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Degree Plan
Note: The following degree plan applies to students entering the Professional Pharmacy Program (Pharm.D.) in Fall 2010 or later.
The curriculum for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree includes a minimum of 211 semester hours of college work, 139 semester hours of which must be pharmacy courses or the equivalent. Students with course credit for non-pharmacy courses or pharmacy courses from another college/school of pharmacy similar to those courses in the professional program may be petitioned for equivalency credit. The degree plan for the Pharm.D. program is shown below under the Pharmacy Course of Study.
Electives
Students must complete six hours (a minimum of three elective courses) in pharmacy elective courses. Three of the six pharmacy elective hours may be satisfied by completion of a Selected Topics course (PHAR 5198, 5298, 5398). Any student may participate in a Selected Topics course if they are in good academic standing in the College and have approval of a faculty member who will supervise their work. Approval is gained through completion of the General Petition form. To participate in a Selected Topics course the student must submit a proposal of the work that will be undertaken in this course to the faculty member at the start of the course and must submit a report at the end of the course indicating their accomplishments in the course. Copies of these reports will be placed in the student's academic files.
Credit Hours
Pharmacy students are required to comply with all changes in the curriculum made subsequent to the year in which they matriculated. Deletions and additions of courses will be of approximately equal credit, so that no student will have an overall appreciable increase of total credits required for graduation.
Hours in Residence
The college requires at least three years in residence in the professional program at the college of pharmacy for graduation. Students transferring from another school or college of pharmacy are required to complete at least 25% of the semester hours of pharmacy and related work in residence at the University of Houston.
For More Information
For more information, please consult the UHCOP Pharm.D. Student Handbook (.pdf) or the UH Graduate Catalog.
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| Third Professional Year | ||
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PHAR 5256 |
Pharmacy Skills Program V |
2 |
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PHAR 5274 |
Pharmacy Practice V |
2 |
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PHAR 5480 |
Physical Assessment/Anatomy |
4 |
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PHAR 5581 |
Advanced Therapeutics I |
5 |
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Total 13 Hours |
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| Spring Semester | Hours | |
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PHAR 5257 |
IPPE II* and Professional Development |
2 |
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PHAR 5275 |
Pharmacy Practice VI |
2 |
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PHAR 5362 |
Management III |
3 |
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PHAR 5374 |
Pharmacy Law and Ethics |
3 |
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PHAR 5582 |
Advanced Therapeutics II |
5 |
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Total 15 Hours |
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| Summer Semester |
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PHAR 5692 |
Advanced Hospital Pharmacy |
6 |
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PHAR 5693 |
Advanced Community Pharmacy |
6 |
| Total 12 Hours | ||
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| Fourth Professional Year | ||
| Fall Semester** | Hours | |
| PHAR 5690 | Institutional Medicine | 6 |
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PHAR 56__ |
Clinical APPE IV |
6 |
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PHAR 56__ |
Clinical APPE V |
6 |
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PHAR 5181 |
Clinical Seminar*** |
1 |
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Total 18 or 19 Hours |
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| Spring Semester** | Hours | |
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PHAR 56__ |
Clinical APPE VI |
6 |
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PHAR 56__ |
Elective APPE VII |
6 |
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PHAR 5181 |
Clinical Seminar*** |
1 |
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Total 12 or 13 Hours |
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| Required Pharmacy Practice Experiences | Hours | |
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PHAR 5493 |
Introductory Community Pharmacy |
4 |
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PHAR 5692 |
Advanced Hospital Pharmacy |
6 |
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PHAR 5693 |
Advanced Community Pharmacy |
6 |
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PHAR 5690 |
Internal Medicine |
6 |
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PHAR 56__ |
Ambulatory-based APPE (one from the following) |
6 |
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PHAR 5675 - Disease State Management or |
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PHAR 5684 - Family Medicine or |
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PHAR 5696 - Primary Care |
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PHAR 56__ |
Clinical Specialty Electives |
12 |
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PHAR 56__ |
Elective (Clinical Specialty or Other) |
6 |
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Elective Clinical Specialty APPEs (Two from the following list) — Each 6 Hours |
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PHAR 5642 |
Emergency Medicine |
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PHAR 5643 |
Neurology |
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| PHAR 5644 | Ambulatory Care-Medication Therapy Management | |
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PHAR 5669 |
Renal Therapeutics |
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PHAR 5674 |
Nutritional Support |
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PHAR 5675 |
Disease State Management |
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PHAR 5676 |
Cell and Gene Therapeutics |
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PHAR 5677 |
Pharmacokinetics |
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PHAR 5678 |
Transplant Therapeutics |
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PHAR 5679 |
Women's Health Therapeutics |
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PHAR 5680 |
Oncology |
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PHAR 5681 |
Infectious Diseases |
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PHAR 5682 |
Surgery |
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PHAR 5683 |
Cardiology |
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PHAR 5684 |
Family Medicine |
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PHAR 5685 |
Critical Care |
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PHAR 5686 |
Psychiatry |
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PHAR 5691 |
Drug Information |
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PHAR 5694 |
Pediatrics |
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PHAR 5695 |
Geriatrics |
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PHAR 5696 |
Primary Care |
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Other Elective APPEs (Non-Clinical) (One additional APPE from any 5600 offered) — Each 6 Hours |
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| PHAR 5645 | Pharmacy Infomatics | |
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PHAR 5660 |
Pharmaceutical Industry |
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PHAR 5661 |
Pharmacoeconomics |
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PHAR 5662 |
Academic Scholarship |
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PHAR 5663 |
Pharmacy Management |
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PHAR 5664 |
Legal and Regulatory Affairs |
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PHAR 5665 |
Alternative Medicine |
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PHAR 5666 |
Hospice Care |
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PHAR 5667 |
Government Pharmacy |
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PHAR 5668 |
Managed Care Pharmacy |
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PHAR 5670 |
Community Pharmaceutical Care |
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PHAR 5671 |
Hospital Pharmaceutical Care |
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PHAR 5672 |
Clinical Pharmaceutical Research |
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PHAR 5673 |
Veterinary Pharmaceutical Care |
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PHAR 5687 |
Nuclear Pharmacy |
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PHAR 5688 |
Home Care |
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PHAR 5689 |
Consulting Pharmacy |
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* Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
**Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
***Seminar offered in fall and spring semesters. Students are required to complete one semester.