University of Minnesota
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| ID | 57 |
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| Name | University of Minnesota |
| City | Minneapolis |
| State | Minnesota |
| Contact | College of Pharmacy |
| Pharmacy School Name | College of Pharmacy |
| Accreditation Status | Full |
| Institution Type | Public |
| Main Campus | Minneapolis, MI |
| Branch Campuses | Duluth, MN |
| Curriculum | The mission of the professional program is to educate pharmacists with superior knowledge and skills to provide pharmaceutical care. The courses in the College of Pharmacy encompass several major areas: Medicinal chemistry (biochemistry of medicinals, medicinal agents, biotechnology, and microbiology/ immunology) and pharmacology courses focus on understanding the actions and therapeutic uses of various types of medications that affect organ systems, immune functions, and infections. Pharmaceutics courses (drug delivery, pharmacokinetics, and biopharmaceutics) concentrate on principles involved in drug dosage formulations, dosage form design, and how drugs are absorbed, distributed and eliminated from the body. The pharmacotherapy sequence applies this basic information to the patient by focusing on the nature and cause of various disease states and the treatment of these disorders. The pharmaceutical care sequence examines the various roles of the pharmacist within the health care system and teaches a model of pharmacy practice. Pharmacy administration and economics courses develop an understanding of the influence of the external environment on the practice of pharmacy and present principles of management essential in maintaining a viable practice. The first three years of the curriculum provide early practice experiences and the fundamental components of pharmacy education needed to practice in a variety of pharmacy settings. Beginning in the second year, students take electives that give them the opportunity to explore and develop expertise in specific areas of pharmacy, including research. During the fourth year of the curriculum, students complete nine advanced pharmacy practice experiences, including general patient care, populationspecific patient care, and community and institutional practice. |
| Additional Requirements | Candidates must have a minimum GPA of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale, or 3.20 over the last 60 semester credits, to qualify for admission. The required prepharmacy courses may be taken at any accredited U.S. college. Post-secondary courses taken outside the U.S. or Canada must be evaluated by an accredited U.S. evaluation service. Pre-pharmacy courses must be taken A-F and completed with a grade of C or better. Prior to matriculation, 48 semester hour credits of college are to be completed. Application materials are available from PharmCAS at www.pharmcas.org. Once an applicant has successfully completed the PharmCAS application, he/she will receive a supplemental application from the College. The applicants ranking highest according to the admissions criteria are invited to interview with the faculty. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Students are admitted to the College fall semester only. Applicants complete one application for entry into either the Twin Cities or Duluth campus-campus choice should be indicated on the application. The TOEFL is required of all international applicants whose native language is not English, except those who will have completed 16 semester credits (within the past 24 months) in residence as a full-time student at a recognized institution of higher learning in the United States before entering the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. |
| Prerequisite Courses | English Composition (one advanced level course). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 General Chemistry (full year sequence) . . . . . 6 Organic Chemistry (full year sequence). . . . . 6 General Biology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Microbiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Human Anatomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Human Physiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Calculus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Physics (full year sequence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Behavioral Sciences (two courses) . . . . . . . . . . .6 Economics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Public Speaking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 |
| Enter Class Stat | Number interviewed: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356 Number accepted: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255 Estimated entering class size: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 Estimated male (%): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29% Estimated female (%): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71% Estimated out-of-state (%): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31% |
| Application Process Requirements | Participates in PharmCAS: Yes Deadline for receipt of applications: February 1 Supplemental application required: Yes Supplemental application fee: $75 Expected GPA: 3.5 Minimum overall GPA considered: 3.0 Minimum prerequisite GPA considered: Not reported PCAT required: Yes Minimum PCAT scores considered: No minimum Oldest PCAT scores considered: No limit Interview required: Yes |