The curriculum is designed to prepare students to enter the practice of pharmacy after completing licensure requirements. The didactic and experiential portions of the curriculum are integrated in such a way as to develop fundamental knowledge while being introduced to the practice through strategically placed introductory pharmacy practice experiences. The acquisition and application of knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become a pharmacist occurs throughout the curriculum. The UAMS College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education in accordance with 2016 Standards.
The UAMS College of Pharmacy adheres to the Arkansas Department of Higher Education’s minimum requirements for credit hour production as defined. View the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board Policies document.
Specifically, the College of Pharmacy follows these guidelines, which meet or exceed Arkansas Department of Higher Education standards, when assigning credit hour designations to courses (not accounting for finals week):
- General Coursework:
15 contact hours = one credit hour - Labs/recitation:
two contact hours per week = one credit hour - Experiential coursework:
40 contact hours = one credit hour
First Professional (P1) Year
P1 Fall Semester — 14 hours
- PSCI 71005 Anatomy/Physiology/Pathology — five hours
- PSCI 71303 Pharmaceutics I — three hours
- PSCI 71104 Biological & Cellular Chemistry — four hours
- PHPR 71042 Career Orientation & Communication — two hours
- PHPR 71002 Pharmaceutical Calculations — two hours
P1 Spring Semester — 15 hours
- PSCI 71404 Pharmaceutics II — four hours
- PSCI 71205 Principles of Drug Actions — five hours
- PHPR 71032 US Healthcare System for Pharmacists — two hours
- PHPR 71082 Drug Information — two hours
- PHPR 71071 Intro to Patient-Centered Communication — one hour
P1 Interprofessional Education Experiences
- UNIV 11000: Exposure Workshop
- UNIV 12000: Exposure Bridge Transition
First Professional Year: Summer Semester — three hours
- PHPR 71063 Community Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) — three hours
Second Professional (P2) Year
P2 Fall Semester — 18 hours
- PSCI 72204 Medicinal Chemistry/Natural Products — four hours
- PSCI 72004 Pharmacology I — four hours
- PSCI 72403 Basic Pharmacokinetics — three hours
- PSCI 72303 Molecular Biology & Biotechnology — three hours
- PHPR 72004 Principles of Pharmacy Practice — four hours
P2 Spring Semester — 13 hours
- PSCI 72104 Pharmacology II — four hours
- PHPR 72052 Self-Care Therapeutics — two hours
- PHPR 72062 Clinical Pharmacokinetics — two hours
- PHPR 72045 Therapeutics I — five hours
P2 Interprofessional Education Experiences
- UNIV 14000: Immersion Simulation
Second Professional Year: Summer Semester — four hours
- PHPR 72034 Institutional IPPE — four hours
Third Professional (P3) Year
P3 Fall Semester — 16 hours
- PSCI 73502 PCAM — two hours
- PHPR 73035 Therapeutics II — five hours
- PHPR 73002 Pharmacy Law & Ethics — two hours
- PHPR 73043 EBM and Pharmacoeconomics — three hours
- Electives — four hours
P3 Spring Semester- 16 hours
- PHPR 73055 Therapeutics III — five hours
- PHPR 73063 Pharmacy Management — three hours
- PHPR 73083 Pharmacy Practice Assessment and Skills — three hours
- PHPR 73071 3rd Professional Year Longitudinal IPPE — one hour
- Electives — four hours
P3 Interprofessional Education Experiences
- UNIV 13000: Immersion Quadruple Aim Project Workshop
- UNIV 15000: Competence Workshop
Fourth Professional Year (P4) Year
Fall (May 1 — Oct. 31) and Spring (Nov. 1 — April 30)
Ten Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs), four hours each — 40 hours
Fall (PHPR 7451) and Spring (PHPR 7452) Longitudinal Practice Readiness Experience, one hour each
P4 Interprofessional Education Experiences
UNIV 16000: Competence Practice Activity
UNIV 17000: Competence Student Educator Activity