Both Ohio State Pharmacy BSPS pathways incorporate innovative coursework with an increased focus on integrated science learning, hands-on laboratory experiences and career development.

Our students are given the breadth and depth of knowledge they will need to enter a variety of biomedical careers.

Both BSPS pathways incorporate innovative coursework with an increased focus on integrated science learning, hands-on laboratory experiences and career development.

Students complete the BSPS degree requirements through one of two paths:

Healthcare Professions Pathway: largely designed for those students intending to pursue clinical careers in pharmacy, medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry, and others
Drug Discovery and Development Pathway: largely designed for those students intending to pursue graduate school and/or research-based careers in the pharmaceutical sciences

BSPS required courses

Total minimum credit hours: 121

General Education Courses

Arts & Humanities: 12 credit hours
- Visual and Performing Arts (3 credit hours)
- Literature (3 credit hours)
- Historical Study (3 credit hours)
  - PHR 3807: Vaccines: A Global History
- Cultures & Ideas (3 credit hours)
  - PHR 3420: Generation Rx: America's Drug-Taking Culture (recommended)
  - PHR 3530: Drugs, Human Enhancement and the Mastery of Nature (recommended)
Social Science: 6 credit hours
Writing: 6 credit hours
- 1st level writing course (3 credit hours)
- 2nd level writing course (3 credit hours)
  - PHR 2367.01 (in-person) or PHR 2367.02 (distance-learning): Drug Use in American Culture (recommended)
Global Studies*: 6 credit hours
- *May overlap with Social Science or Art & Humanities GE
Social Diversity in the U.S.*: 3 credit hours
- *May overlap with Social Science or Art & Humanities GE

Core Sciences & Math

General Chemistry: CHEM 1210 (5) & 1220 (5)
General Biology: BIOLOGY 1113 (4) & 1114 (4)
Calculus: MATH 1151 (5)
Organic Chemistry (Lecture/Lab): CHEM 2510 (4)/2540 (2) & 2520 (4)/2550 (2)
Human Physiology: PHR 3100 (4) or PHYSIO 3200 (5)
Biostatistics: STAT 2480 (3)

BSPS Required Classes

Pharmaceutical Sciences Survey: PHR 1100 (1)
Career Development in Pharmaceutical Sciences: PHR 2100 (0.5)
Career Development in Pharmaceutical Sciences: PHR 2101 (0.5)
Drug Discovery, Development, & Delivery: PHR 2500 (3)
Biochemistry for the Pharmaceutical Sciences: PHR 3200 (5)
Pharmacoethics: Dilemmas and Decision-Making: PHR 3500 (2)
Molecules to Medicine: An Integrated Approach to the Pharmaceutical Sciences I & II: PHR 4000 (5) & 4010 (5)
Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory: PHR 4600 (2)