Pharmacy Degrees Online

ome schools of pharmacy are now offering only a Pharm.D. Program, which requires two years of pre-pharmacy and four-six years of pharmacy study. Students need to decide on a transfer institution during the first year at Springfield College to meet the requirements of the transfer school’s program of study.

Prerequisites
High school studies should include:
Trigonometry; and
3 years of natural sciences to include one year each of chemistry, biology (preferably anatomy and physiology) and physics, if possible.

Many undergraduate pharmacy programs will admit students in the junior year if they have fulfilled pre-requisite courses with a specified GPA. Because specific program GPAs and pre-requisites VARY GREATLY, students are strongly advised to visit the home page of individual pharmacy schools of interest to them and seek out specific requirements. A good general web source is: www.pharmacy.org/students.html Click on United States of America and scroll through US pharmacy schools.

As an alternative to transferring after 2 years of pre-pharmacy, students may choose to major in Chemistry or Biology and on completion of their baccalaureate degree apply to graduate school in pharmacy. Doctor of Pharmacy Programs (PharmD) without an undergraduate degree in pharmacy may take an additional 3-4 years. With an undergraduate degree in pharmacy, they usually require an additional 2 years of study.

For 2005, the Pharmacy College Application Service (PharmCAS) announces a web application service http://www.pharmcas.org/ . Please follow the posted instructions on this web site when applying to member Pharmacy Schools.

* This course sequence represents a suggested course of study. Students are cautioned that program pre- requisites in different pharmacy schools vary greatly. Therefore, students should research the specific requirements of the schools to which they will be applying. e.g., U of Buffalo requires Evol. Biology and Cell Biology; Purdue requires a year of Anatomy and Physiology.

The Pharmacy Technician program teaches students proper pharmacy operations under the supervision of registered pharmacists.

The curriculum combines classroom and experiential learning into a well-balanced program of study. Students will train in pharmacies while receiving exposure to the duties carried out by the pharmacist and pharmacy technician in preparing drugs, filling prescriptions, pricing, patient profile records, drug calculations, controlled substances, IV compounding and other pharmacy-related activities.

Midlands Technical College is accredited for pharmacy technician training by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

The Pharmacy Technician program teaches students proper pharmacy operations under the supervision of registered pharmacists.

The curriculum combines classroom and experiential learning into a well-balanced program of study. Students will train in pharmacies while receiving exposure to the duties carried out by the pharmacist and pharmacy technician in preparing drugs, filling prescriptions, pricing, patient profile records, drug calculations, controlled substances, IV compounding and other pharmacy-related activities.

Midlands Technical College is accredited for pharmacy technician training by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

American Society of Health System Pharmacists
7272 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(301) 657-3000

The Pharmacy Technician program is also offered as a distance education cooperative program. The technical portion of the program is offered via distance education to several technical colleges throughout the stat