Pre-Pharmaceutical Studies (B.A.)
There is no specific major that prepares a student for pharmacy school. Instead, pharmacy schools require the completion of prerequisite courses. This 3 + 1 program provides those prerequisites required of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and, depending on the student’s grade point average and PCAT score, a guaranteed interview at MUSC for their Pharmacy program. If accepted into the pharmacy program at MUSC, the student will spend the fourth year in the program, therefore, completing year one (of four) of their doctorate of pharmacy degree prior to graduation from Coker University.
Students in the Pre-Pharmaceutical Studies program are required to complete the following prerequisites prior to their fourth year at Coker University. These prerequisites are in addition to completion of University General Education requirements for a Bachelor of Arts, although some courses can count toward courses required in the Intellectual Foundation and Covenant Pillar portion as highlighted below.
Requirements
Pre-Pharmaceutical General Education Requirements
| PSY 101 | General Psychology | 3 |
| CHE 101 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHE 101L | General Chemistry I Lab | 1 |
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| PHY 201 | General Physics I | 3 |
| PHY 201L | General Physics I Lab | 1 |
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| PHY 203 | Calculus Physics I | 3 |
| PHY 203L | Calculus Physics I Lab | 1 |
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| BUS 211 | Microeconomics | 3 |
ART
| 3 hours of ART | 3 |
Humanities
| 3 hours of Humanities | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 20 |
Pre-Pharmaceutical Studies Major Requirements
| BIO 110 | Core Principles of Cellular & Molecular Biology | 3 |
| BIO 110L | Core Principles of Cellular & Molecular Biology Lab | 1 |
| BIO 111 | Core Principles of Organismal Biology | 3 |
| BIO 111L | Core Prin of Organismal Biology Lab | 1 |
| BIO 197 | First-Yeat Biology Seminar | 1 |
| BIO 211 | Principles of Genetics | 4 |
| BIO 250 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 |
| BIO 251 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 |
| BIO 330 | Microbiology | 4 |
| CHE 102 | General Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHE 102L | Gen Chemistry II Lab | 1 |
| CHE 351 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHE 351L | Organic Chem I Lab | 1 |
| MAT 231 | Calculus I | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 37 |
Total Credit Hours: 57