六九色堂

High school graduates of the months immediately preceding the beginning of undergraduate study at 六九色堂, current freshman or sophomore students, and transfer students who complete at least 30 credit hours at Detroit Mercy are eligible for consideration as a program participant.

Once admitted, a program participant must be enrolled as a full-time student in each regular semester. All pre-pharmacy prerequisite coursework must be completed at the McNichols Campus within the three calendar years immediately prior to the beginning of the pharmacy school phase of the program.

Students successfully completing all requirements of the program will be granted the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Chemistry from 六九色堂 and the Doctor of Pharmacy degree from University of Saint Joseph. The bachelor‘s degree is awarded by 六九色堂 after the required credits at University of Saint Joseph are completed to fulfill the remaining undergraduate requirements.

The Selection Committee will consider for acceptance into the program an applicant who has met ALL of the following basic criteria:

Qualifications for new freshman or transfer students:

• Has been accepted for admission as a freshman or transfer student at 六九色堂.
• Has submitted to the Admissions Office, following acceptance, a 350-400-word personal essay on a topic supplied at the time of application.
• Has two letters of recommendation addressing the candidate's qualifications for the program.
• For new freshman, has achieved a high school ACT composite score of at least 26 (min of 23 on Math and 22 on all other subsections), or a combined SAT score of at least 1240 (min of 530 on ERW and min of 570 MATH). 
• For new freshman, has earned for the first six semesters of high school a grade point average of 3.4 overall on a 4.0-point scale.
• For new freshman, has directed the high school office to supply to the Admissions Office an up-to-date high school transcript by January 15 of the application year.
• For new transfer students, has submitted a current transcript to the Admissions Office.
• For new transfer students, has a 3.3 overall GPA and 3.3 science GPA.
• Students are most competitive with science prerequisite courses completed at Detroit Mercy.

Qualifications for Detroit Mercy freshman/sophomores:

• Students with a 3.3 overall GPA and 3.3 prerequisite GPA can apply for the program
• Students must be on track to complete major and core curriculum requirements by the end of their third year in the program.
• Students are most competitive with science prerequisite courses completed at Detroit Mercy.

Applicants who have satisfied the above requirements will be reviewed by the 6-Year Pharmacy Selection Committee. The selection committee will make the final determination on the limited number of students accepted into the program.

An applicant will be eligible for admission to the pharmacy phase of study following the successful completion of all aspects of the initial three years of the program. This includes:

• Successful completion of all required pre-pharmacy courses with a C or better before matriculation to the pharmacy phase of program.
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.3 or better, and prerequisite GPA of 3.3 or better
• Completion of the Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) exam above the 50^th (the PCAT is the national standardized examination required of all applicants for admission to professional schools of pharmacy.)
• Completion of a PharmCAS application by March 1^st and successful interview with University of Saint Joseph School of Pharmacy.
• If students have not already completed the requirements for the bachelor’s degree before matriculation to the pharmacy phase, the bachelor’s degree will be awarded by Detroit Mercy after the first year of the pharmacy phase of the program.

The deadline for Detroit Mercy's receipt of applications for the 6-Year Program is December 1 of the applicant's senior year of high school. All who are interested in being considered for admission into the 6-Year Program should specifically and clearly indicate this at the time they submit their applications for admission as entering freshmen into the University's College of Engineering & Science. Applications for the program are to be sent to the office of Undergraduate Admissions at the McNichols Campus.

Chemistry Courses

• CHM 1070 General Chemistry I (3 credits)
• CHM 1100 General Chemistry Lab I (1 credit)
• CHM 1080 General Chemistry II (3 credits)
• CHM 1120 General Chemistry Lab II (1 credit)
• CHM 2270 Organic Chemistry I (3 credits)
• CHM 2250 Organic Chemistry Lab I (1 credit)
• CHM 2290 Organic Chemistry II (3 credits)
• CHM 2310 Advanced Organic and Inorganic Synthetic Laboratory (1 credit)
• CHM 3200 Computers in Chemistry and Molecular Modeling (1 credit)
• CHM 3330 Physical Chemistry Laboratory I (1 credit)
• CHM 3410 Chemical Thermodynamics and Applications (3 credits)
• CHM 3420 Chemical Dynamics and Quantum Chemistry (3 credits)
• CHM 3870 Quantitative Analysis (3 credits)
• CHM 3880 Quantitative Analysis Laboratory (1 credit)
• CHM 4710 Biochemistry I (3 credits)
• CHM 4900 Recent Advances in Chemistry and Biochemistry (3 credits)
• CHM 4990 Chemistry Senior Assessment (0 credits)
• One upper-level Chemistry course from the following:
  • CHM 4750 Biochemistry Laboratory (1 credit)
  • CHM 4010 Inorganic Chemistry (3 credits)
  • CHM 4600 Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Discovery (3 credits)
  • CHM 4810 and CHM 4830 Instrumental Analysis (3 credits) & Instrumental Analysis Laboratory (1 credit)

Additional Required Science and Mathematics Courses

• BIO 2300 Principles of Human Anatomy and Physiology I (3 credits)
• BIO 2310 Principles of Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab I (1 credit)
• BIO 2320 Principles of Human Anatomy and Physiology II (3 credits)
• BIO 2330 Principles of Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab II (1 credit)
• BIO 2410 General Microbiology (3 credits)
• BIO 2420 General Microbiology Laboratory (1 credit)
• PHY 1300 Physics I (3 credits)
• PHY 1310 Physics Lab I (1 credit)
• PHY 1320 Physics II (3 credits)
• PHY 1330 Physics Lab II (1 credit)
• MTH 1410 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4 credits)
• MTH 1420 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (4 credits)
• PYC 1000 Introduction to Psychology (3 credits)

Additional Required Course for University of Saint Joseph PharmD Program

• ECN 2950 or ECN 2960 (3 credits)

Core Curriculum

In addition to the courses required for this program listed above, the student must also fulfill the requirements of the University Core Curriculum for this program. Some of these courses may be satisfied by courses in your program. 

Please review your Degree Evaluation or consult your academic advisor for more information.

PharmD credits from the School of Pharmacy at University of Saint Joseph

Note that the bachelor's degree is awarded after the completion of additional coursework from the School of Pharmacy at University of Saint Joseph to complete 120 credits. These courses will be double-counted towards the PharmD and BS degrees and will be used as general elective credits to complete the remaining BA requirements. Students could also complete the general elective credits at Detroit Mercy before matriculating to the pharmacy program.

Students are encouraged to submit transcripts or test scores from Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, International Baccalaureate, etc.  In some cases, these will be transferred in. Prerequisite science courses required for admission to the School of Pharmacy should be completed at a four-year institution and not a community college. 

See the curriculum information for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree at  the University of Saint Joseph for the degree requirements. The PharmD degree will not be awarded without successful completion of all requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree.

Please review the catalog page BA Chemistry for the concentration in BA Chemistry Research