Required Credit Hours/Tuition and Fees
- 168-171 Credit Hours
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Curriculum
When taken separately, there are 154 credit hours in the PharmD program and 39 hours in the MPA program. Students in the concurrent PharmD/MPA program will take 144 credit hours in the PharmD program and 24-27 credit hours in the MPA program. The program curriculum guide demonstrates course progression.
MPA Degree Requirements
The MPA program consists of 21 credit hours of public administration core courses and 18 hours of elective courses. The required MPA courses include PAPA 500, PAPA 420, PAPA 501, PAPA 510, PAPA 530, PAPA 540, and PAPA 550 (3 credit hours each).
For PharmD students in the concurrent program, the following courses are MPA-approved electives:
Core PharmD Courses
- PHAS 708 Health Care Systems (3 hours)
- PHAS 716 Ethical Issues in Healthcare (1 hour)
- PHAS 728N Pharmacy Management I (2 hours)
- PHAS 709 Health Care and Financial Management (2 hours)
- PHAS 733N Pharmacy Law (2 hours)
- PHAS 754 Pharmacy Management II (2 hours)
- PHAS 756 Pharmacy and Population Health (2 hours)
Elective PharmD Course
- PHEL 791E Pharmacy Advocacy and Leadership Development (2 hours)
Students are required to take additional credit hours from the MPA elective list to fulfill the 18-hour elective requirements of the MPA program. Depending on the offering of PHEL 791E, students in the concurrent program may need to take 1 or 2 additional MPA electives (3-6 hours).
PharmD Degree Requirements
The School of Pharmacy will accept the following required MPA courses as external electives toward the 10-hour elective requirement of the PharmD program:
Core MPA Courses
- PAPA 420 Quantitative Analysis (3 hours)
- PAPA 550 Public Policy (3 hours)
Elective MPA Courses
- PAPA 561 Application of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Principles to Health Care (3 hours)
- PAPA 565 Intro to Healthcare Management (3 hours)
- PAPA 567 Topics in Health Care (3 hours)
- PAPA 576 Strategic Planning (3 hours)
- PAPA 580 Development of Public and Nonprofit Leadership Skills (3 hours)
Depending on the availability of the elective MPA course offerings, students may need to take additional School of Pharmacy approved electives or independent study to fulfill the 10 credit hours of elective requirement for the PharmD program. Students will have to meet expectations of the APPEs and the MPA courses. Depending on the geographic placement for the APPEs, a student may not be able to take a concurrent MPA course.
Progression and Retention
The School of Pharmacy Academic Standards and Progression Policies apply to the PharmD courses in the concurrent program. Students who fail to meet the MPA progression criteria and/or are placed on pharmacy academic probation must meet with both the MPA program director and the School of Pharmacy Office of Professional and Student Affairs to discuss a retention and remediation plan.
