Program Requirements
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
Requirements
The number of credits is listed in parentheses after each course title.
- PHAR 3117 - Introduction to Pharmacy Profession (1)
- PHAR 3120 - IPE: Team STEPPS (0)
- PHAR 3122 - Pharmacy Calculations (2)
- PHAR 3123 - Principles, Methods & Clinical Application of Epidemiology in Pharmacy Practice I (2)
- PHAR 3135 - Health Care Delivery (3)
- PHAR 3142 - Pharmaceutics I (4)
- PHAR 3144 - Systems Pharmacology I (4)
- PHAR 3148 - Biosystems I (4)
- PHAR 3218 - Introduction to Diversity (1)
- PHAR 3226 - State Pharmacy Law (2)
- PHAR 3237 - Applied Pathophysiology and Therapeutics I (5)
- PHAR 3240 - Biosystems II (4)
- PHAR 3242 - Pharmaceutics II (4)
- PHAR 3244 - Systems Pharmacology II (4)
- PHAR 4112 - Applied Pharmaceutics I (1)
- PHAR 4135 - Communications and Counseling Skills (3)
- PHAR 4139 - Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience I (3)
- PHAR 4144 - Systems Pharmacology III (4)
- PHAR 4155 - Applied Pathophysiology and Therapeutics II (5)
- PHAR 4212 - Applied Pharmaceutics II (1)
- PHAR 4223 - Principles, Methods & Clinical Application of Epidemiology in Pharmacy Practice II (2)
- PHAR 4236 - Population Based Health Care (2)
- PHAR 4244 - Systems Pharmacology IV (4)
- PHAR 4255 - Applied Pathophysiology and Therapeutics III (5)
- PHAR 4339 - Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience II (3)
- PHAR 5113 - Critical Evaluation of Medical Literature I (1)
- PHAR 5119 - Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience III (1)
- PHAR 5125 - Ethics in Pharmacy Practice (2)
- PHAR 5137 - Concepts in Pharmacy Practice I (3)
- PHAR 5144 - Systems Pharmacology V (4)
- PHAR 5155 - Applied Pathophysiology and Therapeutics IV (5)
- PHAR 5213 - Critical Evaluation of Medical Literature II (1)
- PHAR 5219 - Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience IV (1)
- PHAR 5225 - Federal Pharmacy Law (2)
- PHAR 5236 - Managing Practice and Personnel (3)
- PHAR 5237 - Concepts in Pharmacy Practice II (3)
- PHAR 5265 - Applied Pathophysiology and Therapeutics V (6)
- Six credits of electives
Total: 109 credits
APPE Rotations
Advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPE) in the fourth year will consist of seven six-week rotations. Required rotations will include internal medicine, ambulatory care, community practice, and hospital practice. Elective rotations offered include pediatrics, drug information, infectious disease, ICU/critical care, emergency medicine, advanced hospital practice, managed care, psychiatry, geriatrics, hospice, nutrition, kinetics, or any other approved elective.
Total: 42 credits
Graduation Requirements
To earn the Pharm.D. degree from St. John Fisher College, a student must do the following:
- Successfully complete all prerequisite coursework for admission
- Successfully complete all pharmacy coursework and professional/co-curricular requirements at the Wegmans School of Pharmacy
- Have a minimum 2.00 cumulative grade point average for all courses taken in the Pharm.D. curriculum
- Satisfy all financial and library obligations to the College
- Be approved by the faculty for graduation
Regardless of academic achievement, a student on disciplinary probation may not graduate from St. John Fisher College until the probation has been removed.