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PROFESSIONAL PHASE COURSE OF STUDY – CURRENT CURRICULUM
First Professional Year (Third Year)
Fall semester
| Pharmaceutical Care/Health Care (PH 100) |
3 credits |
| Behavioral Aspects of Pharmacy/Ethics (PH 101) |
2 |
| Pharmaceutics I (PH 120) |
3 |
| Medical Physiology and Pathophysiology (PH 130) |
5 |
| Biochemical Foundations of Therapeutics (PH 131) |
4 |
| Visitation Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (PH 300) |
0.5 |
| Total |
17.5 credits |
Spring semester
| Public Health in Pharmacy Practice (PH 102) |
3 credits |
| Pharmacotherapeutics I (PH 111) |
4 |
| Pharmaceutics II (PH 121) |
3 |
| Medical Microbiology/Immunology (PH 132) |
3 |
| Pharmacology/Medicinal Chemistry I (PH 133) |
4 |
| Total |
17 credits |
Second Professional Year (Fourth Year)
Fall semester
| Communication Skills in Pharmaceutical Care* (PH 200) |
2 credits |
| Pharmacotherapeutics II (PH 210) |
4 |
| Physical Assessment and Drug Administration** (PH 211) |
2 |
| Pharmaceutics III (PH 220) |
4 |
| Pharmacology/ Medicinal Chemistry II (PH 230) |
4 |
| Pharmacology/Medicinal Chemistry II/ Pharmacotherapeutics II Recitation (PH 231) |
0 |
| Institutional Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience* (PH 311) |
1 |
| Total |
17 credits |
Spring semester
| Pharmacology/Medicinal Chemistry III (PH 232) |
3 credits |
| Pharmacotherapeutics III (PH 212) |
4 |
| Pharmaceutics IV (PH 221) |
4 |
| Pharmacy Law and Ethics (PH 201) |
3 |
| Elective* |
3 |
| Total |
17 credits |
Summer session
| Community Pharmacy Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (PH 312) |
5 credits |
Third Professional Year (Fifth Year)
Fall Semester
| Practice Management/Pharmacoeconomics (PH 400) |
3 credits |
| Pharmacotherapeutics IV (PH 410) |
4 |
| Pharmaceutics V (PH 420) |
3 |
| Self Care (PH 421) |
3 |
| Elective |
3 |
| Total |
16 credits |
Spring semester
| Drug Information and Literature Evaluation (PH 414) |
4 credits |
| Clinical Pharmacokinetics (PH 412) |
3 |
| Pharmacotherapeutics V (PH 413) |
4 |
| Iatrogenic Diseases (PH 430) |
3 |
| Elective |
3 |
| Total |
17 credits |
Fourth Professional Year (Sixth Year)
37.5 Weeks Throughout the Year (Summer immediately following the third professional year through May of the following year.)
| Community Pharmacy Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (PH 600) |
5 credits |
| Ambulatory Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (PH 602) |
5 |
| Drug Information Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (PH 603) |
2.5 |
| Internal Medicine Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (PH 604) |
5 |
| Acute Care Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (PH 608) |
5 |
| Institutional Practice Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (PH 606) |
5 |
| Pharmacy Grand Rounds (PH 607) |
0 |
| Elective Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience I |
5 |
| Elective Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience II |
5 |
| Total |
37.5 credits |
* Some students will be required to complete their elective course in Semester 1 and PH 200 and PH 310 in Semester 2.
** All students are required to document or receive certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation prior to beginning experiential courses in their final year. It is highly recommended that students complete this certification while enrolled in PH 211 Physical Assessment and Drug Administration.