A new 3+4 articulation agreement between Fredonia and the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will enable Fredonia students to fulfill requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree and Doctor of Pharmacy degree in less time.
Beginning in the 2015-2016 academic year Fredonia students will be able to apply to the UB pharmacy school during their junior year and, upon acceptance, have their first-year pharmacy courses count toward their undergraduate degree requirements at Fredonia.
Instead of taking four years to complete an undergraduate degree and another four years to complete the doctor of pharmacy degree – for a total or eight years – students can complete both programs in seven years.
“We’re happy to have this agreement with such a well-known and prominent pharmacy school. Many of our students are from Western New York, so they should be very interested in this opportunity,” said Ted Lee, chair of Fredonia’s Health Professions Advisory Committee.
Students must complete General Education and major core requirements at Fredonia by the end of their junior year, Dr. Lee noted, and the pharmacy program also has its own prerequisite courses. Lee will accompany a group of Fredonia students on a pharmacy school tour in early April.
The UB pharmacy school – the only one in the SUNY system -- is ranked within the top 20 pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences schools in the nation and is located in a 120,000 square-foot facility that opened in 2012. Graduates have a 99 percent employment rate, according to the school’s website.
Fredonia has articulation agreements already in place with SUNY Upstate Medical University College of Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and its pharmacy school, University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine and SUNY Optometry.
