Pre-Pharmacy Pre-Professional Program

The minimum requirement for admission into a pharmacy school is two or three years of undergraduate coursework, however, some students will have completed a four year degree program prior to beginning pharmacy school. The following options exist at Tennessee Tech:

(1) complete two or three years of undergraduate work as required by the pharmacy school including specific pharmacy school requirements, apply and if admitted, complete the clinical program and receive a degree from the pharmacy school (no degree from Tennessee Tech),

(2) complete three years of specified courses in the pre-pharmacy concentration of the "Applied Chemistry" Curriculum at Tennessee Tech, apply and if admitted, receive a B.S. degree in chemistry from Tennessee Tech after successfully completing one year of pharmacy school (a PharmD is awarded from the pharmacy school after completion of the 4-year clinical program), or

(3) begin in the pre pharmacy curriculum (non degree) at Tennessee Tech and later change into a degree granting curriculum to receive a B.S. from Tennessee Tech, then apply for admission into pharmacy school. Currently, pharmacy school admissions using option (3) are increasing and admissions using option (1) are decreasing.

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