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Nov 21, 2024
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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025
Medicinal and Biological Chemistry with a Pharmaceutical Concentration, B.S.
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136-137 Credit Hours
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Graduation Requirements
Conferral of a Baccalaureate degree in this program of study is determined by successful completion of the Baccalaureate Graduation Requirements outlined here .
NOTE: Students must earn 39 upper level (3000-4000) credit hours in order to graduate. A total of at least 21 of these upper level credit hours must be completed in the selected major.
Visit this program’s information page for additional program-specific requirements.
Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) - 43 Credit Hours
Medicinal and Biological Chemistry majors must complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements as set out in the Faith, Roots, and Reason Program . The Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) Mathematics and Science requirements are fulfilled through other courses in this major. Only 37 of the 43 credit hours of General Education will still be required for the completion of this program.
Medicinal and Biological Chemistry w/ Pharmacy, B.S. Program - 99-100 Credit Hours
Science Courses - 53-54 Credit Hours
Biology Courses - 23-24 Credit Hours
Chemistry Courses - 30 Credit Hours
Choose one of the following options
Note: Students must ensure their combination of Chemistry courses total the required 30 credit hours.
Mathematics Courses - 7 Credit Hours
Pharmaceutical Concentration - 39 Credit Hours
Pharmacy Courses - 36 Credit Hours
Please refer to the Graduate & Pharmacy Catalog for course descriptions.
- PRX 1103 - Principles of Drug Action I
- PRX 1114 - Pharmaceutics
- PRX 1123 - Integrated Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology I
- PRX 1143 - Introduction to Professionalism and Communication in Pharmacy
- PRX 1142 - Pharmacy Calculations
- PRX 1203 - Principles of Drug Action II
- PRX 1212 - Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience I - Community Operations
- PRX 1213 - Pharmacokinetics
- PRX 1222 - Clinical Laboratory and Physical Assessment
- PRX 1223 - Integrated Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology II
- PRX 1242 - Public Health, Medication Safety, and Disease Prevention
- PRX 1251 - Pharmaceutical Compounding Laboratory
- PRX 1291 - Critical Pharmacy Knowledge I
- PRX 2172 - Drug Information
- PRX 2191 - Critical Pharmacy Knowledge II
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*Required Pre-Professional Courses
None of the 3000-4000 level courses in the major may be taken by transient credit.
Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher in the undergraduate portion and the pharmacy portion of the major to graduate with the BS degree in Medicinal and Biological Chemistry with a Pharmaceutical Concentration. Students also must complete all courses in the major (both at the undergraduate level and in the Gregory School of Pharmacy) with a grade of C- or above.
Microbiology Policy for Students Seeking Admission to the Gregory School of Pharmacy
- Transfer students, who are pursuing the B.S./PharmD program and who have lower level credit in microbiology, may choose to:
- Take the upper credit level microbiology course (BIO 3501 /BIO 3503 ) at Palm Beach Atlantic (preferred option) or
- Take one of the following upper level courses: Molecular Biology (BIO 3053 /BIO 3152 ) or Cell Biology (BIO 3101 /BIO 3103 ) or Genetics (BIO 3111 /BIO 3113 ) or Biochemistry II (CHM 3311 /CHM 3313 ) or Virology (BIO 4013 ).
- Transfer students in the Two Year Pre-Pharmacy Program who have prior lower level credit in microbiology may use it to meet the pre-requisite of the Gregory School of Pharmacy.
- All other students and transfer students without prior microbiology course credit will take Microbiology (BIO 3501 /BIO 3503 ). This requirement may not be met by transient study.
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