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.

• 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 Pharmacy

  The 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 1350	FALL CHEM 2010/11, HSCI 3320/3321, SPCH ELECTIVE, ELECTIVE
  SPRING CHEM 1120/21, BIOL 1120/21, ENGL 1020, MATH 1530, ELECTIVE	SPRING 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