Degree Requirements
To earn the Doctor of Pharmacy degree, students must:
- Complete all required courses, and the required amount of elective courses, in the curriculum with a grade of C or better (or P);
- Complete all service-learning and portfolio requirements;
- Pass all required competency assessments.
Personal & Professional Development Course(s) & credit hours
Academic Term
|
PHRM
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Course Name
|
Credit Hours
|
Total
|
|
Fall, P1 Year
|
310
|
Biomedical Sciences I
|
5
|
|
| |
314
|
Pharmaceutics I
|
3
|
|
| |
316
|
Pharmaceutical Calculations I
|
1
|
|
| |
320
|
Introduction to Pharmacy I
|
4
|
|
| |
322
|
Drug Information
|
2
|
|
| |
323
|
Communications in Pharmacy Practice
|
2
|
|
| |
330
|
Pharmacy Practice Lab I
|
1
|
|
| |
301 |
Personal and Professional Development |
0.5 |
18.5 |
| | | | | |
|
Spring, P1 Year
|
311
|
Biomedical Sciences II
|
5
|
|
| |
315
|
Pharmaceutics II
|
3
|
|
| |
317
|
Pharmaceutical Calculations II | 1 | |
| |
321
|
Pharmacy in the Healthcare System
|
3
|
|
| |
324
|
Nonprescription Therapeutics
|
2
|
|
| |
370
|
IPPE I Community*
|
3
|
|
| |
331
|
Pharmacy Practice Lab II
|
1
|
18
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Fall, P2 Year
|
450
|
IPT*** – Introduction
|
4
|
|
| |
451
|
IPT – Nervous System I
|
4
|
|
| |
452
|
IPT – Cardiovascular I
|
4
|
|
| |
430
|
Pharmacy Practice Lab III
|
1
|
|
| |
440
|
Patient Safety and Informatics
|
2
|
|
| |
441
|
Public Health and Pharmacy
|
2
|
|
| |
401 |
Personal and Professional Development |
0.5 |
17.5 |
| | | | | |
|
Spring, P2 Year
|
453
|
IPT – Cardiovascular II
|
3
|
|
| |
454
|
IPT – Nervous System II
|
3
|
|
| |
455
|
IPT – Infectious Disease I
|
4
|
|
| |
431
|
Pharmacy Practice Lab IV
|
1
|
|
| |
420
|
Drug Literature Evaluation
|
2
|
|
| |
470
|
IPPE II Institutional**
|
3
|
|
| |
|
Elective****
|
0-3
|
16-19
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Fall, P3 Year
|
550
|
IPT – Infectious Disease II
|
2.5
|
|
| |
551
|
IPT – Endocrine & Reproductive
|
3.5
|
|
| |
552
|
IPT – Renal & Urologic
|
3.5
|
|
| |
553
|
IPT – Pulmonary & Critical Care
|
2.5
|
|
| |
530
|
Pharmacy Practice Lab V
|
1
|
|
| |
540
|
Practice and Personnel Management
|
3
|
|
| | 501 | Personal and Professional Development | 0.5 | |
| |
|
Elective****
|
0-3
|
16.5-19.5
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Spring, P3 Year
|
554
|
IPT – Gastrointestinal
|
3
|
|
| |
555
|
IPT – Immune, Musculoskeletal, Integumentary
|
3
|
|
| |
556
|
IPT – Hematology/Oncology
|
3
|
|
| |
531
|
Pharmacy Practice Lab VI
|
1
|
|
| |
541
|
Pharmacy Law
|
2
|
|
| | 521 |
Capstone
|
5
|
|
| |
|
Elective****
|
0-3
|
17-20
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
P4 Year*****
|
610
|
APPE Advanced Community
|
4
|
|
| |
620
|
APPE Advanced Institutional
|
4
|
|
| |
630
|
APPE Ambulatory Care
|
8
|
|
| |
640
|
APPE Acute Care
|
8
|
|
| |
670
|
APPE Electives
|
16
|
|
| | 601 | Personal and Professional Development | 0.5 | 40.5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
|
149
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| IPPE: | Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences have 2 weeks (80 hours) of rotation time between Fall and Spring semesters. IPPE I is followed by 4 hours of rotation and 1 hour of reflective class time per week during Spring Semester.
The introductory pharmacy practice experience service (IPPE Service) course will be offered throughout the professional years in the pharmacy program (P1-P4). This service component is required as a portion of IPPE hours and will help students meet overall program outcomes. The hours designated for each year constitute a progression requirement that must be completed prior to advancement to the next year of the academic program.
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|
* IPPE Community:
|
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences have 2 weeks (80 hours) of rotation time between Fall and Spring semesters, followed by 4 hours of rotation and 1 hour of class time per week during Spring Semester.
|
|
** IPPE
Institutional:
|
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences have 2 weeks (80 hours) of rotation time between Fall and Spring semesters, 1 hour of class time per week during Spring Semester.
|
|
*** IPT:
|
Integrated Pharmacotherapy, taught in block format.
|
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**** Electives: | 5 total credit hours of elective didactic coursework are required.
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