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Palm Beach Atlantic University - School of Pharmacy

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DESCRIPTION

Palm Beach Atlantic was founded in 1968 as a coeducational Christian liberal arts college. Named for its location in the Palm Beaches and its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, Palm Beach Atlantic offers an excellent modern facility on a 25- acre campus in downtown West Palm Beach.

Palm Beach Atlantic is strategically located in the core of city and county health-related industries, and is just minutes away from Palm Beach and the Atlantic Ocean.
PBA currently offers over 20 areas of undergraduate study and 5 graduate programs, in addition to the first professional degree, pharmacy.
The Lloyd L. Gregory School of Pharmacy's stated mission, Pharmacy with Faith--Preparing the Servant-leaders of Tomorrow, has been kept in the forefront since the school's conception in 2001. With a faculty-student ratio of 7:1, each student receives personalized attention from faculty members who are some of the finest educators and research scholars, both nationally and internationally recognized.
Professors share the school's vision for pharmacy as a caring, personal profession and have committed to teach and mentor pharmacy principles which encourage the meeting of that vision. The School of Pharmacy moved into its permanent home, Gregory Hall in July 2004. Gregory Hall is a 44,000 square foot, 4-story building exclusively for the School of Pharmacy. This state-of-the-art facility, which will house all pharmacy laboratories, classrooms, and faculty offices, is yet another expression of our commitment to provide pharmacy students with the best opportunities to meet their full potential. We are seeking to attract prospective pharmacists who want small class size with close interaction between professors and students, modeling the community pharmacist/patient relationship.
We are seeking to be the first choice of students searching for a pharmacy school that places its highest priority on the personal, professional, and spiritual development of its students.

CURRICULUM

The Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) Degree is awarded after successful completion of four years of professional study. Two years (60 semester hours) of pre-professional education is required for admission, followed by four years of professional studies.

The curriculum is designed such that courses integrate information, building upon one another, and encompass both didactic and experiential learning.
An integrated course model will be used to provide the foundations of drug actions.
In this course, physiology, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology are integrated to allow the student to see a broad view of how the physiochemical properties of medications interact with human physiology. The course will be taught by system (i.e. cardiovascular, neurological, renal, etc.).
Medications and human physiology pertinent to each system will be team taught by faculty in their respective areas.
Starting in the third year, an integrated course will be used to provide the foundations of the application of drug therapy to disease. Also taught by system (i.e. cardiovascular disease, infectious diseases etc.), the pathophysiology and application of drug therapy will be teamtaught by faculty in their respective areas.
Running throughout the first three years of the curriculum will be a Problem Based Learning course intended to provide the student an opportunity to integrate and apply information from the different courses, to work in small groups to complete projects and assignments, and to help develop critical thinking and foster collaboration.
This course will also provide early laboratory work in dispensing and an opportunity for further development of both verbal and written skills.

PHARMCAS | Application Deadline

Yes - March 01

PCAT

Yes

TUITION

2004 State Resident: 20000 Non-Resident: 20000 Fees Mandatory: 100 Optional: 0
2005 State Resident: 21200 Non-Resident: 21200 Fees Mandatory: 70 Optional: 0
2006 State Resident: 22900 Non-Resident: 22900 Fees Mandatory: 296 Optional: 0
2007 State Resident: 24400 Non-Resident: 24400 Fees Mandatory: 450 Optional: 0

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

Admission to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program requires a minimum of two years of pre-professional education (60 semester hours) at an accredited college or university.

Minimum specific course requirements are: Sem. hrs

Required Courses	Units
English	6
General Chemistry w/Lab	8
Organic Chemistry w/Lab	8
Biology w/Lab	12
Economics	3
Calculus	4
Speech	3
Humanities and/or Social/Behavioral Sciences	9
Electives	8

Grades below "C" cannot be accepted toward completion of these requirements. A minimum grade point average of 2.75 is required for both cumulative and science courses.

Applicants to Palm Beach Atlantic University School of Pharmacy must apply through PharmCAS (www.PharmCAS.org).
You must take the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) and report your scores through PharmCAS (PCATs should be taken by January the year you are applying).

In addition, to be considered for admission applicants must:

submit a supplemental PBA application (which can be downloaded from the PBA webpage) along with a $50 non-refundable application fee, and
provide three letters of recommendation. These should be from professors, academic advisors, employers, or supervisors of volunteer activities.

The School of Pharmacy will consider applications when all credentials, fees, and test scores have been received by Palm Beach Atlantic University. Admissions will be on a "rolling" or periodic schedule. All applications and documentation must be received by March 1st in order for the applicant to be considered for admission in the fall of that same year.