Course Selection for 3B

Fall 2025 - 3B course selection

The course selection period for fall 2025 is May 22 - June 2. During this period, Rx2026 students will be able to choose 2 elective courses. Course selection is not first come first served so you may log in at any time to choose your courses during the course selection period.

More information

What is the course selection period?

Undergraduate Calendar course descriptions

How do I select courses for a future term?

Important considerations

  • You will be expected to be on-campus for all in-person classes Monday through Friday.
  • Final exams will be fully in-person during the University’s published final exam period, Dec 5-18.

Timeline of Important Dates
  1. 2025
    1. May
      1. Thu May 22

        Course selection period begins

    2. Jun
      1. Mon June 2

        Course selection period ends

    3. Jul
      1. Tue July 15

        Lab swap request form opens for those with extenuating circumstances

      2. Wed July 23

        Fall schedule viewable on Quest

      3. Thu July 24

        Drop/Add period begins

      4. Tue July 29

        Drop/Add period ends

        Lab swap request form closes

      5. Wed July 30

        Open enrolment

    4. Sep
      1. Tue September 16

        Last day to swap electives

    5. Oct
      1. Early Oct

        Final exam schedule available

Calendar

View Undergraduate Important Dates

Fall 2025 - electives for 3B

Course outlines can be accessed through the Outline (the Faculty of Science's course outline repository).

You must choose 2 of the following electives:

  • PHARM 361 -Advanced Compounding
  • PHARM 366 - Concepts in Nutritional Sciences
  • PHARM 375 - Interprofessional Approaches to Substance Use and Misuse and Mental Health
  • PHARM 377 - Drug-Induced Disease
  • PHARM 400 - see below
  • PHARM 401 - see below
  • PHARM 464 - Advanced Therapeutic Concepts in Oncology
  • PHARM 466 - Advanced Geriatric Care
  • PHARM 473 - Advanced Infectious Disease
  • PHARM 380 - Landmark Clinical Trials (*NEW)
    • This course is designed to further student's understanding of selected pharmacotherapeutic topics by reading and appraising landmark clinical trials. Therapeutic topics may vary per course offering. In addition, this course will review the fundamentals of clinical trials including planning and design, conduct, reporting, issues in data analysis, and regulatory issues.

Independent study courses

Two independent study electives will be offered. Enrolment in these courses follows a separate process and they will not be an option during course selection.

Important information about both independent study courses

Independent study courses require additional commitments and have a unique enrolment process which differs from that of other elective.

PHARM 400: Independent Study 1

This elective is designed to permit students to pursue areas of personal interest and/or to gain personal experience in scientific research through a research project. This course typically involves a reading-/survey-based project involving a review of and collection of data from relevant scientific literature, and the synthesis of new information based upon this review. Research may be conducted in the School of Pharmacy, in a hospital, community pharmacy, pharmaceutical company, etc.

PHARM 401: Independent Study 2

This elective is designed to permit students to pursue areas of personal interest and/or to gain personal experience scientific research through a research project. This course requires a research-based project and will typically include a review of pertinent scientific literature and generation and analysis of new data. Research may be conducted in the School of Pharmacy, in a hospital, community pharmacy, pharmaceutical company, etc.

Commitment expectation

These independent study courses typically requires 6-8 hours per week during a 12-week term. Students and supervisor should have a clear discussion of expectations regarding the student time commitment to their projects.

Requirements & enrolment

Students cannot enrol in the Independent Study courses themselves. The steps below outline requirements for the independent study courses and steps on how to begin the enrolment process.

Step 1

Contact pharmacy faculty before the term starts to explore research opportunities. It is important to clearly discuss expectations with your supervisor as they are involved in the assessment of your work/project.

Step 2

Students must submit a completed and signed Independent Study Supervisor Agreement before the start of term to complete registration. This should include the project title, brief description of the project and methods, and a list of expected milestones/outcomes.

Step 3

Your supervisor will submit the completed and signed Independent Study Supervisor Agreement to the course coordinator who will enrol the student in the course.

Step 4

The course coordinator will submit the form to the Undergraduate Affairs team.

Questions? Contact pharmacy.advisor@uwaterloo.ca.