Students completing the MS in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology have a Plan A or Plan B option. 

Plan A and Plan B Master  Required Courses (MS)

A final oral exam is required for degree completion of a Plan A program  The basis of the oral examination is a defense of the thesis research.  The examination committee is composed of three faculty, two from the major field and one from outside the program. 

The Plan B requires additional academic course work (at least nine additional credits). Those courses are determined by agreement between the student and advisor.  Plan B also requires two papers of publishable quality, one paper must include a research component in which there is analysis of data.  Plan B also requires a final oral examination for degree completion.  The basis of the oral exam is defense of the Plan B papers.  The examination committee is composed of three faculty, two from the major and one from outside the program.

The PhD degree requires a minimum of  71 credits, 35 core graduate credits, 12 credits of a minor or supporting program and 24 doctoral thesis credits. 

Required Courses: 
ECP 8100 - Seminar (required each semester for at least 8 semesters for a total of 8 cr) 
SAPH 8173 - Principles and Methods of Implementing Research (3 cr) 
ECP 8220 - Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (3 cr) ?br>

One of the following courses: 
ECP 8400 - Pharmacometrics (3 credits) 
ECP 8610 - Pharmacoepidemiology (3 credits) ?br>

At least nine credits from the following: 
ECP 8210 - Advanced Clinical Therapeutics (3 credits) 
ECP 8400 - Pharmacometrics (3 credits) 
ECP 8610 - Pharmacoepidemiology (3 credits) 
ECP 8500 - Pharmacy and Its Environment 
ECP 8200 - Research Problems 
ECP 8290 - Clinical Clerkship (2-5 credits) 
PUBH 5035 - Applied Research Methods or equivalent (3 credits) 
PubH 5462 - Clinical Trials (3 credits) ?br>

One of the following: 
STAT 5021 - Statistics I (3 ?4 credits) 
EPSY 8261 
PUBH 5450 ?br>

One of the following courses: 
STAT 5302 - Statistics II (3?4 credits) 
EPSY 8262 
PUBH 5452 ?br>

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 

ECP 8100   Seminar.  Discussion of contemporary issues and research problems in the areas of experimental and clinical pharmacology. 

SAPH 8173   Principles and Methods of Implementing Research.  The course integrates scientific, statistical, and practical aspects of research.  It includes the inter-relationships among design, sample selections, subject access, human subjects requirements, instrument selection and evaluation, data management, analyses plans, grant writing, and research career issues are covered.  Field experiences required.

ECP 8200    Research problems.  An individually designed research  experience directed at contemporary problems related to the drug use process. 

ECP 8210    Advanced Clinical Therapeutics. Lecture and readings in topics in clinical pharmacology that illustrate the continuum of a thorough understanding of the pathophysiology of a disease state, its contemporary treatment, problems or controversial issues with current treatment approaches, and strategies to advance therapy 

ECP 8220    Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology. Theory of advanced methodologies, applications, and evaluation techniques used to determine efficacy and toxicity of new drug therapies.  Advanced techniques for collecting and evaluating data. 

ECP 8290    Clinical Clerkship. Supervised study of pharmaceutical services at Fairview-University Medical Center or affiliated institutions.

ECP 8400     Pharmacometrics. Theory and application of contemporary methods for analysis of concentration-time data and exposure-response relationships.

ECP 8610      Pharmacoepidemiology. Application of epidemiological principles to study the use of and outcomes (beneficial and adverse) of drugs in human populations.

EXAMINATIONS 

Before emphasizing the PhD thesis, students must pass a written preliminary examination. PhD students also take a preliminary oral examination, after completing a substantial part of the coursework and passing the written examination, but before writing the dissertation. 

The final oral examination for the PhD is a defense of the thesis.  This must be done within five calendar years after passing the preliminary oral examination.