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30:725:320 · Pharmacy Practice and Administration · School 30 — New Brunswick Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
This four-credit first-professional-year course introduces the functions, responsibilities, and outcomes of pharmacy practice in modern health care, with pharmaceutical care as its organizing concept. Rutgers also emphasizes pharmaceutical calculations through self-study tutorials, plus pharmaceutical nomenclature and medical terminology.
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SIRS · 2,905 responses · 2014–2024
Fall 2026
1 open in snapshot · 1 instructor
When it meets
Busch
Checked-in sections · current seat counts are unavailable.
MW 2:05 PM · Busch · 1 section · 1 open
AI-generated overview
1 units · topic sequence may vary by instructor
The catalog centers the course on pharmacists' functions and responsibilities, with pharmaceutical care as a foundation for practice. It also identifies self-study pharmaceutical calculations and an emphasis on nomenclature and medical terminology.
Researched and independently reviewed · 5 sources · 5/12 fields found
officialSummary: found · The 2025–2026 Rutgers catalog PDF was opened and supplies the course description, credit value, calculation-tutorial approach, nomenclature/medical terminology emphasis, and listed prerequisite. The modern catalog page surfaced in search but failed to open; its indexed text agrees with the opened 2025–2026 catalog description.
site:pharmacy.rutgers.edu "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" · site:pharmacy.rutgers.edu curriculum "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" 725:320 · site:newbrunswick-undergrad-25-26.catalogs.rutgers.edu/pages "30:725:320" "Foundations of Pharmacy Care"
atAGlance.weeklyHours: not-found · The official materials reviewed give credits and class placement but no out-of-class weekly-hours estimate; student discussion provides no course-specific workload estimate.
"Foundations of Pharmacy Care" Rutgers syllabus 725:320 · site:pharmacy.rutgers.edu "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" syllabus · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "725:320" pharmacy
courseRatings: not-found · The course-specific student results were too sparse and dated to corroborate any of the ten perception dimensions. The supplied historical SIRS aggregates are not mapped to course difficulty, workload, or other student-perception dimensions; all ten signals remain null.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "725:320" pharmacy · "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" Rutgers syllabus 725:320
assessment: not-found · Search surfaced a third-party copy of a 2018 syllabus, but no current or recent official course syllabus was accessible. The supplied Fall 2026 section lists a final exam by arrangement, which does not establish an assessment mix, weights, common-exam status, or curve.
"Foundations of Pharmacy Care" Rutgers syllabus 725:320 · "30:725:320" syllabus 2024 Rutgers Pharmacy Care · site:pharmacy.rutgers.edu "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" syllabus
fit.bestFor: found · The suggestion stays within the catalog's stated introduction to pharmacy practice, responsibilities, and pharmaceutical care.
site:pharmacy.rutgers.edu "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" · site:newbrunswick-undergrad-25-26.catalogs.rutgers.edu/pages "30:725:320" "Foundations of Pharmacy Care"
fit.toughIf: not-found · The catalog describes the broad course scope, but the reviewed student discussion does not support a specific difficulty barrier or student profile.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "725:320" pharmacy · "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" Rutgers syllabus 725:320
prerequisitesInPractice: found · The 2025–2026 Rutgers catalog explicitly lists first professional year standing. No separate course-specific in-practice preparation requirement was supported by the reviewed student discussion or syllabus search.
site:newbrunswick-undergrad-25-26.catalogs.rutgers.edu/pages "30:725:320" "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" · "30:725:320" syllabus 2024 Rutgers Pharmacy Care
instructorVariation: not-found · The supplied Fall 2026 section facts and Fall 2025 school schedule identify instructors for their own terms, but reviewed sources do not document instructor-to-instructor differences.
"Foundations of Pharmacy Care" Rutgers syllabus 725:320 · site:pharmacy.rutgers.edu "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" syllabus · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "725:320" pharmacy
chapters: found · The catalog supports one high-level topic grouping around pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical care, calculations, nomenclature, and medical terminology. It does not provide a week-by-week sequence; the candidate does not invent one.
site:pharmacy.rutgers.edu curriculum "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" 725:320 · site:newbrunswick-undergrad-25-26.catalogs.rutgers.edu/pages "30:725:320" "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" · "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" Rutgers syllabus 725:320
commonPitfalls: not-found · The reviewed course-specific discussion and accessible official descriptions do not support a recurring student mistake or correction.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "725:320" pharmacy · "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" Rutgers syllabus 725:320
prepPlan: not-found · The catalog says pharmaceutical calculations are taught through self-study tutorials, but reviewed sources do not specify course-aligned before-week-one materials or steps.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "725:320" pharmacy · site:pharmacy.rutgers.edu "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" syllabus · "30:725:320" syllabus 2024 Rutgers Pharmacy Care
studentPerspective: found · One older Reddit commenter grouped this course with two other first-professional-year courses and described the group as easy. It is retained only as a dated, single-source student impression, not used for a numeric rating.
site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "Foundations of Pharmacy Care" · site:reddit.com/r/rutgers "725:320" pharmacy
1 open · Busch
| Section | Status | Instructor | Meeting | Campus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0121741 | Open | Marc Sturgill | Monday 2:05 PM-3:25 PM at PH 131; Wednesday 2:05 PM-3:25 PM at PH 131; Friday 11:00 AM-11:55 AMPH 131 | Busch |
Historical student surveys
Teaching
4.35
Course quality
4.38
Response rate
40.7%
Coverage
35 offerings · 2014–2024
| Instructor | Offerings | Teaching | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Greer | 4 | 4.35 | 4.50 |
| Colaizzi J. | 3 | 4.57 | 4.47 |
| Andrew Giaquinto | 3 | 4.30 | 4.40 |
| Cavan O'Kane | 3 | 4.20 | 4.30 |
| Jessica Hu | 3 | 4.33 | 4.30 |
| Marc Sturgill | 3 | 4.63 | 4.30 |
Catalog and planning context
Credits
4
Current campuses
Busch
Current availability
1 open of 1
Catalog terms
Fall
Core codes
None listed
Loaded terms
2
No prerequisite note appears in the checked-in Rutgers catalog snapshots.
No direct degree-list membership appears in the checked-in requirement index.