Pre-Pharmacy - Henry Ford Community College

Pre-Pharmacy from Henry Ford Community College is a Campus Associate Pharmacy degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The Program This Associate in Science degree program in Pre-Pharmacy is designed as an academic transfer program for those students interested in becoming pharmacists. The courses outlined in the program of study have been carefully selected using the basic admission requirements for a number of pharmacy programs as a guide. This program is designed to prepare students with a solid foundation using a set of carefully selected courses, which will maximize the transfer of course work. These courses were selected considering the general admission criteria used by pharmacy schools and the formal transfer agreements HFCC maintains with many of the universities throughout Michigan. Pre-Pharmacy students are strongly encouraged to work closely with the Pharmacy Coordinator before they select their courses in order to be certain that these courses are covered by the transfer agreements. Transfer Credit Guarantee Under HFCC's Transfer Credit Guarantee, HFCC will refund the tuition for any approved transfer course passed at HFCC with at least a "C" grade if that course work does not transfer to a college or university. Such classes must be listed as transferable on the transfer institution's official guide sheets on file in the University Transfer, Advising, and Career Counseling Center. To identify those select transfer courses, it is essential for students to maintain close contact with our pharmacy coordinator. Nearly all the pharmacy schools now grant the degree of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.), which requires at least six years or more of post-secondary study. The HFCC Pre-Pharmacy program is designed to cover the first steps in that process. The very nature of the profession requires a strong math and science foundation. Also, the admissions test that a number of programs use in their selection process requires a solid reading comprehension ability. Students with a strong academic background who are able to start with the advanced courses required in this program may complete it in two years. Those students needing additional support or prerequisite courses may require more than two years to complete the program. Pharmacy Options HFCC offers our students two distinct program options. The first option is the Pre-Pharmacy Academic Transfer program, which is designed for the transfer of course work for those students primarily interested in applying to pharmacy schools. The second program option at HFCC is our one-year Pharmacy Technician program. The technician curriculum is designed to prepare the students for employment assisting pharmacists after completion of the program. Unlike the Pre-Pharmacy program, the courses in the Pharmacy Technician program are designed to prepare the students for employment immediately and not designed for transfer nor intended for those students primarily interested in applying to pharmacy schools. (See the Pharmacy Technician brochure for more information on that one-year certificate program). View more details on Henry Ford Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Pharmacy courses.