Pharmacy Major

System General Education Requirements* Credits: 35

• Goal #1 Written Communication:
  ENGL 101 - Composition I *
   , and
  ENGL 201 - Composition II *
    Credits: 6
• Goal #2 Oral Communication: 
  SPCM 101* - Fundamentals of Speech (COM)
    Credits: 3
• Goal #3 Social Sciences/Diversity: 
  ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics * (COM) (G)
    Credits: 6
• Goal #4 Arts and Humanities/Diversity
    Credits: 6
• Goal #5 Mathematics:
  MATH 121-121L - Survey of Calculus and Lab* (COM)
    Credits: 5
• Goal #6 Natural Sciences: 
  CHEM 112-112L - General Chemistry I and Lab* (COM)
   , and 
  CHEM 114-114L - General Chemistry II * (COM)
    Credits: 8

Institutional Graduation Requirements** Credits: 8-9

• Goal #1 Land and Natural Resources:
  BIOL 101-101L - Biology Survey I and Lab ** (COM)
    Credits: 3
• Goal #2 Personal Wellness
    Credits: 2-3
• Goal #3 Social Responsibility/Cultural and Aesthetic Awareness
    Credits: 3

Major Requirement Credits: 166

• BIOL 221-221L - Human Anatomy and Lab(COM) Credits: 4
• BIOL 325-325L - Physiology and Lab (COM) Credits: 4
• CHEM 326-326L - Organic Chemistry I and Lab(COM) Credits: 4
• CHEM 328-328L - Organic Chemistry II and Lab(COM) Credits: 4
• MICR 231-231L - General Microbiology and Lab (COM) Credits: 4
• PHA 101 - Introduction to Pharmacy Credits: 1
• PHA 310 - Introductory Practice Experience I Credits: 3 ⁺
• PHA 320 - Introduction to Pathophysiology Credits: 3
• PHA 323 - Pharmaceutical Biochemistry Credits: 4
• PHA 324 - Biomedical Science I Credits: 4
• PHA 331 - Pharmaceutics I Credits: 3
• PHA 332-332L - Pharmaceutics II and Lab Credits: 4
• PHA 340-340L - Medicinal Chemistry I and Lab Credits: 4
• PHA 341-341L - Medicinal Chemistry II and Lab Credits: 4
• PHA 367-367L - Pharmacy Practice I and Lab Credits: 2
• PHA 368-368L - Pharmacy Practice II and Lab Credits: 3
• PHA 415 - Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics Credits: 4
• PHA 425 - Biomedical Science II Credits: 3
• PHA 430 - Pharmacy Practice Law Credits: 3
• PHA 442 - Pharmacology I Credits: 5
• PHA 443 - Pharmacology II Credits: 4
• PHA 444 - Toxicology Credits: 2
• PHA 445 - Pharmacotherapeutics I Credits: 2
• PHA 446 - Pharmacotherapeutics II Credits: 3
• PHA 467-467L - Pharmacy Practice III and Lab(AW) Credits: 3
• PHA 468-468L - Pharmacy Practice IV and Lab Credits: 3
• PHA 610 - Introductory Practice Experience II Credits: 3 ⁺

• Must have a bachelor’s degree to begin the P3, 700-level courses

• PHA 714 - Community Pharmacy Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 716 - Hospital/Institutional Pharmacy Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 723 - Ethics in Healthcare Practice Credits: 2
• PHA 741-741L - Patient Assessment and Self Care I and Lab Credits: 2
• PHA 742-742L - Patient Assessment and Self Care II Credits: 2
• PHA 756 - Pharmacotherapeutics III Credits: 4
• PHA 757 - Pharmacotherapeutics IV Credits: 4
• PHA 761 - Pharmacotherapeutics V Credits: 5
• PHA 762 - Pharmacotherapeutics VI Credits: 5
• PHA 767-767L - Pharmacy Practice V and Lab Credits: 3
• PHA 768-768L - Pharmacy Practice VI and Lab Credits: 3
• PHA 772 - Internal Medicine I Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 774 - Ambulatory Care Practice Experience Credits: 5

• STAT 399 - Biostatistics

Assigned Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences

 Choose 10 credits from the following:

• PHA 700 - Directed Studies Practice Experience Credits: (4-5)
• PHA 706 - Critical Care Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 707 - Infectious Disease Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 717 - Community Health and Patient Monitoring Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 770 - Pediatrics Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 771 - Geriatrics Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 773 - Internal Medicine II Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 775 - Psychiatry Practice Experience Credits: 5

• Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs) are completed during Summer sessions, Fall, and Spring semesters.

Elective Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences

      Choose 10 credits from the following:

• PHA 700 - Directed Studies Practice Experience Credits: (4-5)
• PHA 701 - Home Health/Hospice Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 702 - Indian Health Services Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 703 - Pharmacy Administration Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 704 - Nutrition Support Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 705 - Clinical Research Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 708 - Surgery Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 709 - Nephrology Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 710 - Pharmacokinetics Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 711 - Oncology Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 712 - Nuclear Pharmacy Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 713 - Managed Care Practice Experience Credits: 5
• PHA 780 - International Pharmacy Practice Experience Credits: 5

• APPEs not utilized from list of Assigned APPEs

Elective Credits: 10

• General Electives (6 credits) 
• Pharmacy Electives, PHA 700 level, nonAPPE (4 credits)

Total Required Credits: 218

Notes:

• Eligible for B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences after completion of all general education requirements, 300 and 400-level required PHA courses, and general elective credits for a total of 138 credits.
• Can substitue BIOL 101 and BIOL 101L for different
  IGR Goal #1
   
• PHA 310⁺ must be completed during the summer between the P1 and P2 years.
• PHA 610⁺ must be completed during the summer between the P2 and P3 years.
• P3 year courses are taught at the University Center North in Sioux Falls.

Curriculum Notes:

* The 30 credit Board of Regents System General Education Requirements (SGRs) must be completed as part of a student’s first 64 credits.

** South Dakota State University has an 8-9 credit Institutional Graduation Requirement (IGRs).

(G) Globalization Requirement.

(AW) Advanced Writing Requirement.

Students must take the proficiency examination after completing 48 credits. English 101, and a course in each of the General Education areas of social science, mathematics, natural science, and humanities and arts must be taken prior to taking this exam.