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At The University of New Mexico, all freshman students are admitted to University College. A detailed statement of admission requirements to University College is in the Admission section of this catalog.
To be considered for admission to the College of Pharmacy Pharm.D. Program, an applicant must have:
1) Successfully completed all pre-pharmacy courses* with grades of C or higher consisting of 91 credit hours, including:
* Prerequisite courses are subject to change.
Molecular and Cell Biology | 4 |
Genetics | 4 |
Human Anatomy and Physiology I | 3 |
Human Anatomy and Physiology II | 3 |
Microbiology with Lab | 4 |
General Chemistry I and Lab | 4 |
General Chemistry II and Lab | 4 |
Organic Chemistry I and Lab | 4 |
Organic Chemistry II and Lab | 4 |
Microeconomics | 3 |
English Composition I | 3 |
English Composition II | 3 |
Statistics | 3 |
Calculus I | 3 |
General Physics I | 3 |
General Physics II | 3 |
Communications Selective | 6 |
Critical Thinking Selective | 6 |
General Electives* | 24 |
Total | 91 |
*Only 21 credit hours of nonprofessional electives are required if an appropriate Biochemistry course is taken.
2) A minimum cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5 on all completed, required pre-pharmacy courses listed in the previous section taken at all colleges and universities. A competitive GPA for admission for the Pharm.D. program is 2.7 for instate students and 3.0 for out of state students. The required grade point average will not include electives but will include each grade received on any required pre-pharmacy course (including selectives).
3) At least a 2.0 GPA on all course work attempted at The University of New Mexico.
4) All science pre-pharmacy courses (biology, chemistry, physics) must be completed by the end of the Spring semester prior to matriculation into pharmacy school.
5) A completed and submitted PharmCAS application (go to http://www.pharmcas.org for details) including:
If you are offered admission to the program, a $400 deposit will be required to hold your position in the class. The $400 will be applied to your first semester expenses following matriculation into the College of Pharmacy.
To receive an application packet or for additional information on admission requirements and procedures, students should contact:
Office of Student Services
College of Pharmacy
MSC09 5360
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001
(505) 272-3241
http://hsc.unm.edu/pharmacy/future.shtml
The University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy awards the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees upon completion of all specified requirements.
For an outline of graduate degree requirements, refer to the graduate program guide.
Develop Plans for Patient Care
Develop Programs for Public Health
Communication
Informatics & Systems Management
Legal, Ethical, Social, Economic and Professional
Professional Competence
The Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) Program is a four-year professional curriculum. Pre-pharmacy courses may be completed at The University of New Mexico or at any 2 or 4 year college. Equivalent courses taken at these schools will transfer as part of the pre-pharmacy program. Verify equivalencies with The University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy advisement office.
NOTE: Students must be admitted to the pharmacy program to enroll in pharmacy courses.
The courses listed below are The University of New Mexico course numbers. Any course taken at other colleges and universities will be accepted according to The University of New Mexico equivalency standards and transfer credit will be given by the College of Pharmacy as equivalent to the corresponding University of New Mexico course work.
Recommended First Pre-Professional Year | ||
Fall Semester | Credits | |
ENGL 101 | Composition I | 3 |
Selective A or B | 3 | |
General Elective | 3 | |
General Elective | 1 | |
12 | ||
Spring Semester | Credits | |
ENGL 102 | Composition II | 3 |
MATH 180 | Calculus I1 | 3 |
CHEM 121 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
CHEM 123L | General Chemistry I Lab | 1 |
ECON 106 | Microeconomics | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
16 | ||
Recommended Second Pre-Professional Year | ||
Fall Semester | Credits | |
CHEM 122 | General Chemistry II | 3 |
CHEM 124L | General Chemistry II Lab | 1 |
BIOL 201L | Human Anatomy & Physiology I | 4 |
PHYC 151 | General Physics I3 | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
Selective A or B | 3 | |
17 | ||
Credits | ||
CHEM 301 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
CHEM 303L | Organic Chemistry I Lab | 1 |
BIOL 202L | Genetics | 4 |
BIOL 237 | Human Anatomy and Physiology I | 3 |
General Elective | 3 | |
14 | ||
Recommended Third Pre-Professional Year | ||
Fall Semester | Credits | |
CHEM 302 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
CHEM 304L | Organic Chemistry II Lab | 1 |
BIOL 238 | Human Anatomy and Physiology II | 3 |
PHYS 152 | General Physics II 4 | 3 |
Selective A or B | 3 | |
General Elective | 3 | |
16 | ||
Spring Semester | Credits | |
BIOC 423 | Introductory Biochemistry (optional) |
3 |
MATH 145 | Statistics5 | 3 |
BIOL 239L | Microbiology for Health Sciences and Non-Majors | 4 |
Selective A or B | 3 | |
General Elective | 3 | |
16 | ||
First Professional Year | ||
Fall Semester | Credits | |
PHRM 701 | Pharmaceutics I | 3 |
PHRM 703L | Pharmaceutical Care Lab I | 3 |
PHRM 705 | Pathophysiology |
4 |
PHRM 706 | Foundations of Drug Action | 3 |
PHRM 707 | Pharmacy and Health Care Delivery | 3 |
PHRM 709 | Introduction to Pharmacy Practice | 1 |
PHRM 713 | Pharmaceutical Calculations | 1 |
18 | ||
Spring Semester | Credits | |
PHRM 702 | Pharmaceutics II | 3 |
PHRM 704L | Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory II | 3 |
PHRM 710 | Mechanisms of Drug Action I |
5 |
PHRM 715 | Pathophysiology II | 4 |
PHRM 717 | Pharmacy Law | 1 |
PHRM 719 |
Self-Care Therapeutics |
2 |
18 | ||
Second Professional Year | ||
Fall Semester | Credits | |
PHRM 718L | Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory III | 2 |
PHRM 721 | Self-Care Therapeutics II |
1 |
PHRM 726 | Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics | 3 |
PHRM 728 | Pharmacy Informatics and Research | 3 |
PHRM 731 | Mechanisms of Drug Action II | 5 |
PHRM 771 | Introductory Community Pharmacy Practice Experience | 4 |
18 | ||
Spring Semester | Credits | |
PHRM 732 | Mechanisms of Drug Action III | 5 |
PHRM 733L | Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory IV | 2 |
PHRM 739 | Pharmacotherapy I | 6 |
PHRM 7XX | Professional Elective | 2 |
PHRM 772 | Introductory Institutional Pharmacy Practice Experience | 2 |
17 | ||
Third Professional Year | ||
Fall Semester | Credits | |
PHRM 751 | Pharmacotherapy II | 6 |
PHRM 756 | Safe Medication Practices | 2 |
PHRM 759 | Advanced Law and Ethics | 2 |
PHRM 762L | Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory V | 2 |
PHRM 772 | Introductory Institutional Pharmacy Practice Experience | 2 |
PHRM 7XX | Professional Elective | 2 |
16 | ||
Spring Semester | Credits | |
PHRM 752 | Pharmacotherapy III | 6 |
PHRM 760 | Pharmacy Healthcare Management and Economics | 3 |
PHRM 764 | Emerging Technologies in Pharmaceutical Care | 1 |
PHRM 765L | Pharmaceutical Care Laboratory VI | 2 |
PHRM 766 | Public Health in Pharmacy | 2 |
PHRM 7XX | Professional Elective | 2 |
16 | ||
Fourth Professional Year | ||
Fall and Spring Semesters | Credits | |
PHRM 770 | Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience5 | 36 |
Total | 36 |
Footnotes:
*General elective courses to be taken from the following categories:
†Selective A from a list of courses that emphasize the development of communication skills:
%Selective B from a list of courses that emphasize critical thinking and problem-solving:
+ 6 credits of professional electives are required for the Doctor of Pharmacy Program.
Advanced Professional Practice Experiences: nine total as follows:
Six clinical rotations and three elective rotations. Each clerkship will be four weeks in duration and worth 4 credits each. At least one clerkship outside the city of Albuquerque will be required of all students to complete clerkship requirements.
Pharm.D./M.B.A.
The College of Pharmacy and the Anderson School of Management offer a dual degree program leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Business Administration. The dual degree program is designed to prepare students for leadership positions that demand knowledge of both health sciences and management concepts. The goal is to provide graduates with skills, knowledge, and experience needed for management positions in the pharmaceutical industry, with health care organizations, or retail/independent pharmacies. Under this program, the College of Pharmacy will accept 6 hours of M.B.A. core courses as professional electives and the Anderson Graduate School of Management will accept 6 hours (PHRM 707 and 760) of credit in the College of Pharmacy toward the 18 hours of elective credit in the M.B.A. program. Students pursuing this program must satisfy the admission and other academic requirements of both schools. Those planning to enter the dual program should consult with the admission officers of both schools as early as possible. Students that do not have a Bachelor's degree must meet the admission requirements of Anderson's "Three-Two" program.
PHRM 496. Topics in Pharmacy. (1 to a maximum of 3 ∆)
PHRM 497. Problems in Pharmacy. (1-5, no limit ∆)
PHRM 498. Problems in Pharmacy. (1-5, no limit ∆)
PHRM 511 / 773. Nuclear Pharmacy Instrumentation. (3)
PHRM 512 / 774. Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry. (1)
PHRM 513 / 775 [775]. Radiation Biology and Radiation Safety [Radiopharmacy Health and Radiation Biology]. (3)
PHRM 514. Basics of Nuclear Pharmacy Practice. (2)
PHRM 516 / 776. Radiopharmacology. (3)
PHRM 518. In-Vitro Radiotracer Procedures. (2)
PHRM 519L. Instrumentation and In Vitro Lab. (2)
PHRM 521. Radiopharmaceutics. (2)
PHRM 523. Clinical Nuclear Medicine. (1)
PHRM 545-546. Pharmacy and Its Environment. (3, 3)
PHRM 547. Pharmacy Practice Research. (3)
PHRM 548. Ethics Clinical Trials/Informed Consent. (2)
PHRM 549. Regulatory Issues in Clinical Trials. (2)
PHRM 550. Pharmacoeconomics and Patient Outcomes Research in Medicine. (3)
PHRM 576. Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology. (1)
PHRM 580. General Toxicology. (2)
PHRM 591. Seminar in Administrative Pharmacy. (1, no limit ∆)
PHRM 592. Seminar in Radiopharmacy. (1, no limit ∆)
PHRM 593. Pharmaceutical Sciences and Toxicology Seminar [Seminars in Toxicology]. (1, no limit ∆)
PHRM 594. Topics in Environmental Disease. (1-3 to a maximum of 4 ∆)
PHRM 597. Research Problems in Pharmaceutical Sciences. (1-6, no limit ∆)
PHRM 598. Topics in Pharmaceutical Sciences. (1-3 to a maximum of 4 ∆)
PHRM 599. Master’s Thesis. (1-6, no limit ∆)
PHRM 699. Dissertation. (1-9, no limit ∆)
PHRM 701. Pharmaceutics I. (Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms I) . (3)
PHRM 702. Pharmaceutics II. (3)
PHRM 703L. Pharmaceutical Care Lab I. (3)
PHRM 704L. Pharmaceutical Care Lab II. (3)
PHRM 705. Pathophysiology. (4)
PHRM 706. Foundations of Drug Action. (3)
PHRM 707. Pharmacy and Health Care Delivery. (3)
PHRM 709. Introduction to Pharmacy Practice. (1)
PHRM 710. Mechanisms of Drug Action I. (5)
PHRM 713. Pharmaceutical Calculations. (1)
PHRM 715. Pathophysiology II. (4)
PHRM 717. Introductory Pharmacy Law. (1)
PHRM 718L. Pharmaceutical Care Lab III. (2)
PHRM 719. Self-Care Therapeutics. (2 [3])
PHRM 720. Introduction to Nuclear Pharmacy. (2)
PHRM 721. Self-Care Therapeutics II. (1)
PHRM 726. Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics. (3)
PHRM 728. Pharmacy Informatics and Research. (3)
PHRM 731. Mechanisms of Drug Action II. (5)
PHRM 732. Mechanisms of Drug Action III. (5)
PHRM 733L. Pharmaceutical Care Lab IV. (2)
PHRM 734. Comprehensive Diabetes Elective. (2)
PHRM 735. Substance Abuse Elective. (2)
PHRM 736. Introduction to Pharmacogenomics. (2)
PHRM 739. Pharmacotherapy I. (6)
PHRM 740. Self-Selected Supplementary Pharmacy Education. (1-2 to a maximum of 2 ∆)
PHRM 748. Research Project (Initial). (1)
PHRM 751. Pharmacotherapy II. (6)
PHRM 752. Pharmacotherapy III. (6)
PHRM 755. Seminar in Pharmacy. (1 to a maximum of 2 ∆)
PHRM 756. Safe Medication Practices. (2)
PHRM 758. Research Project. (1)
PHRM 759. Advanced Law and Ethics. (2)
PHRM 760. Pharmacy Healthcare Management and Economics. (3)
PHRM 761. Introduction to Managed Care Pharmacy Practice. (2)
PHRM 762L. Pharmaceutical Care Lab V. (2)
PHRM 764. Emerging Technologies in Pharmaceutical Care. (1)
PHRM 765L. Pharmaceutical Care Lab VI. (2)
PHRM 766. Public Health in Pharmacy. (2)
PHRM 770. Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience. (2-4 to a maximum of 36 ∆)
PHRM 771. Introductory Community Pharmacy Practice Experience. (4 [2 to a maximum of 4 ∆])
PHRM 772. Introductory Institutional Pharmacy Practice Experience. (2 to a maximum of 4 ∆)
PHRM 773 / 511. Nuclear Pharmacy Instrumentation. (3)
PHRM 774 / 512. Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry. (1)
PHRM 775 / 513 [775]. Radiation Biology and Radiation Safety [Radiopharmacy Health and Radiation Biology]. (3)
PHRM 776 / 516. Radiopharmacology. (3)
PHRM 781. Geriatric Medication Management - An Interprofessional Elective. (2)
PHRM 782. Clinical Toxicology. (2)
PHRM 784. Advanced Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy. (1)
PHRM 785. Advanced Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. (1)
PHRM 786. Geriatric Interprofessional Elective. (2)
PHRM 798. Problems in Pharmacy. (1-5 to a maximum of 10 ∆)
PHRM 799. Nontraditional Pharm. (2 to a maximum of 12 ∆)
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1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-8900
Phone: (505) 277-6809
Fax: studentinfo.unm.edu