A Century of Caring: The Health Sciences at the University of Iowa, 1850-1950: College of Pharmacy
Education at the College of Pharmacy
| From 1885 until 1901, the College of Pharmacy program consisted of a two-year course of lectures. Each school year was six months long, from October to March, similar to other American professional schools of the time. The prerequisite was a grammar school education. According to the College's Second Annual Announcement (1886-1887), the Pharmaceutical Graduate (Ph. G.) degree was given to those who "had successfully completed their examinations, had attained the age of twenty-one, had at least four years' drug store experience, and had paid the requisite fee of ten dollars." Nineteen diplomas were issued by 1898.
In 1901, the College's school year was increased to nine months. The following year, the entrance requirement was raised to two years of high school. In 1925, the program was increased to three years, and an optional fourth year became mandatory in 1932. |
62. Sophomore pharmics, 1938-9, courtesy of the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy |
63. Pharmacognosy class with Dean Wilbur J. Teeters, c. 1926, courtesy of the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy |
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