What classes should I take now?

[Shimmery]

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I'm not sure what to take for this fall, as I'm not certain what other prerequisites I need done for pharmacy school. All I know is that I'm taking Biology I with lab and Microbiology with lab. Is there anything else that I should take?

Someone suggested that I should take Biochemistry, Genetics, or Cell Biology, with the other two biology courses that I have planned for the Fall, but I believe that it's an overkill.

In the summer, I'll be taking Biomedical ethics, and that should eliminate another prerequisite out of the way.

Here are the classes that I have taken so far.

Fall Semester 2006

History of U.S. II

College Algebra

Writing Strategies

Intro to College Reading

Intro to Sociology

Spring Semester 2007

History of U.S. I

Intro to Justice

Trigonometry

Intro to College Writing

Summer 2007

Survey Of Chemistry

Fund/Oral Communication

Fall Semester 2007

General Chemistry I

General Chemistry I Lab

Intro PC & Application Softwar

Meth of Written Communication

Calculus I

Spring Semester 2008

Human Anatomy & Physiology I

General Chemistry II

General Chemistry II Lab

Technical Writing

Elementary Statistics

Fall Semester 2008

Human Anatomy & Physiology II

Organic Chemistry I

Beginning Soccer

Introduction to Pharmacy

Pharmacology for Technicians I

Spring Semester 2009

Organic Chemistry II

Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Prin of Macroeconomics

Techniques of Pharm Practice

Basic Physics I

Basic Physics I Laboratory

Summer Semester 2009

Biomedical Ethics

Proposed Fall Semester 2009

Fundamentals of Biology I - 4 credits with lab

Fundamentals of Biology I Lab - 0 credits

Introductory Microbiology for Health Sciences - 4 credits with lab

Introductory Microbiology for Health Sciences Laboratory - 0 credits

 

[marcusnasland]

Beginning soccer? That can't be a class?

 

[Shimmery]

Ah, but it is 🙄

It was only 1 credit, and it was half of a semester.

 

[koercive]

http://www.pharmcas.org/collegesschools/directoryalphastate.htm

check specific pre-reqs at different schools. I needed to take biochem / cell biology, but like you said that's a bit overkill. I would probably save a few classes for spring / summer.

 

[Shimmery]

http://www.pharmcas.org/collegesschools/directoryalphastate.htm

check specific pre-reqs at different schools. I needed to take biochem / cell biology, but like you said that's a bit overkill. I would probably save a few classes for spring / summer.

I'm a step ahead of you there.

I checked all the schools and found out that 19 of them would only need Biology and Microbiology, the rest of the prerequisites it finished from the best of my knowledge.

 

[AStudentDoctor]

I think you need to finish your physics requirements.

Other than that it looks good 👍

Hit the PCAT hard.

 

[Shimmery]

I think you need to finish your physics requirements.

Other than that it looks good 👍

Hit the PCAT hard.

I HATE physics. I would never believe that you're going to use it in pharmacy, ever, and that goes for some of the prerequisites that we need to take.

 

[Passion4Sci]

I HATE physics. I would never believe that you're going to use it in pharmacy, ever, and that goes for some of the prerequisites that we need to take.

it seems to be what is known as a "weed out" class.

 

[Shimmery]

it seems to be what is known as a "weed out" class.

Yeah, but still, these "weed out" classes are useless, even though I passed the class, I did not like it one bit.

 

[Passion4Sci]

Yeah, but still, these "weed out" classes are useless, even though I passed the class, I did not like it one bit.

Yea, useless except for the purpose of "weeding out" people. =)

No one is asking you to like every class you take, anyway.

 

[Shimmery]

I know 🙁

 

[crazybob]

if you ever learn about nuclear pharmacy, you'll use a little bit of physics that you have learned. and in pharmacokinetics, you might use some physics there.