Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences of Long Island University
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Contacts
Website: http://www2.brooklyn.liu.edu/pharmacy/index.html
Phone: (718) 488-1011
Admissions e-mail: admissions@brooklyn.liu.edu
Program Information
- Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
- 6 years in length:
- 4 years of undergraduate study (preprofessional)
- 2 years of graduate study
- Students may enter the professional phase of the program in the Fall semester only.
- Students completing the Doctor of Pharmacy program do not earn a baccalaureate degree after completing the program or prior to beginning the graduate-level phase of the program.
Admission Requirements
Course and Degree Requirements
- Required Preprofessional courses:
- General Chemistry (with lab): 1 year
- General Biology (with lab): 1 year
- English Composition: 1 semester
- Precalculus: 1 semester
- Calculus: 1 semester
- Speech: 1 semester
- Organic Chemistry (with lab): 1 year
- Physics for Pharmacy: 1 semester
- English Literature: 1 year
- History or Philosophy elective: 1 semester
- Introduction to Psychology: 1 semester
- Human Anatomy: 1 semester
- Micro-or-Macro-Economics: 1 semester
- For more information, click here
GPA
- Minimum GPA: 3.0 (4.0 scale) for cumulative, science, and mathematics.
- Note: Applicants are expected to have completed prerequisite course to the best of their abilities.
Supporting Documents
- All applicants should submit the following:
- A mandatory electronic application must be submitted via The Pharmacy College Application Service.
- Note: The application deadline for the Fall 2011 class is January 5th, 2011.
- Long Island University Brooklyn Campus Supplemental Application which is available here.
- Transcripts and Credential Evaluations
- GPA
- Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) and other exams
- Note: Other exams include 1) Advanced Placement (AP), 2) International Baccalaureate (IB) , and 3) College Level Examination Program (CLEP).
- English Proficiency
- Prerequisite Coursework
- Personal Statement
- Letters of Recommendation
- PharmCAS ‘Academic Update’ Window
- Personal Interview
- A mandatory electronic application must be submitted via The Pharmacy College Application Service.
- For more details regarding each aspect of the complete application, refer to the admissions page here.
Interview
- Personal interviews will be required for selected candidates only.
- An invitation for interview does not guarantee admission to the professional program.
- Interviews are scheduled to take place throughout the months of February and March.
Tuition 2010-2011
- $35,850.00 per year.