Curriculum

The Advanced Standing program for international pharmacy graduates gives advanced standing based upon previously completed coursework in accordance with the Foreign Coursework Evaluation procedure outlined in the admissions section. The curriculum facilitates the integration of the international pharmacists into the entry-level class, as requested by ACPE.

These courses are representative of the overall requirements of the program at the time of publication and are subject to change. The curriculum will be revised, as needed, to meet the demands of the profession.

Curriculum (Effective July 2019)

Adv First Year

Summer Foundations (June- August 2020)

Summer CourseS	Course Name	CrEdits
PHRC 5811	Foundations of Pharmacy I	2
PHRC 5812	Foundations of Pharmacy II	5
Total: 7

Fall/Winter Courses	Course Name	Credits
PHRC 4990	IPPE: Community Pharmacy	4
PHRC 5800	Patient and Physical Assessment	2
PHRC 5813	Foundations of Pharmacy III	2
PHRC 5832	Integrated Disease Management II	4
PHRC 5833	Integrated Disease Management III	4
PHRC 5863	Essentials of Professional Practice III	2
PHRC 5873	Evidence-Based Practice III	2
PHRC 5883	Leadership and Professional Development III	1
PHRC 5893	Integrated Pharmacy Applications III	2
PHRL 5813	Pharmacy Skills Development III	1
PHRC 5910	Immunology and Clinical Microbiology	2
PHRC 5934	Integrated Disease Management IV	5
PHRC 5935	Integrated Disease Management V	3
PHRC 5964	Essentials of Professional Practive IV	2
PHRC 5974	Evidence-Based Practice IV	2
PHRC 5984	Leadership and Professional Development IV	1
PHRC 5994	Integrated Pharmacy Applications IV	2
PHRL 5914	Pharmacy Skills Development IV	1
PHRE	Elective	2
Total: 44

Adv Second Year

Course	Course Name	Credits
PHRC 5990	IPPE: Health Systems	4
PHRC 6836	Integrated Disease Management VI	1
PHRC 6837	Integrated Disease Management VII	4
PHRC 6838	Integrated Disease Management VIII	1
PHRC 6865	Essentials of Professional Practice V	4
PHRC 6875	Evidence-Based Practice V	2
PHRC 6885	Leadership and Professional Development V	1
PHRC 6895	Integrated Pharmacy Applications V	2
PHRL 6810	Sterile Products Laboratory	1
PHRL 6815	Pharmacy Skills Development V	1
PHRC 7700	Integrated Care	4
PHRC 77XX	APPE*	6
PHRC 77XX	APPE*	6
Total: 37

Adv Third Year

Course	Course Name	Credits
PHRC 7710	APPE: Internal Medicine	6
PHRC 7720	APPE: Ambulatory Care	6
PHRC 7730	APPE: Advanced Hospital	6
PHRC 7740	APPE: Community Pharmacy	6
PHRC 7750	APPE: Elective I	6
PHRC 7760	APPE: Elective II	6
PHRC 7770	APPE: Elective III	6
PHRC 7801	Curricular Review I	1
PHRC 7802	Curricular Review II	1
PHRC 7803	Curricular Review III	1
*Total: 33
Total Curriculum Credit Hours: 121

IPPE = Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
APPE = Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience

* one of two APPEs are taken at the end of the second advanced year and not repeated in the third year.

Competency Based Educational College Outcomes

Curriculum (Eff Fall 2012)

First Year—Fall Semester

Course	Course Name	Credits
PHRC 4000	Medical Terminology	0
PHRC 4200	Pharmaceutical Calculations	1
PHRC 4300	Pharmacy & the US Health Care System	2
PHRC 4580	Intro to Professionalism and Leadership I	1
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 6260	Clinical Pharmacology	4
	Total: 19.5

First Year—Winter Semester

Course	Course Name	Credits
PHRC 4550	Intro to Drug Info Resources & Health Informatics	2
PHRC 4680	Intro to Professionalism and Leadership II	1
PHRC 5150	Non-Prescription Therapies	3
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
PHRL 5710	Patient Care Management Lab I	1
	Total: 17.5

Second Year—Fall Semester

Course	Course Name	Cr Hours
PHRC 5000	Physical Assessment	2
PHRC 6250	Pharmacodynamics V	3
PHRC 6350	Pharmacy Management	3
PHRC 6380	Public Health and Pharmacy Practice	2
PHRC 6430	Pharmacotherapy III	6
PHRC 6580	IPPE: Health System	2
PHRL 6720	Patient Care Management Lab II	1
PHRE	Elective	2
	Total: 21

Second Year - Winter Semester

Course	Course Name	Cr Hours
PHRC 6370	Pharmacoeconmics/Outcomes Research	2
PHRC 6440	Pharmacotherapy IV	6
PHRC 6540	Pharmacy Practice Seminar	1
PHRC 6680	IPPE: Pharmacy Service	2
PHRL 6730	Patient Care Management Lab III	1
PHRE	Elective	2
	Total: 14

Third Year (Eff Fall 2018)

Course	Course Name	Cr Hours
PHRC 7710	APPE: Internal Medicine	6
PHRC 7720	APPE: Ambulatory Care	6
PHRC 7730	APPE: Advanced Hospital	6
PHRC 7740	APPE: Community Pharmacy	6
PHRC 7750	APPE: Elective I	6
PHRC 7760	APPE: Elective II	6
PHRC 7770	APPE: Elective III	6
PHRC 7780	APPE: Elective IV	6
PHRC 7801	Curricular Review I	1
PHRC 7802	Curricular Review II	1
PHRC 7803	Curricular Review III	1
	Total: 51
	Total Curriculum Credit Hours: 121

IPPE = Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience

APPE = Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience

Competency Based Educational College Outcomes