GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION:  ENWR1101 and 1102 will satisfy this requirement.

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS:  MATH 1201 and 2202 will satisfy this requirement.

¹HUMANITIES:  Take six credits of any course that has the prefix ENGL, HIST, HUMN, LANG, PHIL, or RELI, or the following ART courses:  ART1103, 1107, 1108, 1120, 1131, 1133, 1135, 1136, 1137, 2137, and 2238. Courses may be within the same discipline or different disciplines, but either way at least one course must be at the 2000 level or above.

²SPEECH/PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION:  Requirements consist of a three-credit Speech course.

³ETHICAL AND MORAL ANALYSIS:  Students must take BIOL4405 Ethics in Science to satisfy this requirement.

ART AND CULTURE:  This requirement is waived as it will be satisfied by UNIV2002 Global Issues.

SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS:  This requirement will be satisfied by BIOL1251 and 1252.

³YEARS 5-7 – SCHOOL of PHARMACY: 

A minimum of 120 credits is required for the BS degree, 92 of these are taken at the Metropolitan Campus in yrs. 1-3 + 28 credits (to be approved by department chair/director) in year 4 at FDU’s School of Pharmacy. Students not accepted into FDU’s School of Pharmacy have the option of switching out of the BS in Chemistry, PharmD combined degree and into another concentration.

Seven-year Program with Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy, Shenandoah University

Students are admitted to FDU – Metropolitan Campus as incoming freshmen or qualified transfer students. They may apply for the B.S. degree upon successful completion of six semesters at FDU, including the courses listed below, and the first year of study at Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy, Shenandoah University. A maximum of 32 credits from the School of Pharmacy may be transferred toward completion of the B.S. degree at FDU.

While enrolled at FDU, students are required to follow the accelerated preprofessional curriculum in chemistry and are expected to maintain a minimum cumulative grade point ratio of 3.25 or higher in all course work and a minimum of 3.40 in all science courses.

Qualified students enrolled in the combined degree program will be guaranteed a seat at Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy, Shenandoah University for training in pharmacy. To qualify, students must meet the following criteria:

• Completion of all FDU curriculum requirements, including the general education requirements and the degree program requirements for the major and all prerequisite courses required for admission to the School of Pharmacy. Students need to obtain a grade of 3.40 or higher in science courses;
• A GPA of 3.25 or higher;
• Submission of a satisfactory Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) score (75 or higher) in a timely fashion (taken no later than October of their junior year);
• A score of 36 or higher (out of 40) for the interview at Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy, Shenandoah University;
• Two favorable letters of recommendation from FDU faculty;
• One letter of support from a health care provider;
• Students currently enrolled at FDU who seek admission to the combined degree program must apply to the School of Natural Sciences, University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies, Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J prior to the completion of 60 credit hours at FDU or at least one year before the anticipated date of matriculation at Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy, Shenandoah University.

Students not accepted into Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy have the option of switching out of the BS in Chemistry - PharmD combined degree and into another concentration.