louisiana's college of pharmacy
Curriculum Sequence Doctor of Pharmacy (2009 Admit)

Course First Year First Semester Hours
PHRD 4000 Medical Microbiology 3
PHRD 4002 Principles of Drug Action/Therapeutics I 5
PHRD 4004 Pharmaceutical Calculations 2
PHRD 4008 Pharmaceutics I 3
PHRD 4010 Introduction to Pharmacy 1
PHRD 4012 Pathophysiology Focus on Cellular 2
PHRD 4020 Integrated Lab Sequence I 2
Total 18

Course First Year Second Semester Hours
PHRD 4025 Immunology 2
PHRD 4027 Principles of Drug Action/Therapeutics II 4
PHRD 4029 Pharmaceutics II 3
PHRD 4031 Pharmacy Practice Ethics and Laws 2
PHRD 4033 Drug Information Retrieval 3
PHRD 4035 Pathophysiology Focus on Organ Systems 3
PHRD 4047 Parenterals 1
PHRD 4049 Integrated Lab Sequence II 1
Total 18

Course First Year Summer Hours
PHRD 4050 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience, Community 4
Total 4

Course Second Year First Semester Hours
PHRD 4052 Research Methods and Literature Evaluation 3
PHRD 4054 Introduction to Communication 1
PHRD 4056 Biopharmaceutics/Pharmacokinetics 3
PHRD 4058 Neurology/Psychiatry 5
PHRD 4074 Endocrinology 3
PHRD 4070 Integrated Lab Sequence III 1
Electives 2/3*
Total 18-19
* Students are required to take a total of 5 credit hours of electives in the second year, but may take 6 credit hours of electives if desired.

Course Second Year Second Semester Hours
PHRD 4077 Health Care Systems 3
PHRD 4079 Self Care/Patient Assessment I 4
PHRD 4081 Infectious Diseases 6
PHRD 4083 Gastrointestinal/Nutrition/Hepatic 2
PHRD 4099 Integrated Lab Sequence IV 1
Electives 2/3*
Total 18-19
* Students are required to take a total of 5 credit hours of electives in the second year, but may take 6 credit hours of electives if desired.

Course Second Year Summer Hours
PHRD 5000 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience, Institutional 4
Total 4

Course Third Year First Semester Hours
PHRD 5002 Pharmacy Practice Ethics and Law II 2
PHRD 5004 Advanced Communication 2
PHRD 5006 Professional Pharmacy Management 3
PHRD 5008 Self Care/Patient Assessment II 2
PHRD 5010 Cardiovascular 6
PHRD 5020 Integrated Lab Sequence V 1
Electives 3
Total 19

Course Third Year Second Semester Hours
PHRD 5025 Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes 2
PHRD 5027 Bone and Joint 2
PHRD 5029 Special Populations 3
PHRD 5031 Respiratory 2
PHRD 5033 Renal Urology 2
PHRD 5035 Hematology/Oncology 3
PHRD 5037 Eye, Ears, Nose, Throat and Derm 2
PHRD 5049 Integrated Lab Sequence VI 1
Electives 2
Total 19

Course Fourth Year Hours
PHRD 6000 Advanced Community Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 6002 Advanced Institutional Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 6004 Advanced Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 6006 Advanced Adult Medicine Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 6008 Advanced Speciality Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 6010 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective Experience (may be non-patient care) 6
PHRD 6012 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective Experience (must be patient care) 6
PHRD 6005 Pharmacotherapy Forum 3
Total 45
Total Hours for Degree (includes preparatory coursework) 259

ULM 2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog Pharmacy Course Descriptions

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