Master of Science (M.S.) in Pharmacy Practice

The Department of Pharmacy Practice offers a Master of Science (M.S.) in Pharmacy Practice as part of the two-year Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency (HSPA) in partnership with The University of Kansas Health System.

See The University of Kansas Health System's Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency for details and to apply.

Required Courses

  • Professional Communications (2) – PHPR 845 
  • Advanced Institutional Pharmacy Services (3) – PHPR 865
  • Seminar in Pharmacy Practice (1) x 2 semesters – PHPR 860
  • Research in Pharmacy Practice (6) – PHPR 899 
  • Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programs and Services (3) – PHPR 855
  • Statistics for Decision Making (3) – HP&M 874

Choose at least 1 from each of the following categories:

Advanced Management

  • Operations Management (2) – DSCI 702
  • Managing People: Applications and Skills (2) – MGMT 736
  • Managing Information Systems and Technology (3) – HP&M 846
  • Designing Healthcare Organizations (3) – HP&M 848

Human Resource Management

  • Human Resource Management (2) – MGMT 702
  • Human Resources and Workforce Development (3) – HP&M 854 (online)

Health Care Administration

  • The Healthcare System (3) – HP&M 810
  • Health Care Policy & Administration (3) – HP&M 837
  • Managed Care (3) – HP&M 853

Administration and Health Care Leadership Electives

Business Administration

  • Managerial Economics (2) – BE 701
  • Financial Accounting (2) – ACCT 701
  • Financial Management (2) – FIN 701
  • Marketing Management (2) – MKTG 701

Health Policy and Administration

  • The Healthcare System (3) - HP&M 810
  • Financial Concepts in Healthcare Management (3) – HP&M 825
  • Governance, Ethics and Health Law (3) – HP&M 833
  • Health Policy (3) – HP&M 837
  • Organizational Foundation for Leading Change (3) –HP&M 840
  • Medicare & Medicaid (3) – HP&M 876
  • Evaluating Outcomes of Healthcare (3) – HP&M 857

Informatics

  • Introduction to Health Informatics (3) – NRSG 859 (online)

Minimum Number of Required Credit Hours for Graduation: 30