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PharmD/MBA Dual Degree Curriculum
Updated November 2014
CORE CHOICE OPTIONS: In any area marked CORE CHOICE, students may choose any class meeting a University
core requirement listed below. When all university core requirements have been met, business classes may be
substituted in these spots. Also note that it is increasingly common for students to receive AP or IB credit for chemistry,
biology, and/or calculus; core or business choice classes could also be taken in those spots.
All students are required to take or have transfer, AP, or IB credit for all of the following core classes:
Check when completed
___ Social World (SW)
___ Perspectives in the Creative Arts (PCA)
___ Text and Ideas (T&I)
___ Physical Wellbeing (PWB)
REQUIRED BUSINESS COURSES
The undergraduate business classes (all of those not beginning with MBA) must be successfully completed with a grade
of a B or higher to meet the prerequisite for the MBA program.
BUSINESS CHOICE 1
The following classes should be taken prior to the beginning of the junior year. The order of the classes isn’t important
(except AC203 needs to be taken before AC204, and EC231 needs to be taken before EC232). Up to 12 credit hours may
be taken outside of Butler University. If planning to take classes at another university, complete the transfer credit
application and submit for approval BEFORE taking the class elsewhere. Not all classes are created equally; do not
assume a basic business class from a community college will transfer.
___ MS100 Business Excel ___ EC231 Microeconomics ___ MS 264 Statistics
___ AC203 Accounting I ___ EC232 Macroeconomics ___ MS 265 Information Technology
___ AC204 Accounting II
BUSINESS CHOICE 2
The following classes may not be taken before the junior year and many have prerequisites from the “Business Choice 1”
classes.
___ FN 340 Corporate Finance ___ MK380 Principles of Marketing ___ MG360 Organizational Behavior
MBA CHOICE
After being accepted into the MBA program, the following courses must be taken. MBA 505 must be taken first and MBA
545 must be taken last. The order of the other courses is not as important.
___ MBA505 Gateway Experience ___ MBA510 Leadership ___ MBA515 Legal/Ethical
___ MBA520 Managerial Accounting ___ MBA522 Business Practicum* ___ MBA525 Managerial Economics
___ MBA530 Financial Management ___ MBA535 MK Management/research ___ MBA540 Info Man/Bus Analytics
___ MBA542 Entrepreneurial Mindset ___ MBA545 Integrated Capstone
* May substitute MBA 571 Global Business Experience

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First Year Pre-Pharmacy
Fall Semester Credit
hours
Spring Semester Credit
hours
Summer Credit
hours
FYS 101 First Year Seminar 3 FYS 102 First Year Seminar 3 Business Choice 1 3
CH105 Chemistry (w/lab)
or CH107 if qualified
5 CH106 Chemistry (w/lab) 5 Business Choice 1 3
MA106 Calc and Geometry 5 BI105 Biology 3
PX100 Health Sciences Seminar 1 Core Choice (PWB also) 4
Core Choice 3 Business Choice 1 3
MS 100 Business excel 1
Note, summer term classes do not need to be business classes. Other reasonable choices would be GHS, core choice
classes, anatomy & physiology, or organic chemistry. (Then could put business classes in those slots sophomore year)
Second Year Pre-Pharmacy
Fall Semester Credit
hours
Spring Semester Credit
hours
Summer Credit
hours
GHS Global and Historical Studies 3 GHS (note cannot take courses with the
same GHS number both semesters)
3 Business Choice 1 3
CH351 Organic Chemistry w/lab 5 CH352 Organic Chemistry w/lab 5 Business Choice 1 3
PX326 Anatomy & Physio 1 4 PX327 Anatomy & Physio 2 4
PX 200 Intro to Professional
Pharmacy Practice
1 PX325 Ethical Issues in
Healthcare
3
Core Choice 3 BI325 Microbiology w/lab 3
Business Choice 1 3
It is recommended that students take the GMAT between PP2 and P1 years, then apply to MBA program within the next
year
First Professional Phase Year (P1)
Fall Semester Credit
hours
Spring Semester Credit
hours
Summer Credit
hours
BI323 Immunology 2 RX314 Pharm Biotechnology 3 Business Choice 2 3
RX361 Pharm Practice and Admin 1 3 RX318 Intro to Principles of Drug
Action (PDA)
5 Business Choice 2 3
RX312 Clinical Biochemistry 4 RX362 Pharm Prac & Admin 2 3
RX316 Pathophysiology 4 RX324 Clinical Assessment 2
Business Choice 2 3 RX351 Intro to Pharmaceutical
Care
4
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience: Community Requirement (80 hours) should be completed during winter
break between fall and spring semester P1 year.
Second Professional Phase Year (P2)
Fall Semester Credit
hours
Spring Semester Credit
hours
Summer Credit
hours
RX403 Therapeutics 1 case studies 1 RX404 Therapeutics 2 case
studies
1 MBA Choice 3
RX411 PDA1 4 RX412 PDA 2 4 MBA Choice 3
RX413 Therapeutics 1 (lecture) 3 RX414 Therapeutics 2 (lecture) 3 MBA Choice 3
RX415 Self Care & Health Promotion 1 2 RX416C Self Care & Health
Promotion 2
3
RX421 Intro to Dosage Forms 4 RX422 Advanced Dosage Forms 4
RX461S Pharm Pract & Admin 3 3 RX462 Pharm Pract & Admin 4 3
MBA 505 Gateway 1
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience: Institutional (Hospital) Requirement (160 hours) should be done in a
LONGTUDINAL fashion, beginning summer after P2 year or during P3 year.

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Third Professional Phase Year (P3)
Fall Semester Credit
hours
Spring Semester Credit
hours
Summer Credit
hours
RX501 IPPE3 0 RX500 Intro to Rotations 1 RX6XX-
rotation blocks
1 & 2*
8
RX503 Therapeutics 3 case studies 1 RX517W Therapeutics 4 4
RX513 Therapeutics 3 (lecture) 3 RX523 Clinical Pharmacokinetics 3
RX511 PDA3 4 RX526 Pharmacy and the Law 3
RX522 Pharmacokinetics and
Biopharmaceutics
3 MBA choice 3 RX 6XX –
rotation blocks
3 & 4*
8
MBA choice 3 MBA choice 3
MBA choice 3
MBA 522 business practicum 2
** PharmD students would typically take RX 432 Personnel and Financial Management Fall P3 year. PharmD/MBA dual
degree students must apply for a waiver for this course to be exempt from this pharmacy requirement.
** PharmD students are required to take two professional pharmacy electives. For those in the dual degree program,
MBA courses are substituted for those electives. Students are responsible for completing and submitting form
___________ and submitting it to the Associate Dean.
** MBA students typically need additional coursework in an Area of Concentration. If conferred simultaneously,
PharmD/MBA dual degree students may use pharmacy courses to meet the concentration requirements in the MBA
program.
Fourth Professional Phase Year (P4)
Fall Semester Credit
hours
Spring Semester Credit
hours
RX 6__ Rotation Blocks 5-8 * 12 RX6 __ Rotation Blocks 9-12* 12
RX607 PharmD Senior Seminar 1 1 RX 608 PharmD Senior Seminar 2 1
MBA choice 3 MBA 545 Integrated Capstone 3
* Two rotations will be management/administrative type rotations from the list below, rotation block does not matter
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) options meeting the management/administrative requirement
include:
RX651 Administration and Management Rotation
RX675 Managed Care/Health Policy Rotation
RX693 State Board/Associations of Pharmacy
RX671 Industrial Pharmacy (2 month block specifically arranged for MBA students – focused on business)