Program of Study - Master's in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Students in the M.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences (MSPS) program will take the following courses and thesis or capstone credits to meet the requirements for graduation. All graduate students are expected to maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher in order to remain in good standing and be eligible for graduation. Individual course descriptions may be found in the college catalog.

There are two tracks available to students in the MSPS program: Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology. Within each of these tracks are thesis and non-thesis options. 

Core Courses

• PSC 631 Foundations of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• PSC 672 Experimental Design and Data Analysis
• PSC 671 Ethics in Research
• PSC 651 Pharmaceutical Sciences Journal Club

Pharmaceutics Track

• PSC 641 Advanced Pharmaceutics I
• PSC 642 Advanced Pharmaceutics II  
• PSC Pharmaceutics Elective I 
• PSC Pharmaceutics Elective II  
• PSC Electives
• PSC 852 Pharmaceutics Seminar  
• PSC 661 Research Rotation (thesis track only)
• PSC 761 Thesis Research (thesis track only)
• PSC Capstone Writing Project (non-thesis track only)

Pharmacology Track

• PSC 632 Pharmacology I
• PSC 633 Pharmacology II
• PSC 634 Pharmacology III
• PSC Pharmacology Elective
• PSC Electives
• PSC 852 Pharmacology Seminar
• PSC 661 Research Rotation (thesis track only)
• PSC 761 Thesis Research (thesis track only)
• PSC Capstone Writing Project (non-thesis track only)

Transfer Credit

Up to nine (9) credit hours of graduate coursework may be transferred to ACPHS from other accredited academic institutions, subject to the approval of the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies. To be considered for transfer credit, courses must have been taken within the past seven (7) years and only grades of B or higher will be considered for transfer credit. Courses graded on a pass/fail basis will not be accepted for transfer credit.

Students will need to submit an official transcript showing the course number and title, the number of credit hours, when the course was taken, and the grade received. Students may also need to submit a course description and/or syllabus.

Contact

For more information about graduate education at ACPHS, please contact: 

Donna Myers
Director of Pharmacy and Graduate Admissions
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
106 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
(518) 694-7149 or (888) 203-8010
graduate@acphs.edu