Pre-Pharmacy

Pre-Professional Programs

Students who wish to enter speciﬁc professional or graduate schools should write to those schools to receive advice about the courses of study expected of those who would enter. Below are outlines of programs which are somewhat standard.

Course Requirements

Students should complete 60 or more credit hours, including the following prerequisite courses to be eligible to apply for admission to professional pharmacy programs in Texas:

BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hrs
BIOL 3410 - Microbiology 4 hrs
CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hrs
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hrs
CHEM 3403 - Organic Chemistry I 4 hrs
CHEM 3404 - Organic Chemistry II 4 hrs
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric 3 hrs
ENGL 1302 - Composition and Reading 3 hrs
ENGL 2303 - World Literature 3 hrs
MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hrs
MATH 1306 - Elementary Statistics 3 hrs
MATH 2406 - Calculus I 4 hrs
PHYS 1401 - General Physics I 4 hrs
Plus 15 credit hours in Humanities/Social Sciences