Doctor of Pharmacy


4-Year Curriculum

Note: Students must complete the following elective credits by graduation. These can be completed during pre-pharmacy or prior to coming to ACPHS and will appear in the degree audit.

  • Liberal arts 9 credits (typically social science and humanities topics)
  • General education elective 3 credits (any non-required course)
  • Professional elective 6 credits (courses designated by the Pharmacy Curriculum Committee)

Year 1

  Fall Semester
Credits
 Spring Semester
Credits
PSC 341 Pharmaceutics I 3 PSC 342

Pharmaceutics II

3
PSC 321

Physiology/Pathophysiology

4 PSC 322

Physiology/Pathophysiology II

4
CHE 311 or PSC 311

Biochemistry

3 PSC 312

Molecular Biology

3
PSC 315

Immunology

3 PHM 329

 Self Care/OTC

3
PHM 318

Foundations of Pharmacy

2 PSL 332

Pharmacy Skills II 

2
PSL 331

Pharmacy Skills I

2  

APhA Immunization Certificate

 
 

 

  PSC 369 

Molecular Foundations of Drug Action I

3
  Total 17   Total  18

INTRODUCTORY PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCE - SUMMER AFTER P1 YEAR

Summer Semester
Credits
   
CLK 798            Community 4    
  Total 4    

Year 2

Fall Semester
Credits
Spring Semester
Credits
PSC 370

Pharmacogenomics

2 PTP 425

PTP&M – Endocrine 

2
PSC 441

Pharmacokinetics

3 PTP 431

PTP&M – GI/Nutrition 2

2
PTP 440

PTP&M – Cardiovascular

4 PTP 446

PTP&M – Infectious Disease

4
PTP 410

PTP&M – Respiratory Disease

1 PAD 451

US and Global Health Care Systems

3
PHD 410

Drug Information & Literature Evaluation

3 IPS 402

Integrated Problem Solving Workshop Basic

1
IPS 401

Integrated Problem Solving Workshop Intro

1 PSL 432

Pharmacy Skills IV

2
PSL 431

Pharmacy Skills III 

2  

Professional Elective*

3
  Professional Elective* 3  

 

 
 

 

       
  Total 15-19   Total  14-18

INTRODUCTORY PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCE - SUMMER AFTER P2 YEAR

Summer Semester
Credits
   
CLK 807 Institutional  3    
CLK 803 Team Based Care 1    
  Total 4    

year 3

Fall Semester
Credits
Spring Semester
Credits
PTP 525

PTP&M – Nephrology/Toxicology

2 PTP 515 

PTP&M Rheumatology/Oncology 

3
PTP 528

PTP&M – Genitourinary

2 PAD 510 or 511

Jurisprudence

3
PTP 549

PTP&M – Neurology/Psychology

4 ETH 510

Health Care and Human Values

3
IPS 501

Integrated Problem Solving Workshop Intermediate

1 PAD 521

Pharmacy Administration

3
PAD 515

Pharmacoeconomics and Health Policy

3 IPS 502

Integrated Problem Solving Workshop Advanced

2
PSL 531

Pharmacy Skills V

2 PSL 532

Pharmacy Skills VI

1
PHM 911

Orientation to APPE

No Credit   

Professional Elective*

3
 

Professional Elective*

3      
  Total 14-17   Total  15-18

year 4
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (42 Credits) - summer, fall and spring semesters

CLK 929 

Community Core Rotation

6      
CLK 843 or CLK 930

Institutional Core Rotation

6      
CLK 812 - CLK 999 

Inpatient Core Rotation

6      
CLK 812 - CLK 999

Ambulatory Care Core Rotation

6      
 

Flexible Core Rotation

6      
 

Elective

6      
 

Elective

6      
  Total 42      

PTPM - Pathophysiology, Therapeutics, Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry

*Professional electives can be taken any semester
**Students take once in fall or spring