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The college offers a four-year curriculum (158 semester credits) leading to the Pharm.D. degree. The program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and meets the requirements for licensure to practice pharmacy. Prepharmacy coursework (which requires a minimum of two years) may be taken at any accredited college. Joint Pharm.D./M.P.A., Pharm.D./M.B.A., Pharm.D./M.S. Economics and a concurrent Pharm.D./Ph.D programs are available options.

Admission to the University does not guarantee admission to the College. The number of students admitted each year depends upon the availability of resources for implementation of a quality educational program. Admission to the College is made through the Office of Admissions in the College of Pharmacy and PharmCAS, a centralized admission process through AACP. All students must file an application, and transcripts of all previous college should be sent to PharmCAS. To be considered for admission, the applicant must have achieved a GPA of at least 2.5 out of a possible 4.0 in at least 70 semester credit hours of prepharmacy coursework. Sem. hours

Required Courses	Units
English I and II	6
General Chemistry w/Lab	8
Organic Chemistry w/Lab	8
Animal Biology w/Lab	4
Anatomy	3
Microbiology w/Lab	4
Calculus*	4
Physics I and II	8
Microeconomics	3
Statistics	3
Electives	19

*Students not prepared to take calculus may take college algebra and elementary calculus for 6 total hours. Applications for admission are reviewed and evaluated by the Admission Committee on a comparative and competitive basis. Applicants who are judged by the committee to be the most qualified are invited for personal interviews after which final selections are made. Criteria used by the committee in judging the applicant's qualifications for admission are demonstrated academic and professional achievements and an assessment of communicative skills, integrity, commitment, dedication, motivation, character, maturity and emotional stability as determined by letters of recommendation, the applicant's formal letter of application and personal interviews. Values used by the committee in judging the applicant's academic qualifications for admission are the applicant's PCAT score and the GPA of the applicant's prepharmacy coursework; also considered are letters of recommendation and the applicant's formal motivation letter. This letter must include the applicant's reasons for selecting pharmacy as a career as well as the applicant's tentative professional goals. Applicants receiving the highest ratings by the committee are invited to the Lexington campus for a personal interview. Priority for admissions of nonresidents will be given to those who have exceptional qualifications of academic excellence. The University will accept credits earned by College Level Examination Program (CLEP) only when the specific subject tests are taken. The general CLEP test is not accepted. A letter grade is recorded on the transcript if a grade is awarded.