Academic Year:
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
CONCENTRATION: PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
A faculty member advises students in the Program. Requirements for admission are:
- Successful completion of all Thomas Jefferson University prerequisites
- A cumulative grade point average of at least a 3.3 and at least a 3.0 in all science courses
- Completion of prerequisite courses with at least a C in each course, and
- Acceptable PCAT scores (scores in the 70th percentile or higher are highly desirable).
Students meeting the above requirements must also submit an application through PharmCAS.
University and College of Arts & Sciences Requirements for BS Degree in Biology with Concentration
I. Prerequisite courses for admission to the Pharmaceutical Sciences concentration
Biological Sciences courses
Physical, Chemical and Mathematical Science requirements
Additional requirements outside the sciences
| ENGL 110 |
Critical Reading and Writing |
3 |
| 3 courses in languages, literature, philosophy, religion, arts |
9* |
| 3 courses in sociology, psychology, anthropology, political science |
9* |
*These courses fulfill the Thomas Jefferson University Social Sciences and Humanities required electives. In addition, these courses must be carefully selected to fulfill University Breadth (12 credits), Arts & Sciences Breadth for the BS degree (21 credits), the Multicultural Course Requirement (3 credits), and the Arts & Sciences Second Writing Requirement (3 credits). Courses may fulfill multiple requirements simultaneously. Up to 3 credits of each University Breadth area (Creative Arts and Humanities, History and Cultural Change, Social and Behavioral Sciences) may count towards each A&S Breadth Group (A, B, and C).
II. Required courses at Thomas Jefferson University
| Biochemistry |
3 |
| Immunology |
3 |
| Molecular Biology |
3 |
| Biostatistics |
3 |
| Pathophysiology I and II |
6 |
| Pharmacology I and II |
6 |
| Biopharmaceutics and Principles of Clinical Pharmacokinetics |
3 |
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