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Graduation

All students must fulfill the general requirements for graduation given in chapter 1. Students in the College of Pharmacy must also fulfill the following requirements.

1. To graduate with the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, a student must complete at least six semesters, or an equivalent period, of resident study in the professional curriculum in one or more colleges of pharmacy accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education. To graduate with the Doctor of Pharmacy, the student must complete at least nine semesters, or an equivalent period, of resident study in one or more colleges of pharmacy accredited by the council.
2. All University students must complete in residence at least twenty-four of the last thirty semester hours of the coursework counted toward the degree. Students earning the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy must complete in residence the courses prescribed for the third professional year. Students earning the Doctor of Pharmacy must complete in residence the courses prescribed for the third and fourth professional years.
3. A candidate for a degree must be registered at the University either in residence or in absentia the semester or summer session the degree is to be awarded and must apply to the dean for the degree no later than the date specified in the official academic calendar.

Degrees

The University offers two professional degree programs in pharmacy--a five-year curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BSPhr) and a six-year curriculum leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD). However, the BSPhr degree program is open only to students entering the college in the fall semester 1998 or earlier. Students who enter the college after fall 1998 will enter the PharmD program. Both programs emphasize an interdisciplinary, problem-based approach to disease management.

The capstone of the BSPhr program is a series of three six-week internships; the capstone of the PharmD program is a series of seven six-week internships. The college expects but cannot guarantee that the sites for the BSPhr internships will include the areas of Corpus Christi and the Rio Grande Valley and that the sites for the PharmD internships will include El Paso, Austin/Temple/Waco, the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Students are assigned to these sites strictly through a computer-generated lottery based on student preference.

In completing the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees, students also fulfill the internship requirements of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. The major academic components that make up the internship program for the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy are Pharmacy 366P, Pharmacy Practice Laboratory I; 286P, Pharmacy Practice Laboratory II; Pharmacy 584F, Clinical Pharmacy Internship; 584G, Hospital Pharmacy Practice Internship; and 584J, Community Pharmacy Practice Internship. Each of the latter three courses requires between forty and fifty on-site, practitioner-faculty-supervised hours of internship experience a week for at least five weeks.

The major academic components of the internship program for the Doctor of Pharmacy degree are Pharmacy 366P, Pharmacy Practice Laboratory I; 593C, Acute Care Pharmacy Practice I; 593N, Institutional Pharmacy Practice; 593P, Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice; 594C, Acute Care Pharmacy Practice II; one selective rotation; and two elective rotations. The acute care, ambulatory care, institutional, and selective rotations qualify for Texas State Board of Pharmacy internship credit; the elective rotations may also qualify. Each internship course requires between forty and fifty on-site, practitioner-faculty-supervised hours of internship experience a week for at least five weeks.

In addition to these courses, experiences "substantially related to the practice of pharmacy" are included in both degree programs. The programs of professional experience are currently approved by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy to meet its standards for completion of the professional internship licensure requirement. The board reassesses all programs annually.

Applicability of Certain Courses

Physical Activity Courses

Physical activity (PED) courses are offered by the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. They may not be counted toward a degree in the College of Pharmacy. However, they are counted among courses for which the student is enrolled, and the grades are included in the University grade point average.

ROTC Courses

Courses in air force science, military science, and naval science may be substituted for a total of nine semester hours of electives and for Government 312L by students who complete twenty-four semester hours of required air force science, military science, or naval science coursework and accept a commission in one of the services.

Correspondence and Extension Courses

Credit that a University student in residence earns simultaneously by correspondence or extension from the University or elsewhere or in residence at another school will not be counted toward a degree unless it is specifically approved in advance by the dean. No more than 30 percent of the semester hours required for any degree may be completed by correspondence, and no pharmacy courses taken by correspondence or extension may be counted toward a pharmacy degree.

Prescribed Work

To qualify for the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy degree, a student must complete 152 semester hours, consisting of basic education requirements, professional electives, and required preprofessional and professional coursework. Students who enter the Doctor of Pharmacy degree program without a bachelor's degree must complete 190 semester hours, consisting of basic education requirements, professional electives, and required preprofessional and professional coursework. Those who hold a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy must complete 61 semester hours, consisting of professional electives and required professional coursework.

Basic Education Requirements

1. Six semester hours of American history.
2. Six semester hours of American government, including Texas government.
3. Three semester hours of coursework in fine arts or humanities, chosen from archaeology, architecture, art (including art history, design, studio art, visual art studies), classics (including classical civilization, Greek, Latin), fine arts, humanities, music (including music, instruments, ensemble), philosophy (excluding courses in logic), or theatre and dance.
4. Three semester hours of coursework in social and behavioral sciences, chosen from anthropology, economics, geography, linguistics, psychology, sociology, and social work.
5. Three semester hours of general electives of the student's choice.
6. English 306, 316K, and two courses, one of which must be upper-division, certified as having a substantial writing component. This requirement is fulfilled by the completion of the specified English courses and two courses within the professional curriculum certified as having a substantial writing component. Courses that contain a substantial writing component are identified in the Course Schedule.
7. Students must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language equivalent to that shown by completion of two semesters of college coursework. Credit used to establish proficiency may not be counted toward the degree. For a student admitted to the University as a freshman, this requirement is fulfilled by the completion of the two high school units in a single foreign language that are required for admission; a student admitted with a deficiency in foreign language must remove it as specified in General Information.

Professional Electives

BSPhr students must complete at least three professional elective courses for a total of at least six semester hours. PharmD students must complete at least two professional elective courses for a total of at least four semester hours. Pharmacy 183F, 183G, or 183J and Pharmacy 386D, which are electives for BSPhr students, are required courses for PharmD students and may not be used to fulfill the professional electives requirement for the PharmD.

The student must take the courses used to fulfill the professional electives requirement after admission to the professional curriculum.

Preprofessional and Professional Coursework

The following courses are required. The sequences of coursework given here show the usual order in which courses are taken to fulfill prerequisite requirements and illustrate the feasibility of completing requirements for the BSPhr degree within five academic years and the PharmD degree within six calendar years. Students who depart significantly from these sequences may need more time to complete their coursework, because most courses are taught only once a year and because in a given semester the scheduled meeting time of a required course may conflict with the times of other courses not listed here.

First Preprofessional Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Second Preprofessional Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

First Professional Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Second Professional Year

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Summer Session

Third Professional Year (BSPhr)

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Third Professional Year (PharmD)

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

Fourth Professional Year (PharmD) [3]

Summer Session

Fall Semester

Spring Semester

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