Two-Plus-Four Program
Students directly admitted to the 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. 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 the Dean of Student Affairs, 312 Hill Hall, Newark Campus.
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
21:120:101 General Biology I (4)
21:120:101 General Biology Lecture (0)
21:160:113 General Chemistry Laboratory (1)
21:160:115 General Chemistry I (4)
21:350:101 English Composition I (3)
21:640:135 or 136 Calculus I or II* (4)
Total Credits = 16
Second Semester
21:120:102 General Biology II (4)
21:120:102 General Biology Lecture (0)
21:160:114 General Chemistry Laboratory (1)
21:160:116 General Chemistry II (4)
21:350:102 English Composition II (3)
21:___:___ humanities/social science elective (3)
21:___:___ humanities/social science elective (3)
Total Credits = 18
Second Year
First Semester
21:160:335 Organic Chemistry I (4)
21:220:101 Introduction to Economics, Micro (3)
21:750:203 General Physics I (3)
21:750:205 General Physics Laboratory (1)
21:830:101 Principles of Psychology (3)
21:___:___ humanities/social science elective (3)
Total Credits = 17
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:___:___ humanities/social science elective (3)
21:___:___ humanities/social science elective (3)
Total Credits = 18
