University of Nebraska at Kearney
1998-2000 Undergraduate CATALOG

Offered by Health Science Programs:

Pre-Pharmacy

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 (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 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

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 or MATH 112)

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 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 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.)