This program outlines the courses required by students who currently are not enrolled at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy but who are interested in the profession of pharmacy and wish to apply to the school as transfer students. Upon satisfactory completion of one or both years of the program, students are eligible to apply for transfer to the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. All requirements of the preprofessional program must be completed prior to starting the first professional year.

First Term

  General Biology I (4)

  General Chemistry I with laboratory (4,1)

  English Composition I (3)*

  Calculus I (4)

Second Term

  General Biology II (4)

  General Chemistry II (4)

  English Composition II (3)*

  humanities/social sciences electives (6)

First Term

  Human Anatomy and Physiology I (3)

  Organic Chemistry I with laboratory (4,1)

  Microeconomics (3)

  Physics I (3)

  humanities/social sciences electives (6)

Second Term

  Human Anatomy and Physiology II (3)

  Organic Chemistry II with laboratory (4,1)

  Physics II (3)

  Basic Statistics for Research (3)

  humanities/social sciences electives (6)

* These are college-level English and writing courses that include training in the successful writing of a research paper.