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Requirements for the Doctor of Pharmacy Degree

First Pre-Professional Year (Fall)
Credits
First Pre-Professional Year (Spring)
Credits
Rhetoric 10:1 or 10:3
4
  Rhetoric 10:2
4
Principles of Chemistry I 4:11
4
  Principles of Chemistry II 4:12
4
Calculus for Biol Sciences 22M:16
4
  Principles of Biology I 2:10
4
Physics 29:8 (if needed)
(4)
  General Education Electives
(3-6)
General Education Electives
(3-6)
Total
15-18
  Total
15-18
 
   
Second Pre-Professional Year (Fall)
Credits
Second Pre-Professional Year (Spring)
Credits
Organic Chemistry I 4:121
3
  Organic Chemistry II 4:122
3
Human Anatomy 60:110
3
  Human Physiology 27:130
3
Principles of Biology II 2:11
4
  Microbiology 61:164
4
Microeconomics 6E:1
4
  Statistics 22S:XX, but not 22S:002
3
General Education Electives
(4)
  General Education Electives
(4)
Total
14-18
  Total
13-17
 
   
First Professional Year (Fall)
Credits
First Professional Year (Spring)
Credits
Pharmacy Practice Lab I 46:50
2
  Pharmacy Practice Lab II 46:051
2
Biochemistry 99:162
4
  MNPC I 46:128
4
Pharmaceutics I 46:123
4
  Pharmaceutics II 46:124
4
Pathology 69:133
4
  Pharmacology I 71:180
3
Intro to Pharmacy Literature 46:103
1
  Pharmacy Law & Ethics 46:104
2
Introductory Practice Experience I 46:001*
1
Total
16
  Total
15
 
Second Professional Year (Fall)
Credits
Second Professional Year (Spring)
Credits
Pharmacy Practice Lab IV 46:116
2
  Pharmacy Practice Lab IV 46:117
2
MNPC II 46:131
4
  MNPC III 46:132
4
Pharmacokinetics/Biopharmaceutics 46:138
3
  Clinical Pharmacokinetics 46:170
3
Introduction to Therapeutics 46:149
2
  Therapeutics-Respiratory 46:155
2
Therapeutics-Women's & Men's Health 46:154
2
  Therapeutics-Cardiovascular 46:156
2
Pharmacology II 71:181
4
 
Clinical Practice Skills 46:106
2
 
3
Total
17  
Total
19
 
   
Third Professional Year (Fall)
Credits
Third Professional Year (Spring)
Credits
Pharmacy Practice Lab V 46:118
2
  Pharmacy Practice Lab VI 46:119
2
Therapeutics-FEN, GI, Renal 46:158
2
  Therapeutics-Neurology, Psychiatry 46:164
2
Therapeutics-Immunology, Hematology 46:159
2
  Therapeutics-Infectious Disease 46:165
2
Clinical Practice Skills II 46:107
2
  Clinical Practice Skills III 46:108
2
Core Principles in PSE 46:130
3
  PSE Selectives***
4
Drug Literature Evaluation 46:115
2
  Introductory Practice Experience III 46:003*
1
Professional Electives**
4
  Professional Electives**
5
Total
17
 
Total
18
         
Fourth Professional Year (Summer)
Credits
Third Professional Year (Fall)
Credits
Advanced Practice Experiences
12
  Advanced Practice Experiences
12
Fourth Professional Year (Spring)
Credits
   
Advanced Practice Experiences
12
   
 
   
*Each year, students must complete one semester of Introductory Practice Experience, either fall or spring
**Professional Electives: may be acquired only during the four professional years, a total of 12 sh. is required.
***May choose TWO from: 46:398,344,355,356,353,or 173:291& 6e:113

 

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