However, students in the B.S. program who have strong academic and professional-service credentials may be admitted to the Pharm. Courses are taken for seven consecutive academic quarters. Academic course work and clerkships total 109 to 113 credit hours. In addition to core courses in pharmacokinetics, therapeutics, pathophysiology, biostatistics, research design, and epidemiology, students elect courses from a variety of disciplines including pharmacology, family and preventive medicine, medical informatics, hospital pharmacy, nuclear pharmacy, pharmacy administration, medicinal chemistry, and pharmaceutics. Clinical clerkships include five core clerkships and seven elective academic clerkships, totalling approximately 2100 contact hours.
Subspecialty clerkships are also available in several other clinical areas.
Applications to the Pharm. D. program must be received by January 2 of the year in which admission is desired. The program begins in September of each year. Additional information on the program and application materials may be obtained from the Department of Pharmacy Practice. The Center for Human Toxicology is a collaborative endeavor of the School of Medicine and the College of Pharmacy.