{"id":158,"date":"2007-04-30T09:53:01","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T14:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/catalog\/2013-2014\/html\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/department-of-biological-sciences\/non-degree-pre-professional-programs\/"},"modified":"2007-04-30T09:53:01","modified_gmt":"2007-04-30T14:53:01","slug":"non-degree_pre-proffesional_programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/catalog-2013-2014\/college_of_arts_and_sciences\/biological_sciences\/non-degree_pre-proffesional_programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Degree Pre-Professional Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"top\" name=\"top\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NON-DEGREE PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Biological Sciences offers several preparatory curricula to students seeking admission to professional healthcare schools, such as Schools of Pharmacy, Dental Hygiene, and Clinical Laboratory Science. These concentration areas are designed to earn for the student the prerequisites essential for entering such a professional school.\u00a0These concentration areas are also designed to allow the student to continue at Nicholls and earn the Bachelor of Science in Biology. Because some requirements (application deadlines, specific elective courses, completion of standardized tests, letters of recommendation) vary between schools, students remain responsible for determining and completing all such requirements for the particular professional school(s) to which they intend to apply.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#pdhy\"><span style=\"color: #cc3333\">Pre-Dental Hygiene (PDHY)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#pmtc\"><span style=\"color: #cc3333\">Pre \u00a0Clinical Laboratory Science (PMTC)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ppha\"><span style=\"color: #cc3333\">Pre Pharmacy (PPHA)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pre-Dental Hygiene (PDHY)<\/p>\n<p>Associate and baccalaureate degrees in dental hygiene are offered only by dental schools and some universities. These institutions accept students from colleges and universities with a pre-dental hygiene curriculum offering the prerequisites required \u00a0for acceptance \u00a0to \u00a0their professional degree program.<\/p>\n<p>The following curriculum was developed to provide the prerequisites required for the baccalaureate degree program at the Louisiana State University Dental School. Students applying to other degree granting institutions must obtain the current prerequisites from the school in which they intend to apply, and must consult with the pre-dental hygiene advisor in the Department of Biological Sciences. \u00a0 This curriculum is also designed to offer the student a means to pursue a baccalaureate degree in Biology at Nicholls State University.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CLR &#8211; Computer Literacy Requirement<\/li>\n<li>GER &#8211; General Education Requirement<\/li>\n<li>OCR &#8211; Oral Communication Requirement<\/li>\n<li>UUR &#8211; University Requirement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Suggested Course Sequence:<\/p>\n<table class=\"table-defaults table-lines-vertical table-lines-horizontal table-border-black\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>YEAR*<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>COURSE NAME<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>COURSE NUMBER<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>REQUIREMENT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>CREDIT HRS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">114<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">115<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">116<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">117<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">105<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">106<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">ENGL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">101<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">ENGL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">102<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Freshman Seminar Course<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">MATH<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">101<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">MATH<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">102 or 214<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">PSYC<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">101<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">SPCH<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">101<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Fine Arts Elective<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">155<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">203<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">204<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CMPS<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">200<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">ENGL Literature Elective<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">HIST\u00a0Elective<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Humanities Elective<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Humanities Elective<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">200-level or above<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">SOCI<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">151<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Social Science Elective<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Elective<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">**<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*Recommend complete as Freshman (1), Sophomore (2), Junior (3), Senior (4)<\/p>\n<p>**Excludes courses in human performance education. Recommended courses include BIOL 156, Nutrition, Speech, or Psychology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"linktext\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/catalog\/2013-2014\/html\/college_of_arts_and_sciences\/biological_sciences\/non-degree_pre-proffesional_programs#\"><span style=\"color: #cc3333\">Back<\/span><\/a>][<a href=\"#top\"><span style=\"color: #cc3333\">Top<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"pmtc\" name=\"pmtc\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Pre-Clinical Laboratory Science (PMTC) (Formerly Pre-Medical Technology)<\/h4>\n<p>A baccalaureate degree in Pre-Clinical Laboratory Science is offered only by academic health centers, schools of allied health and some universities with Board of Regents-approved programs. These institutions accept students from colleges and universities with pre medical technology programs that offer the prerequisite course work required before acceptance \u00a0to the professional level part of the degree program.<\/p>\n<p>The program below is offered by the Department of Biological Sciences to provide the prerequisites necessary to qualify an applicant for the degree program at either Louisiana Tech, \u00a0University of Louisiana at Monroe, or Louisiana State University. \u00a0It does not exclude the prerequisites \u00a0 of other degree granting institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, a student may attend Nicholls State University and complete the degree requirements for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology and then apply to a hospital-based program in Pre-Clinical Laboratory Science. For further information regarding these options students should consult with the pre-clinical laboratory science advisor or the department head.<\/p>\n<p>Suggested Course Sequence:<\/p>\n<table class=\"table-defaults table-lines-vertical table-lines-horizontal table-border-black\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>YEAR*<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>COURSE NAME<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>COURSE NUMBER<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>REQUIREMENT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>CREDIT\u00a0HRS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">155<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">See advisor<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">156<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">See advisor<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">105<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">106<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">110<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CMPS<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">200<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">ENGL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">101<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">ENGL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">102<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Freshman Seminar Course<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">MATH<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">101<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">114<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">See advisor<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">115<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">See advisor<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">116<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">See advisor<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">117<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">See advisor<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">203<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">204<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">208<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">221 or<\/span><br \/>\n300 and 302<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">See advisor<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">ENGL Literature Elective<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">HIST Elective<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">MATH<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">214 or 301<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">SPCH<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">101<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Fine Arts Elective<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">315<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">328<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">329<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">371<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">ENGL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">368 or 468<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Humanities Elective<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Social Sciences Elective<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">See advisor<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Social Sciences Elective<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">See advisor<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>*Recommend complete as Freshman (1), Sophomore (2), Junior (3), Senior (4)<\/p>\n<p class=\"linktext\">Note: Students must consult with an advisor regarding these courses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"linktext\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/catalog\/2013-2014\/html\/college_of_arts_and_sciences\/biological_sciences\/non-degree_pre-proffesional_programs#\"><span style=\"color: #cc3333\">Back<\/span><\/a>][<a href=\"#top\"><span style=\"color: #cc3333\">Top<\/span><\/a>]<\/p>\n<h4><a title=\"ppha\" name=\"ppha\"><\/a>Pre Pharmacy (PPHA)<\/h4>\n<p>Pre Pharmacy is a \u00a0three-year non-degree program that prepares a student to enter a school of pharmacy. The program below follows that of The University of Louisiana at Monroe, which has the only public school of pharmacy in Louisiana. For other programs, the student must consult with the pre pharmacy advisor in the Department of Biological Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>For electives in this curriculum, a minimum of \u00a09 semester hours must be selected from the areas of foreign languages, history, literature, philosophy, \u00a0and humanities. A minimum of 3 semester hours must be selected from the areas of art, dance, music, or theater. \u00a0 This curriculum is also designed to offer the student a means to \u00a0earn the Bachelor of Science in Biology at Nicholls State University. Students seeking admissions to the School of Pharmacy at the University of Louisiana-Monroe (ULM) must meet all additional requirements (GPA, PCAT exam, interview, and PHARMCAS application) by the early November deadline at that school.<\/p>\n<p>Suggested Course Sequence:<\/p>\n<table class=\"table-defaults table-lines-horizontal table-lines-vertical table-border-black\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>YEAR*<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>COURSE NAME<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>COURSE NUMBER<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>REQUIREMENT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><strong>CREDIT HRS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Fine Arts Elective<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">155<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">156<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">105<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">106<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">110<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">ENGL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">101<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">ENGL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">102<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Freshman Seminar Course<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">UR<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">HPED<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">270<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">HIST Elective<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">MATH<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">165**<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">203<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">204<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">221<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">222<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">226<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">ECON<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">211 and 212 or<\/span><br \/>\n255<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">ENGL Literature Elective<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">Humanities Elective<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">MATH<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">166<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">PHYS<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">101***<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">PHYS<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">103***<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">PHYS<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">102***<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">2<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">PHYS<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">104***<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">320<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">326 or 327<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">371<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BIOL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">440<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">BSAD<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">310<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">CHEM<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">435<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">ENGL<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">368 or 468<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">HIST Elective<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">MATH<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">301<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">MNGT<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">301<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">3<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">SPCH<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\" valign=\"top\">101<\/td>\n<td 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