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
- Credits for Degree: 63-66 in the preprofessional curriculum; 146 in the professional curriculum
- Additional Information
To graduate with this major, students must complete all university, college, and major requirements.
Critical TrackingModel Semester Plan
Overview
All Doctor of Pharmacy students complete required courses and elective requirements of 63-66 credits in the preprofessional program and 146 total credits in the professional curriculum.
Critical Tracking
Critical Tracking records each student’s progress in courses that are required for entry to each major. Please note the critical-tracking requirements below on a per-semester basis.
Equivalent critical-tracking courses as determined by the State of Florida Common Course Prerequisites may be used for transfer students.
Semester 1
Semester 2
- Complete 3 additional courses of the remaining 10 critical-tracking courses, including labs: APK 2100C or ZOO 3713C, APK 2105C or PCB 4723C, BSC 2010/2010L, BSC 2011/2011L, CHM 2210, CHM 2211/2211L, CHM 2046/2046L, MAC 2311, MCB 3020, STA 2023
- 3.0 GPA or higher preferred for all science courses
Semester 3
- Complete 4 additional courses of the remaining 10 critical-tracking courses, including labs
(2 of the courses must be CHM 2210, and APK 2100C or ZOO 3713C)
- 3.0 GPA or higher preferred for all science courses
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
- 3.0 GPA or higher preferred for all science courses
Semester 5
- 3.0 GPA or higher preferred for all science courses
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.
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Model Semester Plan
Students are required to complete IUF 1000 What is the Good Life (GE-H) in semester 1 or 2. Students admitted to pharmacy school must complete BCH 4024 before enrollment.
To remain on track, students must complete the appropriate critical-tracking courses, which appear in bold. These courses must be completed by the terms as listed above in the Critical Tracking criteria.
This semester plan represents an example progression through the major. Actual courses and course order may be different depending on the student's academic record and scheduling availability of courses. Prerequisites still apply.
| Semester 1 |
Credits |
|---|
BSC 2010 Integrated Principles of Biology 1, 3 credits, and
BSC 2010L Integrated Principles of Biology Laboratory 1, 1 credit ♦
GE-B |
4 |
CHM 2045 General Chemistry 1, 3 credits, and
CHM 2045L General Chemistry 1 Laboratory, 1 credit ♦
State Core GE-B/P |
4 |
MAC 2311 Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1 ♦
State Core GE-M |
4 |
Composition
State Core GE-C; WR |
3 |
| Total |
15 |
| Semester 2 |
Credits |
|---|
BSC 2011 Integrated Principles of Biology 2, 3 credits, and
BSC 2011L Integrated Principles of Biology Laboratory 2, 1 credit ♦
GE-B |
4 |
CHM 2046 General Chemistry 2, 3 credits, and ♦
CHM 2046L General Chemistry 2 Laboratory, 1 credit
GE-P |
4 |
IUF 1000 What is the Good Life
GE-H |
3 |
STA 2023 Introduction to Statistics 1 ♦
GE-M |
3 |
| Total |
14 |
| Semester 3 |
Credits |
|---|
APK 2100C Applied Human Anatomy with Laboratory or
ZOO 3713C Functional Vertebrate Anatomy ♦ |
4 |
| CHM 2210 Organic Chemistry 1 ♦
|
3 |
Composition
GE-C; WR |
3 |
Social and Behavioral Sciences ♦♦
State Core GE-S and D; WR |
3 |
Social and Behavioral Sciences ♦♦
ECO 2013 Principles of Macroeconomics or ECO 2023 Principles of Microeconomics recommended; GE-S |
3-4 |
| Total |
16-17 |
| Semester 4 |
Credits |
|---|
APK 2105C Applied Human Physiology with Laboratory, 4 credits, or
PCB 4723C Physiology and Molecular Biology of Animals, 5 credits ♦
|
4-5 |
CHM 2211 Organic Chemistry 2, 3 credits, and
CHM 2211L Organic Chemistry Laboratory, 2 credits ♦
|
5 |
MCB 3020 Basic Biology of Microorganisms ♦
Can be taken in the summer semester |
3 |
Humanities
State Core GE-H, N; WR; can be taken in prior spring semester |
3 |
| Total |
15-16 |
| Summer |
Credits |
|---|
BCH 3025 Fundamentals of Biochemistry, 4 credits, ♦ or
BCH 4024 Introduction to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 3 credits |
3-4 |
♦ Preprofessional courses
♦♦ Students are also expected to complete the general education international (GE-N) and diversity (GE-D) requirements concurrently with another Gen Ed requirement (typically, GE-H or S).
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