University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy: PhD Program

First Year of Graduate Study for Student Beginning Studies in Fall Term of an Even Year

Fall – Term 1	Course Number	Credits	Spring – Term 2	Course Number	Credits

Statistical Methods I	PHARM 3040	3	Statistical Methods II	PHARM 3041	3
Graduate Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences (research rotations)	PHARM 3063	3	Pharmaceutical Analysis	PHARM 2001	3
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar	PHARM 3024	1	Graduate Research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences (research rotations)	PHARM 3063	3
Journal Club*		1	Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar	PHARM 3025	1
Research Practicum	PHARM 3042	0-7	Journal Club*		1
Electives		0-7	Research Practicum	PHARM 3042	0-4

			Electives		0-4
Total Credits of Core Courses		15	Total Credits of Core Courses		15

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Second Year of Graduate Study for Student Beginning Studies in Fall Term of an Even Year

Fall – Term 3	Course Number	Credits	Spring - Term 4	Course Number	Credits
Essentials of Competitive Grant Writing I	PHARM 3038	2	Essentials of Competitive Grant Writing II	PHARM 3039	2
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar	PHARM 3024	1	Pharmacogenomics	PHARM 3020	3
Journal Club*		1	Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar	PHARM 3025	1
Research Practicum	PHARM 3042	0-11	Journal Club*		1
Remaining required courses (determined by focus area and Doctoral Committee)		0-11	Research Practicum	PHARM 3042	0-8
			Remaining required courses (determined by focus area and Doctoral Committee)		0-8

Total Credits of Core Courses		15	Total Credits of Core Courses		15

* PHARM 3000, 3009 or 3027
** The Common Core Courses are to be taken by all graduate students in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program. The sequencing of the Core Courses depends upon whether the student enters the program in an odd or even numbered year. In addition to the Common Core Courses the student may need to complete additional required or elective courses depending upon their focus area and their particular research project. See the description of course requirements for each focus area. Students must register for a minimum of nine credits to be considered a full time graduate student by the University of Pittsburgh. Students are expected to register for 15 credits per term during each of the Fall and Spring terms of the first two years of study unless otherwise approved by the Chair of the Graduate Program Council.

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