Mailing Address: College of Pharmacy
Office of the Dean (MC 874)
833 South Wood Street
Chicago, IL 60612

Campus Location: 145 PHARM
Telephone: (312) 996-7242
E-mail: pharmosa@uic.edu
Web Site: http://www.uic.edu/pharmacy/

Dean: Jerry L. Bauman
Executive Associate Dean: Janet P. Engle
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Janet P. Engle
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs: Susan L. Peverly
Associate Dean for Business Development and Administrative Affairs: James D. Bono
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education: William T. Beck
Associate Dean for Student Affairs: Thomas TenHoeve III
Assistant Deans for Student Affairs: Debra Agard, Jean M.B. Woodward
Assistant Dean for Urban Affairs: Clara Awe
Head, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences: William T. Beck
Head, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy: Judy L. Bolton
Head, Department of Pharmacy Administration: Nicholas G. Popovich
Acting Head, Department of Pharmacy Practice: Janet P. Engle

The College of Pharmacy offers the Doctor of Pharmacy degree. The PharmD is the highest level of professional education in pharmacy and has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as the sole entry-level degree for the profession.

The PharmD curriculum at UIC emphasizes a patient-centered course of study and provides a structure that will enable our students to develop into reflective practitioners with skills and attitudes to anticipate change, criticize, evaluate, and modify practice in a changing healthcare arena. The curriculum also provides a fundamental core of knowledge, skills, and attitudes, which in composite, promote the fulfillment of the adopted professional competencies for a generalist practitioner who delivers pharmaceutical care.

The program prepares students to:

• enter into the practice of pharmacy to serve society as ethical and caring professionals;
• apply knowledge of drugs and drug therapy to solve problems and make decisions on behalf of their patients;
• educate, communicate, and collaborate with patients, colleagues, and other health professionals;
• learn—professional practice is a lifelong learning experience;
• practice pharmacy in traditional and nontraditional settings;
• assume a leadership role in the future direction of the profession.

To earn the Doctor of Pharmacy degree, students complete a minimum of six years of study: the first two years of pre-pharmacy course work can be accomplished at any accredited college or university, the final four years of professional education are completed at the UIC College of Pharmacy. The prospective applicant is advised to contact the Office of Student Affairs (OSA) at the College of Pharmacy for further information at (312) 996-7242 or to obtain information at the OSA Web site: http://www.uic.edu/pharmacy/student_affairs.

The Doctor of Pharmacy is a professional degree program. For more information on the PharmD program and the application process, please consult the following Web sites:

• Information for prospective students, including pre-pharmacy course work and admission requirements: http://www.uic.edu/pharmacy/student_affairs/ prospective_students/index.php
• PharmD curriculum outline: http://www.uic.edu/pharmacy/academic_affairs/Curriculum/Curriculum_Outline.php
• Information for current students, including advising and the Student Handbook: http://www.uic.edu/pharmacy/student_affairs/current_students/index.php
• Information on Pharmacy careers and jobs: http://www.uic.edu/pharmacy/student_affairs/careers_jobs.php