Pre-Pharmacy (BS)

Federal CIP: 51.1103 Pre-Pharmacy Studies

The Pre-Pharmacy Major is designed to help students meet the pre-requisite courses for pharmacy school while preparing them for professional coursework. Pre-Pharmacy graduates may work as community pharmacists, compounding pharmacists, or industrial pharmacists following graduation from Pharmacy school. This major allows students to be eligible for the Enhanced LIFE Scholarship and the Enhanced Palmetto Fellows Scholarship.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students completing the Bachelor of Science (BS) in Pre-Pharmacy degree are expected to be able to:

• describe and support, orally and in writing, how you integrate faith and biology, along with your knowledge of current biomedical and environmental issues;
• demonstrate your theoretical and practical mastery of biology, chemistry, and associated subdisciplines;
• showcase your understanding of the scientific method (including designing and applying experiments) and the primary scientific literature;
• use critical thinking to formulate practical research questions, gather and analyze data appropriately, and interpret the results;
• recognize, produce, and solve linear and quadratic equations, slopes, and intercepts, and apply these concepts to chemical phenomena. You will be able to relate first and second derivatives to spectral interpretation and understand the meaning and use of integrals of two- and three-dimensional representations.

Note: Students planning to attend graduate or professional programs following completion of their BS degree should regularly review the needed prerequisites for their desired programs and work with their advisors to incorporate these classes into their program of study.