Doctor of pharmacy

The Doctor of Pharmacy is a professional grade, not a graduate degree. It is given after two years of pre-pharmacy studies and four years of study in the professional program. Admission into the Pharm. D. program necessitates some previous college level study, but not a Bachelors degree. Though, while conclusion of other degree programs is not necessary for admission, it is not excluded. Each year some learners join the Pharm. D. program after completing a Bachelors degree and in a not many cases, other professional degrees. Persons who have terminated a five-year BS in Pharmacy program may look for a Pharm. D. though the traditional program, but such persons frequently locate the non-traditional Pharm. D. Program better be appropriates their needs.

Admission to the Doctor of Pharmacy program will require conclusion of:

all prepharmacy courses
an appropriate grade point average
a completed PharmCAS application
completion of the PCAT
a completed supplemental application and fee
a letter stating goals for the practice of pharmacy
three (3) letters of recommendation

The Pharm.D. curriculum is included of the following, four-year course sequence:

First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year

First Year

First Year Pharm.D. Courses

First Term	Credit	Second Term	Credit
Pharmaceutical Sci. 462	3	Pharmaceutical Sci. 463	3
Pharmacy 351	1	Pharmacy 420	2
Medicinal Chem. 409	3	Pharmacy 330	2
Statistics 350 or 4001	4	Pharmacy 352	2
Biochemistry 415 or 515	3	Medicinal Chem. 410	3
(or Biology 310)1	(4)	Physiology 502	4

Total	16	Total	16

Second Year

Second Year Pharm.D. Courses

First Term	Credit	Second Term	Credit
Pharmaceutical Sci. 464	4	Pharmaceutical Sci. 465	2
Medicinal Chem. 411	3	Medicinal Chem. 412	3
Pharmacology 659	3	Pharmacology 660	4
Pharmacy 431	3	Pharmacy 432	3
Pharmacy 451	1	Pharmacy 452	1
Elective	2	Pharmacy 476	2

Total	16	Total	16

Third Year

Third Year Pharm.D. Courses

First Term	Credit	Second Term	Credit
Pharmacy 531	3	Pharmacy 532	3
Pharmacy 551	1	Pharmacy 552	1
Pharmacy 561	2	Pharmacy 562	2
PharmD Investigations2	4	Pharmacy 520	2
Soc. & Admin. Sci 540	2	Elective	4
Elective	4	Elective	4

Total	16	Total	16

Fourth Year

Fourth Year Pharm.D. Courses

First Term	Credit	Second Term	Credit
Pharmacy 680	2	Pharmacy 691	3
Pharmacy 687	3	Pharmacy 692	3
Pharmacy 688	3	Pharmacy 693	3
Pharmacy 689	3	Pharmacy 694	3
Pharmacy 690	3	Elective	4
Elective	2

Total	16	Total	16

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