Prerequisite Course Evaluation: Foreign Credits
I have taken or will take at least one course at an institution outside of the United States and Canada.
Step 1
Go to http://www.pharmacy.unc.edu/admissions/pharmd/prerequisites/courses/courses and print out the list of our PharmD prerequisite courses.
Step 2
Have your foreign course(s) evaluated by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. You can find a list of members at http://www.naces.org/members.htm .
Step 3
Print out the list of UNC Chapel Hill departmental contacts for foreign credit evaluation found at http://www.pharmacy.unc.edu/admissions/pharmd/evaluation-of-foreign-credit.pdf . Contact these departments to have your courses evaluated for UNC Chapel Hill equivalency. Departments may require a copy of your evaluation from Step 2, and some may want a course description and syllabus. Start this step several months before you plan to apply to the PharmD program, since it will take some time.
Step 4
Create a list of courses at UNC Chapel Hill that your courses are equivalent to.
Step 5
Check http://www.pharmacy.unc.edu/admissions/pharmd/faq#prerequisite for frequently asked questions about prerequisite courses, especially calculus, statistics, and anatomy and physiology. There is a link there for AP, IB, and CLEP score standards at UNC Chapel Hill there as well. Continue to fill in your column from Step 4 if you learn that one or more of your courses will fulfill a PharmD prerequisite.
Step 6
Go to http://www.pharmacy.unc.edu/admissions/pharmd/new-general-education-requirements-comparison-chart.pdf . This chart shows what general education requirements are fulfilled by UNC Chapel Hill courses. Write down the general education requirements that your non math and science courses fulfill in a new column on your list from Step 4.
Step 7
Go back to the list of PharmD prerequisite courses you printed in Step 1, and cross out the courses and perspectives you have already fulfilled. The courses and perspectives that are left are the ones you need to take in order to finish your prerequisites.