Pre-Pharmacy and
Doctor of Pharmacy Curricula
Our Pharm.D. program provides students with a range of classroom and experiential
instruction that enables them to pursue numerous opportunities after graduation.
In order to
progress to the first professional year (P1) of the Pharm.D. program,
second-year pre-pharmacy students must successfully take the Pharmacy College Admissions
Test (PCAT), complete an interview, and meet the GPA
requirement.
Students admitted to ACPHS-Vermont begin in the first professional year (P1).
| PRE-PHARMACY - YEAR 1 |
| Fall Semester | Credits | | Spring Semester | Credits |
|
General Biology I
|
4
| |
General Biology II |
4
|
|
General Chemistry I
|
4
| |
General Chemistry II |
4
|
|
Calculus (1) |
4
| |
Principles of Communication (1) |
3
|
|
The Pre-Modern World
|
3
| |
The Modern World |
3
|
|
Elective (2)
|
3
| |
Elective
|
3
|
| | | | | |
|
Total
|
18 | |
Total
|
17
|
| | | | | |
| PRE-PHARMACY - YEAR 2 |
| Fall Semester | Credits | | Spring Semester | Credits |
|
Organic Chemistry I
|
4
| |
Organic Chemistry II |
4
|
|
College Physics I
|
4
| |
College Physics II |
4
|
|
The Contemporary World |
3
| |
Psychology
|
3
|
|
Microbiology
(3) |
4
| |
Elementary
Statistics
(3) |
3
|
|
Elective (3) |
3
| |
Biology Selective (3)
|
3
|
| | | | | |
|
Total
|
18
| |
Total
|
17
|
(1) Some students will take these courses in alternate semesters.
(2) Students needing additional writing skill development take
Academic Reading and Writing in place of this elective.
(3) Some students will take these courses in alternate semesters.
| PROFESSIONAL - YEAR 1 (P1) |
| | | | | | |
| Fall Semester | Credits | | Spring Semester | Credits | |
|
Pharmaceutics I
|
3
| |
Pharmaceutics II
|
3
| |
|
Physiology /Pathophysiology I
|
4
| |
Physiology/Pathophysiology II
|
4
| |
|
Biochemistry
|
3
| |
Molecular Biology
|
3
| |
|
Immunology
|
3
| |
Self Care/OTC
|
3
| |
|
Foundations of Pharmacy
|
1
| |
Pharmacy Skills Lab II
|
1
| |
|
Pharmacy Skills Lab I
|
1
| |
IPS Workshop II
|
1
| |
|
IPS Workshop I
|
1
| |
Elective
|
3
| |
|
Total
|
16
| |
Total
|
18
| |
|
> IPPE Community - 3 credits; IPPE
Public Health - 1 credit
> Note: Both IPPE's must be completed prior to start of P2 year
| |
| | |
PROFESSIONAL - YEAR 2 (P2) |
| | | | | | |
| Fall Semester | Credits | | Spring Semester | Credits | |
|
Principles of Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry
|
2
| |
PTP&M - Endocrine
|
2
| |
|
Pharmacokinetics
|
3
| |
PTP&M - GI/Nutrition
|
2
| |
|
PTP&M - Cardiovascular
|
4
| |
PTP&M - Infectious Disease
|
4
| |
|
PTP&M- Respiratory Disease
|
1
| | U.S. and Global Health Care Systems |
3
| |
|
DI/Biostats
|
2
| | |
| IPS Workshop III | 1
| |
IPS Workshop IV |
1
| |
|
Elective
|
3
| |
Elective
|
3
| |
|
Pharmacy Skills Lab III
|
1
| |
Pharmacy Skills Lab IV
|
1
| |
| Scientific Literature Evaluation * | 1 | | Scientific Literature Evaluation * | 1 | |
|
Total
|
18
| |
Total
|
17
| |
| | | | | | |
| > IPPE Institutional – 3 credits to be
completed prior to start of P3 year
> IPPE Patient Assessment – 1 credit to be completed prior to start of P3 year
* - Students take Scientific Literature Evaluation in either the fall or the spring | |
| | |
| PROFESSIONAL - YEAR 3 (P3) |
| | | | | | |
| Fall Semester | Credits | | Spring Semester | Credits | |
|
PTP&M - Neurology/Psychiatry
|
4
|
|
|
| |
|
PTP&M - Rheum/ Connective Tissue
|
1
| |
Immunizations
|
1
| |
|
PTP&M - Nephrology/Toxicity
|
2
| |
Integrative/Alternative Medicine |
1
| |
|
PTP&M - Genitourinary
|
2
| |
IPS Workshop VI
| 2
| |
| PTP&M - Oncology | 1 | | Elective | 3 | |
|
IPS Workshop V |
1
| |
Jurisprudence
|
3
| |
| Pharmacoeconomics and Health Policy |
3
| | Pharmacy Administration
|
3
| |
|
Pharmacy Skills Lab V
|
1
| |
Pharmacy Skills Lab VI
|
1
| |
|
Elective
|
3
| |
Health Care and Human Values
|
3
| |
| Orientation to APPE | 0 | | | | |
|
Total
|
18
| |
Total
|
17 | |
| | | |
PROFESSIONAL - YEAR 4 (P4) |
| |
Students are required to complete 36 weeks (36 credits) of Advanced Pharmacy Practice
Experience (APPE), which take place in acute care, ambulatory care, community pharmacy
and other settings.
|
Abbreviations:
> PTP&M - Pathophysiology, Therapeutics, Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry
> IPS Workshop - Integrated Problem Solving Workshop
> IPPE - Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience
> APPE - Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
