Rady Faculty of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy Applicant Information Bulletin 2022 – 2023
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Rady Faculty of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy Applicant Information Bulletin 2022 – 2023 Application Deadline March 1, 2022 Please note: The content of this bulletin is subject to change. A final updated Applicant Information Bulletin will be posted in November 2021 for admission in Fall 2022. Table of Contents Section 7: Student Accessibility ................................. 11 Section 1: General Statement ......................................1 Section 8: Contact Information .................................. 11 Section 2: Eligibility Requirements ...............................1 A. Academic Requirements......................................2 B. Required Courses ................................................2 1. Required Courses from the University of Section 1: General Statement Manitoba .......................................................2 2. Required Courses from Universities External to The purpose of this bulletin is to provide information to the University of Manitoba ..............................2 prospective applicants to the College of Pharmacy at 3. University Written Requirement (W).................3 the University of Manitoba. This document outlines 4. Humanities/Social Science Requirement ...........4 categories of admission, requirements and deadlines. C. English Language Proficiency Requirements..........4 D. Categories of Applicants ......................................4 This bulletin is available with, and constitutes part of, 1. Manitoba Resident Applicant Pool ....................4 the application. It is assumed that all applicants have 2. Canadian Indigenous Applicant Pool .................5 read and understood it prior to submitting the Section 3: Application Process & Deadlines ..................5 completed application. A. Application Fees .................................................5 B. Deadlines and Important Dates............................6 Programs Offered: Pharm.D. C. Required Application Documentation ...................6 D. Required Admission Documentation ....................7 Section 4: Selection Process ........................................9 A. Citizenship and Residency....................................9 B. Calculation of the Adjusted Grade Point Average Section 2: Eligibility Requirements (AGPA) .............................................................9 The University of Manitoba will require graded C. Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling coursework to fulfill all admission requirements as Personal Characteristics Test (CASPer®)..............9 outlined in this bulletin. Pass grades will not be D. Overall Score .................................................... 10 considered for meeting any of these requirements E. Tie Breaking Procedure for Offers....................... 10 unless otherwise stated. F. Notification of Decision...................................... 10 Section 5: Reconsideration & Appeals ........................ 10 No credit will be given for any course which was Section 6: Counselling of Applicants........................... 10 completed more than 10 years before the year of College of Pharmacy 2022– 2023 Page 1 of 11 application. (For the Fall 2022 intake, this means any • If applicants select to use AP/IB courses to fulfill course taken before September 2012 will not be core course requirements it will be the considered in the admissions process.) responsibility of the applicant to have their official AP/IB transcripts submitted to the University of Coursework completed at the college level must be Manitoba by the document deadline date (see assessed and deemed equivalent to university level Section 3: Application Process & Deadlines, B. courses at the University of Manitoba in order to be Deadlines and Important Dates). considered. B. Required Courses A. Academic Requirements 1. Required Courses from the University of Manitoba All applicants must meet the following requirements: CREDIT REQUIREMENT COURSE NUMBERS 1. Required Courses HOURS Introductory CHEM 1300/1310 or 6 or 9* Chemistry CHEM 1100/1110/1120 Applicants must successfully complete a minimum of 48 Organic CHEM 2210 or 3 credit hours of prerequisite courses by April of the year Chemistry CHEM 2100 of application. All 48 credit hours must be university CHEM 2360 or Biochemistry 3 degree level course work completed at the University of CHEM 2700 Manitoba, or a university recognized by the University Biology BIOL 1020/1030 6 of Manitoba, at the 1000 level or higher. Physiology BIOL 2410/2420 6 CORE COURSES Microbiology MBIO 1010 3 MATH 1500 or 2. Full Time Academic Years Mathematics 3 MATH 1230 STAT 1000 or Applicants are required to complete a minimum of one Statistics 3 Regular Fall/Winter session (Sept-Apr) with a minimum STAT 1150 of 24 new credit hours of university level degree-credit Total Core Courses 33 or 36* courses. Humanities/Social 12 Sciences Other courses 3* 3. Minimum Adjusted Grade Point Average (AGPA) (Any faculty) Must have completed a 3 Applicants must achieve an AGPA of 3.0 or higher (see credit hour course which Written English meets the University’s Section 4: Selection Process, B. Calculation of the OTHER COURSES (W) Written English (W) Adjusted Grade Point Average (AGPA)). requirement. Can be part of the above requirements 4. Computer-Based Assessment for Sampling Personal Total Other Courses 12 or 15* Characteristics Test (CASPer®) TOTAL REQUIRED (Core + Other) 48 *Applicants who complete an acceptable 6 credit hours of The College of Pharmacy requires the English CASPer® Introductory Chemistry must complete 15 credit hours of test. Applicants must achieve a threshold CASPer® score ‘Total Other Courses’ in order to meet the total of 48 credit greater than 1.5 standard deviations below the mean hours of course work needed for admission. for their respective applicant pool in order to maintain their eligibility. 2. Required Courses from Universities External to the University of Manitoba NOTES: Applicants who have completed coursework external to • Applicants who have completed either some or all the University of Manitoba must meet the prerequisite of their required courses through an Advanced course requirements or equivalents for the University of Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) Manitoba courses listed in Section 2: Eligibility program must still complete at least one regular Requirements, B. Required Courses, 1. Required Courses session (September-April). from the University of Manitoba, plus a 3 credit hour College of Pharmacy 2022 – 2023 Page 2 of 11 CREDIT unrestricted elective course from any Faculty, as listed REQUIRED COURSES below. HOURS Two semesters of 1000 level (first-year) 6 Introduction to Chemistry, with a laboratory Required Courses from the University of Winnipeg and One semester of 2000 level (second-year) Organic 3 Brandon University Chemistry One semester of 2000 level (second-year) 3 Biochemistry UNIVERSITY OF BRANDON CREDIT REQUIREMENT WINNIPEG UNIVERSITY HOURS Two semesters of 1000 level (first-year) Biology, 6 Introductory CHEM 1111 18.160 and with a laboratory 6 Two semesters of 2000 level (second-year) Human Chemistry and 1112 18.170 6 Physiology Organic CORE COURSES CHEM 2202 18.261 3 One semester of 1000 level (first-year) Chemistry 3 Biochemistry CHEM 3502 18.363 3 Microbiology, with a laboratory 15.162 and One semester of 1000 level (first-year) Calculus 3 BIOL 1115 and 15.163 or One semester of 1000 level (first-year) Biology 6 3 1116 94.162 and introductory Statistics or Biostatistics 94.163 Total Core Courses 33 KIN 2204 and No equivalent 6 12 credit hours of courses designated Humanities / CORE COURSES Physiology 12 3505 course Social Sciences at the 1000 level or higher Microbiology BIOL 2902 15.269 3 Other courses (any faculty) 3 MATH 1101 or Mathematics 62.181 3 Must have completed a 3 credit hour course which 1102 or 1103 meets the University of Manitoba’s Written English STAT 1501 or (W) requirement. Can be part of the above Statistics 62.171 3 OTHER COURSES 1301 and 1302 requirements Total Core Courses 33 Total Other Courses 15 Humanities/ TOTAL REQUIRED (Core + Other) 48 Social 12 Sciences Other If your course(s) are not a direct equivalent to the courses (Any 3 University of Manitoba required course listed in Section faculty) 2: Eligibility Requirements, B. Required Courses, 1. Must have completed a 3 credit hour Required Courses from the University of Manitoba, a course which meets the University of OTHER COURSES Written Manitoba’s Written English (W) syllabus must be submitted for evaluation after the English (W) requirement. Can be part of the above application is submitted and before the listed deadline requirements (see Section 3: Application Process & Deadlines, B. Total Other Courses 15 Deadlines and Important Dates). The College of TOTAL REQUIRED (Core + Other) 48 Pharmacy Admissions Committee reserves the right to refuse admission if they determine that the prerequisite Required Courses from Other Universities requirements have not been met. If you attended or are attending an institution external 3. University Written Requirement (W) to the University of Manitoba please review the Transfer Credit Equivalency Database to determine Applicants who have completed the W requirement at if your course(s) have been previously assessed. an institution external to the University of Manitoba should carefully review the below requirements for a W Courses submitted for consideration by external course. applicants that have not been evaluated as directly equivalent on transfer may be considered