| Pre-Pharmacy |
| An Arts and Sciences A.A. Degree Program (Transfer) |
| Application Code 55 |
| For curriculum information, contact the Science and Technology Division—Room ST-248—443-518-1600. |
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| Pharmacists dispense drugs and medicines prescribed by physicians and dentists, advise on the proper use and proper dosage of prescription and nonprescription medicines, and work in research and marketing positions. Job opportunities exist in hospitals and clinics, community pharmacies, the pharmaceutical industry and in government agencies. The pre-pharmacy curriculum below includes the science, math and liberal arts electives that are prerequisites for admission into pharmacy programs at transfer institutions. This program is designed to transfer to University of Maryland’s School of Pharmacy. Students should become familiar with the prerequisite entrance requirements of the transfer institution from which they intend to receive their professional degree in order to plan a program of study at HCC that includes the appropriate electives. |
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| GENERAL EDUCATION CORE | Credits |
| Students enrolled in transfer programs must take a minimum of 30 credits in General Education. Each student’s total of general education and required courses must equal at least 60 semester hours of credit. | |
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| Composition | ENGL-121 College Composition | 3 |
| Humanities, Arts & |
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| Literature1 | SPCH-105 Fundamentals of Public Speaking |
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| SPCH-110 Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| Arts Core Course (see p. 62) |
| Literature Core Course (see p. 61) | 6-8 |
| Social Science | History Core Course (see p. 63) | 3 |
| ECON-102 Principles of Economics (Micro) | 3 |
| Science | BIOL-101 General Biology I | 4 |
| CHEM-101 General Inorganic Chemistry I | 4 |
| Mathematics | MATH-181 Calculus I or higher | 4 |
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| REQUIRED COURSES RELATED TO MAJOR |
| BIOL-200 | Microbiology | 4 |
| BIOL-203 | Anatomy and Physiology I | 4 |
| BIOL-204 | Anatomy and Physiology II | 4 |
| CHEM-102 | General Inorganic Chemistry II | 4 |
| CHEM-201 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM-202 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 |
| MATH-138 | Statistics | 4 |
| PHYS-103 | Fundamentals of Physics I | 4 |
| PHYS-104 | Fundamentals of Physics II | 4 |
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| 66-68 |
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| 1 SPCH-105 (3 credits) OR SPCH-110 (3 credits), plus one Arts Core (3 credits), plus one Literature Core (3 credits) satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement, OR a World Language Sequence (8 credits), plus SPCH-105 or SPCH-110 satisfies the Humanities, Arts and Literature Core requirement. |
