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APPLICATION GUIDELINES

1. Applicants must submit completed applications online to both PharmCAS (www.pharmcas.org) and the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy (www.rx.uga.edu). The earlier the application is submitted, the sooner it will be processed and considered by the Admissions Committee.

2. At least two recommendations are required for each applicant. One recommender should be a college instructor familiar with the applicant’s academic background; the other should be a health care professional, preferably a pharmacist supervisor/ mentor, who can speak to the applicant’s potential in the pharmacy profession.

3. All applicants must take the Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) and have their scores sent to PharmCAS. The summer and fall test dates are preferred so that students have the opportunity to retake the test in January if they desire. Students may take the PCAT as many times as they wish without penalty. Individual percentile scores as well as composite percentile scores are reviewed by the Admissions Committee. Review books and courses for the PCAT are available.

4. All applicants should be prepared for an on-campus interview with members of the Admissions Committee. During the interview, students may be asked to discuss their academic background, reasons for selecting pharmacy as a profession, plans upon graduation, work experience, leadership experience, and extracurricular activities. Verbal and written communication skills also will be evaluated.

IMPORTANT DATES — APPLY EARLY!

July PharmCAS and College of Pharmacy applications available. Summer administration of the PCAT (see www.PCATweb.info for application and exam dates, times, and locations).

Fall Submit online applications and send related materials (e.g., transcripts, letters of recommendation) to PharmCAS; files completed by September 1 will be considered for early interview dates. Fall PCAT administered in September, October, and November.

Late Nov or Early Dec Deadline for the PharmCAS application (see www.pharmcas.org for

exact date); all materials for which the student is responsible must have been received by PharmCAS.

Dec 21 Deadline for UGA College of Pharmacy supplemental application.

January Winter PCAT administered.

University of GeorgiaCollege of Pharmacy

Curriculum Guide and Application Information

To be admitted to the professional program in the College of Pharmacy, a student must complete pre-pharmacy requirements. This pre-pharmacy

education requires satisfactory completion of not less than 69 semester hours of academic work with no grades lower than C-; a 2.2 GPA or higher on the prerequisite courses is required to qualify for an admission interview. No more than two courses (with only one being a science or quantitative reasoning course) may be completed in the summer prior to beginning the Pharm.D. program.

Applicants must first apply through the Pharmacy College Application Service (PharmCAS) and then the College of Pharmacy. Students may apply after they have completed at least 35 hours of the pre-pharmacy requirements. Applicants who are accepted but do not attend the designated term must repeat the admission process for a future term.

Applicants to the professional program must take the Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) and have their scores transmitted to PharmCAS. In addition to PCAT scores, the selection process utilizes the applicant’s grade point average in pre-pharmacy coursework, recommendations, and an on-campus interview. A criminal background check is required for all applicants offered admission. The College of Pharmacy accepts students into its professional program only for the fall semester.

Applicants for admission to the College of Pharmacy who are known to have been officially dismissed from another pharmacy program will not be accepted. A student who gains entrance to the College by misrepresentation of facts may be dismissed immediately.

Pre-pharmacy curriculum Application to the professional program

For specific course descriptions and prerequisites, see the University of Georgia online bulletin at http://www.bulletin.uga.edu.

Credit Hours UGA Equivalent CourseSCIENCES (36 hours)General Chemistry I 3 CHEM 1211General Chemistry I Lab 1 CHEM 1211L

General Chemistry II 3 CHEM 1212General Chemistry II Lab 1 CHEM 1212L

Organic Chemistry I 3 CHEM 2211Organic Chemistry I Lab 1 CHEM 2211L

Organic Chemistry II 3 CHEM 2212Organic Chemistry II Lab 1 CHEM 2212L

Biochemistry 3 BCMB 3100 or 4010

Principles of Biology I 3 BIOL 1107Principles of Biology I Lab 1 BIOL 1107L

Principles of Biology II 3 BIOL 1108Principles of Biology II Lab 1 BIOL 1108L

Microbiology 3 MIBO 2500, 3000, or 3500

Anatomy and Physiology 6 CBIO 2200 and 2210 ORAnatomy 3 CBIO 3000Physiology 3 CBIO 3710, VPHY 3100, or PMCY 3000

QUANTITATIVE REASONING (6 hours)Calculus 3 MATH 2200 or 2250Statistics 3 STAT 2000

HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES (18 hours)English Composition I 3 ENGL 1101English Composition II 3 ENGL 1102Speech Communication 3 SPCM 1100 or 1500Economics 3 ECON 2105 or 2106Social Sciences 6

WORLD LANGUAGES & CULTURE (9 hours)Courses must be selected 9 from university list

Doctor of Pharmacy curriculumPROGRAM OF STUDY

The College of Pharmacy offers the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree to students who successfully complete the curriculum of prescribed cours-es. The pre-pharmacy coursework may be completed at any accredited institution of higher education. The last four years (ten semesters) are in the professional program and must be in residence at the College of Pharmacy. The professional program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

HOURS

In order to receive the Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the College of Pharmacy, a student must have earned academic credit for not less than 69 semester hours in pre-pharmacy coursework and 148 semester hours of required professional coursework.

FINANCIAL AID

Requests for student aid are handled through the University of Georgia Stu-dent Financial Aid office. The office is open year-round (except for holidays) and the hours of operation are 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. For more information about financial aid and eligibility, you may call the Student Financial Aid office at (706) 542-6147 or contact the office at osfa@uga.edu.

THE HOPE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Students who meet the criteria for the HOPE Scholarship and have not exceeded the maximum number of credit hours under the HOPE program may continue their HOPE Scholarship in the pharmacy curriculum. Pharma-cy students have an eligibility limit of 127 semester hours (which includes both pre-pharmacy and pharmacy coursework) under the HOPE guidelines. Specific questions regarding eligibility for the HOPE Scholarship should be directed to the University of Georgia Student Financial Aid office.

INFORMATION AND APPLICATION

Program information and the supplemental application can be accessed online at www.rx.uga.edu. Questions also may be directed to the Office of Student Affairs at (706) 542-5278.

PHARMACY INTERNSHIP

In order to become licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Georgia, 1500 hours of internship must be earned as a pharmacy intern under the immediate supervision of a pharmacist. Credit for internship may be received only after a student has been licensed by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy as a pharmacy intern. Application for a pharmacy intern license can only be made once a student has enrolled in a college of pharmacy. Students are encouraged to satisfy internship requirements during the summers. A total of 1000 hours of internship credit will be awarded for work performed while registered for academic credit in the Doctor of Pharmacy practice experiences. An intern license is required for participation in all patient care experiences.

The Georgia Board of Pharmacy, 2 Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30303 (Phone: (404) 651-8000), must be contacted in order to receive an intern license. Applications can be obtained from the Board of Pharmacy website at gbp.georgia.gov.

PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

The experiential program is designed to develop professional practice skills in a variety of patient care settings. The experiential program is divided into two components: introductory and advanced pharmacy practice experi-ences.

Possible advanced practice experiences in the fourth year include:

Ambulatory Care

Automation

Cardiology

Community Pharmacy Practice

Compounding

Consultant Pharmacy

Critical Care/Operating Room

Drug Information/Medication Utilization Evaluation

Emergency Medicine

Family Medicine

Gastroenterology

Geriatrics

Home Health Care

Hospital Pharmacy Practice

Industry

Infectious Disease

Internal Medicine

Managed Care

Neurology

Nuclear Pharmacy/Radiology

Nutrition Support

Obstetrics/Women’s Health

Oncology

Pediatrics/Neonatology

Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacy Administration

Psychiatry

Public Health

Research

FIRST PROFESSIONAL YEAR

Fall SemesterPHRM 3030 Essentials of Pharmacy Practice I 3PHRM 3300 Pharmaceutical Calculations 2PHRM 3310 Principles of Pharmacology I 2PHRM 3540 Nutrition and Lifestyle Intervention in Pharmacy Practice 2PHRM 3550 Human Pathophysiology 4PHRM 3600 Immunology and Biotechnology 2PHRM 3900 Pharmacy Intercommunications 2PHRM 3940 Survey of Drug Information 1 18

Spring SemesterPHRM 3040 Essentials of Pharmacy Practice II 3PHRM 3070 Medicinal Chemistry I 2PHRM 3320 Principles of Pharmacology II 2PHRM 3500 Career Opportunities in Pharmacy 1PHRM 3520 Interpreting Clinical Laboratory Tests 1PHRM 3750 Pharmacy and the United States Health Care System 3PHRM 3820 Self-Care, Nonprescription Drugs, and Herbal Products 3PHRM 3950 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience I 3 18

SECOND PROFESSIONAL YEAR

Fall SemesterPHRM 4030 Essentials of Pharmacy Practice III 3PHRM 4060 Medicinal Chemistry II 2PHRM 4200 Fundamentals of Pharmaceutics I: Physical Pharmacy and Dosage Form Design 3PHRM 4430 Principles of Pharmacology III 3PHRM 4700 Statistical Approaches to Drug Literature Evaluation 2PHRM 4870 Pharmacotherapy I 3Electives 2 18

Spring SemesterPHRM 4040 Essentials of Pharmacy Practice IV 3PHRM 4180 Drug Therapy of Infectious Disease 3PHRM 4211 Pharmaceutics II: Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics 4PHRM 4300 Physical Assessment 2PHRM 4880 Pharmacotherapy II 3Electives 2 17

Summer SemesterPHRM 4650 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience II 3

THIRD PROFESSIONAL YEAR

Fall SemesterPHRM 5160 Applied Pharmacy Practice I 2PHRM 5390 Pharmacogenomic Therapies 2PHRM 5650 Pharmacy Care Management 2PHRM 5750 Drug Interactions and Adverse Drug Reactions 2PHRM 5880 Pharmacotherapy III 4PHRM 5920 Clinical Seminar (1)Electives 4 16-17

Spring SemesterPHRM 5170 Applied Pharmacy Practice II 2PHRM 5420 Pharmacy Health Services Outcomes 2PHRM 5560 Integrated Patient Care 2PHRM 5680 Pharmacy Law and Ethics 2PHRM 5890 Pharmacotherapy IV 4PHRM 5920 Clinical Seminar (1)PHRM 5950 Advanced Drug Information and Drug Policy Management 2Electives 3 17-18

FOURTH PROFESSIONAL YEAR

The fourth year consists of full-time experiences in institutional, community, and other patient care settings.

Summer SemesterPHRM 5901 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience I 5PHRM 5902 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience II 5 10

Fall Semester (Student completes 3 of 4 fall experiences)PHRM 5903 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience III 5PHRM 5904 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience IV 5PHRM 5905 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience V 5PHRM 5906 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience VI 5 15

Spring SemesterPHRM 5907 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience VII 5PHRM 5908 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience VIII 5PHRM 5909 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience IX 5 15The University of Georgia is accredited by the Commission

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