The Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy is a five-year competency-based program reflecting a paradigm shift from drug-centered to patient-centered practice. It emphasizes the clinical role of pharmacists in individual, family, and community-based care. The curriculum focuses on optimizing medicine use, supply management, and health outcomes through subjects like pharmacotherapy and extensive supervised practice experiences. Designed to be nationally relevant and globally competitive, the program serves as a foundation for an optional one-year Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) bridge program to further enhance professional clinical competencies.

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The BSP Program has been designed to produce graduates that can achieve the following outcomes:

1. work effectively with inter- and multi-professional teams in various settings to manage the pharmaceutical supply and address medicines-related issues of individuals, communities, and health systems towards improving access to quality assured, safe, and effective medicines;
2. communicate effectively medicines information to patients, consumers, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders to ensure rational and responsible use of medicines;
3. provide appropriate pharmaceutical products and pharmacy-based/pharmacist initiated services to patients, families, and communities to achieve optimum health outcomes; and
4. disseminate research findings to improve medication use, pharmacy education, pharmaceutical policies, and pharmacy services delivery.

The admission policy for the incoming BSP students of UP College of Pharmacy is as follows:

1. UPCAT passer (70th percentile in Science and Math)
2. For shiftees and transferees: must have a grade of 1.75 or better
3. Must pass the admission interview by the UP College of Pharmacy to determine the aptitude and attitude of the students towards the profession, the university rules and regulations, and the degree program of the college

The students must complete a total of 199 Credit Units of the Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BSP) program. Students must satisfy all academic and other requirements required for graduation.

Course Code: Clin Pharm 140
Course Title: Pharmacist in the Healthcare System
Credit Units: 2.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Introduction to the Philippine health care system and the roles of the pharmacist at various levels of care

Course Code: Clin Pharm 141
Course Title: Health Ethics and Leadership in Pharmacy
Credit Units: 2.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Ethical tenets, rules of professional conduct and leadership in pharmacy practice

Course Code: Clin Pharm 150
Course Title: Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience in Philippine Healthcare System
Credit Units: 1.0 unit (laboratory)
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Introductory experience of pharmacy students in various levels of the Philippine healthcare system

Course Code: Clin Pharm 142
Course Title: Foundations of Pharmaceutical Care
Credit Units: 2.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisites: Pharmacist in the Healthcare System (Clin Pharm 141) and Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience in Philippine Healthcare System (Clin Pharm 150)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Foundational knowledge and skills in medication therapy management

Course Code: Clin Pharm 143
Course Title: Foundations of Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Credit Units: 2.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisites: Pharmacist in the Healthcare System (Clin Pharm 141) and Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience in Philippine Healthcare System (Clin Pharm 150)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Foundational knowledge, principles and skills in the practice of social and administrative pharmacy

Course Code: Clin Pharm 151
Course Title: Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience in Institutional Setting
Credit Unit: 1.0 unit (laboratory)
Pre-requisite: Pharmacist in the Healthcare System (Clin Pharm 141)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Introductory experience of pharmacy students in institutional pharmacy practice

Course Code: Clin Pharm 160
Course Title: Pharmacy Operations
Credit Units: 3.0 units (2 units lecture, 1 unit laboratory)
Pre-requisites: Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience in Philippine Healthcare System (Clin Pharm 150) and Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience in Institutional Setting (Clin Pharm 151)
Co-requisite: Pharmaceutical Management (Pharm 116)
Course Description: Structural, functional, business and inter-relational aspects of pharmacy operations

Course Code: Clin Pharm 161
Course Title: Pharmacy Wellness and Health Promotion
Credit Units: 2.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Foundations of Pharmaceutical Care (Clin Pharm 142)
Co-requisites: Human Anatomy and Physiology for Pharmacy 1 (Pharm 120) and Pharmacology for Pharmacy 1 (Pharm 125)
Course Description: Concepts on wellness, health promotion, disease prevention and self-care as applied in pharmacy

Course Code: Clin Pharm 162
Course Title: Medication Safety
Credit Units: 2.0 units (1 unit lecture, 1 unit laboratory)
Pre-requisite: Pharmacy Operations (Clin Pharm 160)
Co-requisites: Dispensing and Incompatibilities (Pharm 133) and Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience in Community Retail Setting (Clin Pharm 152)
Course Description: Promotion of medication safety in health care

Course Code: Clin Pharm 152
Course Title: Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience in Community Retail Setting
Credit Unit: 1.0 unit (laboratory)
Pre-requisite: Pharmacy Operations (Clin Pharm 160)
Co-requisites: Dispensing and Incompatibilities (Pharm 133) and Medication Safety (Clin Pharm 162)
Course Description: Introductory experience of pharmacy students in community retail setting.

Course Code: Clin Pharm 169
Course Title: Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control
Credit Units: 3.0 units (2 units lecture, 1 unit laboratory)
Pre-requisite: Pharmaceutics 1 (Pharm 130)
Co-requisite: Pharmaceutics 2 (Pharm 131)
Course Description: Modern methods of analysis and quality control in ensuring safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical products used in clinical practice

Course Code: Clin Pharm 170
Course Title: Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
Credit Units: 3.0 units (2 units lecture, 1 unit laboratory)
Pre-requisites: Pharmacology for Pharmacy 2 (Pharm 126) and Pharmaceutics 1 (Pharm 130)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Application of pharmacokinetics and therapeutic drug monitoring in pharmaceutical care

Course Code: Clin Pharm 171
Course Title: Quality Management for Clinical Pharmacy Practice
Credit Units: 2.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Legal Pharmacy (Pharm 136)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Management of the regulatory process of drugs and biologics from innovation and discovery to marketing approval and commercialization

Course Code: Clin Pharm 172
Course Title: Evidence-based Medicine and Drug Information
Credit Units: 3.0 units (1 unit lecture, 2 units laboratory)
Pre-requisites: Pharmaceutical Statistics (Pharm 195) and Pharmacology for Pharmacy 2 (Pharm 126)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Principles of health and drug information retrieval and evaluation for evidence-based decision-making and health education

Course Code: Clin Pharm 114
Course Title: Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology Laboratory
Credit Units: 2.0 units (laboratory)
Pre-requisites: Human Anatomy and Physiology for Pharmacy 2 (Pharm 121) and Pharmacology for Pharmacy 2 (Pharm 126)
Co-requisite: Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology (Pharm 114)
Course Description: Skills in cultivation, characterization, identification and control of microorganisms and parasites as applied in pharmacy

Course Code: Clin Pharm 166
Course Title: Clinical Nutrition in Pharmacy
Credit Units: 2.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Human Anatomy and Physiology for Pharmacy 2 (Pharm 121)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Integration of pharmacy practice with nutrition issues

Course Code: Clin Pharm 167
Course Title: Integrative Medicine
Credit Units: 2.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Pharmacognosy (Pharm 104) and Pharmacy Wellness and Health Promotion (Clin Pharm 161)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Introduction to alternative health modalities and how they complement allopathic medicine

Course Code: Clin Pharm 153
Course Title: Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Credit Unit: 1.0 unit (laboratory)
Pre-requisites: Pharmaceutics 2 (Pharm 131) and Quality Management for Clinical Pharmacy Practice (Clin Pharm 171)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Introductory experience of pharmacy students in the pharmaceutical industry

Course Code: Clin Pharm 173
Course Title: Pharmacoepidemiology in Therapeutic Risk Management
Credit Units: 3.0 units (2 units lecture, 1 unit laboratory)
Pre-requisites: Quality Management for Clinical Pharmacy Practice (Clin Pharm 171) and Evidence-based Medicine and Drug Information (Clin Pharm 172)
Co-requisites: Health Technology Assessment and Pharmaceutical Policy (Pharm 138) and Research Methods in Pharmacy (Pharm 199)
Course Description: Application of epidemiologic principles and methods in examining the benefits and risk of medications in the population

Course Code: Clin Pharm 174
Course Title: Clinical Assessment for Pharmacy Practice
Credit Units: 3.0 units (2 units lecture, 1 unit laboratory)
Pre-requisite: Human Anatomy and Physiology for Pharmacy 2 (Pharm 121)
Co-requisites: Pharmacotherapy of Infectious Diseases (Clin Pharm 181) and Pharmacotherapy of Pulmonary and Gastrointestinal Diseases (Clin Pharm 182)
Course Description: Integration of principles of patient assessment with medication therapy management in specific clinical situations

Course Code: Clin Pharm 181
Course Title: Pharmacotherapy of Infectious Diseases
Credit Units: 3.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisites: Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology (Pharm 114) and Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology Laboratory (Clin Pharm 114)
Co-requisite: Clinical Assessment for Pharmacy Practice (Clin Pharm 174)
Course Description: Integrated approach to pharmacotherapeutic management of infectious diseases

Course Code: Clin Pharm 182
Course Title: Pharmacotherapy of Pulmonary and Gastrointestinal Diseases
Credit Units: 3.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Pharmacology for Pharmacy 2 (Pharm 126)
Co-requisite: Clinical Assessment for Pharmacy Practice (Clin Pharm 174)
Course Description: Integrated approach to pharmacotherapeutic management of pulmonary and gastrointestinal diseases

Course Code: Clin Pharm 180 (revised to 176)
Course Title: Medication Counseling
Credit Units: 3.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisites: Evidence-based Medicine and Drug Information (Clin Pharm 172) and 4th year standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Skills in providing medication counseling to patients and other clients in various settings

Course Code: Clin Pharm 183
Course Title: Pharmacotherapy of Cardiovascular Diseases
Credit Units: 3.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Clinical Assessment for Pharmacy Practice (Clin Pharm 174)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Integrated approach to pharmacotherapeutic management of cardiovascular diseases

Course Code: Clin Pharm 184
Course Title: Pharmacotherapy of Nephrologic and Endocrine Diseases
Credit Units: 3.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Clinical Assessment for Pharmacy Practice (Clin Pharm 174)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Integrated approach to pharmacotherapeutic management of nephrologic and endocrine diseases

Course Code: Clin Pharm 185
Course Title: Pharmacotherapy of Neurological and Psychological Disorders
Credit Units: 3.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Clinical Assessment for Pharmacy Practice (Clin Pharm 174)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Integrated approach to pharmacotherapeutic management of neurological and psychological disorders

Course Code: Clin Pharm 186
Course Title: Oncology Pharmacotherapy
Credit Units: 3.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Clinical Assessment for Pharmacy Practice (Clin Pharm 174)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Integrated approach to pharmacotherapeutic management of disease states encountered in oncology

Course Code: Clin Pharm 187
Course Title: Pharmacotherapy in Emergency and Critical Care
Credit Units: 3.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Clinical Assessment for Pharmacy Practice (Clin Pharm 174)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Integrated approach to pharmacotherapeutic management of disease states encountered in emergency and critical care

Course Code: Clin Pharm 191
Course Title: Advanced Practice Experience in Industrial Pharmacy
Credit Units: 7.5 units
Pre-requisite: 5th year standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Internship in industrial pharmacy

Course Code: Clin Pharm 192
Course Title: Advanced Practice Experience in Community Pharmacy
Credit Units: 7.5 units
Pre-requisite: 5th year standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Internship in community pharmacy

Course Code: Clin Pharm 193
Course Title: Advanced Practice Experience in Institutional Pharmacy
Credit Units: 3.0 units
Pre-requisite: 5th year standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Internship in institutional pharmacy

Course Code: Clin Pharm 194
Course Title: Advanced Practice Experience in Hospital Pharmacy
Credit Units: 7.5 units
Pre-requisite: 5th year standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Internship in hospital pharmacy

Course Code: Clin Pharm 195
Course Title: Advanced Practice Experience in Public Health and Regulatory Pharmacy
Credit Units: 4.5 units
Pre-requisite: 5th year standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Internship in public health and regulatory pharmacy

Course Code: Clin Pharm 196
Course Title: Advanced Practice Experience in Primary Health Care Pharmacy
Credit Units: 3.0 units
Pre-requisite: 5th year standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Internship in primary health care pharmacy

Course Code: Clin Pharm 200
Course Title: Pharmacy Thesis
Credit Units: 3.0 units
Pre-requisite: Research Methods in Pharmacy (Pharm 199)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Conduct of an original research in pharmacy

Course Code: Pharm 101
Course Title: Pharmacy as a Profession
Credit Units: 2.0 units
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: An introduction to the pharmacy profession and its various areas of practice

Course Code: Pharm 104
Course Title: Pharmacognosy
Credit Units: 3.0 (2.0 units lecture, 1.0 unit laboratory)
Pre-requisite: Plant Taxonomy (Bio 127)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Composition and pharmaceutical uses of the most commonly used natural products

Course Code: Pharm 106
Course Title: Pharmaceutical Calculations
Credit Units: 2.0 units
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Fundamental mathematical principles and calculations required for the preparation and administration of medications

Course Code: Pharm 107
Course Title: Pharmaceutical Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry
Credit Units: 3.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Pharmaceutical Calculations (Pharm 106) and Fundamentals of General Chemistry II (Chem 18)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Concepts and principles in pharmaceutical inorganic chemistry and its applications in general methods of analysis

Course Code: Pharm 107.1
Course Title: Pharmaceutical Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
Credit Units: 1.0 unit laboratory
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: Pharmaceutical Analytical and Inorganic Chemistry (Pharm 107)
Course Description: Qualitative and quantitative methods of the analysis of inorganic pharmaceuticals

Course Code: Pharm 110
Course Title: Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry 1
Credit Units: 3.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Fundamentals of General Chemistry II (Chem 18)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Structure, function, and reactivity of pharmaceutically relevant organic compounds

Course Code: Pharm 113
Course Title: Pharmaceutical Biochemistry
Credit Units: 3.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry 1 (Pharm 110)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Metabolism of biological molecules in the normal and diseased states of the human body, with emphasis on biochemical pathways as potential drug targets

Course Code: Pharm 116
Course Title: Pharmaceutical Management
Credit Units: 2.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Fundamental, human resource, and strategic management, including leadership principles and concepts, applicable to the pharmaceutical industry

Course Code: Pharm 117
Course Title: Pharmaceutical Accounting
Credit Units: 2.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Pharmaceutical Management (Pharm 116)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Financial management accounting as applied to the different areas of practice of pharmacy

Course Code: Pharm 118
Course Title: Pharmaceutical Marketing
Credit Units: 3.0 units
Pre-requisite: Pharmaceutical Accounting (Pharm 117)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Theory and practice of marketing in the pharmaceutical industry and pharmacy-related services

Course Code: Pharm 120
Course Title: Human Anatomy and Physiology for Pharmacy 1
Credit Units: 2.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: Pharmaceutical Biochemistry (Pharm 113)
Course Description: Structures and functions of the human integumentary, skeletal, muscular, lymphatic and immune, and nervous systems

Course Code: Pharm 121
Course Title: Human Anatomy and Physiology for Pharmacy 2
Credit Units: 2.0 units
Pre-requisite: Human Anatomy and Physiology for Pharmacy 1 (Pharm 120)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Continuation of the study of the structures and functions of human body systems

Course Code: Pharm 125
Course Title: Pharmacology for Pharmacy 1
Credit Units: 2.0 units
Pre-requisites: Pharmaceutical Biochemistry (Pharm 113) and Human Anatomy and Physiology for Pharmacy 1 (Pharm 120)
Co-requisites: Pharmaceutical Biochemistry (Pharm 113) and Human Anatomy and Physiology for Pharmacy 1 (Pharm 120)
Course Description: General concepts in pharmacology and study of antimicrobials and drugs affecting the central nervous system

Course Code: Pharm 126
Course Title: Pharmacology for Pharmacy 2
Credit Units: 3.0 units
Pre-requisite: Pharmacology for Pharmacy 1 (Pharm 125)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Continued study of pharmacology focusing on various organ systems and disease states

Course Code: Pharm 127
Course Title: Pharmaceutical Toxicology
Credit Units: 2.0 units
Pre-requisite: Pharmacology for Pharmacy 1 (Pharm 125)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Principles of toxicology and the study of toxic substances relevant to pharmacy practice

Course Code: Pharm 128
Course Title: Medicinal Chemistry
Credit Units: 3.0 units
Pre-requisite: Pharmacology for Pharmacy 2 (Pharm 126)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Pharmacy and chemistry of natural, semisynthetic, and synthetic organic medicinals with application to drug design and development

Course Code: Pharm 130
Course Title: Pharmaceutics 1
Credit Units: 3.0 units
Pre-requisite: 2nd year standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Introduction to pharmaceutical dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and physical pharmacy

Course Code: Pharm 131
Course Title: Pharmaceutics 2
Credit Units: 2.0 units
Pre-requisite: Pharmaceutics 1 (Pharm 130)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Advanced study of dosage form design, manufacturing, and stability

Course Code: Pharm 133
Course Title: Dispensing and Incompatibilities
Credit Units: 3.0 units
Pre-requisite: Pharmacology for Pharmacy 1 (Pharm 125)
Co-requisites: Pharmacology for Pharmacy 2 (Pharm 126) and Pharmaceutics 1 (Pharm 130)
Course Description: Fundamentals of handling medications in community and hospital settings; compounding, dispensing, and managing drug therapy problems

Course Code: Pharm 136
Course Title: Legal Pharmacy
Credit Units: 2.0 units
Pre-requisite: 2nd year standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Issuances and regulations relevant to the pharmacy profession in the Philippines

Course Code: Pharm 138
Course Title: Health Technology Assessment and Pharmaceutical Policy
Credit Units: 3.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: 4th year standing
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Principles and methods of health technology assessment and health policy as applied to pharmacy

Course Code: Pharm 195
Course Title: Pharmaceutical Statistics
Credit Units: 3.0 units
Pre-requisite: None
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Applications of statistical methods in pharmacy for data analysis and research

Course Code: Pharm 197
Course Title: Pharmacy Seminar
Credit Units: 1.0 unit [Graduation Requirements]
Pre-requisite: 5th year standing [Graduation Requirements]
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Professional evaluation of literature and presentations on current pharmacy practice advancements [Graduation Requirements]

Course Code: Pharm 199
Course Title: Research Methods in Pharmacy
Credit Units: 2.0 units (lecture)
Pre-requisite: Pharmaceutical Statistics (Pharm 195)
Co-requisite: None
Course Description: Fundamentals and design of pharmaceutical research