PharmD/MSPS Curriculum

Year 1: 19.5 credit hours, is the same as for students completing only the MSPS degree

Year 1

All students take the same Core/required courses

Fall 1- Block 1

4.5 credits

PSCI 510 – Professional Pharmaceutical Development 1 (0.5 credits)

PSCI 511 – Basic Pharmacology and Cell Biology (1.5 credits)

PSCI 512 – Basic Protein Properties and HPLC Theory (1.5 credits)

PSCI 513 – Basic Lab Skills: Analytical (1 credit)

Fall 1 – Block 2

5 credits

PSCI 510 – Professional Pharmaceutical Development 1 (continued)

PSCI 521 – Intermediate Cell Biology and Bioreactors (1.5 credits)

PSCI 522 – Method Development & Basic Validation Concepts (1.5 credits)

PSCI 523 – Intermediate Lab skills 1 (1 credit)

PSCI 524 – Intermediate Lab skills 2 (1 credit)

Spring 1- Block 3

5 credits

PSCI 530 – Professional Pharmaceutical Development 2 (1 credit)

PSCI 531 – Intermediate Pharmacology (1.5 credits)

PSCI 532 – Basic Pharmaceutics (1.5 credits)

PSCI 533 – Basic Lab Skills: Biological (1 credit)

Spring 1 – Block 4

5 credits

PSCI 530 – Professional Pharmaceutical Development 2 (continued)

PSCI 541 – Intermediate Biotechnology (1.5 credits)

PSCI 542 – Intermediate Pharmaceutics (1.5 credits)

PSCI 543 – Intermediate Lab skills 3 (1 credit)

PSCI 544 – Intermediate Lab skills 4 (1 credit)

 

Summer 1: PSCI 690 – Research Proposal (1.5 credits)

Years 2-5: Students complete Doctor of Pharmacy Program

Each program requires 8 credit hours of electives. Students will be able to count the 8 credit hours of electives they take in both the MSPS and Doctor of Pharmacy programs, decreasing the overall course load for the two programs by 8 credit hours. Student must complete at least 4 credits that are approved as electives for the MSPS program and at least 4 credits of elective that are approved for the PharmD program. PSCI 515: New Product Development, a required course for the MSPS program, must be taken as 2 of the 4 elective credits for the PharmD program. Also, during years 2-5, student must complete one of these two options:

1) Co-ops in the pharmaceutical Industry. These would be a total of approximately 4 months of full time work, scheduled during the first summer before starting in the PharmD program, and during the subsequent summers or during final year as 1 or 2 of the rotations required for the Doctor of Pharmacy program.

2) A lab-based research project with a Campbell faculty member. This would typically be done during the summers, but work on the research project can continue through years 2-5.