UCA has a strong tradition of preparing students for pharmacy school. Each year a significant number of students admitted to pharmacy school have completed their pre-pharmacy studies at UCA.
- Prepharm adviser: Patrick Desrochers (Professor of Chemistry, Manion 303B, (501) 450-5936 or Catherine Lyons (Academic Advising, Lewis Science Center 138, (501) 450-5197)
- Current pharmacy information in the UCA undergraduate bulletin
- online resource to evaluate career options with a degree in pharmacy
- Arkansas has two pharmacy schools, with comparable but slightly different requirements.
- UAMS College of Pharmacy requirements聽(UCA course numbers)
- Harding Univ. College of Pharmacy
- UAMS College of Pharmacy requirements聽(UCA course numbers)
- Degree or no-degree heading to pharmacy school.
Both approaches work. 聽Over the past 4 years, about 70% of admitted students have an earned 4-year degree; about 30% enter with only their pre-pharm prereqs completed. 聽Increasingly, pre-pharm requirements are less and less geared toward a 4-y degree. 聽It is always advisable聽to be working toward a 4-year, because life goals change as you progress to and through pharmacy. 聽We find it challenging for students who left UCA for pharmacy with no degree in hand to come back and finish given the demands of time and money.
Students may earn a degree from UCA based on a combination of UCA credit and coursework from pharmacy school.聽 This is detailed in the 51青楼 Board Policy No. 338聽(Revised Dec 2012).
Pharmacy School Links
College of Pharmacy;
聽College of Pharmacy