Undergrad requirement to pursue Pharmacy

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  1. sporty

    sporty New Member

    Hi All,

    I'm interested in going to Pharmacy School, and need to complete my undergrad. I was reading that the best undergrad would be a Biology, Chemistry, or BioChemistry major. TESC has a Bachelor of Arts in Biology, and I'm wondering if this would do the trick even though it's an Arts degree. I'm interested in a degree were I wouldn't have to track back and take more undergrad courses to prepare for the Pharm.D. Thanks in advance for your help. Below are the requirements for the TESC program.

    http://tesc.edu/3374.php
     
  2. AV8R

    AV8R Active Member

    It really doesn't matter whether the degree is a BS or BA. What's important is that you have all of your prerequisites in and earn strong grades.
     
  3. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

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    I don't know anything about pharmacy- but I know about TESC, and I know (a little) about science credit since I am in the process of meeting BSN pre-reqs.
    TESC doesn't offer what you need. TESC only offers 100 and 200 level biology courses, and those are non-lab. I took them both (BIO101, BIO210) and the 210 is a nutrition TEST, not class. You can take general chemistry 1 and 2, but then you are stuck.
    You would have to take everything locally and send it over to them. They also require bio with labs, again, not offered.

    For using CLEP, I have found that all of the CLEP sciences do not really count since they are in multiples of 3 credits- lab requirements are in multiples of 4 credits- a dead give away when transcripts are evaluated. So, my point, is even if you get credit for NON LAB SCIENCE CREDIT at TESC, it isn't going to be accepted back in somewhere as a real science pre-req. TESC's biology degree is "science-lite." It's like science for non-science majors.

    If it were me, I'd get very specific about what kinds of science you need- when you say that you hear it's best to get an undergrad degree in science, whoever is saying that means labs. TESC meets a need, but this isn't it. (IMO)
     
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  4. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator


    My niece just finished PharmD school. She had an undergrad in chem. She had to take some refresher classes in chem because the PCAT questions were too easy for her (she is super smart in chem and physics). She also had to take a basic biology class that she did not have. Do you know what school you plan to attend? They all have different requirements. Also, look into the PCATs and get an understanding of what is covered. Hope that helps.
     

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