Curriculum
The curriculum described below is subject to University-approved modification in keeping with best educational practices and evaluation by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education. Students will be informed of curricular changes as they occur.
Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy Curriculum
| Pharmacy Year 1 (PY1) | |||||
| Autumn | Winter | Spring | |||
| Physiology I | 3.0 | Physiology II | 3.0 | Pharmaceutics III | 3.0 |
| Pharmaceutics I | 3.0 | Pharmaceutics II | 4.0 | Pharmaceutics Lab II | 0.5 |
| Biochemistry I | 3.0 | Pharmaceutics Lab I | 0.5 | Ethics in Pharmacy Practice | 3.0 |
| Pharmaceutical Care I | 4.0 | Biochemistry II | 3.0 | Pharmacist Guided Self-Care 2 | 3.0 |
| Adventist Beliefs and Life | 2.0 | Pharmacist Guided Self-Care 1 | 3.0 | World Religions & Human Health |
3.0 |
| Public Health and Lifestyles | 3.0 | Pharmacy Law | 3.0 | IPDM I: Prin. of Pharmacology | 2.0 |
| IPPE Community Practice I |
2.0 | IPPE Community Practice II |
2.0 | ||
| Chapel | 0.0 | Chapel | 0.0 | Chapel | 0.0 |
| Forum | 0.0 | Forum | 0.0 | Forum | 0.0 |
| Total (w/o IPPE) | 18.0 | 18.5 | 16.5 | ||
| Pharmacy Year 2 (PY2) | |||||
| Autumn | Winter | Spring | |||
| Prin. Of Medicinal Chemistry I | 3.0 | Prin. Of Medicinal Chemistry II | 4.0 | Prin. Of Medicinal Chemistry III | 3.0 |
| Epidemiology/Biostatistics | 3.0 | Drug Info & Lit Evaluation | 3.0 | Christian Perspectives on Death and Dying | 2.0 |
| Pharmacokinetics | 4.0 | IPDM III: Cardiovascular I | 3.5 | IPDM V: Cardiovascular II | 3.5 |
| IPDM II: Fluids/Electrolytes | 2.5 | IPDM IV: Endocrine | 3.5 | IPDM VI: Renal/Respiratory | 3.5 |
| Pharmacy Management | 3.0 | Chapel | 0.0 | Social Behavioral Pharmacy | 3.0 |
| Forum | 0.0 | Forum | 0.0 | Forum | 0.0 |
| Chapel |
0.0 | Chapel |
0.0 | Chapel | 0.0 |
| Total (w/o IPPE) | 15.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 | ||
| *IPPE Hospital Practice (may be any qtr) |
+2.0 | *IPPE Hospital Practice (may be any qtr) | +2.0 | *IPPE Hospital Practice (may be any qtr) | +2.0 |
| Pharmacy Year 3 (PY3) | |||||
| Autumn | Winter | Spring | |||
| Advanced Ethics in Pharmacy Practice | 2.0 | IPDM IX: Infectious Diseases II | 4.5 | IPDM XI: Oncology/Transplant | 2.5 |
| IPDM VII: Infectious Diseases I | 3.5 | IPDM X: Neurology | 3.5 | IPDM XII: Miscellaneous | 3.5 |
| IPDM VIII: Psychiatry | 4.5 | Pharmaceutical Care Lab II | 3.0 | Pharmaceutical Care Lab III | 4.0 |
| Pharmaceutical Care Lab I | 4.0 | Clinical Pharmacokinetics | 2.0 | Pharmacoeconomics | 3.0 |
| Professional Elective | 3.0 | Professional Elective | 3.0 | Professional Elective | 3.0 |
| Forum | 0.0 | Forum | 0.0 | Forum | 0.0 |
| Chapel | 0.0 | Chapel | 0.0 | Chapel | 0.0 |
| Total (w/o IPPE) | 17.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | ||
| *IPPE Hospital Practice (may be any qtr) | +2.0 | *IPPE Hospital Practice (may be any qtr) | +2.0 | *IPPE Hospital Practice (may be any qtr) | +2.0 |
| Pharmacy Year 4 (PY4) | |||||
| Summer Quarter | |||||
| Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience rotations (1) | 6.0 | ||||
| Autumn Quarter | |||||
| Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience rotations (2) | 12.0 | ||||
| Winter Quarter | |||||
| Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience rotations (2) | 12.0 | ||||
| Spring Quarter | |||||
| Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience rotations (1) | 6.0 | ||||
| Reconnections | 3.0 | ||||
| Cumulative Total for PY4 | 39.0 | ||||
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