Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Ist and 2nd year program in detail

A sample curriculum is shown below:

Fall Semester (first year)

Fundamentals of Pharmaceutical
Sciences (PHARM 7113)
3 sem hrs
Methods in Pharmacology (PHTX 6600) 2 sem hrs
Biomedical Sciences Requirement 5-6 sem hrs
Journal Club  (PHTX 6710 or 6720) 0-1 sem hr
Seminar (PHTX 7890) 0-1 sem hr
*Lab rotation 0 sem hr
Total 11 sem hrs

Spring Semester (first year)

Principles of Toxicology (PHTX 7114) 2 sem hrs
Biomedical Sciences Requirement 3 sem hrs
Pharm/Tox elective(s) or Physiology 0-5 sem hrs
Journal Club (PHTX 6710 or 6720) 0-1 sem hrs
Seminar (PHTX 7890) 0-1 sem hr
*Lab rotation (PHTX 7920) 0 sem hr
Total 11 sem hrs

Fall Semester (second year)


Pharmacology I (PHTX 6211) [Pharmacy didactic
(4hr) + 2hr graduate seminar]
6 sem hrs
Professional Skills (PHTX 6690) 2 sem hrs
Biomed. Sci. / PHTX elective 0-3 sem hrs
Case Studies and Research Ethics
(PHIL 7570);[any year]
1 sem hr
Journal Club (PHTX 6710 or 6720) 0-1 sem hr
Seminar (PHTX 7890) 0-1 sem hr
*Laboratory research (PHTX 7920) 0-2 sem hr
Total 11 sem hrs

Spring Semester (second year)

Pharmacology II (PHTX 6221) )
[Pharmacy didactic (4hr)
+ 2hr graduate seminar]
6 sem hrs
Statistics (PHTX 6680) [or year 3] 2 sem hrs
Electives or Biomedical Sciences Requirement 0-3 sem hrs
*Journal Club (PHTX 6710 or 6720) 0-1 sem hr
*Seminar (PHTX 7890) 0-1 sem hr
*Research  (PHTX 7920) 0-3 sem hr
Total 11 sem hrs