SIX-YEAR PHARMACY CURRICULUM

First Preprofessional Year

First Semester

  01:119:115  General Biology I (4)

  01:160:161 and 101  General Chemistry I (4)

  01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1)

  01:355:101  Expository Writing I (3)

  01:640:135  Calculus I (4)

Second Semester

  01:119:116  General Biology II (4)

  01:119:117  General Biology Lab (2)

  01:160:162  General Chemistry II (4)

  01:_:_  Second College-level Writing course (3)*

  30:725:104  Pharmacy Convocations (1)**

  humanities/social sciences electives (3)

Second Preprofessional Year

First Semester

  01:160:307  Organic Chemistry I (4)

  01:220:102  Introduction to Microeconomics (3)

  01:750:161  Elements of Physics (4)

  humanities/social sciences elective (3)

  psychology/sociology elective (3)

Second Semester

  30:718:200  Integrated Organ Physiology (3)

  01:160:308  Organic Chemistry II (4)

  01:160:311  Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)

  01:960:401  Basic Statistics for Research (3)

  2 humanities/social sciences electives (6)

First Professional Year

First Semester

  30:158:309 Biochemical Foundations of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (3)

  30:718:304  Pathophysiology (3)

  30:721:301  Introduction to Pharmaceutics and Laboratory (4)

  30:715:207  Pharmaceutical Chemistry (2)

  30:725:320  Foundations of Pharmacy Care (4) 

  30:_:_  Professional elective I (2)***

  30:725:304  LEAP-AHEAD Documentation Portfolio I (0.5)

 Second Semester

  30:158:310  Biochemical Foundations of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology II (3)

  30:721:430  Introduction to Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics (4)

  30:718:320  Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics (3)

  30:721:320  Drug Delivery and Laboratory (4)

  30:725:321  Integrated Pharmacy Assessment Skills Series (iPASS) I (1)  

  30:725:305  LEAP-AHEAD Documentation Portfolio II (0.5)

  30:_:_  Professional elective I (2) 

Summer Semester

  30:725:330  Introductory Practice Community Experience (2)

Second Professional Year

First Semester

  30:158:420  Pharmaceutical Microbiology (3)

  30:715:409  Medicinal Chemistry I (3)

  30:720:440  Pulmonary and Hematology Pharmacotherapy (3)

    30:720:442  Cardiology Pharmacotherapy (4)

  30:725:470  Medical Literature Evaluation and Application (3)

  30:725:432  iPASS II (2)

  30:_:_  Professional elective II (2)

  30:725:404  LEAP-AHEAD Documentation Portfolio III (0.5)

Second Semester

  30:715:410  Medicinal Chemistry II (3)

  30:720:445  Renal Pharmacotherapy (2)

  30:720:446  Infectious Disease Pharmacotherapy (4)

  30:725:489  Sterile Compounding (2)

  30:725:308  Pharmacy Practice Management (3)

  30:_:_  Professional elective III (2)

  30:725:433  iPASS III (2)

  30:725:405  LEAP Seminar IV (0)

Summer Semester

  30:725:480  Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience Hospital/Institutional (2)

Third Professional Year

First Semester

  31:720:540  Endocrine and Reproductive Pharmacotherapy (2)

  31:720:541  Gastrointestinal, Hepatic, and Nutrition Pharmacotherapy (2)

  31:720:542  Oncology Pharmacotherapy (3)

  31:725:550  Self Care and Home Care (3)

  31:725:540  Principles of Pharmaceutical Economics (3)

  30:_:_  Professional elective IV (2)

  31:725:534  iPASS IV (2)

  31725:504  LEAP-AHEAD Documentation Portfolio V (0.5)

Second Semester

  31:725:545  Pharmacy Law and Bioethics (4)

  31:720:545  Psychiatric and Behavioral Disorders Pharmacotherapy (2)

  31:720:546  Neurology Pharmacotherapy (3)

  31:720:547  Immunology, Ocular, and Dermatology Pharmacotherapy (1)

  30:725:415  Poison Management and Drug Abuse (3)

  30:_:_  Professional elective V (2)

  31:725:535  iPASS V (2)

  31725:505  LEAP-AHEAD Documentation Portfolio VI (0.5)

Note: All curriculum requirements of the first five years must be successfully completed before students may register for any sixth-year rotation (Advanced Pharmacy Experience). Students must complete at least eight experiential rotations during the last year of the program (summer, fall, spring).

Fourth Professional Year 

Summer Session

  31:725:791  Advanced Practice Experience I (5)

  31:725:792  Advanced Practice Experience II (5)

  31:725:793  Advanced Practice Experience III (5)

First Semester

  31:725:794  Advanced Practice Experience IV (5) 

  31:725:795  Advanced Practice Experience V (5)

  31:725:796  Advanced Practice Experience VI (5)

Second Semester

  31:725:797  Advanced Practice Experience VII (5)

  31:725:798  Advanced Practice Experience VIII (5)

  31:725:799  Advanced Practice Experience IX (5)

  31:725:615  Student Portfolio (2)

  31:725:617  Pharmacy Reflection Seminar (2)

*01:355:201, 01:355:202, 01:355:203, 01:355:301, 01:355:302, 01:355:312, 01:355:315, 01:355:342, 01:355:375, or 01:355:303. Communication courses will NOT be accepted.
**30:725:104 is required of first-year students only. Transfer students entering the first professional (third) year of the program do not take this course.
***Students must complete five professional electives during the first through third professional years; one of which must be a clinical elective in the third professional year.