Online MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences

• 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.
  
• Overall GPA: A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required across 30 credits.
• 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.

Curriculum
Below is the course timeline and curriculum. Courses are asynchronous remote, in which learning materials are provided online, and students can view these materials and complete tasks at their own pace. However, there are also required due dates.

Our dynamic research program for online master’s students gives you the opportunity to take charge of your learning and to choose the most appropriate path forward for your own educational and career goals. 

Through our PHC 615 course, you will learn and gain mastery of the process of grant writing from developing a compelling research proposal to completing a simulation and preliminary evaluation of data.

In our PHC 616 course, you will engage in a thesis-driven capstone completing your MS in selecting one method below of your choosing:

• undertaking a comprehensive exam
• writing a grant for a program of your choice
• completing a research project directed by your current employer or UB Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty

Both PHC 615 and 616 empower you to have choice in completing of your master’s degree and graduate with the confidence that you are prepared for the next steps in your educational or career journey.