Enrollment in a community college does not satisfy this requirement. A four-year college or university is one that is accredited to award bachelor’s degrees. (Exception to this requirement are for students completing our BS/PharmD students)Īpplicants who have earned a degree from a school outside of the United States must have completed at least one year of full-time study at a four-year college or university in the United States prior to application. Students currently enrolled in a community college must transfer to a four-year college or university so as to complete the requirements for the bachelor's degree. Applicants who have not earned a degree or who will not have earned one prior to the start of classes in the Fall will not be considered. Prior to matriculation into the UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, all accepted applicants must have completed the requirements for the bachelor's degree (B.S.
To this end, pharmacy students take courses in the basic biomedical sciences with the medical students in the second year of the curriculum. The curriculum is designed with the basic philosophy that all health science students, both medical and pharmacy, require a common base in the biomedical sciences. Essential to the ability to self-educate oneself as the profession undergoes tremendous change in the future is a strong understanding of the basic biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences. 2001 Karen D May-Newman Ph.D, SWE Industrial Outreach Program, SDSU. The emerging fields of pharmacogenomics and bioinformatics will have a profound influence on the future practice of pharmacy and graduates will be in an excellent position to bring these advances to the patient care setting. Coleman Ph.D, UCSD Bioengineering Department. The curriculum prepares students to be leaders in the profession of pharmacy and provides the tools to effectively practice in a variety of existing and potential roles in academia, hospitals, clinics, long-term facilities, home care, government, health policy, the pharmaceutical industry and innovative community practice settings.