Pre-Pharmacy Requirements and Pharm.D. Curriculum

Pre-pharmacy coursework has been developed to provide students with the necessary background and knowledge to be successful in the professional program.  

Below is a list of the coursework that must be completed in order to be eligible for the pharmacy program.  Please note that although the total number of course hours listed as required for pharmacy eligibility is 67, there are additional courses that may be required due to their status as prerequisites for the courses listed here.  Only pre-pharmacy coursework completed in the 10 years prior to application to the professional school will be accepted.

Students who are attending ULM may declare pre-pharmacy as their major or choose to pursue a toxicology degree on a pre-pharmacy track.  If the latter method is chosen, students may apply to pharmacy school in the third year of their toxicology coursework or choose to complete a Bachelor's degree in toxicology and apply to pharmacy school after that point.  If you are pursuing your pre-pharmacy courses at ULM, we recommend the sequencing you will find below.  You can choose from a three year or two year option.

Updated 4/17/18

The PharmD curriculum is designed to provide a broad spectrum of study in the administrative, biological, clinical, pharmaceutical and social sciences to prepare the graduate for careers in academic, ambulatory, community, industrial and institutional settings. The method of content delivery we use at ULM is called “integrated modular.” Students spend the first year developing their knowledge base in some of the basic pharmaceutical sciences in courses like Pathophysiology, Principles of Drug Action, and Pharmaceutics. In the second year and beyond, many courses are presented with a focus on an organ system—in these courses, we integrate content such as pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, and therapeutics related to particular diseases.

These courses are complemented by the Integrated Lab Sequence, which is a series of six three-credit hour courses offered each semester throughout the P1-P3 years. These labs are designed to reinforce the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for current and future pharmacy practice. Throughout the lab sequence, students participate in a broad range of activities that focus on terminology, drug action, therapeutics, calculations, pharmaceutics, and pathophysiology.

The final (P4) year of the curriculum give students the opportunity to put all of their knowledge to use while building new skills and continuing to learn through practice. Students complete seven Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) in a variety of settings: community, institutional, ambulatory care, specialty, adult medicine, and two electives.

Pharmacy Approved Electives

Elective courses are required in the curriculum to give students a chance to pursue areas of interest in addition to the required coursework. As students progress through the PharmD curriculum, they begin to determine which sub-area of the pharmacy profession on which they would like to focus their career path. The following table lists the available electives and with which general career paths they are most aligned. This will allow students to select electives that are more focused on their career choices. Many electives have application in several different paths.

 

Course Number	Course Description	Offered	Hours	Clinical Patient Care	Business Management Leadership	Research & Scholarship	Community Hospital Practice
PHRD 5051	Aging and Drug Use in the Elderly	F	2
PHRD 5053	Herbal Remedies	F	3
PHRD 5054	Hospital Pharmacy Practice	F	2
PHRD 5056	Nuclear Medicine	S	2
PHRD 5058	Pharmacy Leadership	S	3
PHRD 5059	Selected Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Disorder Topics	S	3
PHRD 5061	Women's Health and the Pharmacist	F	3
PHRD 5062	Basic Strategies for Scholarly Communication	F	2
PHRD 5064	Problems	F/S	1-3
PHRD 5064*	Faculty Lab Research	F/S	1-3
PHRD 5065	Clinical Pharmacy Career Development	S	2
PHRD 5067	Problems in Therapeutics	F	3
PHRD 5068	Lifestyle Modifications for Disease Management and Prevention	F	3
PHRD 5070	Current Topics in Professional Pharmacy	Summer	1
PHRD 5072	Landmark Clinical Trials	S	3
PHRD 5073	History of Pharmacy	F	2
PHRD 5075	Career Readiness & Professional Success	F	3
PHRD 5076	Global Health and Pharmacy Practice	S	2
Elective Credit Earned Off-Campus
PHRD 5064*	Introductory Compounding Lab Boot Camp	F/S/Sum	1
	Fundamentals of Compounding Online Course Only (10 week online)	F/S/Sum	1
	Fundamentals of Compounding Online Course & Advanced Compouding Lab (10 week online & 2 day onsite lab)	F/S/Sum	2
	Veterinary Compounding Training Program (10 week online)	F/S/Sum	1
	Veterinary Compounding Training Program (2 day Lab)	F/S/Sum	1
	APhA Institute on Substance Use Disorders	Summer	1
	Hormone Replacement Therapy (online)	Summer/Fall	1
Transfer Elective Credit
Mercer School of Pharmacy - Community Pharmacy Ownership		Summer	2
University of Illinois Chicago - Introduction to Specialty Pharmacy PMPR 442 Extramural		Summer	2
University of Florida Health - Veterinary Pharmacy PHA6935		F/S/Sum	2
Non-Pharmacy Electives
BLAW 4001	Legal Environment of the Business	F/S/Sum	3
ENTR 4035	Family and Closely Held Business Management	F	3
RMIN 2005	Risk and Insurance	F/S	3
ACCT 2030	Introductory Financial Accounting	F/S/Sum	3
ACCT 2020	Introduction to Managerial Accounting	F/S/Sum	3
ACCT 5002	Accounting for Administrators	Variable	3
BUSN 5002	Business Statistics and Finance		3
MGMT 3001	Management Concepts and Practice	F/S/Sum	3
MGMT 3005	Organizational Behavior	F/S/Sum	3
MRKT 3001	Fundamentals of Marketing	F/S/Sum	3
ECON 2001	Macroeconomic Principles	F/S/Sum	3
ECON 2002	Microeconomic Principles	F/S/Sum	3
ECON 5002	Survey and Analysis		3
FINA 3015	Business Finance		3
SPAN 1004	Spanish for the Professions	F/S/Sum	3

 PHRD 5064* - Credit given through PHRD 5064