MS in Health Informatics/Doctor of Pharmacy
Admission Requirements
To be admitted to the joint program, a student must meet the admissions criteria of each individual degree program. Students are considered for admission to the PharmD program with a minimum of 62 semester hours of accrued undergraduate credit; however, the MS in Health Informatics requires an earned bachelor’s degree. For students who apply to the PharmD without a baccalaureate degree, the program provides a course planner showing the sequence of course work that meets the intent of the previously earned bachelor’s degree admissions requirement for the MS. Students will be permitted to take BHIS 460, available to upper-level undergraduate students, in the fall of their second year in the PharmD curriculum. They will be accepted to the MS in Health Informatics the spring of their second year, at the point in the PharmD curriculum in which they will have accrued 128 semester hours—the baccalaureate equivalent.
Degree Requirements
In addition to the Graduate College minimum requirements, students must meet the following program requirements:
- Minimum Semester Hours Required 153–157.
- Coursework
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses in Pharmacy | ||
| Integrated Physiology | ||
| Introduction Pharmacy Practice | ||
| Introductory Pharmacy Practice (IPPE): Community | ||
| Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE): Hospital | ||
| Introductory Pharmacy Practice (IPPE): Introduction to Patient Care | ||
| Fundamentals of Drug Action | ||
| Fundamentals of Drug Action II | ||
| Pharmaceutics I - Pharmaceutics Principles, Drug Delivery Systems, and Calculations | ||
| Pharmaceutics II – Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Calculations | ||
| Pharmaceutics III – Complex Dosage Forms and Calculations | ||
| Pharmaceutics IV – Drug Delivery Systems Design and Calculations Competency | ||
| Pharmacokinetics | ||
| Introduction to Drug Information | ||
| Pharmacoepidemiology and Biostatistical Reasoning | ||
| Evidence-Based Medicine | ||
| Pharmacy and the U.S. Healthcare System | ||
| Social and Behavioral Pharmacy | ||
| Personal and Professional Development | ||
| Patient Safety | ||
| Pharmacy Learning, Advising, Mentoring, and Engagement for Students (PhLAMES) 1 | ||
| Pharmacy Learning, Advising, Mentoring, and Engagement for Students (PhLAMES) 2 | ||
| Pharmacy Learning, Advising, Mentoring, and Engagement for Students (PhLAMES) 3 | ||
| Pharmacy Learning, Advising, Mentoring, and Engagement for Students (PhLAMES) 4 | ||
| Pharmacy Learning, Advising, Mentoring, and Engagement for Students (PhLAMES) 5 | ||
| Pharmacy Learning, Advising, Mentoring, and Engagement fo Students (PhLAMES) 6 | ||
| Pharmacy Learning, Advising, Mentoring, and Engagement for Students (PhLAMES) 7 | ||
| Pharmacy Learning, Advising, Mentoring, and Engagement for Students (PhLAMES) 8 | ||
| Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics (PDAT) 1: Self Care | ||
| Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics (PDAT) 2: GI/Endocrine | ||
| Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics (PDAT) 3: Renal, Electrolytes, and Nutrition | ||
| Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics (PDAT) 4: Immunology/Respiratory | ||
| Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics (PDAT) 5: Cardiovascular | ||
| Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics (PDAT) 6: Infectious Diseases | ||
| Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics (PDAT) 7: Neurology, Psychiatry, and Pain | ||
| Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics (PDAT) 8: Special Topics | ||
| Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics (PDAT) 9: Hematology and Oncology | ||
| Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics (PDAT) 10: Advanced Disease Management | ||
| Patient Care: Institutional/Hospital | ||
| Patient Care: Ambulatory Care/Community | ||
| Applied Pharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacogenomics | ||
| Pharmacoeconomics and Payment | ||
| Management and Informatics | ||
| Pharmacy Law and Ethics | ||
| Clerkship Courses in Pharmacy | ||
28 hours | ||
| Core Courses in Health Informatics | ||
| Health Care Data | ||
| Information Sources in Biomedical & Health Information Sciences | ||
| Communication Skills in Health Informatics | ||
| Ethics and Legal Issues in Health Informatics | ||
| Informatics and Population Health | ||
| Management of Health Care Communication Systems | ||
| Health Information Systems Analysis and Design | ||
| Social and Organizational Issues in Health Informatics | ||
| Health Informatics Capstone Experience | ||
- Thesis, Project, or Coursework-Only Option Thesis or project. No other options are available.