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Pharmacy students may pursue one of these two degrees concurrently with their Pharm.D. degree:
Pharmacy students who desire to pursue a Master of Business Administration or a Master of Science in information systems degree through the College of Business concurrently with their Pharm.D. degree may choose to take courses to fulfill the elective requirements in the Pharmacy program, provided the preceding criteria are met. While the MBA or MSIS may be completed at the same time as the Pharm.D., it may also be completed afterwards.
MBA Core:
9 core courses plus 1 MBA elective option
PharmD/MBA:
MSIS Core:
6 core courses plus 4 courses in a concentration (contact MSIS program for information about courses in 1 of 3 concentrations: Data Analytics, Information Assurance and Security, and Project Management)
Data Analytics Concentration
Information Assurance and Security Concentration
Project Management Concentration
PharmD/MBA:
Pharmacy students will take the remainder of the MBA or MSIS courses outside of the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum. A pharmacy student who chooses to pursue these options could concurrently earn up to 15 credit hours of the 30-hour MBA or MSIS requirement by the time he or she graduates with a Pharm.D. degree. Students may not take more than a total of 21 credit hours without prior approval in any given semester at Harding and may not be enrolled in certain Harding Online courses without an appropriate degree if not concurrently enrolled in the pharmacy program. The Pharm.D. degree is conferred by the College of Pharmacy and the MBA/MSIS is conferred by the Graduate School of Business.
Learn more by contact the Graduate School of Business.
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