 | | Course ID: | PHRM 3030. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Essentials of Pharmacy Practice I | Course
Description: | Introduction to essential clinical, professional, and practice-
based skills needed to provide pharmacy care. | | Athena Title: | Essentials of Pharmacy Pract I | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy Program | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3040. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Essentials of Pharmacy Practice II | Course
Description: | Introduction to essential clinical, professional, and practice-
based skills needed to provide pharmacy care. | | Athena Title: | Essentials of Pharmacy Prac II | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3030 and PHRM 3300 and PHRM 3900 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 3820 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3070. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Medicinal Chemistry I | Course
Description: | Drugs acting on the peripheral nervous system and
cardiovascular system, including structure-activity
relationships, mechanisms of action, storage, and chemical
stability reactions. | | Athena Title: | Medicinal Chemistry I | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3310 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3101. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Public Health | Course
Description: | An overview of the United States Public Health System as it
currently exists and operates, with an emphasis on the core
functions of public health. A survey of different approaches to
public health problems, including health promotion and disease
prevention. | | Athena Title: | INTRO PUBLIC HEALTH | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PBHL(PMCY) 3100 | | Prerequisite: | Student enrolled in the UGA College of Pharmacy | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3300. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmaceutical Calculations | Course
Description: | Mathematical principles and quantitative methods utilized in
the contemporary practice of pharmacy. Calculations required in
the quantitative development and assessment of prescriptions,
dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and drug therapy
modalities applicable to pharmacy practice. | | Athena Title: | Pharmaceutical Calculations | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy degree program | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3310. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Principles of Pharmacology I | Course
Description: | Principles of pharmacology, including pharmacodynamics,
pharmacokinetics, and drug metabolism. Actions of agents on the
autonomic nervous system and significant nonprescription drugs. | | Athena Title: | Principles of Pharmacology I | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy Program | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3320. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Principles of Pharmacology II | Course
Description: | Neuropharmacology and major classes of drugs acting on the
central nervous system, including the clinical indication(s),
mechanism and site of action, side effects, and potential drug
interactions. | | Athena Title: | Principles of Pharmacology II | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy degree program | | Pre or Corequisite: | PHRM 3310 and PHRM 3550 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 3070 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Anatomy and Physiology I | Course
Description: | Anatomy and physiology of the human body with emphasis on the central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, cardiovascular and renal systems. | | Athena Title: | ANAT AND PHYSIOL I | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Corequisite: | PHRM 3050 and PHRM 3100 and PHRM 3470 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3470. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pathophysiology I | Course
Description: | Fundamental mechanisms of human disease process, including manifestation, diagnosis, and treatment. Emphasis on central nervous system, musculoskeletal, oncological, neurological, dermatological, and gastrointestinal diseases. | | Athena Title: | PATHOPHYSIOLOGY | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Corequisite: | PHRM 3050 and PHRM 3400 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3500. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Career Opportunities and Development | Course
Description: | Pharmacy career pathways, including the necessary career
development (i.e., residency/fellowship, CE, board
certification, etc.) for each path. Discussions of the role and
importance of professional organizations, networking, and
professional behaviors necessary to succeed in pharmacy
practice. | | Athena Title: | Career Opportunities | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy Program | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3520. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Interpreting Clinical Laboratory Tests | Course
Description: | Commonly used laboratory tests for each major organ system and
their application for detecting disease, diagnosing medical
problems, guiding treatment, and/or monitoring safety and
efficacy. | | Athena Title: | Interpreting Clin Lab Tests | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy Program | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3540. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Nutrition and Lifestyle Intervention in Pharmacy Practice | Course
Description: | Evidence-based principles of nutrition and lifestyle
intervention relevant to pharmacy practice. | | Athena Title: | Nutrition in Pharmacy Practice | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy Program | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3550. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Human Pathophysiology | Course
Description: | Common human diseases and their pathophysiology (at the cell,
tissue, organ, and system levels). Emphasis on the etiology of
the disease, the symptoms, diagnosis, and classification.
Introduction to drugs used to treat these diseases. | | Athena Title: | Human Pathophysiology | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Program | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3600. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Immunology and Biotechnology | Course
Description: | Structure and function of the immune system and therapeutic
products of biotechnology that are appropriate in patient
counseling and treatment plans. | | Athena Title: | Immunology and Biotechnology | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy students | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3750. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacy and the United States Health Care System | Course
Description: | The social, economic, and political forces that shape the
environment in which health care currently is being delivered
in America and how this affects the United States health care
system and the practice of pharmacy. | | Athena Title: | Pharm and US Health Care Syst | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy student or permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3820. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Self-Care, Nonprescription Drugs, and Herbal Products | Course
Description: | Skills to evaluate the needs of a patient who consults a
pharmacist for a recommendation of a nonprescription medication
or product, including appropriate patient counseling.
Guidelines on when to refer to another health care professional. | | Athena Title: | OTCs and Herbal Products | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3030 and PHRM 3310 and PHRM 3900 and PHRM 3940 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 3040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3900. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacy Intercommunications | Course
Description: | The skills to effectively communicate with, teach, and counsel
patients about their medications and health are taught.
Effective inter-professional communication strategies and skills
are presented, focusing on teamwork, roles and responsibilities,
and ethics. Students are challenged to incorporate these skills
into their own counseling and communication styles with patients
and other health care professionals. Innovative technology is
employed to promote interactive patient counseling. | | Athena Title: | Pharmacy Intercommunications | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy student or permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3940. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Survey of Drug Information | Course
Description: | Primary, secondary, and tertiary drug information resources, including standard reference texts, computer systems and journals. Emphasis will be placed on retrieval of information and communication of a response. | | Athena Title: | Survey of Drug Information | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy student | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 3950. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience I | Course
Description: | Development of pharmacy practice skills within the community
pharmacy setting. Emphasis will be on prescription processing,
communication skills, the pharmacy patient care process, and
professional development. | | Athena Title: | IPPE I | | Nontraditional Format: | The course will meet for 45 hours a week for three weeks (total
of 135 contact hours). | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3030 and PHRM 3900 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 3040 and PHRM 3820 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(PMCY) 4000. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | The War on Cancer | Course
Description: | In-depth discussions of cancer, which include the tumor bology,
treatment options (surgery, radiation and chemotherapy),
socioeconomic challenges, and the remaining barriers that are
preventing curesin specific types of cancer. | | Athena Title: | WAR ON CANCER | | Prerequisite: | [(BIOL 1107-1107L or BIOL 2107H-2107L) and (BIOL 1108-1108L or BIOL 2108H-2108L)] or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4030. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Essentials of Pharmacy Practice III | Course
Description: | Introduction to essential clinical, professional, and practice-
based skills needed to provide pharmacy care. | | Athena Title: | Essentials of Pharm Pract III | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will include a combination of didactic lecture
hours, facilitated lab sections, simulation using standardized
patients, and guided recitation. The student's time completing
each type of activity will vary from week to week. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3520 and PHRM 3040 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 4870 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4040. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Essentials of Pharmacy Practice IV | Course
Description: | Introduction to essential clinical, professional, and practice-
based skills needed to provide pharmacy care. | | Athena Title: | Essentials of Pharm Pract IV | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will include a combination of didactic lecture
hours, facilitated lab sections, simulation using standardized
patients, and guided recitation. The student's time completing
each type of activity will vary from week to week. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4030 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 4211/6211 and PHRM 4300 and PHRM 4880 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4060. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Medicinal Chemistry II | Course
Description: | Central nervous system drugs, including their physio-chemical properties, structure-activity relationships and toxicities, side effects, and drug interactions. | | Athena Title: | Medicinal Chemistry II | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3070 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 4430 and PHRM 4030 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4180. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Infectious Disease and Antitumor Agents | Course
Description: | Chemistry, spectrum of activity, stability, incompatibilities,
and toxicities of agents used in the treatment of infectious
diseases and cancers and the general aspects of
anti-infectious disease agent use. | | Athena Title: | ID and Antitumor Agents | | Corequisite: | PHRM 4040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4200/6200. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Fundamentals of Pharmaceutics I - Physical Pharmacy and Dosage Form Design | Course
Description: | Fundamentals of physical pharmacy and pharmaceutical dosage form
design. | | Athena Title: | Fundamentals Pharmaceutics I | | Corequisite: | PHRM 4030 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4300. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Physical Assessment for Pharmacists | Course
Description: | Basic principles and techniques of physical assessment
performed by pharmacists. | | Athena Title: | Phys Assess Pharmacists | | Corequisite: | PHRM 4040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4430. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacology III | Course
Description: | Pharmacological principles of drugs which affect the
cardiovascular system, the endocrine system, the skin, bones,
the GI system, and neurodegenerative diseases. Principles of
toxicology will also be discussed. | | Athena Title: | Pharmacology III | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3320 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 4060/6060 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4500. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Pharmacotherapeutic Issues in Women's Health | Course
Description: | Case-based pharmacotherapeutic course related to women's health.
Interactive classroom discussion of female-specific conditions
across the lifespan requiring pharmacologic treatment, including
reproductive health, obstetrics, and menopause. Pre-class
readings will be required to facilitate classroom discussion. | | Athena Title: | Pharmaco Issues Women's Health | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4870 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4650. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Health System Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience | Course
Description: | Development of pharmacy practice skills in a health system
setting, focusing on exposure to health system medication use
processes and pharmacy patient care services. | | Athena Title: | Health System IPPE | | Nontraditional Format: | The course will meet for forty hours a week for three weeks
(total of 120 contact hours). | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3520 and PHRM 4040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4700. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Statistical Approaches to Drug Literature Evaluation | Course
Description: | Basic statistical methods and analysis used to critically
evaluate drug literature are discussed. Topics include
statistical inference and hypothesis testing, selection of
appropriate statistical tests, correlation and regression
analysis, and research design. Students will apply these topics
while evaluating published clinical trials, outcome studies, and
materials from pharmaceutical manufacturers. | | Athena Title: | Stat Approach to Drug Lit Eval | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3940 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4740. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Drug Evaluation | Course
Description: | Development of a variety of skills, including critical analysis
of drug literature, clinical and pharmacoeconomic evaluation of
drugs, and written and oral presentation of recommendations, with
an emphasis on the techniques used to make effective formulary
decisions in managed care settings. | | Athena Title: | Pharm and Therapeu Drug Eval | | Nontraditional Format: | Students will spend at least three credit hours (but most likely
more) on completing this elective. Development of the Pharmacy
and Therapeutics competition submission will involve viewing
numerous online AMCP video guidelines, handouts and documents,
and a careful review and analysis of the AMCP Format for
formulary submissions and eDossier of the drug monograph to be
reviewed in order to complete this task. This will require
students to work in self-assigned discussion groups of four to
complete all tasks. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(PMCY) 4750. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmaceutical and Health Care Marketing | Course
Description: | Exploration of current health care and pharmaceutical marketing
environment to provide insights into industry operation and
career building. Application of general marketing principles to
all aspects of health care and pharmaceutical marketing. | | Athena Title: | Pharma and HC Mktg | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4810. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Addiction Pharmacy: The Pharmacist’s Role in the Management of Addiction Treatment | Course
Description: | The pharmacist's role in addiction pharmacy, including
psychiatric medications, addiction treatment management
medications, and pain management medications. | | Athena Title: | Addiction Pharmacy | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Program | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4820. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Addiction Pharmacy: Assessment, Evaluation, and Intervention Strategies | Course
Description: | Advanced addiction pharmacy, including psychiatric medications,
addiction treatment management medications, and pain management
medications through a “hands-on” approach of interviewing
recovering patients in the classroom setting. | | Athena Title: | Addiction Phrm Assess Eval Int | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Program | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4870. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacotherapy I | Course
Description: | Evidence-based information and expert insight covering a wide
variety of disease states and their associated therapies. | | Athena Title: | Pharmacotherapy I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 5860 | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3040 and PHRM 3320 and PHRM 3070 and PHRM 3550 and PHRM 3520 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 4060/6060 and PHRM 4430 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4880. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Pharmacotherapy II | Course
Description: | Evidence-based guidelines and information on management of
common disease states as well as expert insight covering a wide
variety of medical conditions and their associated therapies. | | Athena Title: | Pharmacotherapy II | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4030 and PHRM 4870 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 4040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence
to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry
into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the
4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or
capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and
apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research
project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback
from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5010. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Personal Financial Management for Pharmacists | Course
Description: | Effective management of the pharmacy graduate's personal
finances. A life-cycle approach with special emphasis on
actions needed during critical stages of the pharmacist's
professional and personal life. | | Athena Title: | PERSONAL FINAN MGMT | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3750 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5040E. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Antiviral Chemotherapy | Course
Description: | The etiology, epidemiology, and characteristics of human viral
diseases and the management and prevention of these diseases. | | Athena Title: | Antiviral Chemotherapy | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 5040, PHRM 7040 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5040/7040. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Antiviral Chemotherapy | Course
Description: | An in-depth discussion of human viral disease and the management
of these diseases. | | Athena Title: | Antiviral Chemotherapy | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 5040E | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | PHRM 4180/6180 or permission of department | | Graduate Prerequisite: | PHRM 4180/6180 or permission of department | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(PMCY) 5050/7050. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Abused Drugs | Course
Description: | The history, abuse, misuse, effects, and detection of selected drugs. Guest lecturers are invited to present their views on these subjects. | | Athena Title: | ABUSED DRUGS | | Prerequisite: | For PHRM: Enrolled in Doctor of Pharmacy Program; For PMCY: None | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5080. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Diabetes Disease Management | Course
Description: | Provision of diabetes education/management services to patients. | | Athena Title: | Diabetes Disease Management | | Pre or Corequisite: | PHRM 4880 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5100. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Nuclear Pharmacy | Course
Description: | Procedures and techniques involved in handling and use of radio isotopes in nuclear pharmacy practice. | | Athena Title: | NUCLEAR PHARMACY | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5130. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Entrepreneurship Beyond Dispensing | Course
Description: | Innovative pharmacy services beyond traditional dispensing
practices. Emphasis will be placed on identifying and
evaluating new services, new businesses, and a different way to
do “business.” | | Athena Title: | BEYOND DISPENSING | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3950 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5160. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Applied Pharmacy Practice I | Course
Description: | Application of knowledge to simulated cases and discussions as
well as to real patient encounters. | | Athena Title: | Applied Pharmacy Practice I | | Nontraditional Format: | Practicum. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4870 and PHRM 4880 and PHRM 4650 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 5880 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5170. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Applied Pharmacy Practice II | Course
Description: | Application of knowledge to simulated cases and discussions as
well as to real patient encounters. | | Athena Title: | Applied Pharmacy Practice II | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 5160 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 5890 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5180. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacist's Role in Addiction Management | Course
Description: | Topics in addiction pharmacy, including psychiatric
medications, addiction treatment management medications, and
pain management medications. In-depth discussions of
pharmacotherapeutic approaches for the treatment of all
psychiatric illnesses, acute and chronic pain syndromes, and
behavioral/chemical dependencies. | | Athena Title: | ADDICTION MGMT | | Prerequisite: | Doctor of Pharmacy students or permission of school | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5190. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Anticancer Therapeutics | Course
Description: | Anticancer therapeutics and patient management with a focus on
the prescribing basics, adverse effects of anticancer
therapeutics necessary for patient management, along with drug
administration and some biology of malignant disease. | | Athena Title: | Anticancer Therapeutics | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3550 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5210. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Pharmacy | Course
Description: | Specialized pharmaceutical systems, processes and techniques, including assignment of current literature and student presentations. | | Athena Title: | SPC TOPICS PHARMACY | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5220. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Health Research Methods | Course
Description: | Application of principles, practices, and strategies for
conducting research in health care. | | Athena Title: | Health Research Methods | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5230. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | ECG interpretation | Course
Description: | Principles of cardiac function and electrophysiology with a
focus on systematic interpretation of cardiac rate and rhythm
parameters for electro-cardiogram. The course will also review
principles of advanced cardiac life support and provide an
opportunity for ACLS provider certification. | | Athena Title: | ECG INTERPRETATION | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4420 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5240/7240-5240L/7240L. 2 hours. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Compounding | Course
Description: | Novel and traditional dosage forms and advanced principles of
pharmaceutics for dosage form preparation and administration. | | Athena Title: | ADVANCED COMPD | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | PHRM 4120 and PHRM 4130 and PHRM 4200/6200 and PHRM 4211/6211 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5250. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Entrepreneurship for Pharmacists | Course
Description: | Current management and strategic issues in operating an
independent pharmacy. | | Athena Title: | PHAR ENTREPRENEUR | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5270E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Veterinary Pharmacy | Course
Description: | Integration of veterinary pharmacology information with critical
evaluation of the variances between common human versus animal
pharmaceutical dosing. Students will analyze prescriptions for
appropriateness and legal issues as well as demonstrate
appropriate counseling skills. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Veterinary Pharmacy | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5310. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Topics in Cardiology | Course
Description: | Use of drug therapy to treat patients with cardiovascular and
cerebrovascular diseases. Emphasis on the pharmacotherapy used
in treating diseases, treatment plans, patient counseling, and
monitoring patient outcomes. | | Athena Title: | ADV TOPICS IN CARD | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4860 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5340. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Consultant Pharmacy and Long-Term Patient Care | Course
Description: | Clinical skills and practical knowledge needed to prepare for a
successful consulting practice. Topics include Consultant
Pharmacist and Long Term Care Patients, Regulatory Minimal
Standards, Medication Management Program in Long Term Care
Inappropriate Drug Use in the Elderly, Safe Medication Use in
Older Adults, and Drug Regimen Review. | | Athena Title: | CONSULTANT PHARMACY | | Nontraditional Format: | All self-study with on-line feedback to questions and grading by
instructor. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4420 and PHRM 4860 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5350. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Basic Emergency Preparedness | Course
Description: | Basic first aid and disaster relief training for future
pharmacists, other health care professionals, and graduate
students. First responders training and mock simulations for
weapons of destruction events, including case studies, tabletop
exercises, and mass casualty medical response. | | Athena Title: | BASIC EMERG PREPARE | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5360. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Geriatric Medication Therapy Management | Course
Description: | Preparation for a geriatric or senior care area clerkship, such
as the pharmacy or primary care clinic, personal care,
assisted-living, or nursing facility in appropriate management of
drug use in older adults. | | Athena Title: | GERIATRIC DRUGS | | Nontraditional Format: | Self-study with on-line feedback to instructor with questions and
answers to 200 case-based embedded questions on course materials. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4180/6180 and PHRM 4190/6190 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5370. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Critical Care Pharmacy | Course
Description: | In-depth discussions of disease states most commonly
encountered in critical care patients and the associated
pharmacotherapeutic management of these conditions. | | Athena Title: | Critical Care Pharmacy | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4880 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5380. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Pediatric Pharmacotherapy | Course
Description: | An overview of the health care needs of the pediatric patient,
including the knowledge and skills to provide pharmaceutical
care to pediatric patients in both ambulatory and inpatient
settings. | | Athena Title: | PEDIATRIC PHARM | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5390. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacogenomic Therapies | Course
Description: | Pharmacogenomics is rapidly evolving with numerous drugs
applicable only to a specific patient population. In addition,
emerging trends exhibit a major shift towards precision medicine.
In this regard, avoiding unnecessary adverse events and tailoring
appropriate medications to patients is a critical part of
administering medication. There are more than 150 drugs with
pharmacogenomic drug labeling. | | Athena Title: | Pharmacogenomic Therapies | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3550 and PHRM 4880 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5410E. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Clinical Pharmacy Topics | Course
Description: | Topics from Pharmacy Grand Rounds lecture series, including
specific areas in clinical pharmacy to global issues in
healthcare. Presenters include faculty, guest lecturers, and
pharamacy residents. Students provide a written concise summary
for each presentation. | | Athena Title: | CLIN PHARM TOPICS | | Nontraditional Format: | Enrollment not open to Augusta students enrolled in PHRM 5920. | | Pre or Corequisite: | PHRM 3940 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5420/7420. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacy Health Services Outcomes | Course
Description: | Medication use from a systems perspective and strategies to
improve outcomes. Personal, social, and organizational factors
that affect the quality of medication use and outcomes as well
as processes for evaluating medication-use systems and
identifying ineffective system operations. | | Athena Title: | Pharm Health Services Outcome | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3750 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5440/7440. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Nutraceuticals | Course
Description: | Rationale for use of nutraceuticals in both prevention and
treatment of human disease. Course emphasizes nutritional
genomic targets for nutraceutical research and development.
Students will study several functional medicine topics related to
the use of nutraceuticals. | | Athena Title: | NUTRACEUTICALS | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5450. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Parenterals | Course
Description: | Preparation and therapeutic uses of parenteral medicinal agents
use in institutional (hospital) practice and home health care
settings. | | Athena Title: | PARENTERALS | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5460. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Forensic Pharmacy | Course
Description: | Application of pharmacy to legal issues, including drug testing,
analyzing adverse drug reactions for causation, evaluation of drug
interactions, medication errors and drug effects as mitigating
factors in criminal activity. | | Athena Title: | FORENSIC PHARM | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(PMCY) 5470. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | International Comparisons of Pharmacy Services and Health Care Delivery | Course
Description: | A comparison of international systems of delivery of pharmacy
services and health care delivery mechanisms, including varying
methods of pharmacy care and medical systems in an international
context. | | Athena Title: | INT HEALTH COMP | | Nontraditional Format: | Travel to foreign countries as part of the Studies Abroad Program
to critically examine differences and similarities in the
provision of health care abroad. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5500S. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Community-Based Pharmacy Outreach | Course
Description: | A service-learning framework for implementing community-based
programs in practice settings for health risk reduction with an
emphasis on disease states and various target groups. | | Athena Title: | COMM PHARM OUTREACH | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 5500 | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. The course uses service-learning as the primary
pedagogical tool for teaching course objectives. Students will
work on a comprehensive project(s) and may be required to spend
considerable time outside the classroom. Students will be
engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 75-
100% of overall instructional time. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5510E. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacy Informatics | Course
Description: | Enhancement of health information technology (HIT) is critical to advancing the quality, safety, and efficiency of patient care. The purpose of this course is to support student development in pharmacy informatics. Through an online delivery format emphasizing a practice-based perspective, students will develop knowledge in key pharmacy informatics concepts. | | Athena Title: | Pharmacy Informatics | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online.
This course will use an asynchronous online format. Course content will be organized into weekly learning modules in eLC. Modules will have associated lectures, textbooks, and other reading materials and assignments that must be submitted by specified due dates in eLC. Although the class is asynchronous, it is not self-paced. A traditional, in-person 2-credit hour course consists of 2 hours of classroom-based lecture per week, with 2-3 hours of homework per lecture hour (e.g., 6 hours total time on course per week). Since this course does not meet in person, we will use the “Time on Task” model to estimate the time you should expect to spend on this course. Time on task considers the total learning time students spend on a course, including instructional time and time spent on assignments (reading, participating in online discussions, completing assignments and projects). | | Prerequisite: | Enrolled in Doctor of Pharmacy Program or permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(PMCY) 5530. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Ethics in Health Care | Course
Description: | A focus on the ethical issues and dilemmas facing health
professionals in today's environment. Beliefs, human
experimentation, professional responsibility, confidentiality,
and conflicts of interest will be addressed to develop the
critical thinking process important to the personal and
professional resolution of ethical issues. | | Athena Title: | ETHICS HEALTH CARE | | Prerequisite: | For PHRM: Enrolled in Doctor of Pharmacy Program; For PMCY: None | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(PMCY) 5540/7540. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Public Health and the Health Professions | Course
Description: | Relationship between the public's health and the health
professions, including the role of the health care professional
in local, state, and national public health systems, the Healthy
People 2010 program, interdisciplinary public health professional
teams, and the health care professional's role in prevention
programs. | | Athena Title: | PUB HEALTH PROFESS | | Prerequisite: | Enrolled in Doctor of Pharmacy Program or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5550. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Cases in Neurology | Course
Description: | The use of drug therapy to treat patients with neurologic
diseases, including the pharmacotherapy used in treating
diseases, disorders or syndromes, and a review of the disorder,
therapeutic goals, treatment plans, patient counseling and
patient outcome monitoring. | | Athena Title: | Cases in Neurology | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5560. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Integrated Patient Cases | Course
Description: | Complex patient cases in which students complete a work-up of a patient; identify and prioritize medication-related problems; and design a regimen, including monitoring parameters, to resolve medication-related problems. | | Athena Title: | Integrated Patient Cases | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 5880 and PHRM 5160 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5580. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Academic Pharmacy | Course
Description: | Career opportunities in academic pharmacy, including issues
pertaining to the structure and function of colleges of
pharmacy. | | Athena Title: | Academic Pharmacy | | Prerequisite: | Admission to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5600. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support | Course
Description: | The Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) elective provides detailed training in ACLS skills. The course involves ten weeks of guided self-study, including videos, reading, discussion boards, and quizzes, followed by an in-person simulation-based skills session. The class culminates with the American Heart Association certification in ACLS. | | Athena Title: | ACLS | | Nontraditional Format: | The majority of the class will be delivered online. Students are expected to complete online activities independently weekly for 10 weeks. Each activity will consist of a combination of reading and training videos and will be accompanied by a written reflection and/or quiz that must be submitted weekly. The reflections will be submitted in the form of a discussion board, whereby groups of 4-5 students reflect on discussion prompts on a discussion board that is moderated by a practicing critical care pharmacist. Students will meet for one four-hour in-person session (divided over 2 days so that the student to faculty ratio does not exceed 8:1) after completion of the 10-week online modules. All students must travel to Athens or Augusta for this session. Attendance and adequate completion of all skills are required to obtain ACLS certification and to pass the course. The specific campus will be assigned at the beginning of the semester. The in-person sessions will last approximately four hours and will consist of practice and skills testing on high-quality basic life support (BLS), bag-mask ventilation with OPA/NPA insertion, and "megacode” practice and skills testing. | | Prerequisite: | BLS Certification | | Pre or Corequisite: | PHRM4880 (prerequisite) | | Corequisite: | none | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5610. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Interprofessional Approach to Simulated Patient Care | Course
Description: | Designed to prepare third-year Pharmacy students (P3s) for Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) and for providing direct patient care in the clinical setting. Emphasis on the necessity of working within a team when caring for patients and providing opportunities for P3s to work side-by-side with second-year medical students (M2s) in managing simulated patients in an acute setting. There will be three interprofessional education (IPE)-driven simulation experiences in collaboration with M2 students utilizing the Simulation Center located on the Augusta University/UGA Partnership campus. | | Athena Title: | IPE Simulation Elective | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a 12-week course that meets from January through March. The course will include didactic lectures, discussion, and simulation preparation with 3 actual simulation experiences. This class meets on Wednesdays afternoons. However, there will be 3 sessions in which small groups will meet at the medical school simulation lab on a Thursday morning to practice interprofessional simulated patient management for various acute conditions. Each small group will participate in the simulation lab for 1 hour per session between the hours of 8:00 am and 10:30 am. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3520 or PHRM 3900 or PHRM 4030 or PHRM 4040 or PHRM 4300 or PHRM 5160 or PHRM 5880 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5620. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Recruitment and Admissions of Pharmacy Students | Course
Description: | Engages students in the recruitment and admissions process for the Pharm.D. program in the College of Pharmacy. Students will learn about, discuss, and critique current recruitment/admissions practices; conduct benchmarking research about recruitment/admissions at peer/aspirational institutions; participate in recruiting events; and propose a new recruiting initiative for the College of Pharmacy. | | Athena Title: | Recruitment and Admissions | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5650/7650. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacy Care Management | Course
Description: | Presentation of management principles, organizational needs,
accounting practices, entrepreneurial aspects, marketing needs,
and associated topics for use in future pharmacy and health care
system practice milieus. The analysis of management principles as
they relate to community and health-systems management. | | Athena Title: | Pharmacy Care Management | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5680/7680. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacy Law and Ethics | Course
Description: | Laws and regulations that govern the practice of pharmacy, including those of patient care, professional conduct, business conduct, hospital practice, and the dispensing and provision of pharmaceuticals. | | Athena Title: | Pharmacy Law and Ethics | | Corequisite: | PHRM 5170 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5750. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Drug Interactions and Adverse Drug Reactions | Course
Description: | Most common drug interactions and adverse drug reactions with
an emphasis on detection, prevention, and management. | | Athena Title: | Drug Interact and Adverse Reac | | Nontraditional Format: | Instead of having two lecture-hours per week for 15 weeks, this
course will be offered as 3 lecture-hours per week for 10 weeks
for a total of 30 contact hours (i.e., 2 credit hours). | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4880 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5850. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Postgraduate Residency Training | Course
Description: | In-depth description of residency training to prepare students
to seek and obtain a residency position upon graduation. Course
format includes informal lecture, panel discussion, written
assignments, and competencies. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Postgrad Res Training | | Corequisite: | PHRM 5880 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5880. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacotherapy III | Course
Description: | Evidence-based information and expert insight on establishing
medication therapy plans in which students design, assess, and
modify for varied clinical conditions. | | Athena Title: | Pharmacotherapy III | | Nontraditional Format: | The learner-centered in-class period will be utilized for
student group work and patient case discussion. | | Pre or Corequisite: | PHRM 4880 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5890. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacotherapy IV | Course
Description: | Evidence-based information and expert insight on establishing
medication therapy plans in which students design, assess, and
modify for varied clinical conditions. | | Athena Title: | Pharmacotherapy IV | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 5880 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5901. 5 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience I | Course
Description: | Clinical practice in outpatient and inpatient settings with emphasis on pharmaceutical care. | | Athena Title: | Adv Pharm Practice Exp I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will meet for forty hours a week for five weeks (total of 200 contact hours) during the semester. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4650 and PHRM 4211/6211 and PHRM 5560 and PHRM 5890 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5902. 5 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience II | Course
Description: | Clinical practice in outpatient and inpatient settings with emphasis on pharmaceutical care. | | Athena Title: | Adv Pharm Practice Exp II | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will meet for forty hours a week for five weeks (200 total hours of contact time) during the semester. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4650 and PHRM 4211/6211 and PHRM 5560 and PHRM 5890 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5903. 5 hours. 40 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience III | Course
Description: | Clinical practice in outpatient and inpatient settings with emphasis on pharmaceutical care. | | Athena Title: | Adv Pharm Practice Exp III | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will meet for forty hours a week for five weeks (total of 200 contact hours) during the semester. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4650 and PHRM 4211/6211 and PHRM 5560 and PHRM 5890 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5904. 5 hours. 40 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience IV | Course
Description: | Clinical practice in outpatient and inpatient setting with emphasis on pharmaceutical care. | | Athena Title: | Adv Pharm Practice Exp IV | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will meet for forty hours a week for five weeks (total of 200 contact hours) during the semester. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4650 and PHRM 4211/6211 and PHRM 5560 and PHRM 5890 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5905. 5 hours. 40 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience V | Course
Description: | Clinical practice in outpatient and inpatient settings with emphasis on pharmaceutical care. | | Athena Title: | Adv Pharm Practice Exp V | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will meet for forty hours a week for five weeks (total of 200 contact hours) during the semester. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4650 and PHRM 4211/6211 and PHRM 5560 and PHRM 5890 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5906. 5 hours. 40 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience VI | Course
Description: | Clinical practice in outpatient and inpatient settings with emphasis on pharmaceutical care. | | Athena Title: | Adv Pharm Practice Exp VI | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will meet for forty hours a week for five weeks (total of 200 contact hours) during the semester. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4650 and PHRM 4211/6211 and PHRM 5560 and PHRM 5890 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5907. 5 hours. 40 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience VII | Course
Description: | Clinical practice in outpatient and inpatient settings with emphasis on pharmaceutical care. | | Athena Title: | Adv Pharm Practice Exp VII | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will meet for forty hours a week for five weeks (total of 200 contact hours) during the semester. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4650 and PHRM 4211/6211 and PHRM 5560 and PHRM 5890 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5908. 5 hours. 40 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience VIII | Course
Description: | Clinical practice in outpatient and inpatient settings with emphasis on pharmaceutical care. | | Athena Title: | Adv Pharm Practice Exp VIII | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will meet for forty hours a week for five weeks (total of 200 contact hours) during the semester. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4650 and PHRM 4211/6211 and PHRM 5560 and PHRM 5890 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5909. 5 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience IX | Course
Description: | Clinical practice in outpatient and inpatient settings with
emphasis on pharmaceutical care. | | Athena Title: | Adv Pharm Practice Exp IX | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will meet for forty hours a week for five weeks
(200 contact hours) during the semester. | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4650 and PHRM 4211/6211 and PHRM 5560 and PHRM 5890 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5920. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 2 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Clinical Seminar | Course
Description: | Elements of an effective clinical presentation, including the use of slides, overheads, handouts, and other visual aids; methods of answering audience questions; steps to evaluate the presentation. | | Athena Title: | Clinical Seminar | | Pre or Corequisite: | PHRM 4700 and PHRM 4880 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5930. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 3 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Pharmacotherapy Care Plans and Professional Development | Course
Description: | Capstone course (during last three semesters) for the advanced
pharmacy experiences, including integration and utilization of
student's knowledge of drug therapy and professional practice
for patients with common disease states. Development of
professional attitudes and behaviors through completion of
professional development activities. | | Athena Title: | Pharm Care Plans and Prof Dev | | Nontraditional Format: | Development of patient care portfolio, participation in local,
state, and national pharmaceutical association meetings and
other professional opportunities. Present pharmacy-related
educational programs to patients, care-givers, and health care
professionals. | | Corequisite: | PHRM 5901 or PHRM 5902 or PHRM 5903 or PHRM 5904 or PHRM 5905 or PHRM 5906 or PHRM 5907 or PHRM 5908 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5950. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Drug Information and Drug Policy Management | Course
Description: | Advanced concepts of drug information provision, including
newsletter publication, ADR monitoring systems, drug usage
evaluation, formulary management, and drug information retrieval
and analysis. | | Athena Title: | ADV DRG INFO POLICY | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 3940 and PHRM 4700 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 5980. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Problem | Course
Description: | An introduction to research methods. A problem will be assigned and the student will perform library and laboratory work and write up results. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research Problem | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 6400. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Human Physiology I | Course
Description: | Physiology of the human body with emphasis on the central nervous system, autonomic nervous system and digestive system. | | Athena Title: | HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 3400 | | Prerequisite: | (BIOL 1104 and CHEM 2410 and CHEM 2410L) or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 6410. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacology I | Course
Description: | Mechanisms of action of drugs in the human body. Specific drug classes that are covered include nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, male and female reproductive agents, thyroid drugs, insulin and diabetes treatments, diuretics, ACTH, cholinergic, antihypertensives, hyperlipidemias, antianginals, cardiac glycosides, thrombolytics, and antiarrhythmics. | | Athena Title: | PHARMACOLOGY I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 4410 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 6420. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacology II | Course
Description: | Pharmacologic mechanisms of action, therapeutic application, and
toxicology of drugs, focusing on central nervous system. | | Athena Title: | PHARMACOLOGY II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 4420 | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 6410 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 6450. 6 hours. | | Course Title: | Human Physiology and Pathophysiology I | Course
Description: | Physiology and pathophysiology of the human body with emphasis
on cellular function, the immune system, the nervous system,
including the special senses. Diseases of each of these
systems will be covered in detail. Additional emphasis will be
placed on reviewing current scientific literature emphasizing
recent advances in both fields. | | Athena Title: | PATHOPHYSIOLOGY I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 3400 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 6470. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Pathophysiology I | Course
Description: | Mechanisms of human disease processes, including manifestation, mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis. Emphasis is on cell injury, neurological, dermatological, oncological, gastrointestinal, visual, and auditory disorders. | | Athena Title: | PATHOPHYSIOLOGY I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 3470 | | Prerequisite: | BIOL 1104 and CHEM 2410 and CHEM 2410L | | Corequisite: | PHRM 6400 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 6480. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Pathophysiology II | Course
Description: | Mechanisms of human disease processes, including manifestation, mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis. Emphasis is on inflammation, blood, endocrine, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and renal disorders. | | Athena Title: | PATHOPHYSIOLOGY II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 3480 | | Prerequisite: | BIOL 1104 and CHEM 2410 and CHEM 2410L | | Corequisite: | PHRM 6500 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 6500. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Human Physiology II | Course
Description: | Human physiology of the cardiovascular, renal, endocrine, respiratory, immune, and reproductive systems, including selected topics in integrated physiological regulation. Directed literature studies in human physiology. | | Athena Title: | HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 3410 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 6540. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Nutrition and Lifestyle Intervention in Pharmacy Practice | Course
Description: | Evidence-based principles of nutrition and lifestyle
intervention relevant to pharmacy practice. | | Athena Title: | Nutrition in Pharm Practice | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(POPH) 6550. 5 hours. 3 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Essentials of Animals in Biomedical Research | Course
Description: | Humane methods of animal maintenance and experimentation; the testing methods which minimize animal distress; use of anesthetics, analgesics, and tranquilizers for commonly used lab species; methods for reporting deficiencies in animal care; laws pertaining to the use of animals in biomedical research. | | Athena Title: | ANIMALS IN RESEARCH | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 6560. 6 hours. | | Course Title: | Human Physiology and Pathophysiology II | Course
Description: | Human physiology and pathophysiology of the endocrine, muscle,
gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, renal, and respiratory
systems. | | Athena Title: | PATHOPHYSIOLOGY II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 3460 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 6750. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacy and the United States Health Care System | Course
Description: | The social, economic, and political forces that shape the
environment in which health care currently is being delivered
in the United States and how this affects the practice of
pharmacy. | | Athena Title: | Pharmacy and Health Care Syst | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 3750 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 6800. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 24 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Applied Project in the Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences | Course
Description: | Applied study of a topic or problem in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences related to the student’s interests. | | Athena Title: | Applied Project in PBS | | Nontraditional Format: | This course pertains to the project requirement for the non-thesis MSc program in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences. Credit hours are variable, but a minimum of 6 credit hours are needed for degree completion. Students may engage in laboratory work, discussions, library work, problem-based learning, case-based learning, and/or fieldwork. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(VPHY)(EHSC) 6910. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introductory Toxicology | Course
Description: | Basic toxicology principles, including dose-response relationships, principles of toxicity and safety evaluation, pharmacokinetics and metabolism of chemicals, basic mechanisms of cellular injury, factors influencing toxicity, carcinogenesis/mutagenesis, governmental regulations, and exposure and risk assessment. | | Athena Title: | INTRODUCTORY TOX | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 6950. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Applied Project Writing and Defense | Course
Description: | The final assessment of the applied project requirement for the non-thesis M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences. | | Athena Title: | Applied Project Defense | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Pre or Corequisite: | PHRM 6800 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7000. 1-18 hours. Repeatable for maximum 150 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a master's degree under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | Master's Research | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(CHEM) 7020. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Organic Chemistry for Drug Design and Development | Course
Description: | Teaches drug design principles and reactions applied in lead optimization. Topics include non-covalent interactions; lead optimization; chemical space; library design; combinatorial and parallel chemistry; fragment-based drug design; diversity oriented synthesis; asymmetric synthesis; the Suzuki, Buchwald, and related reactions; click chemistry; peptide synthesis; oligonucleotide synthesis; glycodiversification; and green chemistry. | | Athena Title: | Org Chem Drug Design and Dev | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7080. 3-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 20 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Pharmaceutical Sciences Internship | Course
Description: | Research experience in an appropriate industrial or government environment. | | Athena Title: | Pharmaceutical Sciences Intern | | Nontraditional Format: | Course will offer students a chance to enhance their research skills by working in different laboratory environments part or full time for the semester in which they are enrolled in this course. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7210. 1-5 hours. Repeatable for maximum 20 hours credit. 2-10 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Pharmacy | Course
Description: | Specialized pharmaceutical systems, processes and techniques, assignments of current literature and student presentations. | | Athena Title: | SPC TOPICS PHARMACY | | Nontraditional Format: | Formal lectures are not held. Faculty work with students as needed. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A/S (A-F or S/U) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7210E. 1-5 hours. Repeatable for maximum 20 hours credit. 2-10 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Pharmacy | Course
Description: | Specialized pharmaceutical systems, processes and techniques,
assignments of current literature and student presentations. | | Athena Title: | SPC TOPICS PHARMACY | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 7210 | | Nontraditional Format: | Formal lectures are not held. Faculty work with students as
needed. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A/S (A-F or S/U) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(HPAM) 7230E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Ethical Issues in Research | Course
Description: | Ethics of research in animals and human subjects, fraud,
scientific misconduct, and conflicts of interest. | | Athena Title: | Ethical Issues in Research | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 7230, HADM 7230 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(HPAM) 7230. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Ethical Issues in Research | Course
Description: | Ethics of research in animals and human subjects, fraud, scientific misconduct, and conflicts of interest. | | Athena Title: | Ethical Issues in Research | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 7230E, HPAM 7230E | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7300. 1-15 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Thesis | Course
Description: | Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Athena Title: | MASTER'S THESIS | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and thesis preparation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7500. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Clinical Therapeutics | Course
Description: | Management of patients in the Health Care System. Case
discussions and certification in clinical research. Students
will gain competency necessary for translational research. | | Athena Title: | INTRO CLIN THER | | Nontraditional Format: | Students will spend 3-5 hours per week in case presentations
with Professional Pharmacy students and their preceptors. In
addition, self-directed completion of the Clinical Research
Certification course at MCG is required. | | Prerequisite: | Admission to the Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics PhD program in Pharmacy | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7800. 7-9 hours. 21-27 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | PBS Laboratory Rotations I | Course
Description: | Introduction to department research opportunities. Students
will attend short research talks from PBS faculty and choose one
faculty member to serve as a rotation adviser. Students will
perform research rotations in their adviser's laboratory. | | Athena Title: | LAB ROTATIONS I | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7810. 4-16 hours. Repeatable for maximum 120 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Patient Care | Course
Description: | Residency experiences in the provision of advanced clinical
services, development and maintenance of innovative clinical
programs, teaching and precepting pharmacy students. | | Athena Title: | PATIENT CARE | | Nontraditional Format: | Residents will participate in clinical activities for at least 48
weeks (40 hours/week) for a year. Variable credit reflects 6
credit hours in summer short session II, 16 credit hours in fall
and spring semesters, 4 credit hours in Maymester and 6 credit
hours in summer short session I for a total of 48 credit hours.
This fulfills the requirements for an ASHP accredited residency. | | Prerequisite: | PharmD and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7820. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Healthcare Professional Education | Course
Description: | Presentation and discussion of current topics related to
pharmaceutical care in the community and hospital settings. | | Athena Title: | Healthcare Professional Educat | | Nontraditional Format: | Faculty work with students as needed in the preparation for their seminars. | | Prerequisite: | PharmD degree and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7830. 1-5 hours. Repeatable for maximum 20 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Graduate Pharmacy Residency Research | Course
Description: | Developing expertise in the process of research methods, including proposal development, data collection, analysis, and scholarly reporting of results, which are vital skills for clinical pharmacists and faculty working in healthcare and academia. | | Athena Title: | Residency Research | | Nontraditional Format: | Research may take many forms, from clinical investigations of appropriate or optimal use of pharmacotherapy to Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Residents will work with faculty mentors to identify and conduct research on a variety of clinical topics related to their area of interest and research expertise. Examples of residency research include the residency research project, medication use evaluations, and other scholarly investigations. | | Prerequisite: | PharmD degree and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7840. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Teaching in Pharmacy Practice | Course
Description: | Evidence-based teaching skills and techniques for health care
educators with structured, peer-reviewed opportunities to
develop teaching skills in classroom and clinical environments. | | Athena Title: | TEACH PHARM PRAC | | Nontraditional Format: | The course will be conducted through seminars, quarterly
updates via online discussions, and assigned teaching
experiences. It culminates with the submission of a teaching
porfolio. | | Prerequisite: | PharmD and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7860. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Health Outcomes for Practitioners | Course
Description: | Evaluation of health outcomes (or quality of life) in practice
and/or research settings with emphasis on practice-based
application for health professions students. | | Athena Title: | HEALTH OUTCOME PRAC | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in PHRM 8690 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7870-7870D. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Pharmacy Resident Enrichment | Course
Description: | Varied pharmacy profession topics, supporting the development
of training clinical pharmacists through weekly discussions and
presentations. | | Athena Title: | Pharmacy Resident Enrichment | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7900. 7-9 hours. 21-27 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | PBS Laboratory Rotations II | Course
Description: | Two eight-week research rotations in the laboratories of PBS
faculty members who are recruiting new students. Course is
designed for first-year graduate students only. | | Athena Title: | LAB ROTATIONS II | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7910. 4-16 hours. Repeatable for maximum 96 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Advanced Patient Care | Course
Description: | Advanced clinical pharmacy practice experience in specialized,
complex patient populations to enable advanced clinical,
teaching, and practice management skills development. Upon
completion, it is expected that the learner will be able to
demonstrate knowledge, skills, and attitudes of an expert
practitioner to faculty directing the course. | | Athena Title: | ADVANCED PT CARE | | Nontraditional Format: | Students will provide advanced clinical services in complex
practice environments and health systems. The course requires a
minimum of 48 weeks (40 hours / week) for one calendar year.
Variable credit reflects up to 6 credit hours in summer short
session II, 16 credit hours for fall and spring semesters, 4
credit hours in Maymester, and 6 credit hours in summer short
session I for a total of 48 credit hours. Completion of the
course fulfills ASHP PGY2 specialized residency accreditation
requirements for direct advanced patient care. | | Prerequisite: | PharmD and permission of the department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7920. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Advanced Healthcare Professional Education | Course
Description: | Academic presentation and discussion of current topics related
to specialized and advanced direct patient care and/or research.
Learners are expected to present seminars and evaluate seminars
given by other graduate students in the course. | | Athena Title: | Adv Healthcare Professional Ed | | Nontraditional Format: | Formal lectures are not held, but faculty work directly with
graduate students as needed in preparation for the seminar
presentation. Independent study will be the primary format.
Independent study includes independent research of a complex
clinical topic for presentation; seminar preparation and
presentation; discussion and direction from primary faculty;
self-evaluation and peer review; portfolio development. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7930. 1-5 hours. Repeatable for maximum 20 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Advanced Graduate Residency Research | Course
Description: | An advanced clinical practice-based or translational research
project developed and conducted under the direction of faculty
members. | | Athena Title: | ADV RES RESEARCH | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent study under the direction of faculty members.
Independent study includes independent research, project
proposal development and IRB review; discussion and direction
given by primary faculty; project coordination and completion,
data analysis; development into scholarly document and/or
production of scholarship; self-evaluation and peer review.
Credit hours will depend on complexity of research at time of
registration. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7940. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Advanced Teaching in Pharmacy Practice | Course
Description: | Development and demonstration of advanced evidence-based
teaching skills and techniques in multiple teaching
environments. All experiences will be peer-reviewed and
included in students' teaching portfolios. | | Athena Title: | ADV TEACH PHRM PRAC | | Nontraditional Format: | The course will be conducted through seminars, quarterly updates
via online and/or face to face discussions, and assigned
peer-reviewed teaching assignments. The amount of time or
credit hours will depend on the specific teaching activity and
independent study assignment. Independent study includes
independent research, teaching preparation, and discussion with
primary faculty, problem-based learning, and self-evaluation and
portfolio development. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7950E. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Clinical Applications | Course
Description: | Focuses on updates in therapeutics and advanced clinical topic
review for teaching and practice. The course is only open to
students enrolled in the College of Pharmacy's Graduate
Residency Certificate Program (non-degree). | | Athena Title: | CLINICAL APPS. | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of School | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 7960E. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Scholarship Development | Course
Description: | This course is only open to students enrolled in the College of
Pharmacy's Graduate Residency Certificate Program (non-degree).
Students will review clinical and research topics related to
project completion and publication. Students are expected to
complete a research study as part of the year-long
certification program. | | Athena Title: | SCHOLARSHIP DEVELOP | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8000. 1 hour. | | Course Title: | Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Research Survey | Course
Description: | Seminar survey of research activities of faculty in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences. | | Athena Title: | PBS RESEARCH SURVEY | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8010. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Structural Biology and Medicinal Chemistry | Course
Description: | Lead discovery, chemical synthesis, and validation methodology
central to medicinal chemistry. Structural biology techniques,
including NMR, X-ray crystallography, and elements of modeling. | | Athena Title: | Structural Bio and Med Chem | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8020. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Molecular Pharmacology of Disease and Therapeutics | Course
Description: | The molecular basis of drug action and major disease states.
Related laboratory techniques and current literature will
complement didactic lectures. | | Athena Title: | Molecular Pharmacology | | Corequisite: | PHRM 8040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8030. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics | Course
Description: | Foundational and advanced topics in pharmaceutical and
biopharmaceutical sciences focusing on physiochemical properties
of drugs, delivery systems, and factors influencing the ADME of
drugs. | | Athena Title: | Adv Pharmaceut Biopharmaceut | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8040. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Methods in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences | Course
Description: | Methods employed in cellular and molecular biomedical sciences,
including the basis from which students can develop specific,
in-depth skills as required in their research. Course addresses
both theoretical and practical aspects of the various
techniques. | | Athena Title: | PHARM METHODS I | | Corequisite: | PHRM 8020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8050. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Methods in Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences II | Course
Description: | Methods employed in chemical and pharmaceutical sciences,
including a basis from which students can develop specific,
in-depth skills as required in their research. Course addresses
both the theoretical and practical aspects of the various
techniques. | | Athena Title: | PHARM METHODS II | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 8040 | | Corequisite: | PHRM 8030 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8080. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Grantsmanship | Course
Description: | Organization and origination of research ideas and data into grants, manuscript, and other submissions. | | Athena Title: | GRANTSMANSHIP | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmaceutical Analysis I | Course
Description: | Separation, identification, and analysis of drugs by thin-layer, gas, and high performance liquid chromatography, supercritical fluid chromatography, and capillary electrophoresis. | | Athena Title: | Pharmaceutical Analysis I | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8110. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmaceutical Analysis II | Course
Description: | The separation, identification, and analysis of drugs and metabolites in biological samples. | | Athena Title: | Pharmaceutical Analysis II | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8120. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmaceutical Analysis III | Course
Description: | Identification and analysis of drugs and other biomolecules by mass spectrometry. | | Athena Title: | Pharmaceutical Analysis III | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8160. 2 hours. | | Course Title: | Chemistry of Synthetic Drugs | Course
Description: | New and established methods for synthetic preparation of organic medicinal agents. | | Athena Title: | CHEM SYNTH DRUGS | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 4060/6060 and CHEM 8320 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8170. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 5 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Advanced Topics In Macromolecular Crystallography | Course
Description: | This course will cover specific topics concerning the theory of macromolecular crystallographic methods as well as new developments in the field. | | Athena Title: | ADV TOP MCMOL CRYST | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8180. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Carbohydrate and Nucleoside Chemistry | Course
Description: | Carbohydrate chemistry and its application to the synthesis of nucleosides and related classes of compounds. | | Athena Title: | CARBOHYD NUCLEOSIDE | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8190. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Cancer Biology and Therapy | Course
Description: | A comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the cellular
principles of cancer in regard to the molecular biology of
malignancy and how optimal drugs can target these biological
factors. | | Athena Title: | CAN BIOL & THERAPY | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8200. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 24 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Seminar | Course
Description: | Provides graduate students with an opportunity to attend scientific seminars from a range of research topics. The goal is for students to be exposed to a wide variety of research topics to broaden their scientific scope. Additionally, students will further gain seminar presentation skills through critique and practice. | | Athena Title: | PBS Seminar | | Nontraditional Format: | Formal lectures are not held. Faculty work with students as needed. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A/S (A-F or S/U) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8210. 1-5 hours. Repeatable for maximum 10 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Advanced Topics in the Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences | Course
Description: | Recent developments in the pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences
using a variety of literature, discussion, and laboratory methods. | | Athena Title: | Adv Topics PBS | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A/S (A-F or S/U) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8220. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Physical Pharmacy | Course
Description: | Physical concepts and methods as they apply to pharmaceutical problems. | | Athena Title: | PHYSICAL PHARMACY | | Nontraditional Format: | Formal lectures are not held. Faculty work with students as needed. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8230. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Drug Delivery Systems | Course
Description: | The concepts, principles, technology, and assessment of drug delivery to the blood and target sites by various routes. | | Athena Title: | DRUG DELIV SYSTEMS | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8240. 4 hours. 1 hours lecture and 9 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Technology in Industrial Pharmacy | Course
Description: | Formation and production of powders, capsules, compressed tablets, coated tablets, liquids, and semisolids. | | Athena Title: | TECH IND PHARM | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8250. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Presentation Skills | Course
Description: | Provides graduate students with presentation and seminar skills. The goal is to teach students, through practice, examples, and critique, how to give an effective scientific talk and what components of a seminar constitute an effective presentation. | | Athena Title: | Presentation Skills | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8260. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacokinetics | Course
Description: | The kinetics of drug absorption, distribution, and elimination with emphasis on the development and evaluation of mathematical models. | | Athena Title: | PHARMACOKINETICS | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8270. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Contemporary Concepts in Pharmacokinetics | Course
Description: | Techniques of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modeling and data treatment. | | Athena Title: | CONT PHARMACOKINET | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 8260 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8290. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Dispersion Laboratory of Industrial Pharmacy | Course
Description: | Laboratory skills in industrial pharmacy for manufacturing
pharmaceutical dispersion dosage forms. | | Athena Title: | DISP LAB INDU PHARM | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(PMCY)(HPAM) 8310. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics Evaluations | Course
Description: | Theoretical background, assessment, research design, modeling,
statistical analysis, and utility of Discrete Choice Experiments
in evaluating health care decision making in a limited resources
opportunity cost framework. Statistical analytic techniques to
enhance the understanding and applications of the techniques of
Discrete Choice Experiments. | | Athena Title: | DISCRETE CHOICE EXP | | Nontraditional Format: | Lectures, small group work, independent reading of literature
and assigned manuscripts, use of computer packages (STATA,
LIMDEP), and required write-up and preparation of manuscripts. | | Pre or Corequisite: | STAT 6200 or STAT 6210 | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FISH(EHSC)(ECOL)(ENTO)(VPHY)(PHRM) 8350. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology | Course
Description: | An introduction to the toxic effects of contaminants on non-
human organisms, types of contaminants impacting ecosystems,
fate and transport of contaminants in the environment, effects
of contaminants at various levels of biological organization
ranging from biochemical reactions in the cell to ecosystem
function, and ecological risk assessment. | | Athena Title: | Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ECOL 4600, EHSC 4600, FISH 4600, ECOL 6600, EHSC 6600, FISH 6600 | | Prerequisite: | [(BIOL 1108 or BIOL 2108H) and BIOL 1108L] and CHEM 2211 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8400. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Drug Targets in Signal Transduction Pathways | Course
Description: | Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction pathways, with
specific emphasis on sites for therapeutic intervention and
manipulation. Lecture, discussion, and student presentations
from primary literature. | | Athena Title: | SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8420. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Cardiovascular Pharmacology | Course
Description: | Mechanisms of action of drugs used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease states at the system, organ, and molecular level. | | Athena Title: | CARDIOVAS PHARMACOL | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8450. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Coronary Heart Disease | Course
Description: | Pathophysiology of and therapeutic strategies for treatment of coronary heart disease, including lipid profiles, stress, alcohol, smoking and obesity as interactive risks in coronary artery disease. The vascular biology of arteries and the biochemistry and cell biology of atherogenesis are examined. | | Athena Title: | CORONARY DISEASE | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8500. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Engineering of Protein Therapeutics | Course
Description: | This course uses literature or biotech industry examples for each topic together with some literature reviews. There will be a small component that requires the student to know or to learn some basic programming skills. For graduate students of any level with a background in biomedical sciences, chemistry, biochemistry, or engineering. Undergraduate-level courses in either basic molecular biology or biochemistry are required. | | Athena Title: | Protein Therapeutics | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8600. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Drug Targets in Signal Transduction Pathways | Course
Description: | Cellular mechanisms of signal transduction by multiple pathways,
with specific emphasis on sites for therapeutic intervention and
manipulation. Function, regulation, and structure of the
components of the pathway including current or potential
strategies to pharmacologically manipulate components of the
pathway. | | Athena Title: | SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8610. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Social Behavioral Theory in Health Care | Course
Description: | Social behavioral theory and research methods used by health services researchers, focusing on determinants of health and illness, the interplay between values, technology, economics, and patient care. | | Athena Title: | SOC BEHV IN PHARM | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8620. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Pharmacy Care Administration Seminar | Course
Description: | Current topics of pharmacy and health care services research. | | Athena Title: | PCA Seminar | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8640. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Research Methods in Pharmacy Care Administration | Course
Description: | Research methodology, including formulation of research questions and research hypotheses, selection of the research design, sampling, internal and external validity, data collection, data analysis, results presentation and discussion. | | Athena Title: | Res in PCA | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8650. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Research Methods in Pharmacy Care Administration | Course
Description: | Advanced research methods in pharmaceutical and health care sciences employing a large claims data base. Course work includes design and execution of research hypotheses relating to medical outcomes, drug utilization review, and policy analysis. Methods include use of the Statistical Analysis System and mainframe control language. | | Athena Title: | ADV RSEARCH METHODS | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 8640 and STAT 6210 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8660. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Health Care Marketing | Course
Description: | Application of the marketing process to health care and exploration of how marketing theory and practice are applied in health care environments. Development and marketing of health care technology and consumer behavior issues, health beliefs, health promotion, and the role of patient education on behavior are explored. | | Athena Title: | HLTH CRE MARKETING | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(HPAM) 8670. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Economic Evaluation in Health Care | Course
Description: | The application of economic evaluation techniques in health
care decision-making. Topics include cost-effectiveness
analysis, cost-benefit analysis, discounting, Markov models,
sensitivity analysis and controversies of economic evaluations. | | Athena Title: | Economic Eval in Health Care | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in HPAM 7850, HPAM 7850E, HPAM 8850, HPAM 8850E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8680. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Pharmacoepidemiology | Course
Description: | Nature, purpose, and methods in pharmacoepidemiology and their place in pharmacy and health policy. The general concepts in epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology such as study population, drug exposure, basic measurements, quality of measurements, designs, bias and confounding factors. | | Athena Title: | PHARMACOEPIDEMIO | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 8640 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8690. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Health Outcomes | Course
Description: | Quality of life assessment: history, measurement, and their place in pharmacy and health policy. Application in addition to theory is addressed. | | Athena Title: | HEALTH OUTCOMES | | Prerequisite: | PHRM 8640 and PHRM 8670 | | Pre or Corequisite: | PSYC 6250 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8700. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Therapeutics I | Course
Description: | The basic science and clinical issues associated with the use of pharmacological agents with a special emphasis on the pathogenesis and pharmacological management of cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal disorders. | | Athena Title: | ADV THER I | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Pre or Corequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8710. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Therapeutics II | Course
Description: | The basic science and clinical issues associated with the pathogenesis and pharmacological management of major neurologic and psychiatric diseases suffered by humans. | | Athena Title: | ADV THER II | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8720. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Therapeutics III | Course
Description: | The basic science and clinical issues associated with the
pathogenesis and pharmacological management of GI disorders,
renal disorders, pulmonary disorders, endocrine/metabolic
disorders, diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis, and dermatologic
diseases. | | Athena Title: | ADV THER III | | Prerequisite: | Acceptance in CET Graduate Program | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8730. 1 hour. Repeatable for maximum 10 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Clinical Seminar/Journal Club | Course
Description: | The basic elements necessary to deliver an effective oral
presentation of scientific research topics and current
therapeutic approaches to human disease. | | Athena Title: | CLIN SEM | | Nontraditional Format: | In this course, the student will be performing literature
searches to identify pertinent journal articles related to
specific disease topics. These articles will be presented to
other graduate students and faculty, critiqued, and discussed in
a journal club format. | | Prerequisite: | Acceptance in the CET Graduate Program | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8740. 4 hours. 12-20 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Research in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics | Course
Description: | Three research rotations of three months each, each with a
different CET Investigator, culminating in a presentation on
one of the experiences. | | Athena Title: | INTRO TO CET RESRCH | | Prerequisite: | Acceptance into the CET graduate program and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 8750. 2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 4 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Methods in Experimental Therapeutics | Course
Description: | Basic understanding of commonly employed methods in experimental
therapeutics referencing the following topics: i) animal models
of stroke, diabetic retinopathy, cancer, pulmonary
hypertension/fibrosis, atherosclerosis, diabetic vascular
complications (I); and ii) cell culture models and molecular
biological techniques (II). | | Athena Title: | Method Experiment Therapeutics | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ECHD(PHRM) 8900. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Psychopharmacology | Course
Description: | Introduction to basic pharmacologic, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic principles of medications. Multiple drug classes are discussed with an emphasis on psychoactive drugs, focusing on how the mechanism of action, adverse effects, and drug interactions impact patients’, students’, or clients’ diagnosis, behavior, cognitive ability, and physical ability. | | Athena Title: | Psychopharmacology | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM(VPHY) 8940. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Organ Systems Toxicology | Course
Description: | Mechanisms of injury of biological systems produced by chemical exposure. Adverse effects of chemicals on major bodily organs and organ systems, including the blood, respiratory system, nervous system, kidneys, cardiovascular system, liver, immune system, reproductive system, skin, and eyes. | | Athena Title: | ORGAN SYSTEMS TOX | | Prerequisite: | PHRM(VPHY) 6910 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 9000. 1-18 hours. Repeatable for maximum 300 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Research | Course
Description: | Research while enrolled for a doctoral degree under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | Doctoral Research | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research under the direction of a faculty member. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | PHRM 9300. 1-15 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Doctoral Dissertation | Course
Description: | Dissertation writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Athena Title: | DOCT DISSERTATION | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and preparation of the doctoral dissertation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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