Business Administration, M.B.A. / Pharm.D.

About the Business Administration Dual Degree Program

The student will earn both the Pharm.D. and M.B.A. degrees during the four years of pharmacy school. This degree track produces outstanding pharmacists with greater insight into the intricacies of healthcare management systems. Students admitted to this M.B.A. program begin the course of study in the summer before the first year of pharmacy school. Business courses are offered in Lubbock during the summer and via telecast during the academic year. Areas of study include accounting, management strategy, business decision-making skills and methods, business information systems, and other core skills in the business curriculum. For a more specific knowledge of the organizational context in which healthcare is provided, students complete courses concentrating in health organization management.

Summer-Year One (15 Hours)

• ACCT 5301 - Financial and Managerial Accounting 3 Semester Credit Hours
• HOM 5307 - Managing Healthcare Organizations 3 Semester Credit Hours

• (Requires a grade of B or higher.)

• HOM 5308 - Healthcare Operations Management and Quality 3 Semester Credit Hours

• (Requires a grade of B or higher.)

• ISQS 5330 - Decision Theory and Business Analytics 3 Semester Credit Hours
• ISQS 5345 - Statistical Concepts for Business and Management 3 Semester Credit Hours

Summer-Year Two (15 Hours)

These courses are either synchronous or online. 

• BECO 5310 - Economic Analysis for Business 3 Semester Credit Hours
• FIN 5320 - Financial Management Concepts 3 Semester Credit Hours
• HOM 5309 - HOM IV: Integrated Healthcare Operations 3 Semester Credit Hours

• (HOM Capstone Course; requires grade of “B” or higher.)

• MGT 5371 - Managing Organizational Behavior and Organizational Design 3 Semester Credit Hours
• MKT 5360 - Marketing Concepts and Strategies 3 Semester Credit Hours

Required Pharmacy Courses Accepted Toward the MBA

• PHAR 5372-Advanced Leadership and Ethics
• PHAR 1231-Pharmaceutical Care Systems
• PHAR 4240-Community Practice Clerkship
• PHAR 4274-Institutional Practice Clerkship
• PHAR 1101-Introductory to Pharmacy Practice I
• PHAR 4236-Institutional Community Pharmacy Operations