Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Curriculum

Our pharmaceutical sciences courses provide instruction and research training in diverse aspects of drug action, from drug discovery to various elements of drug evaluation. 

The following is a snapshot and general overview of pharmaceutical sciences graduate courses. Refer to the Class Schedules for the latest course offerings. Refer to Academics Programs for curriculum, credit hours and course descriptions.  

Concentration areas:
DFDD=Drug Formulation and Drug Delivery
DMT=Drug Metabolism and Transport
DA=Drug Analysis
EPP=Experimental Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
PG=Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics
BPP=Biotechnology and Protein Pharmaceuticals
CTR=Clinical and Translational Research

Programs:
PhD=Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD and PharmD/PhD
MS=Pharmaceutical Sciences MS and PharmD/MS
BSMS=Pharmaceutical Sciences BS/MS
PPP=Pharmacometrics MS and PharmD/MS in PPP
PPPO=Pharmacometrics Online Microcredential
PGxO=Pharmacogenomics and Transport Microcredential
PS=Pharmacometric Software Series

R=Required
E=Elective

P=In-Person
VT=Remote

NA=Not Applicable

Semester Number Title and Area
Students
Fall (even) PHC 500 Basic Drug Development
DFDD, DMT, DA, EPP, PG, BPP, CTR
PhD:R
MS:E (only if seats after PhD/PPP)
BSMS:NA
PPP:E (only if seats after PhD)
PPPO:NA
Fall PHC 501   Pharmaceutical Chemistry PhD:NA
MS:NA
BSMS:R
PPP:NA
PPPO:NA
Spring PHC 504   Computational Basis of Pharmacometrics
EPP
PhD:NA
MS:E
BSMS:NA
PPP:R
PPPO:NA
Fall PHC 506 P 
Biometry in Pharmaceutical Sciences
DFDD, DMT, DA, EPP, PG, BPP, CTR
PhD:R
MS:E (only if seats after PhD/PPP)
BSMS:NA
PPP:R
PPPO:NA
Spring PHC 506 VT
Biometry in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Remote)
DFDD, DMT, DA, EPP, PG, BPP, CTR
PhD:NA
MS:E
BSMS:E
PPP:NA
PPPO:R
Fall (odd) PHC 508   Drug Delivery: Principles and Applications
DFDD
PhD:R
MS:E (only if seats after PhD/BSMS)
BSMS:R
PPP:NA
PPPO:NA
Spring PHC 510   Pharmaceutical Analysis
DMT, DA, BPP
PhD:R
MS:NA
BSMS:R
PPP:NA
PPPO:NA
Fall, Spring PHC 511   Research Proposal PhD:R
MS:NA
BSMS:NA
PPP:NA
PPPO:NA
Fall, Spring PHC 512   Pharmacometric Software
EPP
PhD:E
MS:E
BSMS:NA
PPP:R
PPPO:NA
PS:R
Spring PHC 516  P Pharmacogenomics
DMT, PG, CTR
PhD:E
MS:E
BSMS:E
PPP:R
PPPO:NA
PGxO:NA
Fall,Spring PHC 516  VT Pharmacogenomics (Remote)
DMT, PG, CTR
PhD:E
MS:E
BSMS:E
PPP:NA
PPPO:R
PGxO:R
Summer (TBD)
PHC 518 Nutrigenomics in Cancer PhD:NA
MS:E (in-person)
BSMS:E
PPP:E
PPPO:R (remote)
PGxO:R (remote)
Fall PHC 529   Pharm Calculations  
Spring PHC 521 Pharmaceutical Principles
DMT, DA, BPP
PhD:E (only if seats after MS)
MS:E
BSMS:E
PPP:E (only if seats after MS)
PPPO:NA
Spring PHC 531   Intro to Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics I PhD:E
MS:E
BSMS:NA
PPP:NA
PPPO:NA
Fall (even) PHC 538 Intro to Biologics
DFDD, BPP, CTR
PhD:R
MS:E
PPP:E
PPPO:NA
Fall (even) PHC 539   Protein Pharmaceuticals PhD:R
MS:NA
BSMS:NA
PPP:NA
PPPO:NA
Fall PHC 588* 
Faculty Research Seminar PhD:R
MS:R
BSMS:NA
PPP:R
PPPO:NA
Fall, Spring PHC 599   Supervised Teaching PhD:R
MS:NA
BSMS:NA
PPP:NA
PPPO:NA
Fall PHC 607 P 
Intermed Pharmacokinetics
DMT, EPP, CTR
PhD:R
MS:E (only if seats after PhD/PPP)
BSMS:NA
PPP:R (only if seats after PhD)
PPPO:NA
Fall PHC 607 VT
Intermed Pharmacokinetics (Remote)
DMT, EPP, CTR
PhD:NA
MS:E
BSMS:NA
PPP:NA
PPPO:R
Spring  PHC 608   Advanced Pharmacokinetics
EPP
PhD:E
MS:E
BSMS:NA
PPP:E
PPPO:NA

PHC 607 B or better
Spring (odd) PHC 609   Advanced Pharmacodynamics
EPP
PhD:E
MS:E
BSMS:NA
PPP:E
PPPO:NA

PHC 607 C or better
Spring PHC 610 P 
Population PK-PD Modeling
EPP
PhD:E (only if seats after PPP)
MS:E (only if seats after PhD/PPP)
BSMS:NA
PPP:R
PPPO:NA

PHC 607 C or better
Spring PHC 610  VT Population PK-PD Modeling (Remote)
EPP
PhD:E
MS:E
BSMS:NA
PPP:NA
PPPO:R
Fall PHC 613* 
Pharmaceutics Seminar PhD:R
MS:R
BSMS:R
PPP:R
PPPO:NA
Spring PHC 614   Pharmaceutics Seminar PhD:R
MS:R
BSMS:R
PPP:R
PPPO:NA
Fall PHC 615   Pharmaceutical Sciences Research PhD:R
MS:R
BSMS:R
PPP:R
PPPO:NA
Spring PHC 616   Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD:R
MS:R
BSMS:R
PPP:R
PPPO:NA
Fall (odd) PHC 630 P 
Drug Metabolism and Transport
DMT, DA, EPP, PG, CTR
PhD:R
MS:E (only if seats after PhD/PPP)
BSMS:NA
PPP:R
PPPO:NA
PGxO:R
Fall PHC 630 VT   Drug Metabolism and Transport (Remote)
DMT, DA, EPP, PG, CTR
PhD:NA
MS:E
BSMS:NA
PPP:NA
PPPO:R

*Waived if B or better in undergrad/cross-listed course.