Biomedical Research, M.S. and Pharm.D.
Students can receive both an M.S. degree from the Biomedical Research Program and a Pharm.D. degree from the School of Pharmacy. Prospective students must apply to and meet the admission requirements for both programs. The curriculum takes five years to complete. In the first year, students take BMR courses; in years 2-5 students take School of Pharmacy courses.
Plan of Study
All students are required to successfully complete:
First Year | ||
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First Semester | Credit Hours | |
BMR 601 | Intro DNA, RNA & Protiens | 3 |
BMR 602 | Intro Cells and Metabolism | 3 |
BMR 680 | Seminar | 1 |
PHS 628 | Mammalian Neurophysiology | 2 |
Credit Hours | 9 | |
Second Semester | ||
BMR 603 | Regulation Cell Function | 2 |
BMR 604 | Cell Basis of Disease | 1 |
BMR 680 | Seminar | 1 |
BMR 785 | Intro to Research | 1-6 |
PHS 629 | Mammalian Physiology | 6 |
Credit Hours | 11-16 | |
Second Year | ||
Third Semester | ||
PHAR 511 | Clinical Immunology | 1 |
PHAR 531 | Biopharmaceutics I 1 | 3 |
PHAR 541 | Pharmacy Practice I | 4 |
PHAR 542 | Immunology and Microbiology 2 | 4 |
PHAR 546 | Pharmaceutical Biochemistry | 4 |
PHAR 811 | Pharm Prac Exp I (IPPE 1) | 1 |
Credit Hours | 17 | |
Fourth Semester | ||
PHAR 521 | Integrated Laboratory I | 2 |
PHAR 532 | Biopharmaceutics II | 3 |
PHAR 543 | Pharmacy Practice II | 4 |
PHAR 544 | Prin of Disease & Drug Action | 4 |
PHAR 545 | Therapeutics I 3 | 4 |
PHAR 812 | Pharm Prac Exp II (IPPE II) | 1 |
Credit Hours | 18 | |
Third Year | ||
Fifth Semester | ||
PHAR 611 | Integrated Laboratory II | 1 |
PHAR 621 | Pharmacy Law & Ethics | 2 |
PHAR 622 | Drug Info & Comm Skills | 2 |
PHAR 631 | Pharmacometrics | 3 |
PHAR 632 | PPM Leadership | 3 |
PHAR 661 | Therapeutics II | 6 |
PHAR 813 | IPPE 3 Community 2 | 1 |
Credit Hours | 18 | |
Sixth Semester | ||
PHAR 612 | Therapeutic Drug Dosing | 1 |
PHAR 633 | Patient Care Skills Lab | 3 |
PHAR 634 | PPM Finance | 3 |
PHAR 635 | Research Outcomes Patient Care 4 | 3 |
PHAR 671 | Therapeutics III 3 | 7 |
PHAR 814 | Intro Phar Institutions 2 | 1 |
Credit Hours | 18 | |
Fourth Year | ||
Seventh Semester | ||
PHAR 711 | Med Therapy Management | 1 |
PHAR 722 | PPM Patient Safety | 2 |
PHAR 741 | Ther-Endocrine | 4 |
PHAR 751 | Neuro & Psychiatric Dis | 5 |
PHAR 815 | Phar Prac Exp 5 IPPE 5 | 1 |
PHAR 816 | Inpatient Clinical Skills | 1 |
Elective I | 3 | |
Credit Hours | 17 | |
Eighth Semester | ||
PHAR 721 | Therapeutics 7 | 2 |
PHAR 731 | Case Studies | 3 |
PHAR 761 | HemeOnc Nutrition Hepa MS | 6 |
PHAR 817 | Intro Phar Prac Exp IPPE 7 | 1 |
PHAR 818 | Education IPPE 8 | 1 |
Elective 2 | 3 | |
Credit Hours | 16 | |
Fifth Year | ||
Ninth Semester | ||
Fall and Spring | ||
PHAR 881 | APPE 1-General Medicine | 5 |
PHAR 882 | APPE 2-Amb Care/Prim Care | 5 |
PHAR 883 | APPE 3-Advanced Community | 5 |
PHAR 884 | APPE 4-Adv Institutional | 5 |
PHAR 885 | APPE 5-Geriatrics | 5 |
PHAR 886 | APPE 6-Diverse Populations | 5 |
Elective 3 | 3 | |
Elective 4 | 3 | |
Capstone 1 | 3 | |
Capstone 2 | 3 | |
Credit Hours | 42 | |
Total Credit Hours | 166-171 |
1 | PHAR 531 Biopharmaceutics I and PHAR 546 Pharmaceutical Biochemistry substitute for PMC 625 Drug Metabolism and PMC 630 Chem Aspects Pharmacology. |
2 | PHAR 542 Immunology and Microbiology substitutes for MCB 631 Medical Microbiology I. |
3 | PHAR 545 Therapeutics I and PHAR 671 Therapeutics III substitute for BMR 680 Seminar. This will meet the 4 hr. minimum requirement for seminar for the M.S. degree. |
4 | PHAR 635 Research Outcomes Patient Care substitutes for BMR 617 BMR Statistics Technique a BMR requirement. |
Non-Thesis Degree
A minimum of 36 credit hours is required for a non-thesis degree in the BMR program.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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BMR 601 | Intro DNA, RNA & Protiens | 3 |
BMR 602 | Intro Cells and Metabolism | 3 |
BMR 680 | Seminar | 1 |
BMR 628 | Neuroscience I | 3 |
BMR 603 | Regulation Cell Function | 2 |
BMR 604 | Cell Basis of Disease | 1 |
BMR 680 | Seminar | 1 |
BMR 785 | Intro to Research | 3 |
PHS 629 | Mammalian Physiology | 6 |
PHAR 531 | Biopharmaceutics I | 3 |
PHAR 542 | Immunology and Microbiology | 4 |
PHAR 545 | Therapeutics I | 4 |
PHAR 546 | Pharmaceutical Biochemistry | 4 |
PHAR 635 | Research Outcomes Patient Care | 3 |
PHAR 671 | Therapeutics III | 7 |
Total Credit Hours | 48 |
In addition, the student must pass a written and/or an oral comprehensive examination to receive the M.S. degree.