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College of Pharmacy

Practice Transformation in the Curriculum

Key Improvements

– Active learning: goal of 40% active learning
– Open-ended exam questions: goal of 30% exam questions non-multiple choice
– Individualized student feedback in the didactic curriculum: 100% of the courses
– Teaching Assistant Program: Student Pharmacists, Graduate Students, Residents, etc.
– Implementation science (SAS Series) and Practice Expansion and Evaluation Project (PEEP)

Practice Transformation Project

Curriculum 2029 provides early exposure to pharmacy practice and foundational knowledge in building a successful pharmacy career. Practice Expansion and Evaluation Project (PEEP) empowers students to create a practice advancement project to assist their site while getting hand-on experience.

PEEP

Legacy to Curriculum 2029

The new curriculum creates a more integrated and streamlined learning experience by combining related foundational sciences and pharmacy concepts into cohesive course series. It also places greater emphasis on personalized medicine, drug action and therapeutics, and the social and administrative aspects of pharmacy practice, better preparing students to apply their knowledge in diverse professional settings.

Curriculum Overview

Didactic Curriculum

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P1 Year

Early exposure to pharmacy practice and foundational knowledge. Courses focus on knowledge and skills most relevant to community practice.

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P2 Year

Builds on foundational knowledge and skills. Courses focus on knowledge and skills most relevant to institutional practice.

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P3 Year

Expands knowledge, requires application of material in complex scenarios, and ensures APPE-readiness. Electives explore new areas or deepen knowledge in a particular areas.

Learn more about the courses and foundational knowledge at each stage of the curriculum.

Didactic Curriculum

Experiential Curriculum

The new curriculum provides students with progressive, hands-on pharmacy practice experiences beginning with foundational community and hospital/health-system training and advancing to comprehensive advanced practice experiences. Together, the curriculum strengthens practice readiness while providing a broader and more customizable pathway for students to explore diverse pharmacy careers.

Curriculum Overview

Curriculum 2029 Roll Out

Curriculum 2029 started in the Fall of 2026 with the Class of 2029 and will fully roll out in the 2028-2029 academic year.

The class schedule for Curriculum 2029 can be found at this link. The legacy curriculum can be found at this link. The legacy curriculum will graduate its last class with the Class of 2028.