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Pharmacy Transfer Track

Why Study Pharmacy?

There is an ever-increasing need for well-qualified professionals in pharmacy. The Math/Science degree program with a concentration in pharmacy provides students with a strong foundation in how the natural world works. Students will complete courses in anatomy and physiology, microbiology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. In the courses students apply mathematical models and the scientific method to solve concrete problems.

Program Options

Credits: 61 | Time to Completion: 2 years

Curriculum Code: 0650 I Liberal Arts Credits: 30 I Program Credits: 31

People who succeed in pharmacy are detail- oriented and enjoy interpreting complex information to others.

Pharmacists compound and dispense medication, following prescriptions issued by physicians, dentists or other authorized medical practitioners. They answer questions and provide information to pharmacy customers on drug interactions, side effect, dosage and storage of pharmaceuticals.

Course CodeCourseCredits
EN 101Composition 3
EN 102Composition & Literature 3
HU ELE
SL ELE
Humanities Elective OR
Social Science Elective
3
MA 102Statistics 3
MA 110College Algebra or higher* 4
BI 130Anatomy & Physiology I 4
BI 131Anatomy & Physiology II 4
PY 101General Psychology 3
PY 201
PY 205
Lifespan Development OR
Child & Adolescence Psychology
3
Liberal Arts Credits:30
CE 101College Experience 11
BI 101General Biology I 4
BI 102General Biology II 4
BI 210Microbiology 4
CH 101General Chemistry I 4
CH 102General Chemistry II 4
HI 101
HI 102
Western Civ 13,000 BCE to 1517 CE OR
Western Civ 1517 to Present
3
HI 103
HI 104
U.S. History 1492-1865 OR
U.S. History 1865-Present
3
PX 101College Physics I 4
Program Credits:31
Minimum Credits:61
*Note: MA 110, MA 111, MA 117, MA 122, or
MA 123 may be taken to fulfill this requirement

Careers & Outcomes

Pharmacists compound and dispense medication, following prescriptions issued by physicians, dentists or other authorized medical practitioners. They answer questions and provide information to pharmacy customers on drug interactions, side effect, dosage and storage of pharmaceuticals.


Further Educational Opportunities

This program is designed as an academic starting point for people interested in pharmacy. Upon completion of the program students will transfer to a four-year college or university prior to graduate studies at the University of Buffalo, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, or other accredited school.