Pharm.D./M.B.A. Program

Combined Program of Study

The M.B.A. degree is made up of 39 credit hours of graduate coursework in business with the remaining 9 credit hours of the M.B.A. program consisting of business-related coursework taken in pharmacy school. The Pharm.D. degree consists of 136 credit hours of coursework in pharmacy, with business courses accounting for 10 hours of additional elective work required of all students. Thus, the combined program of study is comprised of 175 credit hours (compared to 194 credit hours if the programs were not taken concurrently). Students can opt to take M.B.A. courses through the online program or the evenings, in-class program.
 
First Year, Fall Semester

ANAT 301	Principles of Human Anatomy	3 credit hours
PSIO 743	Fundamentals of Physiology	5 credit hours
PHAR 700	Pharmacy as a Profession	1 credit hour
PHAR 701	Pharmaceutical Care Lab 1	2 credit hours
PHAR 702	Pharmaceutics 1 (Physical Pharmacy)	3 credit hours
PHAR 703	Intro Pharmacy Practice Experiences 1	1 credit hour
PHAR 720	Patient Health Education	2 credit hours
	Total hours	17 hours

First Year, Spring Semester

BIOC 531	General Biochemistry	4 credit hours
PHAR 708	Pharmaceutics 2	3 credit hours
PHAR 709	Immunology and Biotechnology	2 credit hours
PHAR 710	Intro Pharmacy Practice Experiences 2	1 credit hour
PHAR 711	Chemical Properties of Drugs	2 credit hours
PHAR 712	Pharmaceutical Care Lab 2	2 credit hours
PHAR 737	Disease Prevention/Health Promotion	2 credit hours
	Total hours	16 hours

First Year, Late Spring – after spring term concludes          

PHAR 714

Introductory Community Rotation

2 credit hours

Second Year, Fall Semester

PCOL 743	Pharmacology 1	3 credit hours
PHAR 715	Pharmacotherapeutics 1	4 credit hours
PHAR 716	Chemistry of Drug Action 1	3 credit hours
PHAR 717	Intro Pharmacy Practice Experiences 3	1 credit hour
PHAR 723	Pharmaceutical Care Lab 3	1 credit hour
PHAR 727	Medical Literature Evaluation	2 credit hours
BADM 612	Managerial and Team Skills	3 credit hours
BADM 622	Financial Statement Analysis	3 credit hours
	Total hours	20 hours

Second Year, Spring Semester

PCOL 744	Pharmacology 2	3 credit hours
PHAR 719	Intro Pharmacy Practice Experiences 4	1 credit hour
PHAR 724	Pharmaceutical Care Lab 4	2 credit hours
PHAR 725	Pharmacotherapeutics 2	4 credit hours
PHAR 726	Chemistry of Drug Action 2	2 credit hours
PHAR 728	Pharmacy Management	2 credit hours
BADM 631	Managerial Economics	3 credit hours
BADM 623	Strategy	2 credit hours
	Total hours	19 hours

Second Year, Late Spring – after spring term concludes      

PHAR 729

Introductory Institutional Rotation

2 credit hours

Second Year, Summer (6 credit hours)

BADM

Electives (2 courses)

Third Year, Fall Semester

PHAR 730	Pharmacotherapeutics 3	4 credit hours
PHAR 731	Biopharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics	3 credit hours
PHAR 732	Non-Prescription Drugs	3 credit hours
PHAR 733	Pharmacy Systems	2 credit hours
PHAR 735	Pharmaceutical Care Lab 5	1 credit hour
PHAR 742	Intro Pharmacy Practice Experiences 5	1 credit hour
BADM 632	Corporate Finance	3 credit hours
BADM 611	Management Information Systems	3 credit hours
	Total hours	20 hours

                                             
Third Year, Spring Semester

PHAR 734	Pharmacy Law and Ethics	3 credit hours
PHAR 736	Pharmaceutical Care Lab 6	1 credit hour
PHAR 738	Outcomes Assessment/Quality Improve	2 credit hours
PHAR 739	Therapeutic Patient Monitoring	3 credit hours
PHAR 740	Pharmacotherapeutics 4	4 credit hours
PHAR 741	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	3 credit hours
PHAR 746	Intro Pharmacy Practice Experiences 6	1 credit hour
BADM 652	Marketing Strategy	3 credit hours
BADM 661	Executive Project I	1 credit hour
BADM 613	Macroeconomics*	3 credit hours
	Total hours	22-25 hours

*Students can elect to complete BADM 613 in Year 4, fall or spring
 
Year 4, Summer
Students complete two advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) = Each rotation is 5 weeks in length for 5 credit hours. 
                                    Total hours                                  10 credit hours
 
Year 4, Fall
Students complete three APPEs in the fall semester.          15 credit hours

BADM 633	Leadership and Organizational Change	3 credit hours
BADM 662	Executive Project II	2 credit hours
BADM 653	Integrated Global Business*	3 credit hours
	Total hours	20-23 hours

*Students can elect to complete BADM 653 in Year 4, Spring.

Year 4, Spring
Students complete three APPEs in the spring semester.      15 credit hours

BADM 613	Macro Economics	3 credit hours
	- If not already completed
BADM 653	Integrated Global Business	3 credit hours
	- If not already completed
	Total hours	15-21 hours