Time to degree: About six years (including two years of prerequisites and four years of pharmacy school; some programs require a bachelor’s degree, but others do not)
Clinical requirements: Internships/clinical rotations in various settings, such as hospitals and pharmacies (number of hours varies by state)
Certification requirements: Successful completion of two exams to get a license
Median Indiana salary: $118,200
Projected job growth: 3% by 2024
Minimum GPA: 3.0 (suggested by Purdue University)
Tuition: On average, $25,000 per year, plus fees and living expenses (includes private and public universities)
Application deadline: December 1 for Purdue fall admission or April 1 for Butler fall admission; complete PharmCAS application
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| Human Anatomy with lab | BIOL-N 261 | |
| Human Physiology with lab | BIOL-N 217 | |
| General Chemistry I and II with lab | CHEM-C 105 & 125, CHEM-C 106 & 126 | Prerequisite: CHEM-C 101 or placement in CHEM-C 105 |
| Organic Chemistry I and II with lab | CHEM-C 341 & 343, CHEM-C 342 & 344 | Prerequisite: CHEM-C 106 or CHM 11600 or CHM 11700 |
| Biological Chemistry* | BIOL-K 384 | Prerequisite: BIOL-K 322 or BIOL-K 324 or equivalent and CHEM-C 341 or equivalent |
| Biology I and II with lab | BIOL-K 101 & BIOL-K 103 | |
| Microbiology with lab | BIOL-K 356 & BIOL-K 357 | Prerequisites: BIOL-K 103 or BIOL-K 104 and CHEM-C 341 |
| Introductory Immunology** | BIOL-K 338 | Prerequisites: BIOL-K 322 and BIOL-K 324 and CHEM-C 106 |
| Economics | ECON-E 201 or ECON-E 202 | |
| Calculus I and II*** | MATH-I 231 or MATH-I 165, MATH-I 232 or MATH-I 166 | Prerequisites: MATH-I 159 or MATH-I 153 and MATH-I 154 each within last three terms with > = C |
| Statistics**** | STAT-I 301 | |
| Speech Communication | COMM-R 110 | |
| Introductory Psychology or Sociology | PSY-B 110 or SOC-R 100 | |
| Physics with lab | PHYS-P 201 | Prerequisite: MATH-I 154 or MATH-I 159 or MATH-I 165 or MATH-S 165 or MATH-I 221 or MATH-I 231 (each course with a C– or higher taken within last three years) or ALEKS placement score greater or equal to 61.00 |
| English | ENG-W 131 | |
| Communications | COMM-R 110 | |
*CHEM-C 484 or CHEM-C 384 (Biomolecules and Catab.) or CHEM 53300 (Intro Biochem) may be substituted for BIOL-K 483 or BIOL-K 383.
**BIOL 56100 (Immunology) may be substituted for BIOL-K 388 by permission.
***MATH-I 221/I222 (Calc. Tech. I & II) or I165/I166 (Analy Geom Calc I & II) may be substituted for I231/I232.
****PSY-B 305 (Statistics), ECON-E 270 (Intro Stat Theory), SPEA-K 300 (Stat Techniques), or STAT-N 501 (Stat Meth Hlth Sci) may be substituted for STAT-I 301.
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