Doctor of Pharmacy and Master of Science in Health Informatics

MUSC offers a combined Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree and Master of Science in Health Informatics (MSHI) degree program.

The target audience is students in the Pharm.D. program (or applicants to the Pharm.D. program). That is, all students who enroll in the combined program must be accepted in the Pharm.D. and successfully complete the first 2 semesters, at which time they are eligible to apply to transfer into the combined degree program (to begin in the Fall semester of the second year). The MSHI program classes are offered in a format conducive for the working student, including using weekend offerings and distance education technologies. This will allow the combined degree students to take the MSHI courses concurrently with Pharm.D. courses.

Curriculum

Year 1, Fall A (8/18/25-12/19/25)

COP601	Foundations of Pathophysiologics & Pharmacologics I	2
COP609	Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Pharmgenomics I	2
COP607	Dosage Forms & Drug Delivery Systems	4
COP615	Pharmaceutical Biochemistry	3
COP605	Intro to Pharmacy Practice	2
COP625	Pharmacy Calculations	1
COP627	Medical Terminology	1
COP620	Intro to Drug Information	1
COP630	Compounding & App Pharm Lab	1
Semester Total		17

Year 1, Spring (1/5/26-5/1/26)

COP603	Foundations of Pathophysiologics & Pharmacologics II	4
COP611	Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Pharmgenomics II	3
COP616	Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	2
COP618	Self-care & Complementary Medicine	4
COP640	Clinical Applications I	1
COP632	Intro to Community Pharm Lab	2
IP711	IP Foundations & Teamstepps	1
IP###	IP Concentration Course of choice	1
Semester Total		18

Year 1, Summer A, Trailer (5/4/26-8/14/26)

COP650, COP651	Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience Community, or Advanced Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience I: Community	4
Semester Total		4

Year 2, Fall A (8/18/25-12/19/25)

COP717	Clinical Microbiology	2
COP722	Biopharm & Pharmacokinetics	2
COP742	Clinical Applications II	1
COP713	Disease Proc & Ther I	3
COP715	Disease Proc & Ther II	4
COP732	Intravaneous Admixtures Lab	0.5
COP735	Applied Pham Calculations Lab	0.5
HIN702	Intro to Health Care Info	3
HIN704	Health Care Data-Content, Stan	3
Semester Total		19

Year 2, Spring (1/5/26-5/1/26)

COP720	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	3
COP725	Outcomes Design & Assessment	3
COP716	Disease Proc & Ther III	3
COP718	Disease Proc & Ther IV	4
COP733	Applied Health Systems Lab	1
COP744	Clinical Applications III	1
HIN705	Electronic Health Records	3
Semester Total		18

Year 2, Summer A, Trailer (5/4/26-8/14/26)

COP750, COP753	Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience Hospital, or Advanced Hospital Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience	4
HAP737	Organizational Behavior	3
HIN710	Data Mining & Analytics	3
Semester Total		10

Year 3, Fall A (8/18/25-12/19/25)

COP804	Healthcare Systems & Management	3
COP821	Advanced Drug Information	2
COP822	Disease Proc & Ther V	3
COP823	Disease Proc & Ther VI	4
COP846	Clinical Applications IV	1
COP834	Applied Community Pharmacy Lab	2
HIN719	Advanced HIT & Data Technique	3
HIN720	Current Issues & Advances HIT	3
Semester Total		21

Year 3, Spring (1/5/26-5/1/26)

COP805	Pharmacy Law & Ethics	3
COP836	Clinical Assessment	3
COP848	Clinical Applications V	1
COP825	Disease Proc & Ther VII	4
COP826	Disease Proc & Ther VIII	3
HIN706	Systems Analysis & Design	3
Semester Total		17

Year 3, Summer A, Trailer (5/4/26-8/14/26)

HIN716	Ethical, Legal, & Regulatory	3
COP990	Board Preparation III	1
	Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience	4
Semester Total		8

Year 4, Fall A (8/18/25-12/19/25)

HIN718	Capstone Project	3
COP991	Board Preparation II	1
	Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience	4
	Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience	4
	Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience	4
	Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience x 1-2	4-8
Semester Total		20-24

Year 4, Spring (1/5/26-5/1/26)

COP992	Board Preparation III	1
	Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience	4
	Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience	4
	Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience	4
	Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience x 1-2	4-8
Semester Total		17-21

Curriculum Total		169-177
Pre-Pharmacy Credit Hour Total		63
Required Credit Hour Total		232-240

* Student enrolled in the combined degree do not have to complete eight hours of electives.

• Minimum 320 hours of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) required by the college (300 hours is required by ACPE) will be satisfied by two four-credit (four-week) externships in the summers of the Year 1 and Year 2.
• Minimum 1440 hours of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) (as required by ACPE) will be satisfied by nine four-credit (one-month) externships in Year 4. Courses include: two acute medicine, one ambulatory care, one community, one health-system, and four electives.
• COP652, IPPE I, and COP653, IPPE II, in Year 2, Fall and Spring if COP650 or COP651 are not completed in Year 1, Summer.
• COP751, Longitudinal IPPE Hospital I, and COP752, Longitudinal IPPE II, in Year 2, Fall and Spring if COP750 or COP753 are not completed in Year 2, Summer.