Texas Tech University – Online Pharmacy & Pharmacy Technician Degrees
DESCRIPTION
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Pharmacy is an instrument of the State for the preparation of pharmacists with the knowledge and skills to provide comprehensive pharmaceutical care. The primary mission of Texas Tech is the education and training of entrylevel practitioners; the continued development of practicing professionals through a comprehensive continuing education program; and the training of advanced practitioners through general clinical and specialty postdoctoral residencies/ fellowships, and graduate certificate programs. TTUHSC School of Pharmacy accepts approximately 88 full-time students into the professional program each year.
- The school now enrolls more than 350 students in professional and postgraduate programs.
- All students in the Pharm.D. program are located in Amarillo for the first two years of the four-year program.
- During the third and fourth years, some students remain in Amarillo while others are deployed to Lubbock and the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
- The pharmacy building houses five “smart” classrooms equipped with instructor-controlled computer/media stations and network ports for each student, a drug information center outfitted with reference material and computer workstations, and a lecture hall with fixed seating available for 245.
- All instructional classrooms have two-way television instruction capabilities. Conference rooms support problem-based educational experiences. There is one instructional laboratory with facilities to teach dispensing, counseling and compounding skills. The School of Pharmacy building is located within the Harrington Regional Medical Center complex.
- The Harrington Regional Medical Center is a 41-acre campus made up of a group of hospitals and associated health care facilities. The School of Pharmacy is located in a 102,000 sq. ft. building on the Amarillo campus. The pharmacy building is located directly across Coulter Drive from Northwest Texas Hospital.
- The campus presently contains the Texas Tech Clinic. A new School of Medicine and School of Allied Health building has recently been completed. A library of the Health Sciences is planned.
- The School of Pharmacy does not furnish living quarters for its students. Each student is responsible for making those arrangements. Most students live in apartments or houses in the community.
CURRICULUM
The TTUHSC School of Pharmacy offers the doctor of pharmacy as its single professional degree. It is offered in a four year traditional program.
- Doctoral candidates are admitted once each year for enrollment in the fall semester.
- Studies must be on a full-time basis and due to having a large number of clinical rotations and an integrated curriculum involving disease states and seventeen pharmacotherapy courses, transfer students from other schools of pharmacy are not accepted.
PHARMCAS | Application Deadline
No Feb 01 / Mar 01
PCAT
Yes
TUITION
- 2004 State Resident: 8200 Non-Resident: 17794 Fees Mandatory: 1940 Optional: 0
- 2005 State Resident: 9266 Non-Resident: 19598 Fees Mandatory: 1981 Optional: 0
- 2006 State Resident: 10086 Non-Resident: 21361 Fees Mandatory: 1845 Optional: 0
- 2007 State Resident: 10660 Non-Resident: 22058 Fees Mandatory: 2050 Optional: 0
- 2008 State Resident: 10906 Non-Resident: 21361 Fees: 2085
ADMISSION REQUIREMENT
- Eligibility for an invitation for interview depends on the applicant pool each year. Applicants must have completed all science and math pre-pharmacy courses with a grade of “C” or better.
- Students making application should have completed at least two full academic years of pre-pharmacy before entering the Pharm.D. program.
General requirements are as follows: Sem. hrs
| Required Courses | Units |
| General chemistry, for majors w/lab | 8-10 |
| Organic chemistry, w/lab | 8-10 |
| General physics, w/lab (calc or non-calc based) | 4 |
| General biology, for majors w/lab | 8 |
| Microbiology, w/lab | 4 |
| Calculus | 3-4 |
| Statistics | 3 |
| English comp I | 3 |
| English comp II | 3 |
| English literature | 3 |
| Speech (public speaking) | 3 |
| Economics (macro preferred) | 3 |
| Humanities/social sciences | min 15 |
Applicants who have earned a bachelor’s degree prior to enrolling in the School of Pharmacy, are exempt from the English and humanities/social sciences requirements. Advanced Placement (AP), CLEP or dual credit accepted if on college or university transcript.
- Accreditation Status
- Full
Admitted Student Profile
2006
- Average: 3.65
- Range: 19-43
- Admitted-Ratio: 6.5:1
2007
- Average GPA: 3.57 Range: 19-45
- Admitted-Ratio: 21.1:1 (115/630)
- PCAT Average Score: 76
ADDRESS
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy
1300 S. Coulter Drive
Amarillo, Texas 79106
806-354-5418
Visit: Texas Tech University – School of Pharmacy
http://www.ttuhsc.edu/sop/
