Pre-Pharmacy

IMPORTANT: This set of courses is intended to help you finish your pre-requisites for CU-Denver’s Pharmacy program. This is NOT considered a major or a minor at UCCS.

The doctor of pharmacy is a program with four years of professional pharmacy course work completed once admitted to the School of Pharmacy. PhD programs in pharmaceutical sciences are also available at the University of Colorado.

Information and application materials for all pharmacy programs are available at http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/pharmacy/Admissions/Pages/Admissions.aspx.

For more information on the UCCS program, contact your advisor.

Freshmen and Prospective Students: Bev Kratzer (719) 255-3745, bkratzer@uccs.edu
Sophomore and above: Dr. Wendy Haggren (719) 255-4156, whaggren@uccs.edu

Admission Requirements

The Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) is required of all applicants and should be taken as early as possible during the senior year. Students applying to the School of Pharmacy must complete 90 credit hours of undergraduate coursework, to include the following:

Seven Year Limit Courses

All math and science prerequisite courses can be no older than seven years at the time of application.

Additional Courses

ENGL 1310 - Rhetoric and Writing I: Academic Reading and Analytical Writing
ENGL 1410 - Rhetoric and Writing II: Argument and Research
COMM 2100 - Public Speaking
ECON 1010 - Introduction to Microeconomics
9 credit hours PSY, SOC, ANTH (cultural), or HIST electives
22 credit hours of general education electives (science, humanities, social science, mathematics, language, business, etc.)