Pre-Pharmacy, A.S.
The Pre-Pharmacy, A.S. degree prepares students for pharmacy careers, focusing on drug properties, patient care, and research with easy transfer options.
About the Pre-Pharmacy Degree
- Pharmacists need to understand drugs' properties and their effects on the body.
- They work in different places like community pharmacies, hospitals, drug companies, and government agencies.
- Pharmacists can care for patients, teach at schools, or do research in pharmacy.
- You'll study for at least two full-time academic years, but many students need around three years for prerequisite courses.
Pre-Pharmacy Degree Details
Dive into the world of pharmacy. Understand drug properties, patient care, and research.
After successfully completing this program, you will have the ability to:
- Communicate pharmaceutical information using oral, written, or digital presentation techniques.
- Solve problems with scientific methods.
- Use proper laboratory techniques.
- Identify issues involving pharmacology in society.
- Explain the physical and chemical properties of drugs as well as their particular biologic effects.
- Integrate concepts from several disciplines around a central pharmacological theme.
- Illustrate scientific data with graphs, tables, or text.
- Use chemical instrumentation.
- Find scientific literature.
- Evaluate scientific literature.
View the Degree Requirements to find out which courses and credits you'll need to earn your degree.
Explore the Program Map to see how you can complete your degree in just two years. If you're considering transferring to a four-year university, contact your TCC academic advisor.
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