Advisors & Recruiters
Use this guide to prepare for conversations with high school or college students interested in a career in pharmacy.
Established in 1927, McWhorter School of Pharmacy’s history spans more than 90 years. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, our students experience our premier academic programs alongside a vibrant student life.
Why Pharmacy?
Pharmacists are medication experts who enhance patient care and promote wellness by using their professional knowledge to prepare and dispense prescriptions, ensure medicines and doses are correct, prevent harmful drug interactions, and counsel patients on the safe and appropriate use of their medications.
Pathways to PharmD
Prepharmacy at Samford
2 + 4 years
Samford University offers a two-year prepharmacy curriculum for a successful transition into McWhorter School of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy program. The benefits for students enrolled in this program are numerous, including all Students who receive annual renewable Samford scholarships as an entering freshman can keep their scholarships for four years, including their first two years of pharmacy school. Learn More
Prepharmacy Elsewhere
2 + 4 years
Prepharmacy course work can be completed at any regionally accredited college or university in the United States. While some pharmacy schools require three years of prerequisites, Samford’s McWhorter School of Pharmacy only requires two years. Applicants who have not earned a bachelor’s degree may use a math/science prerequisite if that course work was completed within five years of the submission of the pharmacy application.
Entering with a Bachelor Degree
4 + 4 years
If a student is planning to or already has earned a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college of university, he or she should be aware of the prerequisites required for admission. With the exception of math, science and public speaking, all other prerequisites are waived if the applicant has completed a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science—or the degree will be completed prior to starting classes at McWhorter School of Pharmacy.
Samford awards all second-year Doctor of Pharmacy students a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy studies, enabling them to pursue additional degrees, including a dual degree as a part of McWhorter School of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy program.
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