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University of Cincinnati - James L Winkle College of Pharmacy

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DESCRIPTION

Mission Statement: The University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy is dedicated to education that leads to highly qualified pharmacy practitioners, pharmaceutical scientists, and educators who meet the needs of a diverse society.

The College of Pharmacy is committed to the development of broadly educated graduates who are well-founded in science, excel in practice, become professional and societal leaders, and are lifelong learners.
The central mission of the College of Pharmacy is to improve the state of human health by the dissemination and creation of knowledge in professional pharmacy practice and the pharmaceutical sciences.
The college is committed to excellence in the professional and scientific education of individuals who, as pharmacists, will be able to meet both present and future health care needs.
Through graduate and research programs, the college fosters the creation of knowledge and the education of scholars who will serve important roles in academia, industry, and government.
The college also strives to provide outstanding service to patient care, the profession of pharmacy, and the community.
The College of Pharmacy is a unit in the University of Cincinnati Medical Center along with the College of Medicine, College of Nursing and Health, College of Allied Health, and a health sciences library.
The College facilities house modern lecture rooms and instructional and research laboratories. The College also prides itself on the academic and professional excellence of its faculty. The professional program leading to the Pharm.D. degree is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
The College of Pharmacy has the advantage of being a small college as well as a unit within a major comprehensive university and medical center. The University of Cincinnati (UC) recognizes that time spent outside of the classroom is an important part of a student's life. In addition to pharmacy student government and other pharmacy organizations, UC students can take part in hundreds of extracurricular activities including fraternities, sororities, intramurals, arts, social, and religious groups. UC operates a number of residence halls under a representative form of student government that allows individuals to share in the policies and programs of their residence.
The University requires all full-time unmarried freshmen who do not live with a parent or guardian to live on campus. An offcampus housing registry is available. For further information contact the Office of Residence Life, 4th Floor Dabney Hall, 100 Sander Dining Facility, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0045, 513/556-6461. For information on tours of the University campus, contact the Office of Admissions, 340 University Pavillion, 513/556-1100.

CURRICULUM

The curriculum provides an educational program which prepares graduates to enter any of the many fields of pharmacy practice.

The Pharm.D. curriculum combines two years of prepharmacy education with four years of professional education.
Following the completion of the prepharmacy curriculum and acceptance into the professional program, students enroll in sequential and integrated courses such as pharmacology, pharmaceutics, pharmacy administration, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacotherapy.
Formal didactic instruction includes integrated courses and each student completes a professional experience program involving two preliminary and nine advanced rotations.
Experiential training sites include large research hospital settings, rural health care settings, chronic care settings, community and chain pharmacies, management, marketing and research industrial settings. Specialty settings include pediatric pharmacy, radiopharmacy, drug and poison information center and a burn institute.

PHARMCAS | Application Deadline

Yes Jan 04

PCAT

Yes

TUITION

2004 State Resident: 8601 Non-Resident: 17031 Fees Mandatory: 1374 Optional: 0
2005 State Resident: 9348 Non-Resident: 18453 Fees Mandatory: 1425 Optional: 0
2006 State Resident: 10158 Non-Resident: 19992 Fees Mandatory: 1485 Optional: 0
2007 State Resident: 10608 Non-Resident: 20442 Fees Mandatory: 1503 Optional: 0

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

Students will be considered for admission to the upper division program during the second year of prepharmacy coursework.

The prepharmacy educational requirements are:
100 quarter hours (67 semester hours) with a minimum grade of "C" in each course submitted for transfer;
and completion of the prepharmacy curriculum.

The prepharmacy academic requirements involve a full year of study in each of the following courses (with the exception of statistics and bacteriology):

English,
chemistry w/lab,
biology w/lab,
calculus,
organic chemistry w/lab,
physics w/lab,
statistics (3 quarter hours),
and bacteriology or microbiology (3 quarter hours).

Students admitted to the University usually complete the prepharmacy courses in the College of Arts and Sciences. An applicant for upper division study must have demonstrated scholastic ability and aptitude which would indicate the ability to perform in a professional degree program. Through the Admissions Committee, the College of Pharmacy selects annually a class of 66 students. Students are evaluated by the committee on such factors as college performance, academic records, adequacy of prerequisites, educational objectives, demonstrated leadership ability, outside interests and activities, and communication skills. UC gives consideration to students who have taken college- level courses in high school under the Advanced Placement Program of the College Entrance Examination Board. Such records should be forwarded to the Director of Admissions, University of Cincinnati, M.L. #91, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0091.