Fall Semester – First year

BIOS 601
Applied Biostatistics
Credit Hours – 4

BMS 700
Scientific Integrity
Credit Hours – 1

PHAR 755 or Phar 785
Pharmacoeconomics or
Pharmacoepidemiology
Credit Hours – 3

PHAR 767
Scientific Writing in HSOR
Credit Hours – 3

PHAR 777
Health Outcomes Research Designs
Credit Hours – 2

PHAR 793C
SAS
Credit Hours - 1

PHAR 788
Graduate Seminar (Required every semester)
Credit Hours – 1

Electives
Credit Hours – 0 to 3

Total Credit Hours – 14 to 17

Spring Semester – First Year

BIOS 603
Applied Biostatistics II
Credit Hours – 3

BMS 701
Scientific Rigor and Ethics
Credit Hours – 1

PHAR 754 or PHAR 786
Decision Analysis in Healthcare or
Health Services Research Secondary Database
Credit Hours – 3

PHAR 753 or PHAR 756
Social and Behavioral Theory in Health Sciences Outcomes Research or
Health Survey Research Methods
Credit Hours – 3

PHAR 788
Graduate Seminar (required every semester)
Credit Hours – 1

Electives
Credit Hours – 0 to 3

Total Credit Hours – 13 to 16

Fall Semester – Second Year

PHAR 755 or PHAR 785
Pharmacoeconomics or
Pharmacoepidemiology
Credit Hours – 3

PUBA 670
Health Systems
Credit Hours – 3

PHAR 769
Advanced Health Services Research Methods
Credit Hours – 3

PHAR 788
Graduate Seminar (required every semester)
Credit Hours – 1

Electives
Credit Hours – 0 to 6

Total Credit Hours – 10 to 16

Spring Semester – Second Year

PHAR 754 or PHAR 786
Decision Analysis in Healthcare or
Health Services Research Secondary Database
Credit Hours – 3

PHAR 753 or PHAR 756
Social and Behavioral Theory Outcomes research or
Health Survey Research Methods
Credit Hours – 3

PHAR 757
Patient Reported Outcomes
Credit Hours – 3

PHAR 788
Graduate Seminar (required every semester)
Credit Hours – 1

Electives
Credit Hours – 0 to 3

Total Credit Hours – 13 to 16

Summer – Either Year, Fall Semester, and/or Spring Semester

PHAR 797
Research 
Credit Hours – 1 to 6

PHAR 795
Independent Study
Credit Hours – 1 to 6

Electives
Credit Hours – 1 to 6