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 2011; current students should refer to their advisor for their curricula.
First Year
Business Orientation
General Biology I, II
Writing and Rhetoric I, II
Mathematical Analysis I, II
Physical Education I, II
Introduction to Microeconomics
Introduction to Business Seminar
Introduction to Marketing Management
Second Year
Functional Human Structure and Histology
Intellectual Heritage I, II
Introduction to Communication
Principles of Management
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Healthcare Systems
Professional Writing
Advanced Healthcare Systems
Humanities Disciplinary Requirement
General Education Unrestricted Elective
Third Year
Accounting Theory
Financial Management
Introduction to Biostatistics
Marketing Applications in the Clinical Use of Drugs I, II
Pharmaceutical Marketing Research
Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management I, II
Special Topics in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business I, II
Business Ethics
Pharmaceutical Marketing Research
Mayes Elective
Unrestricted Elective
Fourth Year
Advertising and Promotion
Business Law
Business Elective
Clinical Pharmacoeconomics
International Marketing
Legal Aspects of Drug Development, Production, and Marketing
Special Topics in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business III, IV
Thesis in Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business I, II
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.