University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

Offered by Health Science Programs:

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 (26 hours required)
BIOL 103GS, General Biology - 4 hours
BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours (Prereq: A college Biology course)
BIOL 211GS, Human Microbiology - 4 hours (Prereq: A college Biology course)
CHEM 160GS, General Chemistry - 3 hours
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)
MATH 123*, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours
Take one of the followings:
STAT 241, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
PSY 250, Behavioral Statistics - 4 hours (Prereq: PSY 203GS; College algebra, recommended)
Take one of the following:
CHEM 375, Analytical Chemistry I - 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
Take one of the following:
ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics - 3 hours
(Prereq: ECON 270GS, recommended)

E. Behavioral and Social Science (6 hours required)
PSY 203GS, General Psychology - 3 hours
SOC 200GS, 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 -
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