
| BIOL 141P1,* | 1 | BIOL 142P1,* | 1 | ||
| CHEM 141P* | 1 | CHEM 142P* | 1 | ||
| FSEM 100 (unless transfer student)1 | 1 | General Education requirement1 | 1 | ||
| HLSC 119V | 1 | MATH 141Q* | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | Summer | Units |
| MATH 141Q should be taken during the fall if it has not yet been taken in First Year | HLSC 2021 | 1 | Take the PCAT exam in preparation for Pharmacy school applications - by the end of summer before Fourth Year. | ||
| HLSC 2011 | 1 | CHEM 301 (IHSC elective)1,* | 1 | ||
| CHEM 201 (IHSC elective)1,* | 1 | General Education Requirement (A, B, H, L, S course)1 | 1 | ||
| BIOL 301 (IHSC elective)* | 1 | PSYC 101S1,* | 1 | ||
| COMM 108 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | ||
| Junior Seminar must be taken during this year. | HLSC 4981 | 1 | |||
| PHYS 121P or 141P* | 1 | PHYS 122P or 142P* | 1 | ||
| CHEM 204* | 1 | HLSC 200V1 | 1 | ||
| Junior Seminar1,* | 1 | MATH 125Q | 1 | ||
| Elective | 1 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | ||
| HLSC 4991 | 1 | HLSC 4111 | 1 | ||
| PHIL 316V (or equivalent; IHSC elective; or other Personal & Social Responsibility course (R, E, W, D, J course)) | 1 | General Education Requirement (A, B, H, L, S course)1 | 1 | ||
| Chemistry minor requirement: CHEM 200+ level course2 | 1 | General Education Requirement (A, B, H, L, S course)1 | 1 | ||
| PUBH 140V | 1 | SOCI 101S (recommended; or Elective) | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||||
| Total Units 32 | |||||
- 1
Required for HLSC major.
- 2
- *
Common core of prerequisite course work.
Option 2
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | ||
| BIOL 141P1,* | 1 | BIOL 142P1,* | 1 | ||
| PSYC 101S1,* | 1 | COMM 108 | 1 | ||
| FSEM 100 (unless transfer student)1 | 1 | General Education Requirement | 1 | ||
| HLSC 119V | 1 | MATH 141Q* | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | Summer | Units |
| MATH 141Q should be taken during the fall it has not yet been taken in First Year. | HLSC 2021 | 1 | Take the PCAT exam in preparation for Pharmacy school applications - by the end of summer before Fourth Year. | ||
| HLSC 2011 | 1 | CHEM 142P* | 1 | ||
| CHEM 141P* | 1 | General Education Requirement (A, B, H, L course)1 | 1 | ||
| BIOL 301 (IHSC elective)* | 1 | General Education Requirement (A, B, H, L course)1 | 1 | ||
| General Education Requirement (A, B, H, L course)1 | 1 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | ||
| Junior Seminar must be taken during this year. | HLSC 4981 | 1 | |||
| PHYS 121P or 141P* | 1 | PHYS 122P or 142P* | 1 | ||
| Junior Seminar1,* | 1 | CHEM 301 (IHSC elective)1,* | 1 | ||
| CHEM 201 (IHSC elective)1,* | 1 | ||||
| Elective | 1 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | ||
| HLSC 4991 | 1 | HLSC 4111 | 1 | ||
| PHIL 316V (or equivalent; IHSC elective; or other Personal & Social Responsibility course (R, E, W, D, J course)) | 1 | Chemistry minor requirement: CHEM 200+ level2 | 1 | ||
| CHEM 204* | 1 | PUBH 140V | 1 | ||
| HLSC 200V1 | 1 | SOCI 101S (recommended; or General Education Requirement (A, B, H, L course)) | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||||
| Total Units 31 | |||||