West Virginia University
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| ID | 119 |
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| Name | West Virginia University |
| City | Morgantown |
| State | West Virginia |
| Contact | W. Clarke Ridgway, R.Ph. Jennifer, Clutter, B.S.S.Ed. Office of Student Services WVU School of Pharmacy HSS 5700 PO Box 9500 Morgantown, WV 26506-9500 304-293-1552 or 7806 http://pharmacy.hsc.wvu.edu Financial Aid Office: WVU Health Sciences Center PO Box 9810 Morgantown, WV 26506-9810 304-293-3706 |
| Pharmacy School Name | School of Pharmacy |
| Accreditation Status | Full |
| Institution Type | Public |
| Main Campus | Morgantown, WV |
| Branch Campuses | None |
| Curriculum | The professional program leading to the Pharm.D. degree is designed to provide the student with the scientific and technical knowledge and communications skills required for the broad scope of pharmaceutical practice and to inculcate in the student a concept of the pharmacist’s professional responsibilities as a provider of pharmaceutical care. A minimum of two years is necessary to complete the approximate 65 hours of prerequisite course work prior to admission into the professional curriculum. The four year professional curriculum involves study in the basic biomedical sciences and in the areas of pharmaceutics, biopharmaceutics, pharmacy practice, pharmacokinetics, pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmacology, therapeutics, pharmacy administration, pharmacoeconomics, patient health education and disease prevention and health promotion. The experiential component includes activities in all four years of the curriculum and encompasses experiences in a variety of acute and ambulatory care, and institutional and community practice settings. Elective experiences are available in nontraditional areas of practice. Three months of the experiential component must be performed in designated rural practice settings. The determination of student status, advancement, and graduation is made by the Committee on Academic Standards in the School of Pharmacy and is subject to approval by the Dean. Once enrolled, students must complete 100 hours of community service as a condition of graduation. Admitted students must undergo criminal background checks and meet all vaccination and proof of immunity requirements, all done at the student’s expense. Students must meet technical standards of performance for admission, advancement and graduation. |
| Additional Requirements | Admission to the School of Pharmacy is based on the satisfactory completion of prepharmacy course requirements in a U.S. accredited college. Admission is quite competitive and is based on the prepharmacy academic record, Pharmacy College Admission Test scores, academic recommendations, and a personal interview with the Committee on Admissions. Interviews will be held at the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center in Morgantown from February through March. Students with cumulative and prerequisite course GPAs of less than 3.3 are rarely admitted. Only applicants selected by the Committee on Admissions are invited for an interview. The WVU School of Pharmacy does not limit its applicants to residents of the state; however, priority will be given to qualified resident applicants. The Committee on Admissions and the Dean will make the final selections for admission. Formal application to the School of Pharmacy must be made through PharmCAS. Completed applications must be submitted to PharmCAS no later than December 1 preceding the fall term in which the student is seeking enrollment. Supplemental applications will be sent to applicants selected by the Committee on Admissions. If space is available, students from other accredited pharmacy programs may be considered for admission with advanced standing, provided they meet the prerequisite course requirements of the WVU School of Pharmacy, have a competitive grade point average (minimum of 2.5 in their professional studies) and are eligible for readmission for the degree in pharmacy in the school previously attended. “D” grades in professional courses will not be transferred. |
| Prerequisite Courses | Introduction to Calculus/Calculus 1. . . . . . . . 3–4 English composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Principles of economics (micro). . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 General biology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 General chemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Organic chemistry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Introduction to statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Microbiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Public speaking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Arts and Humanities electives. . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 |
| Enter Class Stat | Number interviewed: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Number accepted: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Estimated entering class size: . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Estimated male (%): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43% Estimated female (%): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57% Estimated out-of-state (%): . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30% |
| Application Process Requirements | Participates in PharmCAS: Yes Deadline for receipt of applications: December 1 Supplemental application required: Yes Supplemental application fee: $50 Expected GPA: 3.6 Minimum overall GPA considered: 3.0 Minimum prerequisite GPA considered: 3.0 PCAT required: Yes Minimum PCAT scores considered: 60th percentile Oldest PCAT scores considered: 1 year Interview required: Yes |