Doctor of Pharmacy / Doctor of Philosophy Pathway/Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry
The Department of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry together with the Dean's Office, College of Pharmacy, have developed a pathway for students who are interested in simultaneously pursuing a Pharm.D and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics. This program is intended for students who are interested in a career in basic or clinical research in the area of drug delivery. It is constructed to intersperse the core curriculum requirements of the Ph.D. program into the curriculum of the Pharm.D. program, making course substitutions were feasible. In doing this, we minimize curriculum redundancy between the two programs while ensuring that the student is adequately prepared for the demands of both degree programs.
During the joint program pathway, students undertake research in the summers between their P1-P3 years. Students are also expected to use at least one clerkship rotation for research. The program is structured so that students can take their Ph.D. qualification exams during their P3 year and their pharmacy licensure exam at the normal time after completion of the P4 year. Following P4 year, the students engage in full time research to complete the Ph.D. program.
Students who are interested in pursuing this pathway should apply to both programs simultaneously. However, the student must first gain admission to the College of Pharmacy Pharm.D. program before they can be accepted into the joint program pathway. Students are accepted into the Ph.D. program if the student meets the program admissions criteria and there is appropriate research mentoring and support for the student. Interested students should contact the Director of Graduate Admissions in the Department of Pharmaceutics for application procedures and information.
Curriculum: Pharm.D./Ph.D. in Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Students enter directly into the Pharm.D./PhD program. Students entering in P2 year would shift Pharmaceutics courses by one year. Courses would go as follows:
P1 Fall
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| MDCH 5110 | Physiol Chem I | 4 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 5112 | Intro Pharm Prac | 4 | PharmD |
| PHARM 7113 | Basic Pharm Sci | 3 | PhD |
| PCTH 5114 | Social Foundations | 2 | PharmD |
| PHCEU 7010 | Systemic and Cell PK | 1.5 | PhD |
| Total Credits | 14.5 |
P1 Spring
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| MDCH 5120 | Physiol Chem II | 3 | PharmD |
| PHTX 5121 | Pathophysiol | 5 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 5122 | Drug Lit Eval I | 2 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 5124 | Early Practicum Exp | 3 | PharmD |
| PHCEU 7020 | Formulations/Equilibrium | 4 | PhD |
| Total Credits | 17 |
Replacements: PHCEU 7020 will replace PHCEU 5125 in this semester.
Summer P1-P2
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| PHCEU 7960 | Research Rotations | 6 | PhD |
| Total Credits | 6 |
P2 Fall
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| MDCH 5210 | Med Chem I | 2 | PharmD |
| PHTX 5211 | Pharmacol I | 4 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 5213 | Drug Lit Eval II | 3 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 7123 | Pharmacy Management | 2 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 7313 | Law/Ethics | 3 | PharmD |
| Total Credits | 14 |
P2 Spring
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| MDCH 5220 | Med Chem II | 2 | PharmD |
| PHTX 5221 | Pharmacol II | 4 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 5226 | Dispensing | 3 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 5122 | Therapeutics I | 5 | PharmD |
| PHCEU 7030 | Macromolecular therapy | 4 | PhD |
| Total Credits | 18 |
Summer P2-P3
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| PHPRC 7401 | Core community clerk | 4 | PharmD |
| PHCEU 7970 | Research rotations | 6 | PhD |
| Total Credits | 10 |
P3 Fall
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| PHPRC 7312 | Therapeutics II | 6 | PharmD/PhD |
| PHPRC 7314 | Comm Pharm | 4 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 7315 | Clinical Toxicology | 2 | PharmD/PhD |
| PHCEU 7890 | Seminar | 1 | PhD/PharmD |
| PHCEU 7040 | Kinetic Equilibrium | 4 | PhD |
| PharmD | |||
| Total Credits | 16 |
Replace: PHCEU 7315 Pharmacokinetics (Covered by PHARM 7113 and PHCEU 7010)
Take Written Comprehensive Exams in Pharmaceutics
P3 Spring
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| PHPRC 7321 | Intro Clerkships | 3 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 7325 | Clin PK | 2 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 7322 | Therapeutics III | 5 | PharmD |
| NURS 6020 | Phys Assess | 2 | PharmD |
| MDCH 7201 | Herbal Meds | 4 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 7425 | Comm Practice Sem | 1 | PharmD |
| PHCEU 7890 | Seminar | 1 | PhD |
| Total Credits | 16 |
Summer P3-P4
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| PHPRC 7402 | Core institutional clerk | 4 | PharmD |
| PHCEU 7970 | Research | 6 | PhD |
| Total Credits | 10 |
P4 Year Fall
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| PHPRC 7403 | Adult Medicine Clerk | 6 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 7510 | Ambulatory Care Clerk | 6 | PharmD |
| PHPRC | Research Clerkship | 6 | PhD |
| PHPR 7200 | PharmD Seminar II | 2 | PharmD |
| Total Credits | 20 |
P4 Year Spring
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| PHPRC | Elective Clerkship | 6 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 7410 | DI/PC Clerkship | 6 | PharmD |
| PHPRC 7200 | Pharm.D Seminar | 2 | PharmD |
| Total Credits | 14 |
Take the NAPLEX Exam (June)
Take Oral Comprehensive Exam in Pharmaceutics (August)
P5 Year
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| PHCEU 7880 | Journal Club | 2 | |
| PHCEU 7970 | Research | 22 | PhD |
P6 Year
| Course | Name | Credits | Primary Requirement |
| PHCEU 7880 | Journal Club | 2 | |
| PHCEU 7970 | Research | 22 | PhD |
