Our Curriculum
The PharmD curriculum prepares students to become leaders in the profession of pharmacy and equips them with the skills necessary to practice effectively in a wide range of existing and emerging roles, including but not limited to:
- Hospitals and clinics
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Innovative community practice settings
- Government
- Health policy
- Academia
The curriculum is dynamic and undergoes continuous review by interdisciplinary faculty committees, with meaningful student input, to ensure ongoing relevance, quality, and innovation.
Required and elective coursework, interprofessional learning activities, and introductory and advanced practice experiences are intentionally designed to promote collaboration, teamwork, and collegiality among the health professions.
Explore the Curriculum
The curriculum is grounded in the philosophy that all health sciences students require a shared foundation in the biomedical sciences. Accordingly, during the first year of the PharmD program, pharmacy students complete foundational biomedical science coursework alongside first-year medical students in the School of Medicine. This shared educational experience continues in the fourth year, when pharmacy students and medical students participate together in advanced practice clinical experiences.