Pre-Pharmacy
A minimum of 60 semester hours is required by the University of Nebraska Medical
Center's College of Pharmacy. Competition to gain a place in pharmacy school is keen and
cannot be guaranteed; students are expected to plan for a college major**.
- A. Biological/Chemical Science
- Take at least 8 hours of biology from:
- BIOL 103GS, General Biology - 4 hours
- BIOL 107GS, General Zoology - 4 hours (Prereq: three
years of high school science including biology and chemistry and a minimum score of 20 on
the ACT or equivalent or a college science course)
- BIOL 211, Human Microbiology - 4 hours (Prereq: a
college Biology course)
- BIOL 309, Cellular Biology - 4 hours (Prereq: 8 hours
of college Biology; CHEM 161, CHEM 161L, and CHEM 250; or CHEM 360)
- No more than ONE from the following options:
- 1 course
BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours (Prereq: three
years of high school science including biology and chemistry and a minimum score of 20 on
the ACT or equivalent or a college science course)
OR 2 courses
BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours (CHEM 145 or
CHEM 150 or CHEM 160; three years of high school science including biology and a minimum
score of 20 on the ACT or equivalent or a college science course)
BIOL 226, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours (Prereq:
three years of high school science including biology and chemistry and a minimum score of
20 on the ACT or equivalent or a college science course)
- Take all of the following:
- CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours (see prerequisites)
- CHEM 160LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
- CHEM 161GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
- CHEM 161LGS, General Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
- CHEM 360, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
- CHEM 360L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
- CHEM 361, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
- CHEM 361L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
- B. Oral and Written Communication (6 hours required)
- ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
- ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II OR -
- SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech
Communication - 3 hours
- C. Analytical Science (11-12 hours required)
- Take 1 course from:
- MATH 115*, Calculus I with Analytical Geometry - 5
hours (Prereq: MATH 102, MATH
103)
- MATH 123*, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102)
- Take 1 course from:
- STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
- PSY 250, Behavioral Statistics - 4 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS)
- Take 1 course from:
- CHEM 375, Analytical Chemistry - 5 hours
- PHYS 205GS, General Physics - 5 hours
- PHYS 206GS, General Physics - 5 hours
- *Students with insufficient preparation to enter the mathematics program at this level
will be required to take MATH 102.
- D. Administrative Science (6 hours required)
- BACC 250, Beginning Accounting I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102, sophomore standing)
- Take 1 course from:
- ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics -
3 hours
- ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics -
3 hours
- E. Behavioral and Social Science (6 hours required)
- PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSY 230GS, Human Development - 3 hours
- SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
- F. Humanities (6 hours required)
- History, Literature, Foreign Language, Political Science, Fine Arts, Business
Management, Philosophy
- Strongly recommended:
- PSY 465 Psychopharmacology, - 3 hours
A student applying to a School of Pharmacy other than that at the University of
Nebraska Medical Center should check with the school to ensure that other requirements are
fulfilled. Students applying to the Creighton University School of Pharmacy should take
both English classes and the Speech class. The Principles of Micro-Economics (ECON 271GS) is required. Physics, Analytical Chemistry,
Statistics, and Accounting are not required for Creighton but may be used as electives.
The electives should also include 9 hours from the humanities, social sciences, and
behavioral sciences. Students applying to Creighton need to complete a total of 63 hours.
**Students pursuing a program of study in pre-pharmacy are expected to
choose a major so that they can be working towards a baccalaureate degree concurrently
with the pre-pharmacy program. This requires a major/minor combination or a comprehensive
major as well as completion of the UNK general studies requirements and other degree
requirements as set forth in the college catalog. (Students who are accepted into pharmacy
school prior to completing a baccalaureate degree at UNK may be eligible to receive a BS degree in Health Science if they have completed all General Studies requirements and have at least 90 semester hours
completed in pre-pharm studies.)
16 May 2005
