ULM College of Pharmacy PharmD Curriculum

Curriculum Sequence Doctor of Pharmacy (prior to Fall 2009 admission)

Course	First Year First Semester	Hours
PHAR 300	Introduction to Pharmacy	1
PHAR 350	Pharmacy Administration	3
PHAR 407	Medicinal Chemistry I	3
PHAR 411	Pharmacology I	3
PHAR 402	Pharmaceutics 1	4
PHAR 425	Drug Information Retrieval & Evaluation	3
	Total	17

Course	First Year Second Semester	Hours
PHAR 408	Immunology & Biotechnology	2
PHAR 409	Medicinal Chemistry II	3
PHAR 412	Pharmacology II	3
PHAR 436	Pharmacology Laboratory	1
PHAR 451	Pharmacy Care Management	3
PHAR 447	Ethics in Pharmacy Practice	3
PHAR 403	Pharmaceutics II	3
	Total	18

Course	First Year Summer	Hours
PHAR 480	Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience, Community	3
PHAR 480	Total	3

Course	Second Year First Semester	Hours
PHAR 410	Medicinal Chemistry III	3
PHAR 413	Pharmacology III	4
PHAR 446	Non-Prescription Medications and Self Care	3
PHAR 432	Pharmaceutics III	3
PHAR 585	Disease Pathogenesis and Pharmacotherapy I	4
	Total	17

Course	Second Year Second Semester	Hours
PHAR 414	Pharmacology IV	4
PHAR 418	Chemotherapeutics	2
PHAR 424	Pharmaceutics IV	4
PHAR 586	Disease Pathogenesis and Pharmacotherapy II	5
	Electives²	2
	Total	17

Course	Second Year Summer	Hours
PHAR 481	Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience, Institutional	3
	Total	3

Course	Third Year First Semester	Hours
PHAR 445	Professional Practice Lab	1
PHAR 454	Pharmacy Law	3
PHAR 385	Patient Counseling and Communication	2
PHAR 587	Disease Pathogenesis and Pharmacotherapy III	5
PHAR 589	Research Methods for Pharmacists	2
	Electives ^{* 2}	3
	Total	16

Course	Third Year Second Semester	Hours
PHAR 515	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	3
PHAR 503	Patient Assessment for Pharmacists	2
PHAR 574	Pharmacotherapy Forum	3
PHAR 588	Disease Pathogenesis and Pharmacotherapy IV	4
	Electives ^{* 3}	5
	Total	17

Course	Fourth Year **	Hours
PHAR 591	Advanced Hospital/Institutional Experience I	3
PHAR 592	Advanced Community Pharmacy Experience I	3
PHAR 608	Acute Care Experience I	3
PHAR 604	Ambulatory Care Experience I	3
PHAR 606 or 609	Required Elective Experience ¹	3
PHAR 630, 631 or 632	Patient Care Elective Experiences	6-9
PHAR 629	Non-Patient Care Elective Experience	0-3
	Total	24
	Total Hours for Degree	132

¹must take PHAR 609 Acute Care Experience II or PHAR 606 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 400 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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