Pharmacy, PharmD—Direct Entry (Boston)

Graduatemajor2027 catalogHealth SciencesBoston114 semester hours totalverified parse

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YEAR 1

• PHMD 5115 — Integrated Science and Therapeutics 2
• PHMD 5120 — Principles of Pharmacy Practice
• PHMD 5140 — Integrated Social and Administrative Sciences 1
• PHMD 5182 — Integrated Learning Lab 2
• PHMD 5191 — Concepts in Practice 1
• PHMD 5192 — Concepts in Practice 2
• PHMD 6964 — Co-op Work Experience
• PHSC 5110 — Integrated Science and Therapeutics 1
• PHSC 5130 — Foundations of Pharmaceutical Sciences 1
• PHSC 5181 — Integrated Learning Lab 1

YEAR 2

• PHMD 5210 — Integrated Science and Therapeutics 4
• PHMD 5215 — Integrated Science and Therapeutics 5
• PHMD 5220 — Integrated Science and Therapeutics 6
• PHMD 5240 — Integrated Social and Administrative Sciences 2
• PHMD 5245 — Integrated Social and Administrative Sciences 3
• PHMD 5283 — Integrated Learning Lab 3
• PHMD 5284 — Integrated Learning Lab 4
• PHMD 5285 — Integrated Learning Lab 5
• PHMD 5293 — Concepts in Practice 3
• PHMD 5294 — Concepts in Practice 4
• PHMD 5295 — Concepts in Practice 5
• PHSC 5205 — Integrated Science and Therapeutics 3
• PHSC 5230 — Foundations of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2

YEAR 3

• PHMD 5320 — Practice Readiness
• PHMD 5335 — Integrated Science and Therapeutics 7
• PHMD 5345 — Integrated Social and Administrative Sciences 4
• PHMD 5386 — Integrated Learning Lab 6
• PHMD 5396 — Concepts in Practice 6
• PHMD 6964 — Co-op Work Experience

YEARS 3 and 4

• PHMD 6500 — Licensure Preparation

• From the catalog

  Complete 36 semester hours of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) from the following:

• Choose 36 semester hours from:
  • PHMD 6440 — Internal Medicine Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6441 — Acute Care Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6442 — Ambulatory Care Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6443 — Community Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6445 — Ambulatory Care Elective Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6446 — Psychiatry Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6447 — Community Elective Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6448 — Long-Term Care Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6449 — Geriatrics Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6450 — Pediatrics Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6451 — Neonatology Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6452 — Critical Care Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6453 — Surgery Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6454 — Cardiology Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6456 — Drug Information Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6457 — Oncology Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6461 — Infectious Disease Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6462 — Pharmacy Industry Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6463 — Pharmacy Administration Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6464 — Regulatory Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6465 — Managed Care Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6466 — Transplantation Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6467 — Directed Practice Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6469 — Management Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6470 — Education Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience
  • PHMD 6471 — Research 1 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience

Concentrations (choose 1)

Pharmaceutical Industry

From the catalog

Complete 12 semester hours as follows:

Complete remaining concentration hours from the following elective options:

• One of:
  • PHMD 5415 — Drug and Device Development, Regulation, and Commercialization
  • PHMD 5420 — Medical Writing in Healthcare
• One of:
  • PHMD 4585 — Research Methods in Health Systems
  • PHMD 5223 — Evidence-Based Medicine
  • PHMD 5405 — Hematology and Oncology Pharmacotherapy
  • PHMD 5560 — Applied Drug Information
  • PHMD 5976 — Directed Study
  • PHSC 5400 — Principles of Drug Design
  • PHSC 5900 — AI in Drug Discovery and Development
  • PHSC 6224 — Behavioral Pharmacology and Drug Discovery
  • PHSC 6290 — Biophysical Methods in Drug Discovery

Electives Option

From the catalog

Complete at least 6 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 6 semester hours from:
  • CAEP 6203 — Understanding Culture and Diversity
  • HINF 5101 — Introduction to Health Informatics and Health Information Systems
  • HINF 5102 — Data Management in Healthcare
  • HINF 5300 — Personal Health Interface Design and Development
  • HINF 5407 — Business Application of Decision Support in Healthcare
  • HINF 6205 — Creation and Application of Medical Knowledge
  • HINF 6220 — Database Design, Access, Modeling, and Security
  • HINF 6335 — Management Issues in Healthcare Information Technology
  • HINF 6404 — Patient Engagement Informatics and Analytics
  • HLTH 5002 — Mindfulness: Theory and Practice
  • HLTH 5200 — Illusions, the Brain, and Healthcare
  • HLTH 5280 — The (in)Visibility of (dis)Ability in Society
  • HLTH 5310 — Introduction to Transgender Perspectives in Healthcare
  • HLTH 5600 — Introduction to Patient Safety
  • HLTH 5700 — Social Determinants of Health
  • HLTH 5800 — AI Across the Health Sciences
  • HSCI 5130 — Introduction to Real-World Evidence
  • HSCI 5140 — Foundations of Data Models
  • HSCI 5150 — Methods for Observational Research 1
  • HSCI 5151 — Methods for Observational Research 2
  • HSCI 5160 — Standardization of Real-World Data
  • HSCI 5170 — Data Model Transformation
  • HSCI 5180 — Phenotyping
  • HSCI 5190 — Cohort Building
  • HSCI 6110 — Advanced Population Characterization
  • MSCI 5001 — Human Factors and Situational Awareness
  • MSCI 5002 — Crisis Resource Management and Case Studies
  • MSCI 5003 — Humanitarian Aid Practice and Principles
  • MSCI 5004 — Humanitarian and Disaster Response Ethics
  • MSCI 5005 — Care During Conflict
  • PHMD 4350 — Exploring Academic Careers
  • PHMD 4585 — Research Methods in Health Systems
  • PHMD 4890 — Contemporary Issues in Geriatric Pharmacy
  • PHMD 5223 — Evidence-Based Medicine
  • PHMD 5410 — Pharmacotherapy in the Adult Population
  • PHMD 5575 — Pharmaceutical Industry
  • PHMD 5880 — Special Topics
  • PHMD 5976 — Directed Study
  • PHMD 5984 — Research
  • PHSC 5100 — Concepts in Pharmaceutical Science
  • PHSC 5212 — Research Skills and Ethics
  • PHSC 5400 — Principles of Drug Design
  • PHSC 5500 — Repurposing Drugs for Cancer Immunotherapies
  • PHSC 5555 — Pharmaceutical Toxicology
  • PHSC 5900 — AI in Drug Discovery and Development
  • PHSC 5976 — Directed Study
  • PHSC 5984 — Research
  • PHSC 6222 — The Chemistry and Biology of Drugs of Abuse
  • PHSC 6224 — Behavioral Pharmacology and Drug Discovery
  • PHSC 6290 — Biophysical Methods in Drug Discovery
  • PHTH 5222 — Health Advocacy
  • PHTH 5226 — Management and Leadership in Public Health and Healthcare
  • PHTH 5230 — Global Health
  • PHTH 5232 — Evaluating Healthcare Quality
  • PHTH 5234 — Economic Perspectives on Health Policy
  • PHTH 5300 — Project Management in Public Health
  • PHTH 5310 — Budget Principles in Public Health
  • PHTH 5320 — Grant Writing in Public Health
  • PMST 6250 — Advanced Physical Pharmacy
  • PMST 6252 — Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism
  • PMST 6254 — Advanced Drug Delivery Systems

GPA requirements

• A minimum of 114 total semester hours required. Completion of optional concentration requires 6 additional semester hours. Minimum 3.000 GPA required

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

• For pharmacy students, an unsatisfactory grade (U) in a co-op will be counted as a professional course deficiency.

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under pharmacy-pharmddirect-entry-boston, and the official page is the authority.