Pre Professional Health, Pre-Pharmacy

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Pre Professional Health

John Amtmann	496-4346	Physical Therapy, Physicians Assistant, Occupational Therapy
Rick Douglass	496-4450	Veterinary Medicine
Douglas Cameron	496-4247	Medicine, Dentistry, Chiropractic, Optometry, Pharmacy and anything else

Students interested in a professional health career need to explore the health care industry. This exploration is assisted through the following Pre-Professional Health (PPH) courses.

PPH 1006 - Freshman Pre-professional Health Seminar 1 credit
PPH 1946 - Current Topics In Health Care 1 credit
PPH 2916 - Internship 1 - 6 credits (Variable.)
PPH 2946 - Current Topics In Health Care 1 credit
PPH 3006 - Professional Health Entrance Exam Preparation 2 credits
PPH 3946 - Current Topics In Health Care 1 credit
PPH 4916 - Internship 1 - 6 credits (Variable.)
PPH 4946 - Current Topics In Health Care 1 credit

Pre-Pharmacy

Students at Montana Tech can complete the 1st two years of a pre-pharmacy program and then transfer to another school to complete the program. The program described below is designed to meet the requirements of The University of Montana - Missoula pre-pharmacy program:

1st Year

Fall Semester

CHMY 141 - College Chemistry I 3 credits
CHMY 142 - College Chemistry Laboratory I 1 credit
ECNS 2xx6 - 3 credits *
WRIT 101 - College Writing I 3 credits
PPH 1006 - Freshman Pre-professional Health Seminar 1 credit
Humanities & Fine Arts Elective 3 credits
PSYX 100 - Introduction to Psychology 3 credits
- OR -
SOCI 101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 credits

Total: 17

Spring Semester

BIOB 160 - Principles of Living Systems 3 credits
BIOB 270 - Bioethics 3 credits
CHMY 143 - College Chemistry II 3 credits
CHMY 144 - College Chemistry Laboratory II 1 credit
COMX 211 - Advanced Public Speaking 3 credits
- OR -
COMX 111 - Introduction to Public Speaking 3 credits
STAT 131 - Introduction to Biostatistics 3 credits
- OR -
STAT 216 - Introduction to Statistics 3 credits

Total: 17

2nd Year

Fall Semester

BIOH 301/302 - Human Anatomy & Physiology I with Lab 4 credits
CHMY 321 - Organic Chemistry I 3 credits
CHMY 322 - Organic Chemistry Lab I 1 credit
PHSX 121 - Fundamentals of Physics I 4 credits
M 1516 - 4 credits
- OR -
M 171 - Calculus I 3 credits

Total: 15/16

Spring Semester

BIOM 260 - General Microbiolgy 3 credits
CHMY 323 - Organic Chemistry II 3 credits
CHMY 324 - Organic Chemistry Lab II 1 credit
M 172 - Calculus II 3 credits
BIOH 311/312 - Human Anatomy & Physiology II 4 credits

Total: 15

Note(s)

Electives should be carefully chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor to insure that they meet the requirements of the Montana Tech core curriculum and in particular should be chosen to insure that 6 credits are from the Humanities Core and 6 credits are from the Social Sciences Core.

The courses listed in bold are not required in the pre-pharmacy curriculum, but, if taken, will insure that the student is also successfully completing most of the 1^st two years of the Biochemistry curriculum at Montana Tech.

*ECNS 201 , ECNS 202 , or ECNS 203 can satisfy the economics requirement.

60 hours of pharmacy observation are required!

While you are at Montana Tech and in the pre-pharmacy program, you should register as a Chemistry major and be assigned an advisor in this department who specializes in pre-pharmacy advising. In the 2^ndyear of this pre-pharmacy program you should take the PCAT test and apply for admission to the pharmacy school of your choice. Pharmacy is a popular degree and admission is selective and is based on the successful completion of a pre-pharmacy curriculum, GPA, PCAT scores, a successful internship, and letters of recommendation. MontanaTech has had a long history of placing students in pharmacy programs who were well prepared academically by our pre-pharmacy program and are now practicing pharmacists.