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  • Pharmacy - Preprofessional

    Course requirements for the Doctor of Pharmacy include the preprofessional curriculum and four years of professional preparation. Courses in the professional curricula are revised periodically to meet pharmacy education standards. Current information on the curriculum can be obtained from the Office for Student Affairs in the College of Pharmacy.

    About This Major

    • College: Pharmacy
    • Degree: Doctor of Pharmacy (after completion of professional courses)
    • Hours for the Degree: 72 in the preprofessional curriculum; 146 in the professional curriculum
    • Minor: No
    • Combined-Degree Program: Yes
    • Website: www.cop.ufl.edu/

    Overview

    All Doctor of Pharmacy students complete required courses and elective requirements (146 total credits for the professional curriculum and 69-72 credits in the preprofessional program).

    Critical Tracking

    Equivalent critical tracking courses as determined by the State of Florida Common Course Prerequisites may be used for transfer students

    Semester 1

    • Complete CHM 1025 or CHM 2045/2045L

    Semester 2

    • Complete 3 additional courses of the 11 critical-tracking courses, including labs: APK 2100C and APK 2105C, BSC 2010/2010L, BSC 2011/2011L,
      CHM 2045/2045L, CHM 2046/2046L,CHM 2210, CHM 2211/2211L, MAC 2311, PHY 2053/2053L, PHY 2054/2054L
    • 3.0 GPA on all science courses for semesters 2-5

    Semester 3

    • Complete 4 additional courses of the 11 critical-tracking courses, including labs
      (2 of the 7 courses must be CHM 2210 and APK 2100C or ZOO 3713C)

    Semester 4

    • Complete all 11 critical-tracking courses, including labs
    • Satisfactory score on the PCAT test
    • Complete the Personal Profile Essay/Campus Preference Form, Letters of Recommendation, PharmCAS application and the UF application by February 1
    • Approval of college admission committee

    Semester one below may not be the first semester at the university. Semester one refers to the first semester of preprofessional science and mathematics courses. Students who already have satisfied the criteria for a particular semester will be assigned a semester to begin the tracking program.

    Critical-tracking courses should be completed in the semester indicated. Preprofessional courses are followed by an asterisk (*).

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    Recommended Semester Plan

    To remain on track, students must complete the appropriate critical-tracking courses, which appear in bold.

    Semester 1 Credits
    Composition (GE-C, WR) 3
    CHM 2045 and 2045L General Chemistry 1 (3) and General Chemistry 1 Laboratory (1) (GE-P) or
    CHM 1025 Introduction to Chemistry (2) *    		 2-4
    BSC 2010 and 2010L Integrated Principles of Biology 1 (3) and Integrated Principles of Biology 1 Laboratory (1) (GE-B) * 4
    MAC 1147 Precalculus: Trigonometry 4
    Total 13-15
    Semester 2 Credits
    CHM 2046 and 2046L General Chemistry 2 (3) and General Chemistry 2 Laboratory (1) (GE-P) or
    CHM 2045 and 2045L General Chemistry 1 (3) and General Chemistry 1 Laboratory (1) (GE-P) *    		 4
    BSC 2011 and 2011L Integrated Principles of Biology 2 (3) and Integrated Principles of Biology 2 Laboratory (1) (GE-B) * 4
    MAC 2311 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1 * 4
    Humanities (GE-H, WR) 3
    Total 15
    Summer Credits
    ECO 2013 Principles of Macroeconomics or
    ECO 2023 Principles of Microeconomics (recommended, not required)
    (both GE-S)    		 3
    Humanities (GE-H, WR) 3
    CHM 2046 and 2046L General Chemistry 2 (3) and General Chemistry 2 Laboratory (1) (alternative path only) 4
    Total 10
    Semester 3 Credits
    CHM 2210 Organic Chemistry 1 * 3
    APK 2100C Applied Human Anatomy or
    ZOO 3713C Functional Vertebrate Anatomy *    		 4
    PHY 2053 and 2053L Physics 1 (4) and Physics 1 Laboratory (1) (GE-P) 5
    SPC 2608 Introduction to Public Speaking * 3
    Total 15
    Semester 4 Credits
    CHM 2211 and 2211L Organic Chemistry 2 (3) and Organic Chemistry 2 Laboratory (2) * 5
    APK 2105C Applied Human Physiology with Laboratory (4) or
    PCB 4723C Physiology and Molecular Biology of Animals (5) *    		 4-5
    PHY 2054 and 2054L Physics 2 (4) and Physics 2 Laboratory (1) (GE-P) * 5
    Social and Behavioral Sciences (GE-S) 3
    Total 17-18
    Summer Credits
    Humanities (GE-H, WR) 3
    Total 3

    * Preprofessional course.

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majors: pharmacy-preprofessional