| PMAD | 421 | Pharmaceutical Marketing | 3 hours. | Introduction to the field of marketing with specific emphasis on pharmaceuticals and the marketing of pharmacy services. |
| PMAD | 470 | Managed Care Pharmacy | 3 hours. | Professional development in managed care pharmacy to learn history, administrative and policy aspects, network with operational managers and leaders in field, visit managed care sites and observe activies of managed care pharmacists. Prerequisite(s): Third year standing in the Doctor of Pharmacy program or second year standing in the Doctor of Pharmacy program with consent of the instructor, or graduate standing in pharmacy. |
| PMAD | 482 | Professional Practice Management | 3 hours. | Managerial functions of the pharmacist in all practice environments with emphasis on the planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling of resources. |
| PMAD | 484 | Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis | 3 hours. | The course will discuss the concepts, process, and statistical methods required to perform a systematic review or meta-analysis of a large body of empirical findings. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisitie(s): EPID 400 or BSTT 400 and PHAR 355 or PMAD 502 or graduate or professional standing or consent of the instructor. |
| PMAD | 494 | Special Topics in Pharmacy Administration | 1 TO 3 hours. | Topics will vary,including the on-going analysis of contemporary issues associated with delivery, financing and management of pharmaceutical products and professional services. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. |
| PMAD | 502 | Research Methods in Pharmacy Administration | 3 hours. | Focuses on "how-to-do" a research project and "why-to-use" a particular technique including meta-analysis, path analysis, conceptualization, measurements and data processing. Prerequisite(s): SOC 500 and consent of the instructor. |
| PMAD | 507 | Pharmacy and Its Environment | 2 hours. | Factors directly influencing the practice of pharmacy. Roles of the pharmacist as affected by contemporary organizational, legislative societal and fiscal environments. Prerequisite(s): Admission into the MS or PhD in Pharmacy Program. |
| PMAD | 510 | Problems in Pharmacy Management | 3 hours. | Selective managerial problems relative to pharmacy practice. Field work involves data collection based on individual and group models of the managerial decision process. Prerequisite(s): PMAD 482 or the equivalent. |
| PMAD | 525 | Medication, Identity and Illness | 3 hours. | Examines the role of pharmaceutical care and medication-taking in the social context of chronic illness. Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in PMAD 321 or consent of the instructor. |
| PMAD | 535 | Health Policy and Pharmaceutical Care | 3 hours. | History of the organization, financing and delivery of American health care with regulatory controls and reform proposals covering drug approval, manufacturing, marketing, use, and safety. |
| PMAD | 573 | Principles of Economic Evaluations of Health Care Interventions | 3 hours. | Principles, models and practical methods for the economic evaluation of health care services with an emphasis on pharmaceutical care. Same as HPA 573. Previously listed as PMAD 571. Prerequisite(s): HPA 460; and Graduate standing; and consent of the instructor. |
| PMAD | 579 | Advanced Methods in Outcomes Research and Grant Writing | 3 hours. | An advanced graduate-level course focused on the grant writing strategies with an emphasis on methodologies relevant to health services, economics and outcomes research. Prerequisite(s): PMAD 502 and PMAD 573; or consent of the instructor. |
| PMAD | 594 | Special Topics in Pharmacy Administration | 1 TO 3 hours. | Topics vary. Intensive analysis of contemporary issue(s) associated with delivery and financing of pharmaceutical products and professional services. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. |
| PMAD | 595 | Departmental Seminar | 1 hours. | Presentation by students, faculty and visiting experts. Topics to be arranged. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the instructor. |
| PMAD | 596 | Independent Study | 1 TO 4 hours. | Individual research under direction of a member of the faculty. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term. Prerequisite(s): PMAD 502 or consent of the instructor. |
| PMAD | 598 | Master's Thesis Research | 0 TO 16 hours. | Independent research on topic approved by student's graduate committee. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the committee. Open only to degree candidates. |
| PMAD | 599 | PhD Thesis Research | 0 TO 16 hours. | Independent research on topic approved by student's graduate committee. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Consent of the committee. Open only to degree candidates. |