Doctor of Pharmacy Elective Course Options
Doctor of Pharmacy students must complete 8 total hours of approved elective course credit by the end of the third professional year and prior to matriculation to Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences. In addition to elective PHMY courses which have been developed and are offered by College of Pharmacy faculty, Professional Master of Business Administration and Master of Health Information Technology courses completed through the Moore School of Business or College of Engineering & Computing can be counted for Doctor of Pharmacy elective credit as well. Additionally, the following select undergraduate courses can count towards Doctor of Pharmacy elective credit to a maximum of 3 credit hours as long as the course has not been counted toward a prior degree:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 222 | Survey of Accounting (*) | 3 |
| or RETL 261 | Principles of Accounting I | |
| FINA 369 | Personal Finance (*) | 3 |
| MKTG 350 | Principles of Marketing (*) | 3 |
| FORL 501 | Spanish for Medical Personnel | 3 |
| PHIL 321 | Medical Ethics | 3 |
| HPEB 321 | Personal and Community Health | 3 |
| POLI 215 | Introduction to Leadership Studies | 3 |
| HPEB 335 | First Aid and Emergency Preparedness | 3 |
| PSYC 503 | Psychology of Drug Use and Effects | 3 |
| MGMT 371 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| SCHC 364 | HNRS: Proseminar in Spanish | 3 |
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Only count towards Doctor of Pharmacy credit if taken while enrolled in the professional degree curriculum.
The below Doctor of Pharmacy elective courses have been developed and are offered by College of Pharmacy faculty. Elective courses are offered based on faculty availability, space availability, and sufficient enrollment.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| P2 | ||
| PHMY 786 | Pediatric Pharmacotherapy | 2 |
| PHMY 792 | Advanced Pharmacy Compounding I | 1 |
| PHMY 793 | Advanced Topics in Pharmacy Compounding II | 1 |
| PHMY 794 | Pharmacist Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| P3 | ||
| PHMY 776 | Developing a Medication Therapy Management Service | 2 |
| PHMY 851 | Acute Care Therapeutics | 2 |
| PHMY 857 | Community Pharmacy Practice and Operations | 2 |
| PHMY 858 | Drug Interactions | 2 |
| PHMY 859 | Design and Conduct of Clinical Research Studies | 2 |
| PHMY 863 | Medication Safety Management | 2 |
| PHMY 879 | Patient-Centered Approach to Medication Therapy Management | 2 |
| PHMY 881 | Senior Care Pharmacy Practice | 2 |
| PHMY 884 | Delivering MTM Services | 2 |
| PHMY 886 | Pharmacotherapy Cases | 2 |
| PHMY 887 | Advanced Endocrinology | 2 |
| PHMY 898 | Telemental Health | 3 |
| P2 or P3 | ||
| PHMY 716 | Special Project, Dept. of Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences | 1-4 |
| PHMY 717 | Cancer: Causes, Treatment, and Prevention | 2 |
| PHMY 756 | Clinical Immunology and Transplant | 2 |
| PHMY 757 | Special Project, Dept of Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences | 1-4 |
| PHMY 762 | Creating Pharmacy Leaders | 2 |
| PHMY 763 | Introduction to Pharmacy Pathways and Careers | 3 |
| PHMY 764 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| PHMY 765 | Introduction to Pharmaceutical Industry | 2 |
| PHMY 766 | Alternative Medicine | 2 |
| PHMY 767 | Off the SCRIPT: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Perspectives in Health Care | 2 |
| PHMY 774 | Pharmacy Political Advocacy | 2 |
| PHMY 779 | Advanced Self-Care | 2 |
| PHMY 784 | Post-graduate and Research Training | 2 |
| PHMY 788 | Interprofessional Prevention of Childhood Obesity | 2 |
| PHMY 855 | The What, Why, and How of Health Sciences Research | 1 |
| PHMY 856 | Evidence Based Medicine | 2 |
| PHMY 882 | Integrated Pharmacy: Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy in Patient Care | 2 |
| PHMY 891 | Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Advanced Personalized Medicine | 3 |