Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
270 Pharmacy BuildingSouth Campus
Buffalo, NY 14214-8033
Gary M. Pollack, Ph.D.
Dean, Professor
Donald E. Mager, PharmD, Ph.D., FCP
Professor, Vice Chair, and Interim Undergraduate Program Director
Sara Robinson
Academic Advisor, Associate Director of Admissions and Advisement
pharm-admit@buffalo.edu
Associated Programs
Associated Subjects
Curricular Plan
A Curricular Plan provides a roadmap for completing this academic program and the UB Curriculum on time. Your actual plan may vary depending on point of entry to the university, course placement and/or waivers based on standardized test scores, earned alternative credit and/or college transfer credit.
All students are encouraged to use this plan in conjunction with other academic planning resources such as your academic advisor, the HUB Academic Advisement Report, My Planner and Path Finder tool.
In addition to following this course roadmap, all other admission and academic requirements of this major as listed in the Undergraduate Catalog must be met in order to successfully complete this degree.
Freshman Year
| Course | Category | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| BIO 200LLB Evolutionary Biology | M/SLI1 | 5 |
| CHE 101LR General Chemistry & CHE 113 Lab or CHE 105LLR Chemistry-Prin & Applic | M/SLI2 or M/SLI2 | 5 or 5 |
| UB Seminar | UBS | 3 |
| Pathway or ENG 105 | P or CL1 | 3 or 4 |
| Total Credits: 16 or 17 | ||
| Course | Category | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| BIO 201LEC Cell Biology & BIO 211 Lab | M | 4 |
| CHE 102LLR General Chemistry & CHE 114 Lab or CHE 106LLR Chemistry-Prin & Applic | M or M | 5 or 5 |
| Pathway | P | 3 |
| Pathway or ENG 105LEC Writing and Rhetoric | P or CL1 | 3 or 4 |
| Total Credits: 15 or 16 | ||
Sophomore Year
| Course | Category | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| CHE 203LEC Organic Chem Lec & CHE 205 Lab | M | 5 |
| MTH 121LR Surv Calculus & Appl 1 or MTH 141LR College Calculus 1 | M/MQR or M/MQR | 4 or 4 |
| PHY 101LR College Physics or PHY 107LR General Physics 1 | M or M | 4 or 4 |
| Pathway and Diversity Learning | DIV/P | 3 |
| Total Credits: 16 | ||
| Course | Category | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| CHE 204LEC Organic Chem Lec & CHE 206 Lab | M | 5 |
| MTH 122LR Surv Calculus & Appl 2 or MTH 142LR College Calculus 2 | M or M | 4 or 4 |
| PHY 102LR College Physics or PHY 108LR General Physics 2 | M or M | 4 or 4 |
| Pathway | P | 3 |
| Total Credits: 16 | ||
Junior Year
| Course | Category | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| BCH 403LEC Biochemical Principles | M/P | 4 |
| PGY 451LEC Human Physiology I | M | 3 |
| PHC 330DIS Pharm Sci Writing Lab | CL2 | 1 |
| PHC 331LEC Case Studies in Pharm Sci | M/CL2 | 2 |
| PHC 401LR Pharmaceutical Chemistry | M | 3 |
| PHC 409LR Pharmacy Calculations | M | 3 |
| PHC 488SEM Faculty Research Seminar | M | 1 |
| Total Credits: 17 | ||
| Course | Category | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| PGY 452LEC Human Physiology | M | 3 |
| PHC 332LEC Introduction to Research | M | 1 |
| PHC 410LEC Physical Pharmacy | M | 3 |
| PHC 420LEC Pharmaceutical Analysis | M | 1 |
| PHC 421 Pharmaceutical Principles & PHC 421 Lab | M | 3 |
| PHC 425LEC Pharmaceutical Biotech & PHC 426DIS Lab ((Odd years only)) or Pathway | or P | 3 or 3 |
| PHC 414SEM Pharmaceutics Seminar | M | 1 |
| Total Credits: 15 | ||
Senior Year
| Course | Category | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| PMY 405LR Essentials of Pharmacology I | M | 5 |
| PHC 411LR Intro Pharmacokin Bioph 1 | M | 3 |
| PHC 417LEC Pharmacogenomics | M | 2 |
| PHC 431LEC Impt Advan Pharm Sci | M | 2 |
| PHC 498TUT Ug Research & Creative Act | M | 3 |
| Total Credits: 15 | ||
| Course | Category | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| PHC 425LEC Pharmaceutical Biotech & PHC 426DIS Lab ((Odd Years Only)) or Pathway | M or P | 3 or 3 |
| PHC 432DIS Methods Sci Commun | M | 1 |
| PMY 512LEC Principle of Pharmacology II | M | 4 |
| PHC 614SEM Pharmaceutics Seminar | M | 1 |
| PHC 616TUT Research | 3 | |
| UBC 399 UB Curriculum Capstone | M | 1 |
| Total Credits: 13 | ||
Fifth Year
| Course | Category | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| PHC 613SEM Pharmaceutics Seminar | M | 1 |
| PHC 500/600 level courses; including PHC 615 | 11 | |
| Total Credits: 12 | ||
| Course | Category | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| PHC 500/600 level courses including PHC 616 | M | 12 |
| Total Credits: 12 | ||
Total Credits Required for Degree:
148
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| M | Course required for major (including pre-requisites needed for admission to major) |
| E | Elective (course not required for major or UB Curriculum). * Some electives may need to be completed at the upper-division (at least 300-level and above) to fulfill the upper division requirement for baccalaureate degree. |
| UB Curriculum | |
| CAP | UB Capstone |
| CL1/CL2 | Communication Literacy (2 required) |
| DIV | Diversity in the United States |
| MQR | Math and Quantitative Reasoning |
| P | Pathway Course (6 required: 3 Global, 3 Thematic) |
| SLI1/SLI2 | Scientific Literacy and Inquiry (2 required) |
| UBS | UB Seminar |
| Note: Some classes may count toward both a major (M) and UB Curriculum (UBC) requirement. Courses that count toward more than one requirement are indicated by a "/" (slash) in the category column, indicating which categories the course will satisfy. | |