Curriculum

Pharm.D. Professional Program

The College's courses are offered by five departments: Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems, Pharmaceutics, and Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences (Duluth).

• Experimental and clinical pharmacology courses include the pharmacotherapy sequence that applies basic and clinical sciences principles to the patient by focusing on the nature and cause of various disease states and the treatment of these disorders.
• Medicinal chemistry courses (biochemistry of medicinals, medicinal agents, biotechnology, immunology) and pharmacology courses focus on understanding the actions and therapeutic uses of various types of medications that affect organ systems, immune functions, and infectious disease-related problems.
• Pharmaceutical care and health systems courses encompass a pharmaceutical care sequence that examines the various roles of the pharmacist, current and future pharmacy practice, and a pharmacy management and public policy sequence.
• Pharmaceutics courses (drug delivery, pharmacokinetics, biopharmaceutics) concentrate on principles involved in drug dosage formulations, dosage form design, and how drugs are absorbed, distributed, and eliminated from the body.

The following is a listing of the 2010-2011 semester curriculum with links to course syllabi.

First Professional Year

Fall Semester (18 credits)

• Phar 6111: Practice of Pharmaceutical Care I (3)
• Duluth Phar 6111: Practice of Pharmaceutical Care I (3)
• Phar 6141: Medical Microbiology and Immunizations (1)
• Phar 6151: Biochemistry of Medicinals I (3)
• Phar 6161: Drug Delivery I (3)
  • Phar 6161 Lecture Schedule 2011
• Phar 6171: Pharmaceutical Care Skills I (2)
  
• Duluth Phar 6171: Pharmaceutical Care Skills I (2)
• Phar 7001: Early Pharmacy Practice Experience I (1)
• Phar 6061: Physiological Systems as Targets for Drug Action (5)

Spring Semester (19.5 credits)

• Phar 6112: Practice of Pharmaceutical Care II (3)
• Phar 6152: Biochemistry of Medicinals II (3)
  • Phar 6152 Lecture Schedule
• Phar 6158 (optional): Recombinant DNA-Derived Drugs (1)
• Phar 6159: Pharmaceutical Immunology and Biotechnology (3)
• Phar 6162: Drug Delivery II (3)
• Phar 6165: Pharmaceutical Calculations (1)
• Phar 6172: Pharmaceutical Care Skills II (2)
• Duluth Phar 6172: Pharmaceutical Care Skills II (2)
• Phar 6177: Patient Assessment (1)
• Duluth Phar 6177: Patient Assessment (1)
• Phar 7002: Early Pharmacy Practice Experience II (1)
• Phar 7005: Introductory Community-Practice Pharmacy Experience (2.5)

Second Professional Year

Fall Semester (18.5 credits)

• Phar 6121: Pharmacotherapy I: Patient-Centered Pathophysiology (5)
  • Phar 6121 Lecture Schedule
• Phar 6132: Biostatistics and Drug Literature Evaluation (2)
• Phar 6154: Medicinal Agents I (3)
  • Phar 6154 Lecture Schedule
• Phar 6163: Pharmacokinetics (3)
• Phar 6173: Pharmaceutical Care Skills III
• Duluth Phar 6173: Pharmaceutical Care Skills III (2)
• Phar 7003: Early Pharmacy Practice Experience III (0.5)
• Phcl 5101: Pharmacology I (3)

Spring Semester (17 credits)

• Phar 6122: Pharmacotherapy II: Patient-Centered Pathophysiology (5)  
• Phar 6131: Pharmacy and the Health Care System (3)
• Phar 6155: Medicinal Agents II (2)
• Phar 6174: Pharmaceutical Care Skills IV (2)
• Duluth Phar 6174: Pharmaceutical Care Skills IV
• Phar 7004: Early Pharmacy Practice Experience IV (0.5)
  
• Phcl 5102: Pharmacology II (2)
• Phar 7006: Introductory Institutional-Pharmacy Practice Experience (2.5)
• Elective Courses

Third Professional Year

Fall Semester (15 credits)

• Phar 6123: Pharmacotherapy III: Patient-Centered Pathophysiology (5)
• Phar 6156: Medicinal Agents III (4)
• Phar 6164: Biopharmaceutics (3)
• Phar 6175: Pharmaceutical Care Skills V (2)
• Phar 6181: Pharm.D. Paper and Seminar (1)
  • Paper/Seminar Project Agreement form 2012
• Elective Courses

Spring Semester (15 credits)

• Phar 6124: Pharmacotherapy IV: Patient-Centered Pathophysiology (5)
• Phar 6133: Pharmacy Practice Management (3)
• Phar 6136: Law in Pharmacy Practice (1)
• Phar 6137: Ethics in Pharmacy Practice (1)
• Phar 6135: Professional Outcomes (2)
• Phar 6157: Human Nutrition and Drug Therapy (3)
• Phar 7010: APPE Continuing Professional Development Portfolio (1.5)
• Elective Courses

Fourth Professional Year

Summer Session (12 credits)

• Advanced Practice Experiences (12)

Fall Semester (14 credits)

• Phar 6183: Pharm.D. IV Paper (2)
  • Phar 6183 Advisor Evaluation For for Drafts I & II Final Paper/Grad Submission
• Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (12)

Spring Semester (13 credits) 

Note: Additional research emphasis area information is available. 

• Phar 6182: Pharm.D. IV Seminar (1)
• Advanced Practice Experiences (12)