Accelerated BS/MS Program

The BS/MS is a five-year accelerated program for academically qualified students who enroll at UB as first-year/freshman students, or who are already enrolled in our BS degree program. Graduates of this program are highly sought after by pharmaceutical companies.

About the BS/MS Program

While the BS/MS is structurally a basic science program, it is also a unique interdisciplinary field. Areas of interest in pharmaceutical sciences include:

  • the physical chemistry of pharmaceutical systems
  • biopharmaceutics, which encompasses the study of the relationship between the nature and intensity of biologic effects of drugs and various dosage formulation factors
  • pharmacokinetics, which is the science of the quantitative analysis of drug concentration and drug effects in the body
  • clinical pharmacokinetics, which is concerned with the application of pharmacokinetics to the safe and effective therapeutic management of individual patients.

Program Requirements

  • Required Courses: Must be completed with a grade of B- or higher, or a P (Pass) / S (Satisfactory). Courses that do not meet these standards will not count toward the degree and must be repeated.
  • Elective Courses: Require a minimum grade of D or higher in the MS program.
  • Overall GPA: A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required across 30 credits for the MS degree.

  Credit Hours
Completion of requirements for BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences 124.5
Minimum departmental didactic credit hours excluding research, laboratory courses, seminars and tutorials, and PHC 506.
 6
Minimum credit hours from other departmental courses, laboratory courses and department electives
 5
Minimum research, seminar and tutorial courses
 15
Minimum total credit hours for MS degree
 30
Satisfactory completion of a research  project, including approval of the Project Committee after submission of a written project report, presentation of an open seminar and oral defense  

Required Courses

See Degree & Course Catalog for Course Descriptions
See Course Schedules for Availability
View Academic Advisement Report for Degree Tracking

Curriculum

Below is the course timeline and curriculum for BS through MS. Note: The following courses for MS students will instead be completed within the BS program through cross-listed courses:
PHC 488/588 Faculty Research Seminar
PHC 416/516 Pharmacogenomics
PHC 411/531 Introduction to Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences: See Freshman - Sophomore

Elective Courses - Graduate Level

Ready to take the next step?

Visit our Pharmaceutical Sciences BS/MS admissions information page!