Belmont University
| # | User Name | SAT Score | ACT Score | GPA | Scholarship Award | Status | Date Sent | Date Status Complete | Date Last Updated |
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| ID | 100 |
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| Name | Belmont University |
| City | Nashville |
| State | Tennessee |
| Contact | www.belmont.edu/pharmacy |
| Pharmacy School Name | School of Pharmacy |
| Accreditation Status | Candidate |
| Institution Type | Private |
| Main Campus | Nashville, TN |
| Branch Campuses | None |
| Curriculum | The School of Pharmacy at Belmont University offers a four-year Doctor of Pharmacy degree program, following completion of required pre-professional coursework, that trains students to serve patients compassionately and to manage a variety of healthcare systems and personnel effectively. The curriculum develops competent generalist pharmacists ready to meet the demands of entry-level practice based on a broad, solid grounding in the basic and clinical sciences, epistemologies and values that define contemporary pharmacy practice. Experiential components span all four years of the program and take advantage of Belmont University’s close proximity to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) facilities, the Veteran’s Administration, and other community-based practice sites, including chain and independent retail pharmacy facilities. Unique to Belmont University’s Doctor of Pharmacy program is the Pharmacy|Plus TM curricular concentrations which allow students to focus their studies beyond the curricular core in one of four areas: pharmacotherapy, management, information management, and missions/public health. Students choose to complete elective didactic and experiential courses across years 2-4 in one of these four key areas of contemporary pharmacy practice. |
| Additional Requirements | Applications must be submitted using Pharmacy College Application Service (Pharm- CAS), and Belmont University requires completion of a secondary application. A minimum GPA of 2.7 is required for consideration. The school uses a rolling admissions process and early completion of the application process is encouraged. Selection criteria include prior academic performance, letters of reference, Pharmacy College Admissions Test (PCAT) scores, service activities, interviews, and a passion for pharmacy. The pre-pharmacy curriculum is similar to other health care professional preparation and intends to give the student the best possible background to pharmacy. The 64 semester hours of pre-pharmacy requirements may be taken at Belmont University or any regionally-accredited college or university. All prerequisite courses must be completed prior to matriculation into Belmont University School of Pharmacy. All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.0) or better or credited by receiving Advanced Placement (AP) high school credit. Possible exemptions are decided by the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs in consultation with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and the University Registrar. |
| Prerequisite Courses | Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 English Composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Writing Emphasis Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Biology with Labs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 General Physics with Lab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 General (inorganic) Chemistry with Lab . . . . . 8 General Organic Chemistry with Lab. . . . . . . . 8 Calculus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 General or Health Economics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Public Speaking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Social Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Electives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 |
| Enter Class Stat | Number interviewed: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 Number accepted: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 Estimated entering class size: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Estimated male (%): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30% Estimated female (%): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70% Estimated out-of-state (%): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60% |
| Application Process Requirements | Participates in PharmCAS: Yes Deadline for receipt of applications: March 1 Supplemental application required: Yes Supplemental application fee: $50 Expected GPA: 3.3 Minimum overall GPA considered: 2.7 Minimum prerequisite GPA considered: 2.7 PCAT required: Yes Minimum PCAT scores considered: No minimum Oldest PCAT scores considered: 5 years Interview required: Yes |