• Doctor of Pharmacy

The Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) is a six-year degree comprising two preprofessional years of study followed by a four-year professional curriculum. Coursework recommended in this Guide applies to the preprofessional curriculum.

• The UT Office of Admissions admits eligible transfer students to the College of Natural Sciences, which administers the pre-Pharmacy program; subsequent admission to the professional curriculum is under the authority of the College of Pharmacy. Pre-Pharmacy admission does not imply or guarantee admission to the professional curriculum.

• Transfer students may need at least one semester in residence at UT Austin to complete preprofessional requirements. Students who complete preprofessional requirements before transfer may apply for general admission and professional curriculum admission simultaneously. While pre-Pharmacy admission is available year-round, admission to the professional curriculum is available only for the fall semester.

• Core curriculum transfer credit from Texas community colleges is guaranteed to apply toward UT Basic Education requirements, but not all core courses are suitable for a particular major field of study. Recommendations in this Guide satisfy core requirements with coursework needed for the major, enabling students to complete lower-division degree requirements with minimal credit.

• Grades from transfer credit are not combined with grades earned at UT Austin to determine the student's internal University grade point average. Transfer credit is not granted for courses in which grades of D or F are earned.

• Physical education activity credit cannot be applied toward any degree requirement in the College of Pharmacy, but grades and credit in such courses count toward transfer admission.

• A maximum of nine semester hours in Air Force, Military, or Naval Science may be applied as elective credit toward a degree in the College of Pharmacy by students commissioned through the UT Austin ROTC program.

The Office of Admissions evaluates courses from other institutions for comparability with UT Austin coursework, but only the Dean's Office in the College of Pharmacy has authority to approve transfer credit for use in a degree program.

• Questions concerning degree/graduation requirements and degree applicability of transfer credit should be directed to the College of Pharmacy, Office of Admission, 1 University Station A1900, Austin TX 78712-0120 (phone 512/471-4425).

• Questions concerning transfer admission and transfer credit evaluation should be directed to the Office of Admissions, MAI 7, UT Austin, Austin TX 78712 (phone 512/475-7399).

Prospective Pharmacy transfer students are urged to become familiar with the College's curricula and rules in the Undergraduate Catalog 2006-2008.

Students who transfer directly from a Texas community college may choose to graduate under UT Austin catalog rules in effect during the time they attended the community college. Students declaring the Undergraduate Catalog 2006-2008 must complete all degree requirements by the end of the summer session 2015.

The College of Pharmacy requires all students to have completed either two years of high school study or two semesters of college study in a single foreign language.

• Transfer students without two years of high school foreign language must have credit for the 2nd-semester college level course in a language.

• Credit used to establish foreign language proficiency cannot be used to satisfy any other degree or graduation requirement.

Prospective students should complete coursework needed to satisfy a high school foreign language deficiency prior to transfer.

• ENGL 1301;
• ENGL 1302 (applies as lower-division Substantial Writing Component credit); and
• one literature survey course chosen from ENGL 2321, 2322, 2323, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2331, 2332, or 2333.

6 semester hours chosen from one of the following combinations:

GOVT 2301 & 2302; or
GOVT 2305 & 2306; or
GOVT 2301 & 2305; or
GOVT 2301 & 2306.

(Because community colleges organize the two-semester legislative requirement sequence differently, it is strongly recommended that students take both courses at one institution.)

One course in statistics:

MATH 1342 or 2342 (freshman or sophomore version).

Differential & integral calculus, taken either in a sequence of two courses or as one intensive course, chosen from:

MATH 2413 (differential) & 2414 (integral); or
MATH 2417 (Accelerated Calculus I).

(Credit values in MATH 1342, 2342, 2413, & 2414 vary among community colleges; the 2nd digit of course numbers may be 3, 4, or 5, but course content is comparable.)

3 semester hours in visual/performing arts chosen from ARCH 1301 or 1302, ARTS (excluding 1320 & 1321), DANC (excluding 2325), DRAM (excluding 2366 & 2367), HUMA 1315, MUAP, MUEN, or MUSI.

Credit in one language through the 2nd college-level semester, chosen from courses numbered

1311, 1411, or 1511 (1st semester) and
1312, 1412, or 1512 (2nd semester).

Credit in American Sign Language may also be used to fulfill this requirement:

SGNL 1301, 1401, or 1501 (1st semester) and
SGNL 1302, 1402, or 1502 (2nd semester).

(This requirement can also be satisfied by having completed two years of high school study in a single foreign language.)

6 semester hours chosen from HIST 1301, 1302, 2301, 2327, 2328, or 2381.

3 semester hours chosen from ANTH, ECON (excluding 1301 & 1303), GEOG, PSYC (excluding 1300), SOCI, or SOCW.

BIOL 1406, 1407, 2316* or 2416*, & 2421*;
CHEM 1411, 1412, 2423, & 2425; and
one course chosen from PHYS 1401 or 2425.

*The genetics course BIOL 2316 or 2416 is recommended only when it has BIOL 1406 as a prerequisite. The microbiology course BIOL 2421 is recommended only when it has BIOL 1406, BIOL 1407, and CHEM 1411 as prerequisites. Applicability of genetics and microbiology courses from specific institutions is available from the College of Pharmacy.

(Community colleges may number lecture & laboratory credit separately, for example CHEM 1311 + 1111 are equivalent to CHEM 1411)