University of Texas at Austin – Online Pharmacy & Pharmacy Technician Degrees

DESCRIPTION

GENERAL INFORMATION The College of Pharmacy operates its program from a twobuilding complex on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The college also has a joint program with the University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio and cooperative programs with the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Texas-Pan American in Edinburg. The cooperative programs are designed to attract exceptional seniors in high school into the study of pharmacy. The College has expanded and intensified the patient-care and extramural professional training components of the curriculum, taking advantage of the health-care facilities, educational resources and collaborative programs available under cooperative agreements with other components of The University of Texas System. In modern, state-of-the-art academic and health-care facilities, University of Texas pharmacy students today receive quality instruction in the basic pharmaceutical sciences as well as in pharmacy administration. Pharmacy interns expand their professional practice knowledge and skills in preparation for stimulating and satisfying careers in the profession of pharmacy alongside medical, dental and nursing students at clinical education sites in the Austin/Temple/Waco area, El Paso, and the Rio Grande Valley and at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

CURRICULUM

The College offers one professional degree program: a six-year entry-level curriculum leading to the doctor of pharmacy degree. The Pharm.D. is a professional doctoral program that is designed to provide a course of study in the pharmaceutical and clinical sciences designed to provide the state and the nation with pharmacists who are scientifically trained and clinically competent to deliver a full spectrum of pharmaceutical services in all areas of practice. The profession of pharmacy is rapidly evolving from a role primarily in medication distribution toward a patient-oriented, pharmaceutical care model. Pharmaceutical care involves the process through which a pharmacist interacts with the patient and other health care professionals in the design, implementation, and monitoring of a patient-specific therapeutic plan that will produce the desired therapeutic outcomes. To ensure that our graduates have the necessary tools to practice in this complex patient-oriented environment, our curriculum design has undergone a rapid evolution from traditional discipline-specific coursework to a discipline-integrated approach of disease state management, and a case-based, team approach to the design of the patient-specific therapeutic plan.

PHARMCAS | Application Deadline

No Feb 01

PCAT

Yes

TUITION

2004 State Resident: 5952 Non-Resident: 21760 Fees Mandatory: 3463 Optional: 317

2005 State Resident: 8874 Non-Resident: 24076 Fees Mandatory: 518 Optional: 0

2006 State Resident: 9946 Non-Resident: 25488 Fees Mandatory: 0 Optional: 0

2007 State Resident: 10254 Non-Resident: 32812 Fees Mandatory: 1643 Optional: 0

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

No student may begin the professional curriculum until he or she has been admitted to The University of Texas at Austin and has been admitted to the professional curriculum in pharmacy by the dean, following recommendation by the Admissions Committee of the College of Pharmacy. Admission to the University in no way implies or guarantees admission to the professional curriculum. If the number of eligible applicants for the professional curriculum exceeds the number of positions that available facilities can accommodate, final selection is made by the admissions committee of the College of Pharmacy and approved by the dean. Students seeking to transfer to the University should note that the two application processes, both to the University of Texas at Austin and to the College of Pharmacy, are separate and independent. To be accepted, the applicant should complete at least 60 semester hours, which must include general biology (cellular, molecular, and structure and functions of organisms), 6 hours; genetics, 3hours; general chemistry (w/lab), 8 hours; English rhetoric and composition (freshman), 3 hours; mathematics (through differential and integral calculus), 3 hours; statistics, 3 hours; sophomore literature (English, American, or world), 3 hours; organic chemistry w/lab, 8 hours; physics w/lab, 4 hours; and microbiology w/lab, 4 hours. The remaining hours can be selected from the following courses, all of which must be completed before a Pharm.D. degree can be conferred. Legislative requirements for all students: American history, 6 hours; and American government (including Texas), 6 hours. The University’s basic education requirements include: fine arts and humanities, 3 hours; and social and behavior science electives, 3 hours. In accordance with the University’s requirements, a student in the College of Pharmacy must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language equivalent to the completion of two semesters of college coursework. If a student has completed two years of a single foreign language in high school, no additional foreign language is necessary. The foreign language requirement must be fulfilled before a student seeks admission to the professional sequence of courses. The Admissions Committee conducts a holistic review of application materials. This consists of an assessment of overall academic achievement as indicated by grade point average and PCAT scores. Emphasis is on grades earned in required prepharmacy courses. Work done at the University and word done elsewhere are evaluated separately. In addition to academic credentials, the Admissions Committee also considers other factors such as, but not limited to, letters of recommendation, oral and written communication skills, extracurricular involvement, knowledge of the profession, and many special life circumstances.

Accreditation Status
Full

Admitted Student Profile

2006

Average: 3.6
Range: 19-51
Admitted-Ratio: 4.4:1

School Feature

6 year pharmacy school that accept the majority of students directly from high school

ADDRESS

College of Pharmacy
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1074
512/471-1737

Visit: University of Texas at Austin – College of Pharmacy
http://www.utexas.edu/pharmacy