Pharmacy, AA

PLEASE NOTE: Requirements for pharmacy schools can vary widely. Students should check with the pharmacy program of their choice for a current list of required courses and other application requirements. Please refer to the footnotes below to see how the indicated courses apply to a particular pharmacy program.

Program Requirements

The following advisement plan is a recommended course of study. An academic advisor may alter course sequence to meet individual student needs. In addition, an academic advisor may recommend additional or different courses depending upon student career plans and/or requirements of the college or university to which the student plans to transfer.

Freshman Year

*Samford requires a health and wellness HPR course that can be taken as permitted by a student’s schedule.

Fall Semester

PSY 2553 - Psychology of Personal Adjustment Semester Credit Hours: 3
ENG 1113 - English Composition I Semester Credit Hours: 3
CHE 1214 - General Chemistry I Semester Credit Hours: 4
Biology Semester Credit Hours: 4 ¹
MAT 1613 - Calculus I Semester Credit Hours: 3 ²

Total Hours: 17

Spring Semester

ENG 1123 - English Composition II Semester Credit Hours: 3
Biology Semester Credit Hours: 4 ¹
ART 1113 - Art Appreciation Semester Credit Hours: 3
or
MUS 1113 - Music Appreciation Semester Credit Hours: 3
CHE 1224 - General Chemistry II Semester Credit Hours: 4
PSY 1513 - General Psychology Semester Credit Hours: 3

Total Hours: 17

Sophomore Year

*Samford requires a health and wellness HPR course that can be taken as permitted by a student’s schedule.

Fall Semester

SPT 1113 - Public Speaking I Semester Credit Hours: 3
CHE 2424 - Organic Chemistry I Semester Credit Hours: 4
PHY 2414 - General Physics I Semester Credit Hours: 4 ³
HIS 1113 - Western Civilization I Semester Credit Hours: 3
Literature Semester Credit Hours: 3 ⁴

Total Hours: 17

Spring Semester

MAT 2323 - Statistics Semester Credit Hours: 3
CHE 2434 - Organic Chemistry II Semester Credit Hours: 4
Biology Semester Credit Hours: 4 ¹
Economics Semester Credit Hours: 3 ⁵
SOC 2113 - Introduction to Sociology Semester Credit Hours: 3

Total Hours: 17

Note(s):

¹Ole Miss and William Carey require BIO 1134 - General Biology I and BIO 1144 - General Biology II and BIO 2514 - Anatomy and Physiology I and BIO 2524 - Anatomy and Physiology II ; Samford requires BIO 2514 - Anatomy and Physiology I and BIO 2524 - Anatomy and Physiology II and BIO 2924 - Microbiology ; summer classes may be recommended or required to fulfill the biology requirements.

²Students unprepared for Calculus I should take Trigonometry, Ole Miss, William Carey, and Samford all require Calculus I.

³required for Ole Miss and William Carey; not required for Samford

⁴Samford requires any 2000-level literature class. Ole Miss and William Carey will count literature as a humanities elective

⁵Ole Miss requires ECO 2123 - Principles of Microeconomics ; Williams Carey will accept ECO 2113 - Principles of Macroeconomics or ECO 2123 - Principles of Microeconomics ; Samford will count either economics course as a liberal arts elective.