Belmont University
School
of Pharmacy
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
1900 Belmont Blvd
Nashville, TN 37212
615-460-6748
E-mail: pharmacy@mail.belmont.edu
Website: www.belmont.edu/pharmacy
| PharmCAS 2009
Application and Transcript Deadline:
March 2, 2009 |
Statistics for 2008 Entering
Class Acceptees *
Number interviewed - 200
Number accepted - 105
Estimated entering class size - 75
Estimated male - 38%
Estimated female - 62%
* Data as of April 2008
Application Criteria for 2009 Entering
Class
Minimum overall GPA considered - 2.7
PCAT - Test taken by June 2003 or more recently will only be accepted.
Total number of new entrants expected - 75
Accreditation Status: Pre-candidate
Type of Institution: Private
Participates in Early Decision Program: No
PREREQUISITES
We require that 64 semester hour credits
of pre-pharmacy college be completed prior to matriculation.
Applicants must successfully complete ALL course prerequisites by the
end of the Summer 2009 term.
Biology with lab
|
8 semester hours |
| Physics w/ lab |
4 semester hours |
General Chemistry w/ lab
|
8 semester hours |
Organic Chemistry w/ lab
|
8 semester hours |
| Calculus |
3 semester hours |
| Statistics |
3 semester hours |
| English Composition I |
3 semester hours |
| Literature |
3 semester hours |
| English Composition II or other Writing Emphasis (WE) course |
3 semester hours |
| Economics |
3 semester hours |
| Public Speaking |
3 semester hours |
| Social Sciences (psychology, sociology, political science, or history) |
9 semester hours |
| Electives |
6 semester hours |
INSTITUTION-SPECIFIC ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS AND DEADLINES
FOR PHARM. D. DEGREE PROGRAM
2009 ENTERING CLASS
| ALL
APPLICANTS |
REQUIREMENTS
AND DEADLINES
|
OTHER
INFORMATION |
| Filing
your PharmCAS application references and transcripts |
March 2, 2009 |
PharmCAS application and
application fee must be received at
PharmCAS by this date. In addition, applicants are strongly
encouraged to also forward all official transcripts and letters
of reference to PharmCAS by this date. PharmCAS will not consider
an application complete and will not begin the verification
process until all official transcripts are received. |
Supplemental
application
|
March 2, 2009 |
Visit our website at http://www.belmont.edu/pharmacy/applying/index.html |
| Supplemental
application fee |
Required |
$50.00 |
| PCAT |
Required |
Select PharmCAS code 104 |
| Oldest
PCAT considered |
2003 |
|
| Pharmacy-related
experience |
Not required, but recommended |
|
| Proof
of State residency |
Not Required |
|
| Non-U.S.
citizens |
Eligible to apply |
|
| Foreign
transcripts |
Send foreign transcripts
to evaluation service for course-by-course report. Send to PharmCAS
by March 2, 2009 deadline |
Belmont University only accepts evaluations from: WES
|
Letter(s)
of Reference (recommendations/
evaluations) |
Two (2) letters of reference
should be completed on the Letters of Reference form included
in your PharmCAS application. It is highly recommended that
applicants submit both letters of reference to PharmCAS by March 2, 2009. |
See the Letters
of Reference page on this website for a list of possible
evaluators.
This institution DOES NOT accept
evaluations from the following:
Teaching Assistants
Friends
Family Members
|
| Interview
|
Required of invited applicants |
Offered to selected applicants only. |
Dates
during which Mandatory Candidate Visits are generally held |
December to April |
The interview day includes a presentation by the school, a formal interview with faculty, essays, and a tour of the campus.
|
| ACCEPTED
CANDIDATES |
REQUIREMENTS
AND DEADLINES |
OTHER
INFORMATION |
| Acceptance
letters for regular applicants |
Rolling |
|
| Acceptee's
response to acceptance offer |
Two (2)weeks after date
of acceptance letter |
|
| Deposit
to hold place in class |
Two (2)weeks after date
of acceptance letter |
$500.00 |
| Date
of new student orientation |
8/21/2009 |
|
| Date
of first day of classes and/or matriculation |
8/26/2009 |
|
| Requests
for deferred entrance |
N/A |
|
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The School of Pharmacy at Belmont University offers a four-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program that trains students to serve patients compassionately and to manage a variety of healthcare systems and personnel effectively.
Alongside our regular curriculum, we offer innovative specializations in four areas that will further enhance your marketability and career options. The "Pharmacy +" philosophy at Belmont allows students to focus on one of the following concentrations:
- Management: Successful pharmacists require more than a base in the science of pharmacy; long-term career success and responsible patient care requires more-than-passing training in the art and science of management. This is one of the profession's greatest needs.
- Informatics: Information systems infuse all aspects of health care delivery; career competence requires that ability to use and to develop systems that integrate and extend current and emerging technologies.
- Pharmacotherapy: Contemporary health care is a team-based, complex enterprise; professional effectiveness requires knowledge of and longitudinal experience collaborating with multiple health care partners to navigate the complexity of the health care system so that all patients receive exceptional care.
- Missions: Pharmacy is about serving others and what distinguishes fully-developed pharmacists is the extent to which concern for others and a service commitment infuses all aspects of the pharmacist's life; leadership in the profession and one's community requires understanding of and a commitment to health care access and equity for underserved populations.
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