Master’s Degree Required Courses

Please read all the requirements below that you must follow on the road to graduation.


If you have questions about course content or course order, Tatiana Iakovleva at tiakovleva@ufl.edu. If you have questions about registration, admission, or anything else, contact ahc-dess@ufl.edu.

Required Courses (18 cr.)

Course # Course Title Credits Fall Spring Summer Year
PHA 6125 Introduction to Quantitative Pharmacology* 3 Every Year
PHA 6418 Introduction to Model-Informed Drug Development 3 Every Year
PHA 6131 Physiologically-Based Modeling 3 Odd Years
PHA 6122 Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 3 Even Years
PHA 6123 Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) Modeling 3 TBD
PHA 6713 Applied Statistics for Data Analysis 3 Every Year

Required courses must be completed before your final semester.

*Terms Offered: Fall to on-campus students only and summer to online students only. Please email ahc-dess@ufl.edu if you have questions.

Required Capstone Course (1 cr.)

Course # Course Name Credits Fall Spring Summer
PHA 6936 Capstone Course 1

This 1-credit comprehensive exam must be completed during your final semester.

Elective Courses (13 cr.)*

Course # Course Title Credit Fall Spring Summer
PHC 7738C PBPK Modeling in Toxicology & Risk Assessment 3
PHA 6910 Supervised Research Study (S/U grade) 1-3
PHA 6283 Introduction to Pharmacoeconomics 3
PHA 6241 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Pharmacy 3
PHA 6120 Foundations of Precision Medicine: Pharmacogenomics 3
PHA 6806 Pharmacoeconomic Modeling 3
VME 6650 Principles of Mammalian Pharmacology 4
GMS 6440 Fundamentals of Medical Physiology 1

A minimum of 13 credit hours of elective coursework must be completed in addition to the 19 credit hours of required foundational courses. Please email ahc-dess@ufl.edu if you have questions.

*Please note that course electives are subject to change.