Pharm.D. – Professional Electives – Offered by the Rest of the University

The following URI courses are suitable for use as professional electives. If you wish to choose any other non-Pharmacy course as your professional elective, you must obtain permission from Dr. Norma Owens, Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs. May only count as 1 professional elective.

  Course No
Credits
Prerequites
Principles of Cell Biology BIO 341
3
1 biology and 1 organic chemistry course
Cell Biology BIO/BCH/MIC 453
3
2 semester biology + BCH 311
General Genetics BIO/BCH 352
4
BIO 101
Legal/Ethical Environment of Business BUS 315
3
 
Financial Management BUS 320
3
ECN 201
Oral Communication for Business and Professions COM 351
3
Junior standing
Health Economics ECN 360
3
ECN 201
Wildlife and Human Disease ENT/AVS 390
3
BIO 101
Adult Development HDF 312
3
HDF 201 or permission of instructor
Introduction to Gerontology HDF 314
4
Completion of 24 or more credits
Family and Community Health HDF 357
3
Junior standing
Death, Dying and Bereavement HDF/THN 421
3
Junior standing
Family and Elderly HDF 431
3
 
Consumer Protection HDF 428
3
HDF 205 or 225
Environment Context of Aging HDF 440
3
HDF 202 and 314
Seminar in Adult Development HDF 513
3
HDF 500 or permission of instructor
Seminar in Older Adulthood HDF 514
3
Graduate standing or permission of instructor
Healthcare Policy and the Elderly HDF 527
3
Graduate standing or permission of instructor
History of Women in Medicine HIS 351
3
 
Multidisciplinary Health Seminars for Elderly HSS 530
3
Graduate standing or permission of instructor
Physical Activity, Cultural Diversity and Society KIN 278
3
 
Kinesiology KIN 370
3
BIO 101
Physiology of Physical Activity and Health KIN 515
3
 
Fitness Programs for Middle-Aged and Elderly KIN 563
3
Graduate standing or permission of instructor
Physiology of Aging KIN 564
3
BIO 242
Virology MIC 334
3
MIC 201
Immunology MIC 533
3
MIC 201
Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases MIC 538
3
 
Impact of Death on Behavior NUR/THN 360
3
 
Aging and Health NUR 349
3
 
Nutrition in the Lifecycle II NFS 395
3
NFS 276, 394
Nutrition Education NFS 458
3
NFS 395, 441 or permission of instructor
Lipoprotein Metabolism in Health and Disease NFS 528
3
 
Macronutrients in Human Nutrition NFS 551
3
BCH 311
Micronutrients in Human Nutrition NFS 552
3
BCH 311
Aging in Society SOC 438
3
1 300 level course in SOC or permission of instructor