YAKIMA, Wash. – College students in Yakima can now complete prerequisite courses for a Doctor of Pharmacy degree (PharmD) without leaving the area.

WSU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (CPPS), part of WSU Health Sciences, an upper-division undergraduate, professional and graduate campus based in Spokane, Washington, and Yakima Valley College (YVC), a public, two-year institution in Yakima, entered an agreement formalizing the pre-pharmacy track on Friday, Oct. 4.

The program allows qualified YVC students to take prerequisite courses for the CPPS Doctor of Pharmacy program at Yakima Valley College. The collaboration means students could remain in Yakima throughout their schooling, first at Yakima Valley College, then at WSU … » More …