Courses of Instruction

USC School of Pharmacy

Courses

Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics

• CXPT 609 Preclinical Experimental Drug Therapeutic Development

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Evolution of a chemical entity as it is transformed into a drug candidate. Open only to students in clinical and experimental therapeutics and management of drug development.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to students in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics and Management of Drug Development.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CXPT 664 Clinical Problem Solving

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  (Enroll in PHRD 664 )
  

Health Care Decision Analysis

• HCDA 501 Fundamentals of Health Care Insurance Design

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Introduction to insurance payer types, functions, actuarial pricing methods, network design and business operations impacting the provision of health benefits and reimbursement for medical products and services.
  Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medicine, other health care, economics and administrative sciences or related disciplines; enrollment in a related MS or PhD program.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 502 Comparative International Health Care Systems

  Units: 3
  Health coverage and funding across seven industrial countries, with examination of variances and similarities in stated policy and outcomes by region and population mix.
  Recommended Preparation: HCDA 501  and undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medicine, other health care, economics and administrative sciences or related disciplines; enrollment in a related MS or PhD program.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 503 Competitive Health Care Intelligence and Pricing

  Units: 3
  Analysis and techniques to evaluate marketplace opportunities and value and pricing determinations for medical products; considers product launch and positioning strategies, intelligence gathering, and decision-making.
  Recommended Preparation: HCDA 501  and undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medicine, other health care, economics and administrative sciences or related disciplines; enrollment in a related MS or PhD program.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 510 Business Implications of Health Care Reform

  Units: 3
  Coverage, access and reimbursement changes from health care reform; individual and mandated benefits, medical loss ratio, health care exchanges and impact of comparative effectiveness review.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 515 Medical Decision Analysis and Modeling

  Units: 3
  Quantitative methods of evaluating business, policy, pharmaceuticals, medical care resource allocations. Budget Impact Models, Decision Trees, Sensitivity Analysis tradeoffs between treatment strategies, interventions, risks, outcomes.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 520 Health Economic and Outcomes Methodology

  Units: 3
  Comprehensive review of core biostatistics principles and applications through practical problem solving approach and case studies. Statistical methods, data validation and outcomes research, clinical trials.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 525 Healthcare Literature Analysis and Applications

  Units: 3
  Review and critique of health economics, P&T and outcomes literature. Core biostatical measures used to deconstruct and evaluate published research through case studies.
  Recommended Preparation: HCDA 520 .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 530 Total Product Development: Benchtop to Launch

  Units: 3
  Systematic review from discovery to market assessment, bio-targeting through clinical trail design. Profile past and current launch strategies, pharmacovigilance, regulatory and filing requirements.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 540 Executive Leadership and Healthcare Marketing

  Units: 3
  Critical principles of leadership, communication, best practice marketing presentations, project management techniques, business innovations and strategy. Use of case studies, team projects, real world examples.                                                        
                                
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 550 Healthcare Innovation: Creativity to Value

  Units: 3
  Systematically review creativity and innovation techniques across healthcare industry, examine breakthrough genomic and biopharmaceutical processes and thinking, evaluate novel therapeutic and economic measures transforming outcomes.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 553 Advanced Pricing Strategies

  Units: 3
  Positioning products in global markets; market share targets, payer value, life cycle and launch techniques, tools for formulary positioning and reimbursement.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 560 Managing Effective Partnerships and Mergers

  Units: 3
  M&A and partnering in the health care industry; law, due diligence, contracts, research alliances, structured agreements, global partners, and tactical business strategies.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 570 Asia Pacific: Access, Delivery and Reimbursement

  Units: 3
  In-depth review China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Analyzing regional pharmaceutical industry, research, manufacturing, partnerships, licensing, trials. Compare insurance, pricing, access, reimbursement for drugs, healthcare services.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 580 Seminars in Healthcare Decision Analysis

  Units: 3
  Weekly seminar and literature series, review and discuss policy, biopharmaceuticals, insurance, global healthcare access issues. Student lead discussions, expert guest speakers, group projects, critical thinking.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• HCDA 590 Directed Research

  Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
  Max Units: 12.0
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• HCDA 599 Special Topics

  Units: 2, 3, 4
  Max Units: 8.0
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Special topics in Healthcare Decision Analysis.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  

Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology

• MPTX 500 Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology I

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  This is the first part of a two-semester introductory and survey course for the molecular pharmacology and toxicology degree program.
  Prerequisite: knowledge of biochemistry.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 501 Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology II

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  The second part of the two-semester course covers the general aspects of molecular pharmacology and toxicology on the basis of biochemical, molecular, biological and environmental approaches.
  Prerequisite: MPTX 500 .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 502 Pharmacology

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Fundamentals of pharmacology in the context of the rapidly developing knowledge of related disciplines.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 511 Introduction to Medical Product Regulation

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sm

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  Introduction to regulatory environments surrounding medical product development, manufacturing and marketing; operation of federal, state and international regulatory bodies.
  Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy,medicine or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 512 Regulation of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sm

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  Ensuring safety and effectiveness of new drugs and biologics; marketing and monitoring approved pharmaceutical/biological products; management of genetically engineered products.
  Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medicine or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 513 Regulation of Medical Devices and Diagnostics

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sm

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  Development and testing of new medical products according to U.S. and international regulatory requirements.
  Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medicine or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 514 Regulation of Food and Dietary Supplements

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sm

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  Regulation and testing of foods, food additives and dietary supplements in the U.S. and abroad.
  Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medicine or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 515 Quality Systems and Standards

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sm

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  Principles of quality assurance and quality control for medical-product development and manufacture.
  Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medicine or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 516 Medical Products and the Law

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Legal issues affecting intellectual property, medical product development, marketing and safety, taught through case studies and lectures.
  Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medicine or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 517 Structure and Management of Clinical Trials

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Development and execution of clinical trials: bioethical principles, good clinical practices, project management and documentation.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 518 Writing Regulatory Drug Submissions

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Developing form and content for investigational drug applications, new drug applications, biologic licensing applications to FDA; common technical documents; considerations of writing style.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 519 Global Regulation of Medical Products

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Regulatory requirements governing medical products in European Union, Asia and other global markets.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 522 Introduction to Clinical Trial Design and Statistics

  Units: 3
  Clinical designs and statistics commonly used to test medical products in general populations and special patient groups.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 524 Introduction to Food Science and Technology

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sm

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  Discusses the basic and applied concepts of food science and food safety, and demonstrates the principles of food chemistry, sensory evaluation, and product development.
  Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in biological sciences or related disciplines.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 526 Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Provides a firm foundation in the domestic and international CMC process, from concept to commercialization of new active pharmaceutical ingredients and products.
  Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medicine or independent health science, engineering or equivalent.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 531 Cell Biology

  Units: 4
  (Enroll in INTD 531 )
  
• MPTX 561 Molecular Biology

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  (Enroll in INTD 561 )
  
• MPTX 571 Biochemistry

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  (Enroll in INTD 571 )
  
• MPTX 572 Systems Physiology and Disease I

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  (Enroll in INTD 572 )
  
• MPTX 573 Systems Physiology and Disease II

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  (Enroll in INTD 573 )
  
• MPTX 590 Directed Research

  Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• MPTX 594a Master’s Thesis

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Credit on acceptance of thesis.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• MPTX 594b Master’s Thesis

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Credit on acceptance of thesis.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• MPTX 594z Master’s Thesis

  Units: 0
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Credit on acceptance of thesis.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• MPTX 599 Special Topics

  Units: 2, 3, 4
  Max Units: 8.0
  Special topics in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 602 Science, Research and Ethics

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  A discussion of the unique technological and philosophical issues that challenge modern scientists and a discernment of ethical responses to those challenges.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 603 Molecular Mechanisms for Biological Signals

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Biological mechanisms of hormone, neuro-transmitter, growth factor and xenobiotic actions from ligand-receptor interactions, signal transductions, modification processes to regulation of gene expression and cellular growth.
  Prerequisite: knowledge of physiology and biochemistry.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 630 Directed Field-Research Project

  Units: 6
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Research/policy analysis conducted under preceptor supervision in an industrial or governmental setting.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• MPTX 700 Seminar in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology

  Units: 1
  Max Units: 8.0
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Contemporary advances in molecular pharmacology and toxicology research. Registration required during each year of residency.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• MPTX 790 Research

  Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• MPTX 794a Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• MPTX 794b Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• MPTX 794c Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• MPTX 794d Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• MPTX 794z Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 0
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  

Pharmacy

• PHRD 501 Pharmaceutics I

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Introduction to physiochemical principles of dosage forms; properties of molecules in dosage forms, stability of pharmaceuticals and their interactions in body tissue, including computational approaches.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 502 Pharmaceutics II

  Units: 2
  Principles involved in molecules movement across biological barriers. Properties, characteristics, application of homogeneous and heterogeneous dosage forms, liquid, semi-solid and solid.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 503 Biological Systems I

  Units: 5
  Integration and application to pharmacy of anatomy, histology, physiology and pathophysiology using an organ-based approach.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 504 Biological Systems II

  Units: 5
  Integration and application to pharmacy of anatomy, histology, physiology and pathophysiology using an organ-based approach.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 507 Health Care Delivery Systems

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Introduction to understanding the structure of the health care system. Includes health care financing and the role of pharmacy and the pharmacist in health systems.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 508 Pharmacy Literature Analysis and Drug Information

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Literature evaluation and biostatistics of clinical and health services research, and drug information services. Emphasis on drug therapy, patient outcomes, and formulary development.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 511 Pharmacy Practice and Professionalism 1

  Units: 2
  A seminar series covering leadership, professionalism and professional development for pharmacy practice. Includes practical experience placements (IPPE).
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• PHRD 512 Pharmacy Practice and Profesionalism 2

  Units: 2
  A seminar series covering leadership, professionalism and professional development for pharmacy practice. Includes practical experience placements (IPPE).
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• PHRD 514 Case Conference 1

  Units: 2
  Case conferences and seminars focusing on contemporary pharmacy practice.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• PHRD 515 Biochemistry for Pharmacy Practice

  Units: 2
  Basic principles of drug action and receptor actions. Includes their application to the understanding and treatment of disease. Provides the scientific basis of pharmaceutical action.
  Duplicates Credit in former PHRD 555.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 516 Non-Prescription Therapies

  Units: 3
  Introduction to self-care health. Includes OTC products, dosages, pharmacology, efficacy, cost, side effects, adverse reactions, contraindications, and drug interactions.
  Duplicates Credit in PHRD 506 .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 517 Pharmacogenetics

  Units: 2
  Principles of gene expression and the influence of genetics on the effectiveness of drug therapy.
  Duplicates Credit in PHRD 505 .
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 519 Introduction to Pharmacy Practice

  Units: 2
  Introduction of principles of pharmaceutical care in community or hospital pharmacy setting. Includes basic practice skills.
  Duplicates Credit in PHRD 509 .
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 551 Immunology

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Basic principles of immunology and their application to the understanding and treatment of immunologically-mediated diseases. Provides the scientific basis of immunotherapy and immunodiagnosis.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 552 Pharmaceutics III

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Principles and applications of controlled, targeted, and self-regulating drug delivery. Methods to deliver therapeutic peptides, proteins and genetic materials.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 553 Management within Health Care Organizations

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Management of the professional practice of pharmacy in organized health care systems. Introduction to formulary development and outcome analysis.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 554 Public Health and Epidemiology

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Introduction to epidemiology, environmental health, health education, health care organizations and financing. Orientation to social and governmental controls on the health care system.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 557 Introduction to Therapeutics

  Units: 4
  Integrated teaching of the principles of pharmacology, biomedicinal chemistry, pharmacogenomics and clinical therapeutics.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 559 Therapeutics: Pharmacokinetics

  Units: 3
  Integrated teaching of basic and clinical pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic concepts.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 560 Therapeutics III

  Units: 6
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Integrated teaching of biomedicinal chemistry, pharmacology, clinical pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics of drugs, with emphasis on pharmaceuticals treating diseases associated with the central nervous system.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 561 Pharmacy Practice and Experience III

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPEs) in hospital and community settings. Includes; didactic instruction, laboratory practicums, IV training and practical experience hours.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Pharmacy majors.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 562 Therapeutics IV

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Integrated teaching of biomedicinal chemistry, pharmacology, clinical pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics of drugs with an emphasis on treating diseases of the renal, GI and pulmonary systems.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 563 Case Conference 2

  Units: 2
  Case conferences and seminars focusing on contemporary pharmacy practice.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• PHRD 564 Case Conference 3

  Units: 2
  Case conferences and seminars focusing on contemporary pharmacy practice.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• PHRD 565 Pharmacy Practice and Professionalism 3

  Units: 2
  A seminar series covering leadership, professionalism and professional development for pharmacy practice. Includes practical experience placements (IPPE).
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• PHRD 566 Pharmacy Practice and Professionalism 4

  Units: 2
  A seminar series covering leadership, professionalism and professional development for pharmacy practice. Includes practical experience placements (IPPE).
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• PHRD 567 Pharmacy Law

  Units: 2
  Provide an introduction to the legal and ethical issues in pharmacy practice. Includes state and federal statutes, regulations, and pharmacy-related cases.
  Duplicates Credit in PHRD 616 .
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 570 Therapeutics: Central Nervous System

  Units: 5
  Integration of biomedicinal chemistry, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics with emphasis on the central nervous system. 
  Duplicates Credit in PHRD 560 .
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 572 Therapeutics: General Medicine and Inflammatory Disorders

  Units: 5
  Integrated approach to the management of common renal, liver, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, joint and integumental related disorders, as well as inflammatory disorders. 
  Duplicates Credit in PHRD 562 .
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 601 Therapeutics V

  Units: 6
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Integrated teaching of biomedicinal chemistry, pharmacology, clinical pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics of drugs, with emphasis on pharmaceuticals affecting cardiovascular and circulatory diseases. CPR certification.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 603 Therapeutics: Endocrine System

  Units: 3
  Integration of biomedicinal chemistry, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics with emphasis on the endocrine and reproductive system. 
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 605 Therapeutics VII

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Integrated teaching of the biomedicinal chemistry, pharmacology, clinical pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics of drugs; with emphasis on chemotherapy of infectious disease: bacterial, microbial, viral, parasitic, and fungal.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 606 Therapeutics VIII

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Advanced topics and clinical therapeutics of drugs, with emphasis on the treatment of infectious disease: bacterial, microbial, viral, parasitic and fungal.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 607 Nutrition

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Biomedical knowledge is correlated with assessments of clinical case management problems to understand the interrelationship between nutrition and health in both hospitalized and healthy patients.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 608 Therapeutics IX

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Integrated teaching of biomedicinal chemistry, pharmacology, clinical pharmacokinetics and therapeutics of drugs, with emphasis on pharmaceuticals for managing oncological diseases.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 610 Therapeutics X

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Focuses on the pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, medicinal chemistry and clinical therapeutics that apply to pharmaceutical care of pediatric, geriatric and chronic pain patients.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 611 Therapeutics: Infectious Diseases

  Units: 5
  Integration of biomedicinal chemistry, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics, with emphasis on the therapy of infectious diseases caused by bacterial, viral, parasitic, and fungal organisms.
  Duplicates Credit in PHRD 605   and PHRD 606 .
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 612 Therapeutics XI

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Updates students on recent advances in clinical areas, prepares students for advanced practice experiences and assessment of clinical readiness via a final examination.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• PHRD 614 Pharmaceutical Economics and Outcome Studies

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Economic analysis of the U.S. health care system, the pharmaceutical industry, and the profession; economic assessment of drug therapy costs and health care outcomes applying pharmacoeconomic research methodologies.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 616 Pharmacy, Law and Ethics

  Units: 3
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  To provide students with an understanding of ethical issues that arise in pharmacy practice along with state and federal statutes, regulations, and pharmacy-related cases.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 619 Therapeutics: Cardiovascular System

  Units: 5
  Integration of biomedicinal chemistry, pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics with emphasis on pharmaceuticals affecting cardiovascular and circulatory diseases.
  Duplicates Credit in PHRD 601  .
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 620 Pharmacy Practice and Profesionalism 5

  Units: 2
  A seminar series covering leadership, professionalism and professional development for pharmacy practice. Includes practical experience placements (IPPE).
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• PHRD 621 Pharmacy Practice and Professionalism 6

  Units: 2
  A seminar series covering leadership, professionalism and professional development for pharmacy practice. Includes practical experience placements (IPPE). 
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• PHRD 622 Case Conference 4

  Units: 2
  Case conferences and seminars focusing on contemporary pharmacy practice.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• PHRD 623 Case Conference 5

  Units: 2
  Case conferences and seminars focusing on contemporary pharmacy practice. 
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• PHRD 630 Therapeutics: Special Populations and Specialty Practice

  Units: 6
  Focuses on the pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, medicinal chemistry and clinical therapeutics that apply to pharmaceutical care of special patient populations and specialty practice. 
  Duplicates Credit in PHRD 606   and PHRD 610   and PHRD 612 .
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• PHRD 633 Management, Health Care Systems and Pharmacoeconomics

  Units: 2
  Management principles for pharmacy practice, understanding of health care systems and pharmacoecomincs. Introduction to formulary management and outcome analysis. 
  Duplicates Credit in PHRD 553   and PHRD 614 .
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Doctor of Pharmacy students.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter