Student-Faculty Handbook - College of Pharmacy - University of ...

ACCREDITATION
The University of Florida College of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy degree program is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, 135 S. LaSalle Street, Suite 4100, Chicago, IL 60603-4810
(Phone 312-664-3575; Fax 312-664-4652 web site www.acpe-accredit.org). Accreditation standards are
available at the web site for ACPE and in the Office for Student Affairs.
Students who have complaints about the College’s ability to meet accreditation standards or adhere to
policies and procedures of ACPE may inform the Associate Dean for Professional Affairs by letter.
Students may make an appointment to meet with members of the College administration to discuss their
complaints. Such complaints will be investigated and a response prepared by administration of the
College within two weeks of receipt of the complaint. Students may directly contact ACPE with a complaint
if they are not satisfied with the response by College administration. A record of written complaints about
the College’s compliance with ACPE accreditation standards or policies and procedures, each step in the
procedure for review, the response by administration, and the outcome, except otherwise prohibited by
state or federal law, will be maintained for ACPE to review.
PHARMACY CLASSIFICATIONS
Beginning in 1997, the College of Pharmacy began offering the Doctor of Pharmacy degree as the only
professional entry-level program for the practice of pharmacy. A new Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum with
professional level course numbering was approved by the faculty of the College of Pharmacy, the
University of Florida Curriculum Committee, and the Faculty Senate.
Students enrolled in the new Doctor of Pharmacy degree program are classified as professional students.
Students are classified by the Office of the Registrar as 1PD, 2PD, 3PD, and 4PD for each year of the four
year professional degree program.
Students who are admitted to the joint degree programs (PharmD/MBA, PharmD/MPH, PharmD/JD,
PharmD/PhD) are coded as CD students.
TUITION AND FEES
Tuition and fees are set by the State Legislature and the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida.
The College of Pharmacy utilizes an annualized tuition and fee process in which students do not pay a per
credit hour tuition and fee amount. The tuition and fees are based on a minimum of 12 credits of PHA
5000 professional coursework. Students take 15-18 credits each fall-spring semester in the College of
Pharmacy. If students are out of curricular sequence and take less than 12 credits in a semester, they
pay a prorated amount of the annualized tuition and fees for the number of credits below 12 credits.
Students assigned to the Gainesville campus pay tuition and fees inclusive of the healthcare access fee
and transportation fees. Students assigned to the distance education campuses do not pay these fees.
The students in the distance education campuses pay a facility fee to support the cost of renting the
campus facility to deliver the program.
The annualized tuition and fees applies only to approved PHA coursework for the Doctor of Pharmacy
degree. The MCB 5252 microbiology course in the spring semester of the first professional year requires
a graduate tuition and fee per credit hour for the four credits, which is added to the annualized tuition and
fees for the spring semester. Thus, spring semester total tuition and fees in the first professional year is
more than the fall semester.
Elective coursework for the PharmD degree is approved by the College of Pharmacy Curriculum
Committee. Course with a non-PHA prefix also will add a graduate tuition and fee per credit hour to the
annualized tuition and fees. Presently, there are two approved elective courses in the College Agriculture
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