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Dec 05, 2025
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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog
PharmD/Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD
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This program is designed to prepare pharmacists for careers in pharmaceutical education, research, industry and related areas of specialized practice. Pharmaceutical Sciences focuses on cutting-edge arenas of systems pharmacology, in the areas of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacometrics, pharmacogenomics, dosage form design, physiochemical and biological aspects of drug action, drug metabolism, and drug toxicity. The PharmD curriculum focuses on the clinical applications of the discoveries and developments realized in the pharmaceutical sciences curriculum.
Current PharmD students apply to the PharmD/PhD in the fourth year of the program (P4). The PharmD/PhD is completed after PharmD degree conferral.
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PharmD Required Courses
Our PharmD curriculum is designed to prepare you to be “practice ready” upon graduation and act as caring, ethical, respectful and scholarly pharmacy practitioners while serving as leaders in the advancement of the pharmacy profession. PharmD Professional Year One
PharmD Professional Year Two
PharmD Professional Year Three
PharmD Professional Year Four
Electives and Options (minimum 12 credits)
Elective courses provide students with an opportunity to enhance their knowledge, skills and professional attitude beyond that provided by the core curriculum. Students are required to take 7-10 elective credit hours, depending on their entering term (see Academic Advisement Report). Carefully review the elective policy here and PharmD electives. Students completing a dual/collaborative degree will have their PharmD elective requirements met by the other program. While students are free to opt for elective courses, it is not required to do so. Note
The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences reserves the right to change courses as needed in order to achieve curricular outcomes in accordance with Accreditation Standards and Guidelines. To assist with integration of IPPE topics, Pioneer Rx Pharmacy Software is used to enhance the learning experience for students through hands-on simulations featuring the functions and workflow processes found in pharmacies. Required Courses Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD)
Remaining Required Courses (22 credits)
Additional Requirements (minimum 4 credits)
- Out of department graduate elective courses. (minimum 4 credits)
- Three departmental research presentations including the Dissertation defense. The other two presentations may be scheduled in PHC 613 or PHC 614 .
- Satisfactory completion of a research dissertation, including approval of the Dissertation Committee after submission of a written Dissertation Report, presentation of an open seminar and, oral defense
Notes:
- Course offerings vary each year. Refer to the Class Schedules.
- Students who have previously taken PHC 588 within 3 years of enrollment in the MS or PhD programs are exempt from PHC 588. They are, however, strongly encouraged to attend the lectures provided by new faculty on a non-credit basis.
- PHC 506 Biometry for Pharmaceutical Sciences is the preferred statistics course. This requirement may be substituted with another graduate biostatistics course from the biostatistics or other department. Written approval from the Director of Graduate Studies is required for substitution. Substitution with STA 527 is not recommended and will be allowed only in special cases with prior approval of the Director of Graduate Studies.
- PHC 607 in-person is reserved for PhD students (others may take the remote section).
- Full-time registration is satisfied by ≥ 12 credit hours per semester if you are not supported by an assistantship, or ≥ 9 credit hours/semester if you are supported by an assistantship. Registration for less than these credit hours is permitted after the student has completed his/her departmental preliminary examination.
- Check with the Graduate School to ensure that your registration complies with university requirements. You should also be aware that different student loan programs, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and health insurance carriers can impose different rules for full-time student registration.
Total Credit Hours: 178.5
3.0 Degree GPA required Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
1) Identify and apply the principles of physical pharmacy, drug metabolism and transport, drug delivery, biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics that are relevant for solving problems in drug discovery and drug development. 2) Review the literature, develop hypotheses and specific aims for research, design, conduct and interpret pharmaceutical research experiments. 3) Utilize statistical and quantitative methods to analyze and interpret data from pharmaceutical research experiments. 4) Conduct independent original research that can result in scientific presentations and peer-reviewed publications. 5) Prepare students to contribute to the field of pharmaceutical sciences SED Statement
This program is officially registered with the New York State Education Department (SED). |
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