louisiana's college of pharmacy
Curriculum Sequence Doctor of Pharmacy (2009 Admit)

Course First Year First Semester Hours
PHRD 400 Medical Microbiology 3
PHRD 402 Principles of Drug Action/Therapeutics I 5
PHRD 404 Pharmaceutical Calculations 2
PHRD 408 Pharmaceutics I 3
PHRD 410 Introduction to Pharmacy 1
PHRD 412 Pathophysiology Focus on Cellular 2
PHRD 420 Integrated Lab Sequence I 2
Total 18

Course First Year Second Semester Hours
PHRD 425 Immunology 2
PHRD 427 Principles of Drug Action/Therapeutics II 4
PHRD 429 Pharmaceutics II 3
PHRD 431 Pharmacy Practice Ethics and Laws 2
PHRD 433 Drug Information Retrieval 3
PHRD 435 Pathophysiology Focus on Organ Systems 3
PHRD 447 Parenterals 1
PHRD 449 Integrated Lab Sequence II 1
Total 18

Course First Year Summer Hours
PHRD 450 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience, Community 4
Total 4

Course Second Year First Semester Hours
PHRD 452 Research Methods and Literature Evaluation 3
PHRD 454 Introduction to Communication 1
PHRD 456 Biopharmaceutics/Pharmacokinetics 3
PHRD 458 Neurology/Psychiatry 5
PHRD 474 Endocrinology 3
PHRD 470 Integrated Lab Sequence III 1
Electives 2/3*
Total 18-19
* Students are required to take a total of 5 credit hours of electives in the second year, but may take 6 credit hours of electives if desired.

Course Second Year Second Semester Hours
PHRD 477 Health Care Systems 3
PHRD 479 Self Care/Patient Assessment I 4
PHRD 481 Infectious Diseases 6
PHRD 483 Gastrointestinal/Nutrition/Hepatic 2
PHRD 499 Integrated Lab Sequence IV 1
Electives 2/3*
Total 18-19
* Students are required to take a total of 5 credit hours of electives in the second year, but may take 6 credit hours of electives if desired.

Course Second Year Summer Hours
PHRD 500 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience, Institutional 4
Total 4

Course Third Year First Semester Hours
PHRD 502 Pharmacy Practice Ethics and Law II 2
PHRD 504 Advanced Communication 2
PHRD 506 Professional Pharmacy Management 3
PHRD 508 Self Care/Patient Assessment II 2
PHRD 510 Cardiovascular 6
PHRD 520 Integrated Lab Sequence V 1
Electives 3
Total 19

Course Third Year Second Semester Hours
PHRD 525 Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes 2
PHRD 527 Bone and Joint 2
PHRD 529 Special Populations 3
PHRD 531 Respiratory 2
PHRD 533 Renal Urology 2
PHRD 535 Hematology/Oncology 3
PHRD 537 Eye, Ears, Nose, Throat and Derm 2
PHRD 549 Integrated Lab Sequence VI 1
Electives 2
Total 19

Course Fourth Year Hours
PHRD 600 Advanced Community Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 602 Advanced Institutional Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 604 Advanced Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 606 Advanced Adult Medicine Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 608 Advanced Speciality Pharmacy Practice Experience 6
PHRD 610 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective Experience (may be non-patient care) 6
PHRD 612 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Elective Experience (must be patient care) 6
PHRD 605 Pharmacotherapy Forum 3
Total 45
Total Hours for Degree (includes preparatory coursework) 259

ULM 2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog Pharmacy Course Descriptions

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