This unique program provides students the opportunity to fulfill their general and professional electives with courses that will assist them in developing expertise in diabetes. The general goal of this concentration is to prepare pharmacy students to be competent providers of diabetes patient care.

The concentration consists of both a didactic and experiential component. A total of 20 credit hours is required for the concentration. The didactic component constitutes a total of 10 credit hours of which 7 credit hours are required (and may also fulfill professional elective requirements) and 3 credit hours are elective. The remaining 10 credit hours are completed through experiential rotations.

Students planning to pursue this concentration should complete the Change of Record Form.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Electives
Select one of the following:		3
BIO 032	WELLNESS AND NUTRITION
EDUC 164	PERSPECTIVES IN RACE, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER
HSCI 103	NARRATIVE HEALTHCARE
HSCI 106	CULTURE CARE AND HEALTH LITERACY
HSCI 148	EXERCISE TEST AND PRESCRIPTION
PHAR 120	HEALTH COACHING
PSY 030	SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
PSY 044	ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING
PSY 060	PRINCIPLES OF BEHAVIOR
PSY 124	HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY 1
PHAR 114
PHAR 119	TOPICS IN NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
SCSS - Specific courses as approved by the Associate Dean
HSCI 142	COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION 2
HSCI 143	INTRODUCTION TO EPIDEMIOLOGY 2
HSCI 144	INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH 2
PHIL 124	HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 2
or PHIL 151	SELECTED TOPICS
WLC 148	INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION 2
WLC 150	TOPICS 2
Required Courses
PHAR 126	PRINCIPLES OF NUTRITION	2
PHAR 128	ADVANCED DIABETES CARE	3
PHAR 129	INTEGRATED DIABETES CASES	2
Experiential Education Requirements
Two 5-credit APPEs to provide practice-based application of the intensive diabetes coursework 3		10
Total Hours		20

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PSY 001 prerequisite

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Courses offered through the Global and Comparative Public Health Concentration

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Students will complete two 5-credit APPEs to provide practice-based application of the intensive diabetes coursework required for the concentration. APPEs meeting the requirements of the concentration will be designated by the Experiential Education Office. Students will submit preferences for these placements. Assignments are at the discretion of the Experiential Education Office.
Attributes of these APPEs include, but are not limited to, significant prevalence of diabetes in the practice, pharmacist leadership in the patient care process, and active roles for students in assisting the health care team with diabetes management, education, and prevention.