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Pre-Pharmacy - A.A. Degree (Transfer)

An Arts and Sciences Area of Study

Application Code 55

For curriculum information, contact the Science, Engineering, and Technology Division—Room ST-248—443-518-1600.

Pharmacists dispense drugs and medicines prescribed by physicians and dentists, advise on the proper use and proper dosage of prescription and nonprescription medicines, and work in research and marketing positions. Job opportunities exist in hospitals and clinics, community pharmacies, the pharmaceutical industry, and in government agencies. The pre-pharmacy curriculum below includes the science, mathematics, and liberal arts electives that are prerequisites for admission into pharmacy programs at transfer institutions. This area of study is designed to transfer to University of Maryland’s School of Pharmacy. Students should become familiar with the prerequisite entrance requirements of the transfer institution from which they intend to receive their professional degree in order to plan a course of study at HCC that includes the appropriate electives.

General Education Core

Students enrolled in transfer patterns must take a minimum of 30 credits in General Education. Each student’s total of general education and required courses must equal at least 60 semester hours of credit.

Composition

Course NumberTitleCredits
ENGL-121College Composition

3 credits

Humanities, Arts and Literature

Course NumberTitleCredits
SPCH-105Fundamentals of Public Speaking

3 credits

-or

SPCH-110Interpersonal Communication

3 credits

-Arts Core Course

-Literature Core Course

6-8

SPCH-105 (3 credits) OR SPCH-110 (3 credits), plus one Arts Core (3 credits), plus one Literature Core (3 credits) satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement, OR a World Language Sequence (8 credits), plus SPCH-105 or SPCH-110 satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement.

Social Sciences

Course NumberTitleCredits
-History Core Course

3

ECON-102Principles of Economics (Micro)

3 credits

Science

Course NumberTitleCredits
BIOL-101General Biology I

4 credits

CHEM-101General Inorganic Chemistry I

4 credits

Mathematics

Course NumberTitleCredits
MATH-181Calculus I

4 credits

-or

-higher

Required Courses Related to Major

Required Courses

Course NumberTitleCredits
BIOL-200Microbiology

4 credits

BIOL-203Anatomy and Physiology I

4 credits

BIOL-204Anatomy and Physiology II

4 credits

CHEM-102General Inorganic Chemistry II

4 credits

CHEM-201Organic Chemistry I

4 credits

CHEM-202Organic Chemistry II

4 credits

MATH-138Statistics

4 credits

PHYS-103Fundamentals of Physics I

4 credits

PHYS-104Fundamentals of Physics II

4 credits

Total Credit Hours: 66-68