PharmD-MPH
The Doctor of Pharmacy-Master of Public Health (PharmD-MPH) dual degree program prepares students to integrate knowledge and skills in the delivery of pharmaceutical care with public health principles.
The dual degree allows for completion of both degrees in five years. The MPH degree is completed between the third and fourth year of pharmacy school. Students step out of pharmacy school after their third year to complete the majority of their MPH course work in one academic year.
The MPH Applied Practice Experience is fulfilled in conjunction with the PharmD elective APPE.
Students interested in the dual degree program can apply to the MPH program during the first or second year of pharmacy school. Students apply through the MPH application. All applicants must be reviewed and admitted by the pharmacy and MPH program separately.
While dual degree students step out of pharmacy school after their third year, interested applicants only have the opportunity to apply during the first two years of pharmacy school due to the timeline for scheduling APPEs.
PharmD-MPH Course Schedule
Fall
- PUBLHLTH 780 Evidence-Based Decision-Making
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 782 Determinants of Health and Health Equity: A Systems Approach
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 783 Quantitative Approaches to Public Health
4 credits - PUBLHLTH 791 Communicating Public Health Effectively II
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 792 Policy and Public Health
3 credits
16 total credits
Spring
- PUBLHLTH 784 Quantitative Approaches to Public Health II
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 785 Public Health and Health Care Systems
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 786 Planning and Management to Promote Health
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 787 Applied Practice Experience Seminar
1 credit - PUBLHLTH 790 Social Justice and Public Health: Tools and Models
2 credits
12 total credits
During Pharmacy
- PUBHLTH 788 Applied Practice Experience (completed through elective APPE)
6 credits - Discipline-related courses
8 credits- PH PRAC 608 Safety and Quality in the Medication Use System (3 credits)
- S&A PHM 411 Pharmacy in the Health Care System (3 credits) (fulfills MPH Leadership requirement – 1 credit)
- S&A PHM 414 Social and Behavioral Aspects of Pharmacy Practice (3 credits)
- PHM PRAC 650 Comprehensive Immunization Delivery (1 credit)