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Courses: Pharmacy Interdepartmental (PHAR)

4250: Pharmacy Skills Program I
Cr. 2. (0-6). Prerequisite: First year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Laboratories/demonstrations in the basic pharmaceutical sciences, problem solving sessions, practice site visitation, and application of computers to pharmacy.

4251: Pharmacy Skills Program II
Cr. 2. (0-6). Prerequisite: PHAR 4250, Pharmacy Skills Program I. Laboratories/demonstrations in the basic pharmaceutical sciences, patient counseling skills, basic statistics and pharmaceutical calculations.

4260: Pharmacy Management I
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: First year standing in the College of Pharmacy. This course examines the contemporary health care delivery system and pharmacy practitioners' role within the system.

4270: Pharmacy Practice I
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: First year standing in the College of Pharmacy, and COMM 1332, Fundamentals of Public Speaking. Instruction in problem solving and basic communications, interpersonal relationships, drug information, medical terminology, introduction to pharmacy and history of pharmacy and its professional organizations.

4271: Pharmacy Practice II
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisites: first-year standing in the College of Pharmacy; PHAR 4270, MATH 2311, Introduction to drug information and literature evaluation. Identifying, evaluating, and selecting appropriate drug information sources. Reading and basic interpretation of primary literature.

4301: Cellular Life Sciences II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 4400. The study of human immunology and genetics as it relates to normal body function, disease states, and drug therapy.

4320: Organ Systems Life Sciences I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: First year standing in the College of Pharmacy and BIOL 1431-1432, Introduction to Biological Science. Principles of human anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of the body including fetal physiology; an introduction to neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and pathophysiology of the human central nervous system.

4330: Pharmaceutics I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: First year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Physicochemical properties of drugs and their dosage forms with emphasis on drug delivery systems.

4331: Pharmaceutics II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 4330, Pharmaceutics I. Design of novel drug delivery systems including physicochemical and biopharmaceutical properties of drugs and their dosage forms.

4400: Cellular Life Sciences I
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: First year standing in the College of Pharmacy, CHEM 3331-3332, Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, CHEM 3331-3332, Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry Laboratory. An introduction to the chemistry and metabolism of biological molecules including: carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids; and coverage of vitamins and their components, with emphasis on their relationship to disease states and drug therapy.

4401: Cellular Life Sciences II
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 4400, Cellular Life Sciences I. A study of human immunology and genetics as it relates to normal body function, disease states, and drug therapy.

4421: Organ Systems Life Sciences II
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 4320, Organ Systems Life Sciences I. Human physiology and pathophysiology of cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, reproductive, and endocrine systems.

5181: Clinical Seminar
Cr. 1. (1-0). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Drug information literature review, analysis of clinical studies, formal presentation, and submission of a publishable-quality written manuscript.

5198;5298;5398;5198;: Clinical Seminar
Cr. 1-4 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of dean. It should be noted that these courses are graded as S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) courses.

5203: Medicinal Chemistry II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 5302. The chemistry of drugs used for the treatment of infections, cancer, pain, anxiety, convulsions, psychosis, depression, ADHD, obesity, and degenerative diseases.

5206: Pharmacy and Geriatrics
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing or consent of instructor. Social, psychological and therapeutic factors involved in geriatric pharmacy practice; the role of the pharmacist in counseling and monitoring the geriatric patient.

5207: Herbal Medicine
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of instructor. Plants used to treat disease states or to improve and maintain health.

5208: Infectious Disease Pharmacotherapy
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of instructor. Integration of clinical pharmacological, pharmacokinetic, toxicological and therapeutic properties, antimicro agents and pharmacoeconomic principles as they relate to the selection and clinical use of drugs in the treatment of infectious diseases.

5209: Advanced Topics in Infectious Diseases
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of instructor. Taking Infectious disease pharmacotherapeutics is strongly encouraged but not required. Integration of advanced concepts using clinical, pharmacological, pharmacokinetic, toxicological, therapeutic and pharmacoeconomic principles as they relate to the selection and clinical use of drugs in the compromised host.

5210: Research and Drug Design
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of instructor. This course will offer the student the ability to describe the decision making process in drug discovery, the stages of drug development and the utility of clinical pharmacology. The course will describe the structure of a research protocol including statistical, response and toxicity criteria. Additionally, the course will explain ICH guidelines and the essential regulatory and ethical issues of clinical research.

5211: Advanced Research and Drug Design
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisites: Phar 5210, third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. The student will take the information offered in Research and Drug Design and prepare a preclinical project for grant submission determining the hypothesis, rationale, budget, laboratory experiments and submit the proposal for mock IRB approval.

5212: Literature Evaluation
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of instructor. To provide students with a better understanding of the medical literature by instilling the essential skills to critically evaluate article findings. The fundamental principles that will be covered include: characteristics of different study designs and interpretation of articles (measurements, variability, statistical significance, risk).

5213: Pharmacy Based Immunization Delivery
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of instructor. Pharmacy based immunization delivery is an innovative and interactive training program that teaches pharmacy students the skills necessary to become a primary source for vaccine information and administration. Students taking the elective learn the basics of immunology and vaccine administration and focus on practice implementation and legal/regulatory issues.

5214: Oncology Pharmacotherapy
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: Third-year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. This course details the pharmacology and therapeutics of antineoplastic agents, mechanisms of action, toxicities, mechanisms of resistance and general principles that guide the monitoring of patients receiving chemotherapy.

5222: Toxicology
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 5403, Pharmacodynamics II, PHAR 5303 Pharmacodynamics IV. Basic toxicology of therapeutic agents, environmental agents, and drug and substance abuse.

5254: Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience I and Professional Development
Cr. 2. (0-6). Prerequisite: Second year standing within the College of Pharmacy. A structured practice experience introducing basic pharmacy clinical skills in a healthcare setting and professional development seminars.

5255: Pharmacy Skills Program IV
Cr. 2. (0-6). Prerequisite: PHAR 5254, Pharmacy Skills Program III. Problem solving utilizing clinical physical assessment, compounding, dispensing and patient counseling exercises, and drug information retrieval.

5256: Pharmacy Skills Program V
Cr. 2. (0-6). Prerequisite: PHAR 5255, Pharmacy Skills Program IV. Therapeutic case studies, journal literature evaluation, and clinical pharmacy practice site experiences.

5257: Pharmacy Skills Program VI
Cr. 2. (0-6). Prerequisite: PHAR 5256, Pharmacy Skills Program V. Therapeutic case studies applied to non-prescription drugs and drug histories, clinical pharmacy practice site experiences.

5261: Pharmacy Management II
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 4260, Pharmacy Management I. Second year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Accounting principles, financial management, and investment related to community pharmacy practice.

5274: Pharmacy Practice V
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 5373, Pharmacy Practice IV. Knowledge, description, and counseling information concerning durable medical supplies, diagnostic agents, nutritional supplements, and sterile products.

5275: Pharmacy Practice VI
Cr. 2. (2-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the Professional Program. Development of counseling skills associated with non-prescription drug dispensing and drug information retrieval.

5280: Therapeutics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: Second year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Co-requisites: PHAR 5203 , and PHAR 5403. Clinical application of pharmacological and biopharmaceutical principals to the treatment of specific disease states in different patient populations.

5302: Medicinal Chemistry I
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PHAR 4421, and PHAR 4401. The chemistry of drugs used to modulate the autonomic nervous system, and for the treatment of diseases, including diabetes, thyroid disorders, GI disorders, allergic disorders, asthma, heart disease and to stimulate or antagonize endogenous hormones.

5303: Medicinal Chemistry II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: PHAR 5302. The chemistry of drugs used for the treatment of infections, cancer, pain, anxiety, convulsions, psychosis, depression, ADHD, obesity, and degenerative diseases.

5305: Pharmacodynamics Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Introduction to basic research into drug chemistry, pharmacology, and/or pharmacokinetics.

5308: Infectious Disease Pharmacotherapeutics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Third-year standing in College of Pharmacy. Integration of clinical pharmacological, pharmacokinetic, toxicological and therapeutic properties, antimicrobial agents, and pharmacoeconomic principles as they relate to the selection and clinical use of drugs in the treatment of infectious diseases.

5323: Public Health
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Discussion of epidemiological principles and their applications in establishing etiologies and preventative strategies with regard to chronic diseases, infectious diseases, substance abuse, and genetic disease.

5332: Pharmacokinetics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 4401, Cellular Life Sciences II, PHAR 4421, Organ Systems Life Sciences II, and PHAR 4331, Pharmaceutics II. Concurrent enrollment in: PHAR 5402, Pharmacodynamics I and PHAR 5302, Pharmacodynamics II. Application of principles of pharmacokinetics to drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. Rational drug usage in relation to effects of dosage form, routes of administration and disease states on pharmacokinetics and therapeutic responses.

5334: Pharmaceutics Research
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Introduction to basic research into pharmaceutics including formulations, dosage forms, and drug delivery systems.

5362: Pharmacy Management III
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 4261, Pharmacy Management II. Principles of personnel management, managed health care, ownership/franchise issues, and government regulations.

5364: Pharmacy Psychology/Sociology Issues
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Insight into patient psychology and the consideration of social issues in pharmaceutical health care.

5365: Pharmacy Public Speaking
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Emphasis on the development of speaking skills required to effectively present drug and pharmacy issues to various general audiences to both inform and educate them as knowledgeable pharmaceutical consumers.

5373: Pharmacy Practice IV
Cr. 3. (3-0). Integration of the scientific principles of pharmaceutics and a practical knowledge of pharmacy applied to preparation, compounding, and dispensing of medications. Drug therapy counseling of prescription and nonprescription medication.

5374: Pharmacy Law & Ethics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. The study of federal and state laws, rules, and regulations, and case law which govern and control the practice of pharmacy. The course also includes the ethical implications of modern pharmacy practice.

5375: Anatomy
Cr. 3. (2-1). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of instructor. An indepth study of human anatomy designed to prepare the student to have a better understanding of the effect of drug products in the treatment of diseases.

5376: Advanced Community Pharmacy Practice
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Clinical pharmacy services and pharmaceutical care as practiced in a community pharmacy setting.

5377: Advanced Hospital Pharmacy Practice
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Clinical pharmacy services and pharmaceutical care as practiced in a hospital pharmacy setting.

5378: Specialized Patient Pharmaceutical Care
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Clinical pharmacy services and specialized needs of patients with specific disease states such as infectious disease, cancer, chronic cardiac conditions, etc.

5379: Specialty Compounding
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: Third year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. The preparation of unique and difficult pharmaceutical preparations and formulations.

5380: Physical Assessment
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 5703, Pharmacodynamics II, Anatomy, or consent of the instructor. Understanding and application of physical diagnostic examinations and gross pathological states as it relates to rational drug prescribing.

5397: Selected Topics in Pharmaceutical Studies
Cr. 2-3 per semester. (2-0;3-0). Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Selection of specific topics of interest for group study.

5402: Pharmacology I
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 4421, and PHAR 4401. Study of the mechanism of action of drugs used to modulate the endocrine and autonomic nervous system, and for the treatment of diseases, including allergic disorders, asthma, and heart disease.

5403: Pharmacology II
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 5402. The mechanism of action of chemotherapeutic drugs used to treat infection and cancer and for the treatment of diseases, including anxiety, convulsions, psychosis, depression, ADHD, obesity, and degnerative diseases.

5480: Physical Assessment/Anatomy
Cr. 4. (4-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 5703, Pharmacodynamics II, or consent of the instructor. An indepth study of human anatomy with applications to the physical diagnostic examinations and gross pathological states as they relate to rational drug prescribing.

5493: Introductory Community Pharmacy
Cr. 4. (0-12). Second-year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. An experential course emphasizing the distribution, dispensing and technical aspects of community pharmacy.

5581: Advanced Therapeutics I
Cr. 5. (5-0). Prerequisites: PHAR 5703, Pharmacodynamics II and PHAR 5432, Pharmacokinetics. Clinical pharmacy practice and therapeutics. Requires integration and application of pharmacological and biopharmaceutical principles to the treatment of specific disease states.

5582: Advanced Therapeutics II
Cr. 5. (5-0). Prerequisite: PHAR 5581, Advanced Therapeutics I. Continuation of Advanced Therapeutics I. Integration and application of pharmacological and biopharmaceutical principles to the treatment of specific disease states.

5642: Emergency Medicine
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience where the student masters skills needed to recommend, initiate or modify therapy in the emergency room, or monitor outcomes for effectiveness and absence of adverse effects.

5643: Neurology
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience where the student masters skills needed to recommend, initiate or modify therapy for neurological problems, or monitor outcomes for effectiveness and absence of adverse effects.

5660: Pharmaceutical Industry
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in an industrial pharmacy setting or with an industry medical liaison.

5661: Pharmacoeconomics
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in a practice setting stressing pharmacoeconomic and cost-benefit issues.

5662: Academic Scholarship
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in an academic setting dealing with course development and teaching techniques.

5663: Pharmacy Management
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience dealing with management issues in pharmacy administration.

5664: Legal & Regulatory Affairs
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in a non-profit, for-profit, or governmental setting dealing with legal and regulatory issues related to pharmacy practice.

5665: Alternative Medicine
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide experience in advising health-care professionals and patients in the relative effectiveness and safety of herbal and other alternative remedies for the treatment of various diseases.

5666: Hospice Care
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide experience in providing pharmaceutical care for patients and support for care givers of patients with cancer or other terminal illnesses.

5667: Government Pharmacy
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide experience in pharmacy practice in government facilities such as the hospitals and clinics of the Dept of Veterans Affairs and Public Health Service facilities.

5668: Managed Care Pharmacy
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide experience in pharmacy practice in a managed care invironment.

5669: Renal Therapeutics
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide experience in the pharmacotherapy of patients with compromised renal function.

5670: Community Pharmaceutical Care
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Advanced clinical pharmacy health care experience in a community pharmacy setting.

5671: Hospital Pharmaceutical Care
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. Advanced clinical pharmacy health care experience in a hospital pharmacy setting.

5672: Clinical Pharmaceutical Research
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. An experiential introduction to clinical pharmaceutical research.

5673: Veterinary Pharmaceutical Care
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in a veterinary health care setting dealing with both dispensing and clinical functions.

5674: Nutritional Support
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in a practice setting stressing clinical and dispensing functions related to the provision of nutritional support services.

5675: Disease State Management
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in a practice setting targeting a specific disease, its complications, and therapeutic management and outcomes.

5676: Cell and Gene Therapeutics
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide esperience in cell and gene therapy in patients who have diseases that can be treated with this modality.

5677: Pharmacokinetics
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. To provide clinical experience in determining initial drug dosage and subsequent change based on individualized pharmacokinetic parameters for drugs with a narrow therapeutic index.

5678: Transplant Therapeutics
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience where the student masters the skills necessary to optimize drug therapy outcomes for patients with transplanted organs.

5679: Women's Health Therapeutics
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience where the student masters the skills necessary to optimize drug therapy outcomes for obstetric/gynecology patients.

5680: Oncology
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in an institutional setting dealing with oncology patients.

5681: Infectious Diseases
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in an institutional setting dealing with patients with infectious diseases.

5682: Surgery
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in an institutional setting dealing with surgery patients.

5683: Cardiology
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in an institutional setting dealing with cardiology patients.

5684: Family Medicine
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Clinical pharmacy health care experience in a family practice setting.

5685: Critical Care
Cr. 6. (0-18). Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent. Clinical pharmacy health care experience with patients in a critical care unit.

5686: Psychiatry
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Clinical pharmacy health care experience with psychiatric patients.

5687: Nuclear Pharmacy
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Clinical pharmacy health care experience with patients undergoing nuclear pharmacy treatments.

5688: Home Care
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Clinical pharmacy health care experience in a home care setting.

5689: Consulting Pharmacy
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Clinical pharmacy health care experience with a consultant pharmacist.

5690: Institutional Medicine
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience dealing with internal medicine or its subspecialties.

5691: Drug Information
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. A structured pharmacy experience dealing with drug information retrieval, analysis, and subsequent recommendations.

5692: Advanced Hospital Pharmacy
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured experience in hospital pharmacy practice.

5693: Advanced Community Pharmacy
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience in community and ambulatory practice stressing management, prescription dispensing functions, patient counseling, over-the-counter medication, and monitoring of patients' response to drug therapy.

5694: Pediatrics
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience dealing with a pediatric population.

5695: Geriatrics
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. A structured pharmacy experience dealing with a geriatric population.

5696: Primary Care
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy or consent of the instructor. To provide experience in collaborative practice provision of direct patient care.

5698: Medicine-Special Problems
Cr. 6. (0-18). Prerequisite: Fourth year standing in the College of Pharmacy. Clinical pharmaceutical care experience with patients in a particular medical subspecialty category.