Creighton University PharmD prerequisites

[Acaidian]

Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with filling the PharmD prerequisites(https://spahp.creighton.edu/future-stude...requisites)

using ACE credits from Study, SL, etc. They say they transfer ACE transcripts, but not 100% sure if they will allow all of the credits from them or not. (https://adultdegrees.creighton.edu/futur...arn-credit)

Thank you so much for your time!

[clep3705]

All? Absolutely not.

"For chemistry and biology courses, survey courses, courses without associated laboratories, courses designed for non-science majors, online science courses utilizing a laboratory kit or abbreviated courses targeted toward health science majors are not acceptable as prerequisite science courses."

Without real chemistry laboratory experiences, you won't be qualified and competent.

[cookderosa]

Hey everyone! I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with filling the PharmD prerequisites(https://spahp.creighton.edu/future-stude...requisites)

using ACE credits from Study, SL, etc. They say they transfer ACE transcripts, but not 100% sure if they will allow all of the credits from them or not. (https://adultdegrees.creighton.edu/futur...arn-credit)

Thank you so much for your time!

You have to be smarter about how you use alternative credit when you're applying to a competitive program like pharm.

The program you're looking at says "Prerequisite courses must be completed at any regionally accredited institution located within the United States and must be completed with a grade of C or better (a C- grade is not acceptable). Coursework from institutions that evaluate students with a narrative rather than numeric or alpha grade is not accepted. "

Since EVERYTHING on your ACE transcript is pass/fail, you won't be able to use anything ACE for those courses. That's not to say you can't use ACE anywhere- but if you look at their prereq list, they are very clear - so NO ACE.

By extension, NO CLEP and NO DSST for the courses on that list.

Beyond that, you're fine. As an example, they want Calculus for the prereq, you could use CLEP to earn College Algebra and or PreCal credit at your 4-year college so you can then take Calculus (assuming your 4-year college accepts CLEP).

You can also build in courses from your community college or other community colleges, but again, this kind of list has a lot of moving parts.

It is my opinion that the less you understand the process, the more traditional you should be. You CAN NOT argue a point with them over transfer of credit because "cookderosa on degree forum said so" you have to understand exactly how it works so you can make sure you're being precise. This is no game, and the road you're going down with graded sciences will be VERY EXPENSIVE. My advice is to stop now and pursue a 100% traditional path through your local school.

(PS THough not pharmacy, I used online science lab courses to earn admission into nursing programs, it just requires *careful* understanding of how it works and what they want.)

[alleycat]

My daughter has her PharmD. She graduated spring of 2017 from Mass school of Pharm. I agree with Jennifer. You will have to seek more direct course work through your local college. It is a very competitive field to get into. Grades mean a lot.

[Cheeseburrito]

The grades are audited and can be used as a factor in determining admission between you and 50 other students who are equally as qualified as you are. They may even go so far as to seek references from your lab prof to see how you did in the lab environment.

In short, no.