Pharmacy/Business Administration, PharmD/MBA

In collaboration with the Lacy School of Business, the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences offers the PharmD/MBA dual degree upon simultaneous completion of the respective degree requirements. Students are encouraged to talk with their academic advisor if they are interested in pursuing the dual PharmD/MBA Degree. With the PharmD/MBA dual degree, the Master of Business Administration degree cannot be awarded without successfully completing all the program requirements of the PharmD program.

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 without a previous bachelor’s degree must meet the following Butler CORE requirements.

All students are required to take or have transfer, AP, or IB credit for all of the following core classes:

Social World (SW): 3 credit hours
Perspectives in the Creative Arts (PCA): 3 credit hours
Texts and Ideas (TI): 3 credit hours
Well-Being (WB): 1 credit hour
Global and HIstorical Studies (GHS): 6 credit hours
FYS 101 - First Year Seminar: 3 credit hours
FYS 102 - First Year Seminar: 3 credit hours

Liberal Education Electives

All students must take at least 3 credit hours of non-math, non-science, non-pharmacy classes. Classes for non-math/non-science minors, tracks, or dual majors may be used as liberal education elective credits. Classes must be taken for a grade (not pass/fail).

RX 432 Entrepreneurship, Leadership, & Management

All students in the dual PharmD/MBA pathway will receive a variance for RX 432 Entrepreneurship, Leadership, & Management.

The following courses may be used to satisfy RX 432:

FN 340 Corporate Finance

MK 380 Intro to Marketing

MS 350 Operations and Supply Chain

RM 350 Intro to Risk Management

Professional Pharmacy Electives

The 7 credit hours of Professional Pharmacy (RX) electives are fulfilled by the successful completion of the MBA coursework.

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)

Two rotations will be in Pharmacy Management/Administrative. Options meeting the management/administrative requirement include:

RX 651 Administrative and Management Rotation

RX 675 Managed Care/Health Policy Rotation

RX 693 State Board/Associations of Pharmacy

RX 671 Industrial Pharmacy

*Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation for the Doctor of Pharmacy Degree: 201

*The 201 credit hours are the minimum credit hours for the PharmD Degree. Students completing the Dual PharmD/MBA degree will graduate with more than 201 credit hours.

Required Business Courses (28 cr. total)

The following undergraduate business classes must be successfully completed with a grade of a B or higher to meet the prerequisite for the joint PharmD/MBA program. All classes listed in Business Choice 1 and Business Choice 2 must be completed before applying to the MBA program.

Business Choice 1

The following classes should be taken prior to the beginning of the junior year. 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 classes elsewhere. Not all classes are created equally; do not assume a basic business class from a community college will transfer.

MS 100 - Business Applications with Excel Min Units: 2
MA 106 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1 Min Units: 4
MS 264 - Statistics Min Units: 3
AC 203 - Introduction to Accounting Min Units: 3
AC 204 - Introduction to Accounting II Min Units: 3
EC 231 - Principles of Microeconomics Min Units: 3
EC 232 - Principles of Macroeconomics Min Units: 3
MS 265 - Information Technology Min Units: 3

Business Choice 2

The following classes need to be completed before application to the MBA program. Note that all of these classes have a prerequisite contained in Business Choice 1, above.

FN 340 - Corporate Finance Min Units: 3
MK 380 - Introduction to Marketing Management Min Units: 3
MG 360 - Organizational Behavior Min Units: 3

MBA Choice (30 cr. total)

Once a student is accepted into the MBA program, all of the following MBA classes must be completed. The order of the MBA courses is not as important. However, the student must take MBA505 in the first semester and MBA545 must be taken in the student’s final semester.