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Pharm.D. Curriculum

• All PharmD students entering the university for the first time, whether as first-time-in-college students or as transfer students, unless they are transferring from a Texas junior/community college and satisfy all of the following conditions: Initially enrolled at the Texas/junior/community college no lather than summer 1999.
  Transferred to UH within three years of their initial enrollment at the Texas junior/community college.
  Did not interrupt their enrollment for more than 13 months.
• All former students returning to the university for a PharmD degree program who have interrupted their enrollment for more than 13 months.
• All postbaccalaureate students who enroll in a PharmD degree program unless they are University of Houston graduates who initially enrolled at UH prior to fall 1999 and have not interrupted their enrollment for more than 13 months.
• All continuing students who obtain permission from the dean of the college of their major to graduate under the degree requirements of the new core. Other students, including most students enrolled at the University of Houston prior to fall 1999, will not be required to satisfy the new core requirements: instead, they may choose to satisfy either the old core curriculum (see previous catalogs) or the new core curriculum. Students choosing to complete the old core must complete certain portions of it by summer 2001; if they do not, they must complete the new core. Further information on core eligibility and on courses that satisfy core curriculum requirements can be obtained by consulting the core curriculum website (www.uh.edu/academics/corecurriculum), the current class schedule, or an academic advisor.

The specific prepharmacy curriculum required by the college is:

Preprofessional First Year

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	3
HIST 1376 or 1377 The U.S. to 1877 or equivalent	3
MATH 1314 Elements of Calculus with Applications	3
Total	17

Spring Semester	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 U.S. since 1877 or equivalent	3
MATH 2311 Introduction to Statistical Analysis	3
Humanities Core Course	3
Total	20

Second Year

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 Politics, or equivelent	3
PHYS 1301 or 1321 Intro. General Physics or University Physics	3
PSYC 1300 Introduction to Psychology	3
Performing/Visual Arts	3
Total	17

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

Core Curriculum

Core Curriculum Requirements	Hours
Communication	6
Mathematics	3
Mathematics/Reasoning	3
U.S. History	6
American Government	6
Humanities	3
Visual/Performing Arts	3
Natural Sciences	6
Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 hours must be writing intensive)	6

Students are expected to have completed professional studies in Pharmacy.

Professional First Year

Spring Semester	Hours
PHAR 4271 Pharmacy Practice II	2
PHAR 4401 Cellular Life Sciences II	4
PHAR 4421 Organ Systems Life Sciences II	4
PHAR 4331 Pharmaceutics II	3
PHAR 4351 Pharmacy Skills Program II	3
Total	16

Summer Semester	Hours
PHAR 5375 Anatomy	3

Second Year

Spring Semester	Hours
PHAR 5373 Pharmacy Practice IV	3
PHAR 5703 Pharmacodynamics II	7
PHAR 5362 Pharmacy Management III	3
PHAR 5353 Pharmacy Skills Program IV	3
Total	16

Summer Semester	Hours
PHAR 5492 or 5493Hospital/Community Rotation	4
Approved Pharmacy Electives	6
Total	10

Third Year

Spring Semester	Hours
PHAR 5363 Pharmacy Management IV	3
PHAR 5582 Advanced Therapeutics II	5
PHAR 5275 Pharmacy Practice VI	2
PHAR 5374 Pharmacy Law and Ethics	3
PHAR 5355 Pharmacy Skills Program VI	3
Total	16

Summer Semester	Hours
PHAR 5692 Clinical Rotation I	6
PHAR 5693 Clinical Rotation II	6
Total	12

Fourth Year

Spring Semester	Hours
PHAR 56__ Clinical Rotation V	6
PHAR 56__ Clinical Rotation VI	6
PHAR 5182 Clinical Seminar	1
Total	13

Clinical Rotations

Required Clinical Rotations	Hours
PHAR 5690 General Medicine	6
PHAR 5691 Drug Information	6
PHAR 5692 Hospital Pharmacy	6
PHAR 5693 Community Pharmacy	4

Required Elective Clinical Rotations (One from the following list)

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
PHAR 5694 Pediatrics	6
PHAR 5695 Geriatrics	6

Elective Rotations (Two additional rotations from any 5600 offered)

PHAR 5660 Pharmaceutical Industry	6
PHAR 5661 Pharmacoeconomics	6
PHAR 5662 Academic Scholarship	6
PHAR 5663 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 Pharmacy Management	6
PHAR 5675 Disease State Management	6
PHAR 5676 Nutritional Support	6
PHAR 5687 Nuclear Pharmacy	6
PHAR 5689 Consulting Pharmacy	6