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THIS WEBSITE IS FOR CSU STUDENTS PURSUING CAREERS AS PHARMACISTS – CSU DOES NOT HAVE A PHARMACY PROGRAM

Overview

Pharmacists are experts in the science of medications and the art of medication therapy. As such they are vital members of a health care team often called upon for information about specific medications. The principal goal of pharmaceutical care is to achieve definite outcomes from medication use, which improves patients’ quality of life. These outcomes include:

Cure of disease
Elimination or reduction of symptoms
Arresting or slowing a disease process
Prevention of disease
Diagnosis of disease
Desired alterations in physiological processes, all with minimal risk to patient

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CSU Recommended Coursework

These courses are provided as GENERAL pre-requisites and may not represent a complete list of requirements.  It is the student’s responsibility to check with each professional school in order to determine specific pre-requisites courses and equivalencies for each institution.
RequirementRecommended CSU Course(s)
General Biology, 2 semesters w/ labsLIFE 102 and one other lab-based biology course
General Chemistry, 2 semesters w/ labsCHEM 111/112 and CHEM 113/114
Organic Chemistry, 2 semesters w/ labsCHEM 341 and CHEM 343/344
General Physics, 2 semesters w/ labsPH121 and PH 122 or PH 141 and PH 142
Microbiology, 1 semester w/ labMIP 300/302
Human Anatomy and Physiology, 8 credits w/ labBMS 300/302 or BMS 360/302; and BMS 301
English Composition, 2 semestersCO 150, CO 300/301
Public Speaking, 1 semesterSPCM 200
Mathematics/Statistics, 1 semester Calculus and/or StatisticsMATH 155 or MATH 160 ERHS 307, STAT 301, or STAT 307
Social Sciences, 1 semesterCourse prefixes from ANTH, ECON, HDFS, JTC, POL, PSY, or SOC
Economics, 1 semesterECON 202 or 204
General Education, 4 semestersCourses from the prefixes ANTH, ECON, HDFS, JTC, POL, PSY, SOC and AR, D, E, MU, PHIL, SPCM, TH or Languages (Additional science courses: BC 351, BMS 450, BIO 310, BMS 450, OT 215)