louisiana's college of pharmacy
Curriculum Sequence Doctor of Pharmacy (prior to Fall 2009 admission)

Course First Year First Semester Hours
PHAR 3000 Introduction to Pharmacy 1
PHAR 3050 Pharmacy Administration 3
PHAR 4007 Medicinal Chemistry I 3
PHAR 4011 Pharmacology I 3
PHAR 4002 Pharmaceutics 1 4
PHAR 4025 Drug Information Retrieval & Evaluation 3
Total 17

Course First Year Second Semester Hours
PHAR 4008 Immunology & Biotechnology 2
PHAR 4009 Medicinal Chemistry II 3
PHAR 4012 Pharmacology II 3
PHAR 4036 Pharmacology Laboratory 1
PHAR 4051 Pharmacy Care Management 3
PHAR 4047 Ethics in Pharmacy Practice 3
PHAR 4003 Pharmaceutics II 3
Total 18

Course First Year Summer Hours
PHAR 4080 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience, Community 3
Total 3

Course Second Year First Semester Hours
PHAR 4010 Medicinal Chemistry III 3
PHAR 4013 Pharmacology III 4
PHAR 4046 Non-Prescription Medications and Self Care 3
PHAR 4032 Pharmaceutics III 3
PHAR 5085 Disease Pathogenesis and Pharmacotherapy I 4
Total 17

Course Second Year Second Semester Hours
PHAR 4014 Pharmacology IV 4
PHAR 4018 Chemotherapeutics 2
PHAR 4024 Pharmaceutics IV 4
PHAR 5086 Disease Pathogenesis and Pharmacotherapy II 5
Electives2 2
Total 17

Course Second Year Summer Hours
PHAR 4081 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience, Institutional 3
Total 3

Course Third Year First Semester Hours
PHAR 4045 Professional Practice Lab 1
PHAR 4054 Pharmacy Law 3
PHAR 3085 Patient Counseling and Communication 2
PHAR 5087 Disease Pathogenesis and Pharmacotherapy III 5
PHAR 5089 Research Methods for Pharmacists 2
Electives * 2 3
Total 16

Course Third Year Second Semester Hours
PHAR 5015 Clinical Pharmacokinetics 3
PHAR 5003 Patient Assessment for Pharmacists 2
PHAR 5074 Pharmacotherapy Forum 3
PHAR 5088 Disease Pathogenesis and Pharmacotherapy IV 4
Electives * 3 5
Total 17

Course Fourth Year ** Hours
PHAR 5091 Advanced Hospital/Institutional Experience I 3
PHAR 5092 Advanced Community Pharmacy Experience I 3
PHAR 6008 Acute Care Experience I 3
PHAR 6004 Ambulatory Care Experience I 3
PHAR 6006 or 6009 Required Elective Experience 1 3
PHAR 6030, 6031 or 6032 Patient Care Elective Experiences 6-9
PHAR 6029 Non-Patient Care Elective Experience 0-3
Total 24
Total Hours for Degree 132

1 must take PHAR 6009 Acute Care Experience II or PHAR 6006 Ambulatory Care Experience II

2 Elective must be taken from an approved list.

3 Elective must be taken from an approved list of Pharmacy electives, and must be at the 4000 level or greater.

* Electives may not be scheduled in conflict with externship activities.

** Fourth Year Standing: Grade of C or better in all required professional courses.

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