There are minimum requirements each student must meet to receive a doctoral degree in Pharmaceutical Health Services Research (PHSR).
Individual students might be required to take additional courses as deemed appropriate by their curriculum committee. In particular, students without strong computer programming skills may need elective courses.
Required courses include a group of core graduate courses in pharmaceutical health services research, research methods, and statistics. Then, the student must complete at least 12 credits of advanced courses in their research track beyond any core courses. It generally takes two to two and one half years to complete the core and advanced course requirements.
While many students come to us with prior graduate work, we do require that they take the core courses here. When non-core courses or the beginning/intermediate statistics requirements are waived, students are expected to take more advanced courses to complete the course requirements. To allow flexibility and to ensure that students are well prepared in their area of specialization, students are asked to establish a curriculum committee by the end of their first year of study.
To graduate, students must complete at a minimum:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PREV 600 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3 |
| PHSR 610 | Pharmacy, Drugs, and the Health Care System | 3 |
| PREV 619 | Introduction to SAS | 1 |
| PREV 620 | Principles of Biostatistics | 3 |
| PHSR 631 | Computing and Analytic Methods for Observational Studies | 3 |
| PHSR 650 | CER and Pharmacoeconomics I | 3 |
| PHSR 701 | Research Methods I | 3 |
| PHSR 702 | Research Methods II | 3 |
| PHSR 704 | Pharmacoepidemiology | 3 |
| PHSR 709 | Graduate Seminar | 1 |
| — | Electives | 12 |
| PHSR 899 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | 1 to 12 |
| Total Credit Hours | 50 | |
PHSR 709 is required each semester, however only ONE credit counts towards the required credit hours.
Electives are determined by student and curriculum committee, and will fill the remaining credits required to meet the 50-credit minimum: (12 credits)
Please visit this webpage for information about curricular requirements for the dual degree program.