Pre-Pharmacy
The Pre-Pharmacy program of study at East Tennessee State University prepares students for application to a three- or four-year Doctor of Pharmacy degree program. Students may apply to some pharmacy schools after the successful completion of two years of undergraduate coursework. At ETSU Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy, students who are admitted without a bachelor’s degree will have an opportunity to complete the four-year degree while progressing in the PharmD program.
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Careers in Pharmacy
Pharmacists are medication experts. Therefore, you can find pharmacists working anywhere that medications are designed, studied, promoted, taught, and dispensed. While you may think of pharmacists practicing in community pharmacy settings, pharmacists also enter careers in hospitals, doctor’s offices, pharmaceutical industry, federal entities (such as the Food and Drug Administration), insurance companies, compounding pharmacies, nuclear pharmacies, academia, and many other areas.
Pharmacists are routinely considered integral members of inter-professional health care teams and improve the lives of patients by managing and optimizing the medications they take. -
What does it take to get into Pharmacy school?
Overall GPA - 3.39
Average GPA for 2017 entering class at the Bill Gatton College of PharmacyThe PCAT is no longer required for admission to Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy
55.58%
Average composite score percentile for 2017 matriculants of American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy -
Suggested 2-year school schedule for Pre-Pharmacy students
Freshman Sophomore FALL
CHEM 1110/11, BIOL 1110/11, MATH 1720/1910, ENGL 1010, PREH 1350FALL
CHEM 2010/11, HSCI 3320/3321, SPCH ELECTIVE, ELECTIVESPRING
CHEM 1120/21, BIOL 1120/21, ENGL 1020, MATH 1530, ELECTIVESPRING
CHEM 2020/21, PHYS 2020/21, ECON 2210 OR 2220, ELECTIVE, ELECTIVE -
Core preparation courses (required by Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy
General Biology (8 hours): BIOL 1110/1111, BIOL 1120/1121
General Chemistry (8 hours): CHEM 1110/1111, CHEM 1120/1121
Organic Chemistry (10 hours): CHEM 2010/2011, CHEM 2020/2021
Physics (4 hours): PHYS 2010/2011
Microbiology (4 hours): HSCI 3320/3321
*HSCI 2230/31 may be considered after consultation with MPA Counselor·
Communication (6 hours): ENGL 1010, Gen. Ed. Speech
Calculus (4 hours): MATH 1910
Probability and Statistics (3 hours): MATH 1530
Economics (3 hours): ECON 2210 OR 2220
Social Sciences or Humanities (9 hours)
Additional writing-intensive or oral communication-intensive (3 hours): ENGL 1020 recommended
Elective (3 hours): Science recommended
Additional Recommended Courses Biochemistry (5 hours): BIOI 4147/4157 or 4167/4177
Human Anatomy (4 hours): HSCI 3000
**HSCI 2010/11 and 2020/21 may be considered after consultation with MPA Counselor
Human Physiology (4 hours): HSCI 3020
**HSCI 2010/11 and 2020/21 may be considered after consultation with MPA Counselor
Calculus II (4 hours): MATH 1920
Immunology (3 hours): HSCI 3540