Pharmacy

Two-Plus-Four Program

Students directly admitted to Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy may spend the first two years of the six-year pharmacy doctorate program at the Newark College of Arts and Sciences. The last four years are taken at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, located on the Busch campus in Piscataway, New Jersey. A transfer to the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy is possible if the student satisfactorily meets the standards established by the school.

Pharmacy students in the Two-Plus-Four program must consult the prepharmacy adviser for advisement and preparation for a transfer to the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at the end of their second year in Newark.

Prepharmacy Transfers

Students admitted to the Newark College of Arts and Sciences may apply to transfer to the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy through the admissions office at the end of their sophomore year, but such admissions are extremely limited. Only students with outstanding academic credentials who have completed those courses required of the Two-Plus-Four students in the first two years of their college experience should apply to the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy.

Students seeking admission to the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy must submit a school-to-school application online prior to May 15.

For further information on either program, students may contact the Office of Academic Services, 312 Hill Hall, Newark Campus.

For  more information on the prepharmacy program as well as contact information for the prepharmacy adviser: https://sasn.rutgers.edu/student-support/current-students/pre-professional-programs/pre-pharmacy.

Pharmacy students at Newark, or those planning to attempt to transfer to the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, should have completed approximately 65 credits by the end of their sophomore year.

Required courses include:

First Year

First Semester

21:120:200  Concepts in Biology I (4)

21:160:113  General Chemistry Laboratory (1)

21:160:115  General Chemistry I (4)

21:355:101  English Composition I (3)

21:640:135 or 136  Calculus I or II* (4)

21:___:___  humanities/social science elective (3)

Total Credits = 19

Second Semester

21:120:201  Foundation in Cell and Molecular Biology (3)

21:120:202  Foundation in Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory (1)

21:160:114  General Chemistry Laboratory (1)

21:160:116  General Chemistry II (4)

21:355:102  English Composition II (3)

21:___:___  humanities/social science elective (3)

21:___:___  humanities/social science elective (3)

Total Credits = 18

Second Year

First Semester

28:120:205  Foundation in Ecology and Evolution (3)

28:120:206  Foundation in Ecology and Evolution Laboratory (1)

21:160:335  Organic Chemistry I (4)

21:220:101  Introduction to Economics, Micro (3)

21:750:203  General Physics I (4)

21:750:205  General Physics Laboratory (1)

21:830:101  Principles of Psychology (3)

Total Credits = 19

Second Semester

21:120:340  Mammalian Physiology (3)

21:160:331  Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)

21:160:336  Organic Chemistry II (4)

21:220:231  Statistical Methods (3)

21:750:204  General Physics II (4)

21:___:___  humanities/social science elective (3)

Total Credits = 19