PharmD-PhD Timeline

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Year before PharmD

  • Summer and fall: Apply to PharmD + PSPG.

  • Winter: Interview PharmD + PSPG.

  • Spring: Notification of acceptance PharmD + PSPG.

Year 1 (PharmD)

  • All year: PharmD curriculum.

  • Summer and fall: Apply to PSPG.

  • Winter: Interview PSPG.

  • Spring: Notification of Acceptance PhD.

Year 2 (PharmD)

  • Summer, fall, winter, and part of spring: PharmD curriculum.

  • Summer and fall: Apply to PSPG.

  • Winter: Interview PSPG.

  • Spring: Notification of Acceptance PhD.

  • Spring: Research rotations for PhD: Extended Discovery Project (First 5 weeks).

  • Spring: Research rotations for PhD: Extended Discovery Project (Final 6 weeks).

  • Spring: PhD coursework: Complete 245C + Mini-Courses.

Year 3 (PharmD)

  • Fall through part of spring: APPEs (six 6-week blocks).

  • Spring: Research rotations for PhD: Research block (6 weeks).

  • Spring: Research rotations for PhD: 3rd Lab Rotation (4 weeks).

Year 1 (PhD)

  • Summer and fall: Study for RPh license.

  • Fall and winter: PhD coursework: PSPG 245A.

  • Winter and spring: PhD coursework: PSPG 245B + elective.

  • Spring: PhD coursework: Ethics.

  • Part of fall through spring: Clinical Experience (Counts as 1 elective).

  • Part of fall through spring: Thesis research.

Year 2 (PhD)

  • Fall: teaching assistant (or can also complete teaching assistant requirement during PharmD).

  • Spring: Qualifying exams.

  • All year: Clinical experience.

  • All year: Thesis research.

Year 3 (PhD)

  • All year: Clinical experience.

  • All year: Thesis research.

Year 4 (PhD)

  • All year: Clinical experience.

  • All year: Thesis research.