Pre-Pharmacy at Houghton

The Houghton program in pre-pharmacy, in cooperation with the University of Buffalo, is a seven year program resulting in a Biology BA major (Houghton) and a PharmD (UB). The program entails three years of study at Houghton and four years at the University of Buffalo (students in the program must meet UB academic requirements and interview for the program).

The program includes coursework in biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. The Biology BA major is met with 26 hours in the major, 8 hours of prerequisites and 8 hours of co-requisites. In addition, there are a number of courses required for admission into the University of Buffalo PharmD program.

Prerequisites
BIOL 151 General Biology I 4 hours
BIOL 152 General Biology II 4
  Sub-total 8
Co-requisites
CHEM 151 General Chemistry I 4
CHEM 152 General Chemistry II 4
  Sub-total 8
Major requirements
BIOL 217 Human Anatomy & Physiology I 4
BIOL 218 Human Anatomy & Physiology II 4
BIOL 242 Microbiology 4
BIOL 251 Genetics 4
BIOL 482 Senior Seminar 2
  Upper-level Biology electives 8 (to be met at UB)
  Sub-total 26