Topic > Why Pharmacy: A Career as a Career - 1475

After completing high school you can enter a two- or four-year college. It can be any school like Clemson or the University of South Carolina. Here you are required to complete pre-pharmacy, which is a two-year process. Approximately 68 credit hours are needed to graduate and move on to pharmacy school. You must complete basic general courses in graduate studies. (pharmacy.ku, 2015) However, my sister stayed in college for three years because she wanted to receive a Clemson diploma. After completing your undergraduate studies, you must apply and be admitted to a pharmacy school. There are many pharmacies such as Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy or University of South Carolina School of Pharmacy. (Bobbie Pattillo) Pharmacy school is a four-year process that may require courses such as toxicology, patient care, drug absorption rates, biopharmaceuticals and more. (educational portal, 2015) After completing pharmacy school you have to pass the boards, which is an exam. (North American pharmacist licensing exam) If you pass you will receive your Pharm.D., which is the doctorate of pharmacy. However, pharmacy also requires practical experience. Prospective pharmacists must work in a pharmacy to gain more experience, but must complete rotations in their fourth year of school. Future pharmacists work in different pharmacies and settings throughout the year. One month they might work in a hospital