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1999-2001


College of Pharmacy

Degree Plan

Pharmacy Course of Study

Preprofessional
First Year
Second Year
Professional Program Leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
Required Clinical Rotations
Graduate Programs
  

Preprofessional

First Year 1

Fall Semester Hours
BIOL 1431 Introduction to Biological Science
4
CHEM 1331 Fundamentals of Chemistry
3
CHEM 1111 Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory
1
ENGL 1303 Freshman Composition I 3
3
HIST 1376 or 1377 The United States to 1877 or equivalent
3
MATH 1314 Elements of Calculus with Applications 2
3
  Total
17

Spring Semester1 Hours
BIOL 1432 Introduction to Biological Science
4
CHEM 1332 Fundamentals of Chemistry
3
CHEM 1112 Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory
1
ENGL 1304 Freshman Composition II
3
HIST 1378 or 1379 The United States since 1877 or equivalent
3
MATH 2311 Introduction to Statistical Analysis
3
Humanities Core Course
3
  Total
20

Second Year 1

Fall Semester Hours
CHEM 3331 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
3
CHEM 3221 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry Laboratory
2
POLS 1336 U.S. and Texas Constitution and Poiltics, or equivalent
3
PSYC 1300 Introduction to Psychology
3
PHYS 1301
or
PHYS 1321		 Introductory General Physics
or
University Physics4
3
Cultural Heritage Core Course
3
  Total
17

Spring Semester 1 Hours
BIOL 2333 Elementary Microbiology
3
BIOL 2133 Elementary Microbiology Laboratory
1
CHEM 3332 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
3
CHEM 3222 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry Laboratory
2
POLS 1337 U.S. Government: Congress, President and Courts or equivalent
3
Social Science Writing Intensive Core Course
3
SPCM 1331 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
3
  Total
18

Professional Program Leading to the
Doctor of Pharmacy

First Year

Fall Semester Hours
PHAR 4270 Pharmacy Practice I
2
PHAR 4400 Cellular Life Sciences I
4
PHAR 4320 Organ Systems Life Sciences I
3
PHAR 4260 Pharmacy Management I
2
PHAR 4330 Pharmaceutics I
3
PHAR 4350 Pharmacy Skills Program I
3
  Total
17

Spring Semester Hours
PHAR 4271 Pharmacy Practice II
2
PHAR 4401 CeIlular Life Sciences II
4
PHAR 4421 Organ Systems Life Sciences II
4
PHAR 4261 Pharmacy Management II
2
PHAR 4331 Pharmaceutics II
3
PHAR 4351 Pharmacy Skills Program II
3
  Total
18

Second Year

Fall Semester Hours
PHAR 5372 Pharmacy Practice III
3
PHAR 5702 Pharmacodynamics
7
PHAR 5432 Pharmacokinetics
4
PHAR 5352 Pharmacy Skills Program III
3
  Total
17

Spring Semester Hours
PHAR 5373 Pharmacy Practice IV
3
PHAR 5703 PharmacodynamicsII
7
PHAR 5380 Physical Assessment
3
PHAR 5353 Pharmacy Skills Program IV
3
  Total
16

Summer Semester Hours
Approved Pharmaceutical Electives
9
  Total
9

Third Year

Fall Semester Hours
PHAR 5274 Pharmacy Practice V
2
PHAR 5362 Pharmacy Management III
3
PHAR 5322 Toxicology
3
PHAR 5581 Advanced Therapeutics I
5
PHAR 5354 Pharmacy Skills Program V
3
  Total
16

Spring Semester Hours
PHAR 5363 Pharmacy Management IV
3
PHAR 5582 Advanced Therapeutics I
5
PHAR 5275 Pharmacy Practice VI
2
PHAR 5355 Pharmacy Skills Program VI
3
  Total
13

Summer Semester Hours
PHCA 5690 Clinical Rotation I
6
PHCA 5691 Clinical Rotation II
6
  Total
12

Fourth Year

Fall Semester Hours
PHAR 56XX Clinical Rotation III
6
PHAR 56XX Clinical Rotation IV
6
PHAR 56XX Clinical Rotation V
6
PHAR 5181 Clinical Seminar
1
  Total
19

Spring Semester Hours
PHAR 56XX Clinical Rotation VI
6
PHAR 56XX Clinical Rotation VII
6
PHAR 56XX Clinical Rotation VIII
6
PHAR 5182 Clinical Seminar
1
  Total
19

Required Clinical Rotations

Clinical rotations (48 weeks total time period) begin immediately after completion of year 3, Spring term. All clinical rotations will be 6 weeks long.

Required Clinical Rotations Hours
PHAR 5690 General Medicine
6
PHAR 5691 Drug Information
6
PHCA 5690 Hospital Pharmacy
6
PHCA 5694 Community Pharmacy
3
PHAR 5694
or
PHAR 5695		 Pediatrics or Geriatrics
6

Required Clinical Rotations
(One from the following list)
Hours
PHAR 5680. Oncology
6
PHAR 5681. Infectious Diseases
6
PHAR 5682. Surgery
6
PHAR 5683. Cardiology
6
PHAR 5684. Family Medicine
6
PHAR 5685. Critical Care
6
PHAR 5686. Psychiatry
6

Elective Rotations
(Two additional rotations from any 5600 offered)
PHAR 5687. Nuclear Pharmacy
6
PHAR 5688. Home Care
6
PHAR 5689. Consulting Pharmacy
6
PHAR 5660. Pharmaceutical Industry
6
PHAR 5661. Pharmacoeconomics
6
PHAR 5662. Academic Scholarship
6
PHAR 5663. Pharmacy Management
6
PHAR 5664. Legal and Regulatory Affairs
6
PHAR 5670. Community Pharmaceutical Care
6
PHAR 5671. Hospital Pharmaceutical Care
6
PHAR 5672. Clinical Pharmaceutical Research
(this unit may be repeated)
6
PHAR 5673. Veterinary Pharmaceutical Care
6
PHAR 5674. Nutritional Support
6
PHAR 5675. Disease State Management
6

Graduate Programs

The College of Pharmacy offers the Master of Science degree in pharmacy administration, health system pharmacy administration, pharmaceutics, and pharmacology; and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in pharmaceutics and pharmacology. For more information about the graduate programs and regulations of the college, refer to the Graduate and Professional Studiescatalog catalog. All application materials and admissions inquiries for the programs in pharmaceutics and pharmacology should be addressed to:
Department of Pharmacological Pharmaceutical Sciences
Graduate Programs Office Manager
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-5515

All application materials and admissions inquiries for the programs in pharmacy administration should be addressed to:

Department of Clinical Sciences Administration
Director of Graduate Studies
University of Houston
Texas Medical Center
1441 Moursund Street
Houston, TX 77030

Files Archived: October, 2001

For applications and admissions information: admissions@uh.edu

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