PharmD Curriculum
Our four-year program leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree requires four years of full-time, professional study, regardless of your educational background or experiences. Presented in detail below, our curriculum includes courses in pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacy management, pharmacoeconomics, and public and global health; robust rotations; and an emphasis on interprofessional education (IPE) and teamwork. Through a formal research track and a capstone experience, students have the opportunity to work with leading scholars and researchers in pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical sciences.
Review pharmacy Prereq Courses
PRE-ADVANCED PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCE (APPE) CURRICULUM
Program Year 1 (P1)
| Fall | Spring | ||
| Course | Credits | Course | Credits |
| PHRM 501: Foundations I: Pharmaceutical Sciences – Pharmacology, Medicinal Chemistry, and Pharmacokinetics | 5 | PHRM 502: Foundations II: Introductory Integrated Biological Sciences – Pathophysiology, Genetics, Microbiology, and Immunology | 3 |
| PHRM 504: Integrated Pharmacotherapy I: Self-Care and Over-the-Counter Products1 | 3 | PHRM 503: Foundations III: Introduction to Integrated Pharmacotherapy Clinical Sciences – Systems Pathophysiology and Clinical Chemistry/Delivery of Care | 2 |
| PHRM 508: Professional Communication and Medical Info | 2 | PHRM: 505: SKILLS LAB – Integrated Pharmacotherapy I: Concepts and Patient Care Skills2 (Includes APhA Immunization Certificate) |
2 |
| PHRM 510: Health Care Delivery (IPE course with DCNHS, CCPA) | 3 | PHRM 509: Foundations for Interprofessional Communication (IPE course with DCNHS) | 1 |
| PHRM 513: Pharmaceutics I: Physical Pharmacy | 3 | PHRM 511: Biostatistics | 3 |
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PHRM 514: Pharmaceutical Calculations I |
1 | PHRM 512: Pharmacy Law | 3 |
| PHRM 579a: Lifelong Learning (1 credit per academic year) | 0 | PHRM 515: Pharmaceutics II: Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery | 3 |
| PHRM 516: Pharmaceutical Calculations II | 1 | ||
| PHRM 579b: Lifelong Learning (1 credit per academic year) | 1 | ||
| Total credits, fall | 17 | Total credits, spring | 19 |
| Summer | |||
| PHRM 562: Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience I: Community Practice3 | 2 | ||
| Total credits, summer | 2 | ||
| P1 TOTAL | 38 | ||
Program Year 2 (P2)
| Fall | Spring | ||
| Course | Credits | Course | Credits |
| PHRM 520: Integrated Pharmacotherapy II: Gastrointestinal Disease1 | 2 | PHRM 523: Integrated Pharmacotherapy V: Neurology, Psychiatry, Anesthesiology1 | 4 |
| PHRM 521: Integrated Pharmacotherapy III: Cardiology1 | 4 | PHRM 524: Integrated Pharmacotherapy VI: Infectious Disease1 | 4 |
| PHRM 522: Integrated Pharmacotherapy IV: Endocrine, Renal, and Reproductive Health1 | 3 | PHRM 526: SKILLS LAB – Integrated Pharmacotherapy V-VI: Concepts and Patient Care Skills2 (Includes APhA Diabetes Certificate) | 2 |
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PHRM 525: SKILLS LAB – Integrated Pharmacotherapy II-IV: Concepts and Patient Care Skills2 |
2 | PHRM 529: Drug Information and Health Informatics | 3 |
| PHRM 528: Population Health and Study Design Evaluation | 3 | PHRM 530: Health Care Ethics | 2 |
| PHRM 533: SKILLS LAB – Pharmaceutical Compounding and Dispensing | 2 | PHRM 534: Pharmaceutics III: Sterile Products and Biopharmaceuticals | 2 |
| Elective | 3 | PHRM 579d: Lifelong Learning (1 credit per academic year) (IPE with SUNY Upstate Medical students) | 1 |
| PHRM 579c: Lifelong Learning (1 credit per academic year) (IPE with SUNY Upstate Medical students) | 0 | ||
| Total credits, fall | 19 | Total credits, spring | 18 |
| Summer | |||
| PHRM 564: Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience II: Hospital Pharmacy3 | 2 | ||
| Total credits, summer | 2 | ||
| P2 TOTAL | 39 | ||
Program Year 3 (P3)
| Fall | Spring | ||
| Course | Credits | Course | Credits |
| PHRM 541: Integrated Pharmacotherapy VII: Pulmonary, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat1 | 3 | PHRM 543: Integrated Pharmacotherapy IX: Special Populations – Geriatrics, Pediatrics, and Health of Rural Populations1 | 3 |
| PHRM 542: Integrated Pharmacotherapy VIII: Hematology, Oncology, and Autoimmune Diseases1,5 | 5 | PHRM 545: SKILLS/SMALL GROUP COMPLEX CASES – Integrated Pharmacotherapy I-IX: Whole System Overview Integrating Concepts and Advanced Patient Care Skills4 (IPE with SUNY Upstate Medical students) | 3 |
| PHRM 544: SKILLS LAB – Integrated Pharmacotherapy VII-VIII: Concepts and Patient Care Skills2 (IPE with SUNY Upstate Medical students,
Includes APhA MTM Certificate) |
2 | PHRM 550: Contemporary Pharmacy Leadership and Management | 3 |
| PHRM 548: Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacoeconomics, and Health Outcomes | 3 | PHRM 551: Public Health and Global Health Problems | 2 |
| PHRM 553: Pharmacy, Pharmacogenomics, and Precision Medicine | 2 | PHRM 554: Pharmacy Law II | 1 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
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PHRM 571a: Capstone Project Preparation (1 credit per academic year) or PHRM 571c: Capstone Project Preparation for Research Track (1 credit per academic year) |
0 |
PHRM 571b: Capstone Project Preparation (1 credit per academic year) or PHRM 571d: Capstone Project Preparation for Research Track (1 credit per academic year) |
1 |
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PHRM 566: Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience III: Direct Patient Care I3 and PHRM 567: Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience IV: Direct Patient Care II3 |
2 credits each | ||
| Total credits, fall | 20 | Total credits, spring | 18 |
| P3 TOTAL | 38 | ||
Program Year 4 (P4)
| Course | Credits |
| PHRM 572: Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience I: Community Pharmacy | 6 |
| PHRM 573: Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience II: Ambulatory Care Pharmacy | 6 |
| PHRM 574: Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience III: Pharmacy Administration/Institutional | 6 |
| PHRM 575: Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience IV: General/Internal Medicine | 6 |
| PHRM 581/583: Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience: Direct Patient Care Elective | 6 |
| PHRM 582/584: Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience: Non-Direct Patient Care Elective | 6 |
| PHRM 587: Professional Development and Practice Readiness I | 2 |
| PHRM 588: Professional Development and Practice Readiness II | 2 |
| PHRM 595: Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience: Research | 6 |
| P4 TOTAL | 46 |
Additional Course Requirements for the PharmD Degree
All students must present their APPE Research Project at the Capstone Poster Presentation event prior to commencement.
Notes:
1 All non-skills lab integrated pharmacotherapy courses (IPT) are delivered by both
Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty with the exception of PHRM 504,
which is delivered solely by Pharmacy Practice faculty.
2 Skills lab courses are integrated with didactic pharmacotherapy courses being taught
concurrently and taught by Pharmacy Practice faculty. These courses include evaluation
and filling of prescriptions; Top 300 drugs; medication counseling; patient counseling
and case-based exercises. Essentially this is all active learning. As students progress,
activities build in difficulty and complexity; disease states covered in prior therapeutics
courses are woven into the curriculum.
3 Experiential courses are listed when the rotation typically falls. Other offerings
may be available at the Office of Experiential Education’s discretion.
4 Small section complex case-based course to integrate disease states across entire
therapeutics sequence and add complexity in patient cases. Examples include: multimorbid
patients; advanced disease states.
5 This course includes dermatological autoimmune or dermatological diseases treated
with biologic medications.