If you have a sincere interest in people and health, you may consider pharmacy as a career. Modern pharmacy offers outstanding opportunities for professional service and personal achievement.
Pharmacy's ultimate goal is to render pharmaceutical care. This encompasses the full range of pharmacists' skills, knowledge and abilities in providing medication services to patients. Pharmacy is concerned with the preparation, distribution and use of drugs prescribed by doctors, dentists and other practitioners. An expanding need for pharmacists is shown by examining some of society's significant social and health issues. These include increases in average life span, the percentage of elderly in the population and in increased incidence of chronic diseases.
Sample Plans of Study
Plans of study show the types of courses you might take as a student in a particular major or program. This is presented simply to provide a realistic preview of your coursework. Once you enroll at Millikin, a faculty advisor will guide you through the process of selecting courses that will help you graduate on-time from this program. While these plans demonstrate a plan of study that cover eight semesters, each student’s academic path is unique and your timeline may look different.
Students should make careful use of the options available to them. Courses in the professional years are heavily concentrated in pharmacy and supporting sciences; the pre-pharmacy years are the last chance to take broadening, enriching courses in other areas. Therefore, students are well advised to take most, or all, of their electives outside the science-math area. Recommended areas include history, foreign language, philosophy, fine arts, economics, literature, political science, sociology and psychology.
