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A career in pharmacy offers a broad range of opportunities including local and hospital pharmacies, pharmaceutical research, pharmaceutical and medical field sales, and medical research.
A student planning a career in pharmacy ordinarily completes two years of pre-pharmacy course work prior to seeking admission to a school of pharmacy. The student should work closely with the pre-pharmacy advisor to tailor his or her program to the requirements of the particular pharmacy school in which he or she is interested. The following courses are required for admission to the pharmacy school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Students intending to apply for admission at other pharmacy schools should contact those schools to ensure that they complete all Pre-Pharmacy coursework required by those programs.
All of the following:
1 of the following:
3 courses from the following:
3 courses from the following:
Advisor-approved electives from these areas to reach a total of 69 Pre-Pharmacy hours:
NOTE: For admission to the UAMS College of Pharmacy, no more than 8 credit hours of AP credit or CLEP credit in the natural sciences and mathematics may be counted in fulfillment of Pre-Pharmacy program requirements, and no more than 12 credit hours of AP credit or CLEP credit in non-science, non-mathematics subjects may be counted in fulfillment of Pre-Pharmacy program requirements. Toward the end of the program, the student should take the PCAT examination, a national standardized examination, which is used by pharmacy schools to evaluate applicants. After transfer, four additional years are required at the UAMS Pharmacy School toward a doctor of pharmacy degree.
* Preferred
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