Below is the current curriculum (beginning with students entering in the Fall 2011 Semester).
First Year—Fall Semester Credits
Course
Course Name
Credit Hours
PHRC 4000
Medical Terminology
0
PHRC 4110
Pharmaceutics I
3
PHRC 4200
Pharmacy Calculations
1
PHRC 4210
Pharmacodynamics I
3
PHRC 4300
Pharmacy & the US Health Care System
2
PHRC 4410
Physiology & Pathophysiology I
4
PHRC 4580
Intro to Professionalism and Leadership I
1
PHRC 4700
Biochemistry
4
Total: 18
First Year—Winter Semester Credits
Course
Course Name
Credit Hours
PHRC 4120
Pharmaceutics II
2
PHRL 4130
Pharmaceutics Compounding Lab
1
PHRC 4220
Pharmacodynamics II
3
PHRC 4250
Pharmacokinetics
4
PHRC 4420
Physiology & Pathophysiology II
4
PHRC 4550
Intro to Drug Info and Health Informatics
2
PHRC 4680
Intro to Professionalism and Leadership II
1
Total: 17
Second Year—Fall Semester Credits
Course
Course Name
Credit Hours
PHRC 5000
Physical Assessment
2
PHRC 5230
Pharmacodynamics III
4
PHRC 5300
Social & Behavioral Pharmacy
2
PHRC 5350
Research Design & Statistics
3
PHRC 5380
Pharmacy Law
2
PHRC 5410
Pharmacotherapy I
3
PHRC 5580
IPPE: Community I
1.5
PHRC 5700
Medical Microbiology
3
Total: 20.5
Second Year—Winter Semester Credits
Course
Course Name
Credit Hours
PHRC 5150
Non Prescription Therapies
3
PHRC 5240
Pharmacodynamics IV
4
PHRC 5330
Communication in Patient Care
2
PHRC 5420
Pharmacotherapy II
5
PHRC 5570
Biomedical Literature Evaluation
2
PHRC 5680
IPPE: Community II
1.5
PHRC 5710
Patient Care Management Theory I
1
PHRL 5710
Patient Care Management Lab I
0
Total: 18.5
Third Year—Fall Semester Credits
Course
Course Name
Credit Hours
PHRC 6250
Pharmacodynamics V
3
PHRC 6350
Pharmacy Management
3
PHRC 6370
Pharmacoeconomics/Outcomes Research
2
PHRC 6430
Pharmacotherapy III
6
PHRC 6580
IPPE: Health System
2
PHRC 6720
Patient Care Management II
1
PHRL 6720
Patient Care Management Lab II
0
PHRE
Elective 1
2
Total: 19
Third Year—Winter Semester Credits
Course
Course Name
Credit Hours
PHRC 6380
Public Health and Pharmacy Practice
2
PHRC 6440
Pharmacotherapy IV
6
PHRC 6540
Pharmacy Practice Seminar
1
PHRC 6680
IPPE: Pharmacy Service
2
PHRC 6730
Patient Care Management III
1
PHRL 6730
Patient Care Management Lab III
0
PHRE
Elective 2
2
PHRE
Elective 3
2
Total: 16
Fourth Year—Summer/Fall/Winter Semester Credits
Course
Course Name
Credit Hours
PHRC 7610
APPE: Internal Medicine
4
PHRC 7620
APPE: Ambulatory Care
4
PHRC 7630
APPE: Community Patient Care I
4
PHRC 7640
APPE: Community Patient Care II
4
PHRC 7650
APPE: Acute Patient Care I
4
PHRC 7660
APPE: Acute Patient Care II
4
PHRC 7670
APPE: Selective I
4
PHRC 7680
APPE: Selective II
4
PHRC 7690
APPE: Selective III
4
PHRC 7801
Professional Development Capstone I
0
PHRC 7802
Professional Development Capstone II
0
PHRC 7803
Professional Development Capstone III
0
Total: 36
Total Curriculum Credit Hours: 145
IPPE = Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
APPE = Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
The curriculum is frequently being revised and modified to meet the demands
of the profession. These courses are representative of the overall requirements of
the program at the time of publication.
The PDF version of the curriculum for students graduating before 2015 is available here.
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