Professional Degrees, page 2
School of Pharmacy
Curriculum Requirements
Completion of a four-year professional curriculum is required to earn the Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Students should view the curriculum outlined here as advisory only and subject to modification. "Level" is used in place of the term "year" because it connotes an achievement stage rather than a fixed period of time. "Hours" are substituted for "units" in identifying acceptable time requirements for completion of the program stages. Aggregate hours must equal a minimum of 144 units/hours.
Program of Courses
| Level I, Fall (16-18 hours) |
| PHAR 303L | Pharmaceutics I |
| PHAR 313 | Anatomy and Histology |
| PHAR 315 | Biochemistry |
| PHAR 331 | Introduction to Pharmacy Practice and OTC Drugs |
| PHAR 361 | Practicum: Community or Hospital Pharmacy Externship I |
| Level I, Spring (16-18 hours) |
| PHAR 306L | Pharmaceutics II |
| PHAR 314 | Physiology |
| PHAR 318L | Pathology |
| PHAR 332 | Literature Evaluation and Biostatistics |
| PHAR 362 | Practicum: Community or Hospital Pharmacy Externship II |
Total Level I: 32-36 hours
| Level II, Fall (16-18 hours) |
| PHAR 403L | Pharmaceutics III |
| PHAR 411L | Microbiology |
| PHAR 431 | Management Concepts in Pharmacy |
| PHAR 433 | Pharmacy Jurisprudence and Professional Ethics |
| PHAR 437 | Public Health and Social Pharmacy |
| PHAR 439 | Health Behavior |
| Level II, Spring (16-18 hours) |
| PHAR 406 | Pharmaceutics IV |
| PHAR 412 | Antimicrobial Agents |
| PHAR 414 | Pharmacology I |
| PHAR 420 | Biomedicinal Chemistry I |
| PHAR 440 | Track I |
| PHAR 460 | Practicum: Parenteral Drug Therapy |
Total Level II: 32-36 hours
| Level III, Fall (16-18 hours) |
| PHAR 503 | Pharmaceutics V |
| PHAR 513 | Pharmacology II |
| PHAR 525 | Biomedicinal Chemistry II |
| PHAR 531 | Principles of Professional Communication |
| PHAR 541 | Track II |
| PHAR 551 | Contemporary Issues |
| PHAR 561 | Clinical Therapeutics I |
| Level III, Spring (16-18 hours) |
| PHAR 504 | Pharmaceutics VI |
| PHAR 514 | Pharmacology III |
| PHAR 526 | Biomedicinal Chemistry III |
| PHAR 532 | Professional Interactions |
| PHAR 542 | Track III |
| PHAR 562 | Clinical Therapeutics II |
| PHAR 564 | Clinical Skills |
Total Level III: 32-36 hours
Level IV, Fall (18 hours)
Required Clerkships
Elective Clerkships
Level IV, Spring (18 hours)
Required Clerkships
Elective Clerkships
Total Level IV: 36 hours
Required Clerkships
Ambulatory Care or Skilled Nursing Facility or Geriatrics
Community Pharmacy
Drug Therapy in Acute Care Medicine
Psychopharmacy
Elective Clerkships
Acute Care Geriatrics
Advanced Community Pharmacy
Advanced Geriatrics
Anticoagulation Therapy
Antimicrobial Therapy
Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Cardiovascular Drug Therapy
Clinical Pharmacy Research
Critical Care
Dermatology
Directed Clinical Projects
Drug Information Service
Drug Utilization Evaluation
Home Health Care
Hospital Pharmacy Practice
Inpatient Clinical Practice
Nutritional Support
Obstetrics-Gynecology
Oncology
Pediatric Drug Therapy
Pharmacy Administration
Radiopharmacy
Surgery
Total for Pharm.D. degree: minimum 204 semester units (hours). This includes 60 semester units of pre-pharmacy courses.
Degree Requirements
All students in the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program must meet course requirements, grade point average requirements and program residency requirements. All course requirements must be completed with a grade of C or better. The degree will not be conferred until the student has successfully completed all pre-pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degree requirements. Students are subject to the degree requirements in the catalogue current for the semester of their admission into the Doctor of Pharmacy program. Students must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.4 in the Pharm.D. curriculum to meet graduation requirements.
Registration
Details of the School of Pharmacy registration procedure will be included in the orientation program prior to the first week of classes.
Cancellation of Registration
During the first three years of the Doctor of Pharmacy program (Levels I, II and III), a student will only be permitted to withdraw from all courses enrolled in a semester and may not selectively withdraw from a single course or group of courses. During the fourth year, students must contact the School of Pharmacy Admission and Student Affairs Office for withdrawal guidelines. Procedures for readmission into the program or make up of incomplete courses and clerkships are included in the school's brochure on academic policies and procedures.
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Produced by the USC Division of Student Affairs, Office of University Publications, May 1, 1995
David Henriquez
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