Professional Electives Search
This search tool is designed to help you identify professional electives that may align with your interests. You can search by any/all of the fields provided. This tool is not intended as an exhaustive list of all possible professional electives; rather, it includes electives offered through the college of pharmacy, professional electives approved by the Curriculum and Assessment Committee, and electives that have been taken by students at some of the other schools on campus. Term offered is only provided for College of Pharmacy courses; a link to the appropriate course guide is provided for all other courses.
As a reminder, graduate courses (>500 level) that are relevant to biomedical, human health, and/or the practice of pharmacy which are offered through the U-M health-science schools (Pharmacy, Nursing, Social Work, Public Health, Medicine, and Dentistry) qualify as professional electives provided they are not attendance-only courses. Attendance-only courses offered through the health-science schools (e.g., seminars or journal clubs that do not require a rigorous form of student assessment) are not accepted for professional elective credit. Courses offered through U-M non-health-science schools must be reviewed and approved by the Curriculum and Assessment Committee.
Biopharmaceutical Engineering (Credits: 3)
This course covers fundamental concepts essential for the discovery, development and characterization of biopharmaceuticals. Topics include basic immunology, molecular biology and cloning, in vitro protein library generation and screening, antibody discovery and engineering, biophysical characterization, and protein expression and purification.
Prerequisites: Bio 172 or equivalent AND ChE 330 or BiomedE 221 or Chem 230, or graduate standing or enrollment in PharmD program.Well-Being for Professional Success (Credits: 2)
This class explores strategies to integrate health and wellness as a part of student success. Students discuss the transition into professional school, building resilience, promoting self-care, combating perfectionism, minimizing isolation, time management, and mindfulness. Strategies for successful and healthy ways of coping with stress will be discovered.
Health and Disability (Credits: 2)
Students will gain understanding of the comprehensive management of a person with a disability in a health care or public health setting. This will include learning to effectively communicate and partner with people with disabilities. This course will address disability civil rights; provide a basic understanding of a variety of disability conditions; and provide options/resources available to assist the healthcare provider in providing care to people with disabilities.
Pharmacy Phinance (Credits: 1)
This course is designed to introduce pharmacy students to the topic of personal finance.
Prerequisites: PPHR students only.Fundamentals of Pain Management for Pharmacy (Credits: 1)
Students in this course will work in facilitated small groups to apply pain management concepts, ranging from pain pathophysiology to medication selection, to clinical cases. Students are expected to develop clinical reasoning skills, both pertaining specifically to pain management and more broadly to patient care.
Prerequisites: Second and third year PharmD students OR first year PharmD students who have completed Pharmacy 117.Winter
Research (Credits: 1-6)
The experiences will vary depending on the specific faculty member's project but may include: conducting clinical or basic science research, performing an extensive review of the literature and preparing a summary report/manuscript, analyzing data that has previously been collected. Students may work on a single project or be exposed to several types of projects during the course. For specific details of the course, students should contact individual faculty.
Prerequisites: Graduate and PharmD students. Permission of Instructor.Regulatory Issues for Scientists, Engineers, and Managers (Credits: 2)
Science- and technology-based rationale behind various regulatory issues involved in pharmaceutical and related industries.
This course is cross-listed with ChE 597.
Veterinary Pharmacotherapeutics (Credits: 2)
Students will develop and improve their understanding of the role of pharmacists in veterinary medicine including opportunities for specialization. Veterinary therapeutics will be reviewed including cardiology, anesthesia, critical care, oncology, antimicrobials, parasitology-zoonosis, food animal medicine, and early drug (pre‐clinical) development. Veterinary laws and regulations including compounding will be discussed.
Prerequisites: Second and third year PharmD students and graduate students.Foundations of Pharmacy Leadership (Credits: 1)
This half- term course will provide students with the opportunity to further develop their leadership skills and learn how to lead change within the pharmacy profession post-graduation.
Introduction to Managed Care Pharmacy (Credits: 1)
This course will provide an overview of managed care pharmacy and delve into the various roles and responsibilities that pharmacists can have within a managed care setting. Experts within the specialties of this field will educate students on what their specialty entails and students will help supplement this session with a student-led topic discussion. Students will also be required to complete a monograph for an assigned drug similar to the process used for a Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) Committee meeting.
Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.
