PharmD and Master of Science in Health Informatics Curriculum

This is the combined PharmD and Master of Science in Health Informatics combined degree curriculum. 

 

Year Semester Course Credit Hours
 
1 Fall COP-601 Foundations Patho & Pharm I 2
    COP-609  PharmChem & Pharmgenomics I 3
    COP-607 Dosage Forms & Drug Deliv Sys 4
    COP-615  Pharmaceutical Biochemistry 3
    COP-605 Intro to Pharmacy Practice 2
    COP-625  Pharmacy Calculations 1
    COP-627 Medical Terminology 1
    COP-620 Intro to Drug Information 1
    COP-630 Compounding & App Pharm Lab 1
      Total Semester Hours 18
         
1 Spring COP-603 Foundations Patho & Pharm II 4
    COP-611 PharmChem & Pharmgenomics II 3
    COP-616 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 2
    COP-618 Self Care & Comp Medicine 4
    IP-711 IP Foundations & Teamstepps 1
     IP-### IP Concentration Course of choice 1
    COP-640 Clinical Applications I 1
    COP-632 Intro to Community Pharm Lab 1
      Total Semester Hours 17
         
1 Summer COP-650 Intro Pharm Pract Exper Comm (or) 4
    COP-651 Advanced IPPE I - Community 4
      Total Semester Hours 4
         
2 Fall COP-713 Disease Proc & Ther I 3
    COP-715 Disease Proc & Ther II 4
    COP-717 Clinical Microbiology 2
    COP-722 Biopharm & Pharmacokinetics 2
    COP-742 Clinical Applications II 1
    COP-735
Applied Pham Calculations Lab  0.5
    COP-732   Intravenous Admixtures Lab 0.5 
     HIN-702  Intro to Health Care Info 3
     HIN-704 Health Care Data-Content, Stan 3
      Total Semester Hours 19
         
2 Spring COP-716 Disease Proc & Ther III 3
    COP-718 Disease Proc & Ther IV 4
    COP-720 Clinical Pharmacokinetics 3
    COP-725 Outcomes Design & Assessment 3
    COP-733 Applied Health Systems Lab 1
    COP-744 Clinical Applications III 1
     HIN-705 Electronic Health Records 3
      Total Semester Hours 18
         
2 Summer COP-750 Intro Pharm Prac Exp Hospital (or) 4
    COP-753 Advanced Hospital IPPE 4
     HIN-710  Data Mining and Analytics 3
     HIN-716 Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory 3
      Total Semester Hours 10
         
3 Fall COP-822 Disease Proc & Ther V 3
    COP-823 Disease Proc & Ther VI 4
    COP-804 Health Care Syst & Management 3
    COP-821 Advanced Drug Information 2
    COP-846 Clinical Applications IV 1
    COP-834 Applied Community Pharmacy Lab 1
     HIN-719  Advanced HIT & Data Technique 3
     HIN-720 Current Issues & Advances HIT 3
      Total Semester Hours 20
         
3 Spring COP-825 Disease Proc & Ther VII 4
    COP-826 Disease Proc & Ther VIII 3
    COP-805 Pharmacy Law and Ethics 3
    COP-836 Clinical Assessment 3
    COP-848 Clinical Applications V 1
     HIN*706  Systems Analysis and Design 3
      Total Semester Hours 17
         
3 Summer   Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) x 1 4
     HIN-712  Applied Health Informatics 3
      Total Semester Hours 7
         
4 Fall   APPE x 4-5 16-20
     HIN-718  Capstone Project 3
      Total Semester Hours 19-23
         
4 Spring  COP-950 Grand Rounds 4
      APPE x 4-5  16-20
      Total Semester Hours 20-24
         
         
      Total Pre-Pharmacy Coursework Hours  63
      Total PharmD Credit Hours 
139-147 
      Total MSHI Credit Hours  30 
      Total Credit Hours for the Combined PharmD/MSHI Degree 232-240 
         

 

*Student enrolled in the combined degree do not have to complete eight hours of electives. 

·         Minimum 300 hours of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (as required by ACPE) will be satisfied by two four-credit (four-week) externships in the summers of the P1 and P2 years.

·         Minimum 1440 hours of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (as required by ACPE) will be satisfied by nine four-credit (one-month) externships in the P4 year. Courses include: two acute medicine, one ambulatory care, one community, one health-system, and four electives. 

·         Longitudinal IPPE Hospital I + II - P3 Fall & Spring (COP-751 + COP-752)