MEMORANDUM
TO:
Class of 2015
FROM:
Shelley Chambers, Curriculum Committee Chair
DATE:
July 26, 2011 (FSHN, PharD and PhrSc updates)
SUBJECT:
Electives
The doctor of pharmacy curriculum approved in October, 2006 requires students to take 4 credit hours of
electives in the first three years of the program. While we strongly recommend you take electives within
the College of Pharmacy, we would like to offer you some flexibility in the development of your career
goals. The approved non-pharmacy courses that will count toward elective credit are listed on the College
Website. Please see the process below if you want to petition the committee to approve other courses.
College of Pharmacy Electives
Pullman Campus
PharD 499 Special Projects v.
PhrSc 499 Special Projects v.
PharD 499, Business Practice Seminar, sec 2, 1 credit
PharD 499/PHA 6935 Pharmaceutical Crimes Practice and Procedure* 3 (online course, requires
fee)
PharD 594P Comprehensive Diabetes Management 3. Prereq current Pharm.D students who
have completed the first semester of the pharmacy program (online course).
PharD 599/PHA 6935 Veterinary Therapeutics* 2 (requires extra fee).
PHA 6935 Herbal and Dietary Supplements* 3 (requires extra fee)
PHA 505 Community Pharmacy Ownership 2 credits (requires extra fee)
PharD 599 Veterinary Compounding* 2 (requires extra fee).
PharD 599 PCCA Advanced Compounding* 2. Prereq PharD 504, PharD 519 (requires extra fee).
PharS 512 Topics in Pharmacology V 1-4 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 12
hours. By interview only.
PharS 572 Fundamentals of Oncology 3 Prereq MBioS 513.
Spokane Campus
PharD 499 Special Projects v.
PharD 499 Financial Management, 1 credits, Prerequisite 3rd year standing, PharD 545, (online
course, small fee)
PharD 499 Diseases, Complications and Drug Therapy in Obstetrics, 2 credits, Prerequisite 3rd
year standing or instructor’s permission, online course
PharD 499 PHA 6935 Pharmaceutical Crimes Practice and Procedure* 3 (online course, requires
fee)
PHA 6935 Herbal and Dietary Supplements* 3 (requires extra fee)
PHA 505 Community Pharmacy Ownership 2 credits (requires extra fee)
PharD 589 Are We Poisoning Our Parents? 1
PharD 590 Advanced Topics in Infectious Disease 1. Prereq PharD 545.
PharD 593P Advanced Topics in Behavioral Health-Mental Health in the Media 1. Prereq PharD
545.
PharD 594P Comprehensive Diabetes Management 3. Prereq current Pharm.D students who
have completed the first semester of the pharmacy program (online course).
PharD 595 Emergency Preparedness and Public Health Response 1. Prereq PharD 557.
PharD 596 Entrepreneurship 1.
PharD 597 Case Studies in Neonatal Pharmacy Elective 1.
PharD 598 Elementary Science Education Practicum 1
PharD 599 Veterinary Compounding* 2 (requires extra fee).
MedS 600 Medical Clinical Reasoning 1 (year long course, requires permission of the instructor)
Procedure for Approval of Electives
1. Students may petition the Curriculum Committee for approval of electives of their choice. The
student should send an email to the Curriculum committee chair providing the following
information:
a. course prefix and number
b. Personal or career goals met by the course
c. semester the student would like to enroll
2. The Curriculum committee chair will research course description, learning outcomes and
availability to PharmD students
3. The Committee will consider the course using the following criteria
a. Does the course fulfill curricular learning outcomes
b. If the student would like to take the course for personal or career goals, is the course
suitable for professional study
Approved Electives, April, 2010
Pullman Campus
Acctg 230 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3
Acctg 231 Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3
Aging 363 Psychology of Aging 3 Prereq Psych 105. Same as Psych 363.
Anth 405 Medical Anthropology 3.
B Law 210 Law and the Legal Environment of Business 3
Biol 331 Nutrition in the Human Life Cycle 3 Prereq Biol 140 or 233.
Biol 401 [T] Plants and People 3 Prereq Biol 102, 106, or 120; completion of one Tier I and three Tier II courses.
Biol 407 [T] Biology of Women 3 Prereq Biol 102 or 106; Biol 107 or Chem 105; Chem 106; junior standing;
CES 403 [T,D] Cultural Issues in Psychology 3 Prereq 3 hours cultural psychology;
CES 404 [T,D] Stereotypes and The Media 3 Prereq completion of one Tier I and three Tier II courses.
Chem 220 Quantitative Analysis 2 Prereq Chem 106 or 116; Req c// in Chem 222. c// in Chem 222
Chem 222 Quantitative Analysis Laboratory 2 (0-6) Prereq Chem 220 or c//.
Com 517 Health communication and Social Development 3 cr
Com St 235 [C] Principles of Group Communication 3
Com St 421 [T] Intercultural Processes in Global Contexts 3 Prereq completion of one Tier I course; three Tier II
courses.
CRS 431 [T,D] The Demographics of American Diversity 3
DisSt 250 (SHS 250) [S,D] Perspectives on Disability 3
DisSt 489 (SHS 489) [T,D] Disability and Society 3 Prereq completion of one Tier I and three Tier II courses.
EconS 324 [M] The Economics of Health Care 3 Prereq EconS 101.
Ed Ad 389 Undergraduate Leadership Development 3
Ed Ad 497 Peer Leadership V 1-4 May be repeated for credit. S, F grading.
Engl 355 [C,M] Multimedia Authoring: Exploring New Rhetorics 3 Same as DTC 355.
Engl 402 [W,M] Technical and Professional Writing 3 Prereq Engl 101, junior standing.
Engl 403 [W,M] Technical and Professional Writing ESL 3 Prereq Engl 101; pass University Writing Portfolio
Engl 405 Advanced Professional Writing and Editing 3 Prereq Engl 402 or by interview.
Entrp 489 Entrepreneurial Management 3 Prereq EconS 101, 102, Fin 325, MgtOp 301, MIS 250, Mktg 360.
Fin 325 Introduction to Financial Management 3 Prereq Acctg 231; EconS 101; MgtOp 215..
FSHN 330 [M] Physiological Nutrition 3 Prereq Biol 251; Chem 345; FSHN 130 or 233.
GenEd 300 Accessing Information for Research, 1 credit
GenEd 302 Advanced Writing Tutorial V 1(0-3) to 2 (0-6)
HD 203 Human Development: Adulthood Through the Older Years 3
HF 361 Health and Wellness 3
MBioS 233 Human Nutrition 3 Rec biology or chemistry course; or Biol 251 or 315.
MBioS 410 (340) Medical Microbiology 3 Prereq MBioS 305; MBioS 306; MBioS 404 or c//.
MBioS 423 Human Genetics 3 Prereq MBioS 301.
MBioS 446 Epidemiology 3 Prereq junior standing.
Mgt Op 301 Principles of Management and Organization 3
Mktg 360 Marketing 3
Phil 260 [H] Introduction to Ethics 3 Ethics through analysis of contemporary moral and social issues.
Psych 310 Pseudoscience and Human Behavior 3 Prereq Psych 105 or Psych 198.
Psych 320 Health Psychology 3 Prereq Psych 105 or Psych 198.
Psych 363 Psychology of Aging 3 Rec Psych 105 or Psych 198.
SHS 118 Accent Reduction for International Students 2 May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 4 hours.
SHS 201 American Sign Language I 4
SHS 202 American Sign Language II 4 Prereq SHS 201.
Soc 343 [S,D] Sociology of Professions and Occupations 3 Prereq Soc 101.
361 Spanish for the Professions 3 Prereq Span 204 or equivalent.
362 Topics in Professional Language 3 Prereq Span 204 or permission of instructor.
Stat 412 Biometry 3 Prereq Stat 212, Math 140, 171, 202, or graduate standing.
Stat 512 Analysis of Variance of Designed Experiments 3 (2-2) Prereq Math 360 or Stat 412.
Stat 507 Experimental Design 3 Prereq Stat 512.
UH 450 Honors thesis v credit
Spokane Campus 40 courses
Engl 402 [W,M] Technical and Professional Writing 3 Prereq Engl 101, junior standing.
NEP 402 Vitamin and Mineral Metabolism 2 Prereq ExMet 400.
NEP 435 Exercise, Diet and Disease 4 Prereq ExMet 400; ExMet 402; ExSci 463.
NEP 563 Exercise and the Immune System
NEP 567 Cardiopulmonary Exercise Physiology
HPA 500 Introduction to the Health Care System 3
HPA 501 Health Care Policy and Politics 3
HPA 502 Law and Ethics of Health Management 3
HPA 503 Government Regulation of Health Services 3 Prereq graduate standing.
HPA 509 Health Care Economics 3 Prereq microeconomics.
HPA 510 Health Care Cost Accounting 3 Prereq basic financial accounting; graduate standing.
HPA 511 Health Care Finance 3 Prereq HPA 512.
HPA 512 Health Management Decision Science 3 Prereq HPA 511.
HPA 515 Health Care Management 3
HPA 516 Health Quality Management 3
HPA 519 Biostatistics and Epidemiology for the Health Sciences 3 Prereq graduate standing.
HPA 520 Research and Evaluation Methods 3 Prereq statistics or HPA 519.
HPA 530 Health Care Information Systems 3
HPA 570 Marketing for Health Care Organizations 1 Prereq graduate standing.
HPA 572 Health Care Ethics 3 Ethical issues affecting health care institutions, professionals and consumers.
HPA 573 Comparative International Health Care 3
HPA 574 Rural Health Care in America 3
HPA 579 Mental Health Policy and Law 3
HPA 580 Disability and Aging Policy 3
HPA 590 Strategic Management and Marketing 3 Prereq HPA 511, 515.
Nurs308 Professional Development I: Research and Informatics 2 Prereq admission to nursing program or by
permission.
Nurs 318 Growth and Development Across the Life Span 3 Prereq admission to nursing or by permission.
Nurs322 The Human Experience of Diversity and Health 2 Prereq admission to nursing or by permission.
Nurs 391 Concepts of Caring 2.
Nurs 392 Therapeutic Touch: A Nursing Modality of Caring and Healing 3 (2-3) Prereq completion of one
semester of nursing or by permission.
Nurs 476 Online course
Nurs 492 Essential Disaster Management Online course
Nurs XXX People of Peru, field course
SHS 201 American Sign Language I 4
SHS 202 American Sign Language II 4 Prereq SHS 201.