• 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.

Prospective Pharmacy transfer students are urged to become familiar with the College's curricula and rules in the Undergraduate Catalog 2008-2010.

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; those declaring the 2008-2010 catalog must complete all degree requirements by the end of the summer session 2017.

Prospective students can monitor their UT degree progress – even before transfer – and check degree applicability of Texas community college courses by using the “Planner” function of UT's Interactive Degree Audit (IDA) system.

The Office of Admissions evaluates courses from other institutions for comparability with UT Austin coursework, but the Dean's Office in the College of Pharmacy approves 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 (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 (512/475-7387).

• 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 core requirements, but degree plans may specify how some core requirements should be fulfilled. Recommendations in this Guide satisfy core requirements with courses normally required by a student's major field of study at UT.

• Courses in which grades lower than C− are earned do not transfer. Grades from transfer credit are excluded from a student's internal UT Austin grade point average computation.

• Physical education activity courses do not apply toward degree requirements in the College of Pharmacy, but grades and credit count toward transfer admission.

• Up to 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 University requires all students to have completed two years of high school study in a single foreign language. Transfer students who do not meet this requirement are assessed a foreign language deficiency; removal of deficiencies is required for graduation. To remove a deficiency, credit for the second college-level course in a language (numbered 1312, 1412, or 1512) is required. Credit used to remove a deficiency cannot be applied toward other degree requirements. Prospective students should complete coursework needed to satisfy a foreign language deficiency prior to transfer.

1. ENGL 1301 (or 1306 for nonnative English speakers); and
2. one literature survey course chosen from ENGL 2321, 2322, 2323, 2326, 2327, 2328, 2331, 2332, or 2333.

Two courses chosen from one of the following combinations:
GOVT 2301+2302, 2305+2306, 2301+2305, or 2301+2306.

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

One course chosen from ANTH 2351; ECON 2301 or 2302; GEOG 1303; PSYC 2301; or SOCI 1301, 1306, or 2339.

BIOL 1406+1407, 2316* or 2416*, & 2421*;
CHEM 1411+1412 and 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 & lab credit separately, for example CHEM 1411 may be offered as CHEM 1311 & 1111.)

In a single foreign language, either two years of prior high school credit or two college-level semesters chosen from courses numbered

1311, 1411, or 1511 (1st semester) and
1312, 1412, or 1512 (2nd semester).
SGNL 1301, 1401, or 1501 (1st semester) and
SGNL 1302, 1402, or 1502 (2nd semester) can also be counted.

Two courses chosen from HIST 1301, 1302, 2301, 2327, 2328, and 2381.

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

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

One course chosen from ARCH 1301, 1302, or 1311; ARTS 1301, 1303, or 1304; DRAM 1310, 2336, 2361, or 2362; HUMA 1315; or MUSI 1306 or 1310.