Program of Study

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Students in the PharmD program are required to complete 30 credit hours of specific prerequisite courses prior to entry into the program, followed by five years of study in the pharmacy program.

Pre-requisite Courses Required for Admission (30 credit hours) 

  • Biology 1001 and 1002
  • Chemistry 1050 and 1051, St. John’s Campus or Chemistry 1200 and 1001, Grenfell Campus
  • 6 credit hours in English, 3 credit hours of which may be replaced by any MUN Critical Reading and Writing (CRW) course. 
  • Mathematics 1000 and 1001
  • Physics 1020 or 1050 and Physics 1021 or 1051

Five Years of Study in the Pharmacy Program (194 credit hours) 

 FallWinterSpring

Year 1

(36 credits)

  • CHEM 2400 Introductory Organic Chemistry I (3)
  • PHAR 2002 Anatomy and Physiology I (3)
  • PHAR 2201 Pharmaceutics I (3)
  • PHAR 2250 Pharmacy Practice I (5)
  • PHAR 2610 Health Systems (3)
  • CHEM 2401 Introductory Organic Chemistry II (3)
  • PHAR 2003 Anatomy and Physiology II (3)
  • PHAR 2004 Introduction to Biochemistry (3)
  • PHAR 2202 Pharmaceutics II (3)
  • PHAR 2251 Pharmacy Practice II (5)
  • PHAR 2620 Social and Ethical Behaviour (2)

PHAR 2010 
Service Learning (0)
Students can choose to complete in fall, winter, or spring of Pharmacy Year 1.

Year 2

(41 credits)

  • PHAR 3111 General Biochemistry (3)
  • PHAR 3250 Pharmacy Practice III (5)
  • PHAR 3270 Pharmacotherapy I (5)
  • PHAR 3801 Pathophysiology I (2)
  • PHAR 3805 Pharmacology I (3)
  • PHAR 3006 Immunology (3)
  • PHAR 3251 Pharmacy Practice IV (5)
  • PHAR 3271 Pharmacotherapy II (4)
  • PHAR 3410 Leadership and Health Promotion (3)
  • PHAR 3810 Microbiology of Infectious Diseases (2)
  • PHAR 3825 Medicinal Chemistry (3)

PHAR 305P 
Pharmacy Practice Experience (PPE) I: Community Pharmacy 6 weeks (3)

Year 3

(41 credits)

  • PHAR 4250 Pharmacy Practice V (5)
  • PHAR 4270 Pharmacotherapy III (4)
  • PHAR 4621 Applied Health Research I (3)
  • PHAR 4802 Pathophysiology II (3)
  • PHAR 4810 Pharmacology II (2)
  • PHAR 4860 Pharmacogenomics and Biotechnology (2)
  • PHAR 4251 Pharmacy Practice VI (5)
    PHAR 4271 
    Pharmacotherapy IV (6) 
  • PHAR 4420 Pharmacy Management I (3) 
    PHAR 4622 Applied Health Research II (3) 
  • PHAR 4820 Pharmacokinetics (2)



  • PHAR 406P 
    PPE II: Hospital 2 weeks (1) 
  • PHAR 407P 
    PPE III: Direct Patient Care 4 weeks (2)

Year 4

(31 credits)

  • PHAR 5250 Pharmacy Practice VII (5)
  • PHAR 5270 Pharmacotherapy V (6)
  • PHAR 5430 Pharmacy Management II (2)
  • PHAR 5815 Pharmacology III (2)
  • PHAR 5830 Applied Pharmacokinetics (2)
  • PHAR 5251 Pharmacy Practice VIII (4)
  • PHAR 5271 Advanced Pharmacotherapy (5)
  • PHAR 5275 Symposium in Pharmacy (2)
  • PHAR 5640 Social Justice and the Pharmacist (2)
  • PHAR 508P PPE IV: hospital 2 weeks (1)

Pharmacy Year 5
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) courses begin in May

Year 5

(45 credits)

  • PHAR 605P APPE: Direct Patient Care 8 weeks (12)
  • PHAR 606P APPE: Acute Care Hospital 8 weeks(12)
  • PHAR 607P APPE: Community Pharmacy - 8 weeks (12)
  • PHAR 608P APPE: Elective 6 weeks (9)

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