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Contacts

Website: http://www.usask.ca/pharmacy-nutrition/
Phone: (306) 966-6327
Admissions e-mail: Grad-Pharmacy-Nutrition@usask.ca

Program Information

• M.Sc. in Pharmacy
• 24 months in duration
  • Minimum of 12 (Nutrition) and 9 (Pharmacy) credit units of graduate course work, a thesis, and participation in seminars

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Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Required Courses or Equivalent
  • Introductory Biology (6 credits)
  • General Chemistry (3 credits)
  • Introduction to Organic Chemistry(3 credits)
  • Literature and Composition or two equivalent courses(6 credits)
  • 12 credits in humanities, social sciences or fine arts, of which 6 credits must include psychology, sociology, philosophy or native studies

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GPA

• Minimum: 70% (At least 30 credits of university level courses)
  • Unviersity of Saskatchewan converts GPA to percentage
• Calculation method:
  • Accounts for all post-secondary courses taken.
  • Weighted average: 40% (required courses), 60%(all other courses taken)

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PCAT

• Not required

Supporting Documents

• Online Application form - click here
  • Click first time user account creation
• Application fee - $90 (non-refundable)
• Test of Critical Skills
  • Formal, persuasive academic essay (300 - 500 words), in response to a proposition drawn from a short reading
  • Test administered by college
• Personal Profile
  • Written statement
  • Why they have chosen the health care profession
  • How they perceive the role of the pharmacist or dietitian
  • Reflect upon your previous life/work experiences and how ‘transferable’ they are to those attributes expected of a student in a health care profession
• Submission of Transcripts
• Choosing an Admission Category
• TOEFL results - required if first language is not English

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Tuition

• Tuition
  • Canadian: $7298.92 (first year)
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  • International: $17879.79 (first year)
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