louisiana's college of pharmacy

Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum Sequence

First Year - Fall Semester
Course Number
Course Description
Hours
PHRD 4000 Medical Microbiology
3
PHRD 4002 Principles of Drug Action I
5
PHRD 4004 Pharmaceutical Calculations
2
PHRD 4008 Pharmaceutics I
3
PHRD 4010 Introduction to Pharmacy
1
PHRD 4012 Pathophysiology I
2
PHRD 4014 Top Drugs and Medical Terminology
1
PHRD 4020 Integrated Lab Sequence I
1
  Total

18

First Year - Spring Semester
PHRD 4025 Principles of Immunology
2
PHRD 4027 Principles of Drug Action II
3
PHRD 4029 Pharmaceutics II
3
PHRD 4031 Pharmacy Practice Ethics and Law I
2
PHRD 4033 Drug Information Retrieval
3
PHRD 4035 Pathophysiology II
3
PHRD 4047 Parenterals
1
PHRD 4049 Integrated Lab Sequence II
1
  Total
18
First Year - Summer
PHRD 4050 Community Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
4
  Total
4
Second Year - Fall Semester
PHRD 4052 Research Methods and Literature Evaluation
3
PHRD 4054 Introduction to Communications
1
PHRD 4056 Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics
3
PHRD 4058 Neurology and Psychiatry Module
5
PHRD 4070 Integrated Lab Sequence III
1
PHRD 4074 Endocrine Module
3
  Electives
2/3*
  Total
18/19
Second Year - Spring Semester
PHRD 4077 Health Care Systems
3
PHRD 4079 Self Care/Patient Assessment I Module
4
PHRD 4081 Infectious Diseases Module
6
PHRD 4083 Gastrointestinal, Nutrition and Hepatic Module
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.
Second Year - Summer
PHRD 5000 Institutional Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
4
  Total
4
Third Year - Fall Semester
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 Module
2
PHRD 5010 Cardiovascular Module
6
PHRD 5020 Integrated Lab Sequence V
1
  Electives
3
  Total
19
Third Year - Spring Semester
PHRD 5025 Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes
2
PHRD 5027 Bone and Joint Module
2
PHRD 5029 Special Populations Module
2
PHRD 5031 Respiratory Module
2
PHRD 5033 Renal/Urology Module
2
PHRD 5035 Hematology/Oncology Module
3
PHRD 5037 Eye, Ears, Nose, Throat and Dermatology Module
2
PHRD 5049 Integrated Lab Sequence VI
1
  Electives
2
  Total
19
Fourth Year
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 6005 Pharmacotherapy Forum
3
PHRD 6006 Advanced Adult Medicine Pharmacy Practice Experience
6
PHRD 6008 Advanced Specialty Pharmacy Practice Experience
6
PHRD 6010 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective Experience I
6
PHRD 6012 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective Experience II
6
  Total
45
  Total Hours for Degree
259

 

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