药学博士（Pharm.D。）计划在许多领域提供专业教育，包括制药技术，生物制药，药物化学和天然产物，药物社会经济学，药物疗法，患者护理，临床和医院药房以及生物技术方面。该课程的毕业生有资格参加爱荷华州药房委员会的考试，这是获得药剂师执照所必需的。该计划需要四年的全日制药学研究，然后至少要在爱荷华大学的文理学院或美国或加拿大认可的社区或文理学院进行为期两年的药前研究。 。在药物预科学习期间，学生完成入读Pharm.D。的前提条件。程序（有关先修课程的列表，请参阅目录的此部分中的“入学”）。如果可能的话，学生
The Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program provides professional education in a number of areas, including pharmaceutical technology, biopharmaceutics, medicinal chemistry and natural products, pharmaceutical socioeconomics, pharmacotherapy, patient care, clinical and hospital pharmacy, and aspects of biotechnology. Graduates of the program are qualified to take examinations required for licensure as a pharmacist.<br><br>The program requires four years of full-time pharmacy study preceded by at least two years of pre-pharmacy study in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa or an accredited community or liberal arts college in the United States or Canada. During pre-pharmacy study, students complete the prerequisites for admission to the PharmD program (see Admission in this section of the catalog for a list of prerequisite coursework). If possible, students should complete all 24 s.h. of their liberal arts/UI GE CLAS Core electives before they enter the PharmD program. Courses in moral reasoning or ethics, communication, computer science, business, behavioral and social sciences, and the humanities are recommended. Courses in physical education skills, applied music, and studio art do not count toward the general education electives requirement.