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The six year professional program leading to a Pharm.D. is designed to provide the student with the scientific and technical knowledge, and communications skills required for the broad scope of pharmaceutical practice and to inculcate in the student a concept of the pharmacist's professional responsibilities as a provider of pharmaceutical care. The four year professional curriculum involves study in the basic biomedical sciences and in the areas of pharmaceutics, biopharmaceutics, pharmacy practice, clinical pharmacy, pharmacokinetics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, therapeutics, and pharmacy administration. The experiential component encompasses experiences in a variety of acute and ambulatory care, and institutional and community practice settings. Elective experiences are available in nontraditional areas of practice. Three months of the experiential component must be performed in a rural practice setting. The determination of student status, advancement, and graduation is handled by the Committee on Academic Standards in the School of Pharmacy and is subject to approval by the dean.

Admission to the School of Pharmacy is based on the satisfactory completion of prepharmacy course requirements in a U.S. accredited college*. Prepharmacy course requirements are: Sem. hrs

Introduction to calculus	3
English composition	6
Principles of economics (micro)	3
General biology	8
General chemistry	8
Organic chemistry	8
Physics	8
Introduction to statistics	3
Microbiology	3
Introduction to communications	3
Arts and Humanities**	12
Social Sciences, etc	6
Foreign culture/Minority/Gender Studies	3

*A D grade in a required course will have to be repeated with a grade C or better.
**Electives must be designed to satisfy the University Liberal Studies Program requirements. Admission to the School of Pharmacy is competitive and is based on the prepharmacy academic record, Pharmacy College Admission Test, academic recommendations, a personal interview with the Committee on Admissions, and a writing sample from the candidate. Interviews will be held at the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center in both Morgantown and Charleston from February through April. Students with cumulative and pre-requisite course GPA's of less than 3.0 are rarely admitted. Only applicants selected by the Admissions Committee are invited for an interview. The WVU School of Pharmacy does not limit its applicants to residents of the state; however, priority will be given to qualified resident applicants. The Committee on Admissions and the Dean will make the final selections for admission. Formal application to the School of Pharmacy should be made through PharmCAS. Completed applications should be submitted to Pharm- CAS no later then January 1 preceding the fall term in which the student is seeking enrollment. If space is available, students from other accredited pharmacy programs may be considered for admission with advanced standing, provided they meet the course requirements of the WVU School of Pharmacy, have a competitive average (minimum of 2.
5) and are eligible for readmission for the degree in pharmacy in the school previously attended. "D" grades in professional courses will not be transferred.