Pre Pharmacy at University of South Carolina -Spartanburg
Pharmacy. The pre‑pharmacy program is designed to meet the entrance requirements for the South Carolina College of Pharmacy. The pre‑pharmacy program is an intensive two‑year course of study that includes two years of chemistry, four semesters of biology, one year each of physics and English, and one semester each of calculus, statistics, and economics.
Students must apply to Pharmacy programs while enrolled in the pre‑pharmacy curriculum. Admission to pharmacy schools is competitive. Students meeting only the minimum pre-requisites have lower rate of acceptance than students completing a B.S. Pharmacy schools are generally not presently taking students having Grade Point Averages (GPA’s) below about 3.1‑3.2. Be prepared to take the Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) during your second year. The PCAT consists of five areas: Verbal Ability, Quantitative Ability, Biology, Chemistry, and Reading Comprehension.
All pre‑pharmacy courses (except electives) must be passed with a minimum grade of C. Plan to take 17 hours per semester, and do not plan on working at a job requiring more than about 12‑15 hours a week. It is important to start the science requirements on schedule. If a student is not on track with science requirements in the middle of the sophomore year, admission is unlikely into the pharmacy program for the next fall. If anything is be delayed until summer after the sophomore year, it should be electives