Admissions Requirements
For all admissions related inquiries contact Dr. Tashel Gandhi, PharmD (tgandhi@csu.edu)
Priority deadline of December 1, 2023 - Applicants that apply by the priority deadline date are considered first for Merit Scholarships.
Application deadline has been extended to June 3, 2024.
The link is here.
Supplemental Application: Not required
Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT): NOT Required
The College of Health Sciences & Pharmacy works on a rolling admissions cycle with review of applications from September through July. The link is here.
The CSU-COHS&P considers for admission those prospective students who possess the academic and professional promise necessary to become outstanding members of the pharmacy profession. To select these students, the college uses a rolling selection process within a competitive admissions framework.
Holistic Admissions
Within its competitive admissions framework, the CSU-COHS&P uses multiple criteria to select the most qualified candidates from an applicant pool that exceeds the number of seats available.
Admission Requirements
To be considered for admission to the COHS&P, a prospective student must do the following:
- Complete, or be in the process of completing, a minimum of 54 semester hours of non-remedial, prerequisite course work from a regionally accredited US college or university. It is preferred that all pre-pharmacy course work requirements be completed in the spring semester prior to matriculation. The student must earn a grade of C or better in each prerequisite course. (A grade of C- or less will not be accepted)
Pre-Pharmacy Requirements
- All required (prerequisite) courses must be completed with a letter grade of C or better prior to entrance into the professional pharmacy program. Grades of C- or less are not acceptable.
- Achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.50 (on a 4.00 scale), a minimum pre-requisite GPA of
2.50 (on a 4.00 scale) in the required pre-pharmacy course curriculum, a minimum pre-requisite
science and math GPA of 2.50 (on a 4.00 scale) in the required science and math pre-pharmacy
course curriculum;
- Grades from all attempts of repeated coursework will be included when calculating the cumulative, pre-requisite and pre-requisite science and math coursework grade point average. It is preferred that science and math prerequisite coursework be completed within the last 5 years. Prerequisite coursework older than 10 years will be considered on a case by case basis. Only pre-requisite courses required by CSU-COP will be included in pre-requisite GPA calculations.
- Reflect a people/service orientation through community service or extracurricular activities;
- Reflect proper motivation for and commitment to the pharmacy profession as demonstrated by previous work, volunteer, or other life experiences;
- Possess the oral and written communication skills necessary to interact with patients and colleagues;
- Complete CSU-COHS&P’s on-campus interview process (by invitation only).
- Students can opt to submit a PCAT score, although it is not required for application review
Effective Fall 2021, students applying will require the following pre-pharmacy courses. All other requirements will remain the same.
| Course(s) | Cr.Hrs |
| English (composition) | 6 |
| Biology (with laboratory) | 8 |
| Anatomy + Physiology, human (All systems) | 6 |
| General Chemistry (with laboratory) | 8 |
| Organic Chemistry (with laboratory) | 8 |
| Physics (mechanics, thermodynamics, force, and motion must be included. May be non-calculus based) | 3 |
| Calculus (integration and differentiation) | 3 |
| Speech (public speaking) | 3 |
| Economics (micro, macro, or general) | 3 |
| Statistics (must include probability testing, population statistics, and hypothesis testing up to simple regression) | 3 |
| Psychology or Sociology | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 54 |
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