Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business Curriculum
Our science-oriented business curriculum will equip you with an in-depth understanding of sales, marketing, management and the applied pharmaceutical sciences. Liberal arts fundamentals integrated into the curriculum will teach you how to think critically and solve problems creatively, traits that employers value.
The following is a typical curriculum for pharmaceutical and healthcare business students entering the University of the Sciences in Fall 2012; current students should refer to their advisor for their curricula.
First Year
General Biology I, II
Mathematical Analysis I
Business Orientation
Introduction to Marketing Management
Physical Education I, II
Writing and Rhetoric I, II
Introduction to Microeconomics
Introduction to Business Seminar
Second Year
Introduction to Communication
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Healthcare Systems
Principles of Management
Intellectual Heritage I, II
Functional Human Structure and Histology
Advanced Healthcare Systems
Professional Writing
Humanities Disciplinary Requirement
General Education Unrestricted Elective
Third Year
Marketing Applications in the Clinical Use of Drugs I, II
Accounting Theory
Special Topics in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business I, II
Introduction to Biostatistics
Financial Management
Pharmaceutical Marketing Research
Business Ethics
Mayes Elective
Unrestricted Elective
Fourth Year
Clinical Pharmacoeconomics
Thesis in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business I, II
Legal Aspects of Drug Development, Production, and Marketing
Special Topics in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business III, IV
Business Law
Advertising and Promotion
International Marketing
Business Elective
Mayes Elective
Unrestricted Electives
Additional general education courses are required as part of this program.
For detailed course descriptions and other information about the pharmaceutical and healthcare business curriculum, see the University Catalog.