Doctor of Pharmacy - Geriatrics & Palliative Care ARCO

ARCO-GPC Academic Requirements

The ARCO-GPC consists of six (6) credits of approved elective classroom-based courses, two Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs), and an approved project conducted under the guidance of an advisor. A minimum of 16 credits of coursework and rotations in the ARCO-GPC are required. It does not require the student to take additional credits, but rather is a way for students to concentrate their classroom and experiential learning experiences in a focused way to meet the intent of the area of concentration.

• Choose six credits from pre-approved courses inside and outside of the School of Pharmacy:

• BCHS 2532 - DIMENSIONS OF AGING: CULTURE AND HEALTH
• BIOETH 2001 - ETHICS AND AGING
• CLRES 2601 - PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF PALLIATIVE CARE PART 1
• CLRES 2602 - PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF PALLIATIVE CARE PART 2
• EPIDEM 2004 - PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
• EPIDEM 2900 - ADVANCED EPIDEMIOLOGY OF AGING
• GERON 2001 - ETHICS AND AGING
• GERON 2006 - MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ASPECTS OF DEMENTIA
• GERON 2008 - HUMAN PERFORMANCE, NUTRITION AND AGING
• GERON 2011 - NAVIGATING GRIEF AND LOSS IN OLDER ADULTS
• NURNP 2526 - MANAGEMENT: GERIATRIC HEALTH THEORY
• PHARM 2003 - PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY
• PHARM 5851 - SPECIAL TOPICS 1

• PHARM 1095 Community Connector Course

  PSY 1230 Psychology of Death and Dying

  SOC 1307 Sociology of Health Illness and Disease

  SOC 1450 Health and Illness

  OR Additional courses inside or outside the School of Pharmacy may also be accepted on a case-by-case basis with prior approval of the oversight group, the course instructor, and the School of Pharmacy Curriculum Committee