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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEMS AND POLICY
PH.D CURRICULUM

1. CORE COURSES

    Credit Hours
PUBA 670 Health Systems 3
  Econometrics in Health Services Research 3
  Introduction to Outcomes Research/Patient Reported Outcomes 2
  Clinical Practicum Experience 1
ECON 301 Intermediate Micro-Economic Theory 3
PSYC 511 Research Design & Data Analysis I 3
PSYC 512 Research Design & Data Analysis II 3
PHAR 783 Pharmacoeconomics 3
PHAR 782 Social and Behavioral Theory 3
SOCA 511 Survey Research Methods 3
PSYC 612 Multivariate Analysis 3
PHAR 779 Pharmacoepidemiology 3
PHAR 780 Secondary Data Analysis 3
STAT 421 Statistical Analysis System 3
PHAR 784 Decision Analysis in Healthcare 3
CCMD 793O Scientific Writing 2
CCMD 789 Intro to Biomedical Research (Ethics) 1
PHAR 794 Graduate Seminar (Required every Semester - Minimum of 6 credits) 6
    51 Hours

 

2. ELECTIVES (Minimum of 4): 12 Hours
Could include "Independent Studies"  
(Electives may be chosen from the attached list)  

 

3. DISSERTATION RESEARCH at least 12 hours Total 75 Hours

LIST OF ELECTIVE COURSES

"ECONOMICS"

    Credit Hours
ARE 500 Applied Microeconomics 3
ARE 524 Econometric Methods-Resource Economics 3
ARE 343 Project Analysis and Evaluation 3
ARE 491A Advanced Study: Computational Methods 3
ECON 302 Intermediate Macro-Economic Theory 3
ECON 425 Introductory Econometrics 3
ECON 701 Advanced Micro-Economic Theory I 4
ECON 702 Advanced Macro-Economic Theory I 3
ECON 711 Advanced Micro-Economic Theory II 4
ECON 712 Advanced Macro-Economic Theory II 3
ECON 725 Econometrics I 3
ECON 726 Econometrics II 3
ECON 727 Econometrics III 3
ECON 721 Mathematical Economics 3
ECON 722 Advanced Mathematical Economics 3

"MARKETING"

    Credit Hours
MKTG 310 Marketing Research 3
MKTG 315 Consumer Behavior 3
MKTG 400 Global Marketing 3
MKTG 470 Marketing Management 3
MKTG 491F Advanced Study: Marketing Strategy 3

"PUBLIC HEALTH"

    Credit Hours
CHPR 334 Health Promotion Research & Statistics 3
CHPR 338 Design of Health Promotion Programs 3
CHPR 638 Community Health Assessment/Evaluation 3
CMED 322 Epidemiology and Biostatistics 3
PUBH 611 Applied Biostatistics 3
PUBH 618 Health Services/Outcomes Research Methods 3
PUBH 630 Policy and Health System 3
PUBH 660 Public Health Epidemiology 3

"HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION"

    Credit Hours
PUBA 671 Health Care Organization/Operation 3
PUBA 672 Health Care Finance 3
PUBA 673 Alternative Healthcare Delivery Systems 1
PUBA 774 Health Care LAw and Ethics 1
PUBA 770 Managed Care 1
PUBA 776 Healthcare Planning/Marketing 1
PUBA 775 Healthcare Policy 1
PUBA 674 Rural Healthcare 1
PUBA 675 Organization Performance Improvement 1

"ADDITIONAL ELECTIVES"

    Credit Hours
PUBH 691B Qualitative Methods 3
STAT 545 Applied Regressin Analysis 3
STAT 551 Nonparametric Statistics 3
POLS 401 Advanced Quantitative Methods 3
ENG 305 Scientific and Technical Writing 3
CHPR 391F Grant Writing for the Health Professions 3
CMED 391J Policy and Health System 3

 

   
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