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PharmD

College of Pharmacy, 1295 N. Martin
PO Box 210202, Tucson, Arizona 85721
Phone: (520) 626-1427
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Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum

First Professional Year
First Semester (16 units)
Course Units
Bioc 460 - Biochemistry 3
Bioc 461 - Biochemistry 2
PhPr 800 - Pharmaceutical Calculations 1
PhPr 802 - Pharmaceutics 3
PhPr 805A - Pharmacy Practice 1
PhPr 804 - Interviewing and Counseling Skills 2
PhPr 806a - Pharmaceutics Lab 1
Pcol 820 - Case Discussions 1
Pcol 835 - Immunology and Hematology 2
Second Semester (16 units)
Course Units
CBA 807 - Anatomy 3
Psio 480 - Physiology 5
PhPr 805B - Pharmacy Practice 1
PhPr 806B - Pharmaceutics Lab 1
PhPr 816A - Patient Assessment 3
Pcol 821 - Case Discussions 1
PhPr 861A - Statistical Methods 2


Second Professional Year
First Semester (16 units)
Course Units
PhPr 822 - Case Discussions 1
PhPr 845 - Medication Use in Health Care Systems 3
PhPr 861B - Research Design Considerations 2
Pcol 837A - Medicinal Chemistry 3
Pcol 871A - Pharmacology 4
Pcol 836A - Chemotherapy of Infectious Diseases 3
Second Semester (19 units)
Course Units
PhPr 861C - Drug Info., Literature Evaluation 2
PhPr 875A - Pharmacotherapeutics 6
Pcol 837B - Medicinal Chemistry 2
Pcol 871C - Pharmacology 3
Pcol 874 - Clinical Toxicology 2
PhPr 812A - Non-Prescription Medications and Devices 2
Electives 2
Summer Second Professional Year (optional)
Course Units*
Required Rotations (optional at this point in the curriculum) 5-10
PhPr 803A - Community Pharmacy Practice
PhPr 803B - Institutional Pharmacy Practice


Third Professional Year
First Semester (17 units)
Course Units
PhPr 895B - Prep. for Rotations 1
PhPr 875B - Pharmacotherapeutics 6
PhPr 807 - Pharmacokinetics 4
PhPr 808A - Pharmacokinetics Discussion 1
PhPr 842 - Prof. Practice Mgmt. 3
Electives 2
Second Semester (16 units)
Course Units
PhPr 875C - Pharmacotherapeutics 6
PhPr 843 - Pharmacy Laws/Ethics 2
PhPr 885 - Clinical Pharmacokinetics 3
PhPr 808B - Pharmacokinetics Discussion 1
PhPr 862 - Writing a Proposal for a Scientific Study 2
Electives 2


Fourth Professional Year
Summer Session
Course Units*
Required/Elective Rotations 5-10
PhPr 803A-E, PhPr 810A-I, or PhPr 815A-L
Fall Semester
Course Units*
Required/Elective Rotations 10-15
PhPr 803A-E, PhPr 810A-I, or PhPr 815A-L
PhPr 803F 3
Spring Semester
Course Units*
Required/Elective Rotations 10-15
PhPr 803A-E, PhPr 810A-I, or PhPr 815 A-L  
PhPr 896a,Pharmacy Practice Project 2
PhPr 803g 2

Eight units of upper division electives (nonpracticum) and 15 units of practicum electives are required for the PharmD program. Total units (prepharmacy + professional): 67 + 142 = 209 units.

*Total units required from experiential (rotation) courses = 35 units.

Student Outcomes

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