Offered in: Schaumburg

The Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree program at Roosevelt University is designed to prepare pharmacists to work in various healthcare settings. Through academic coursework that includes the current MBA prerequisite, core, and concentration courses, PharmD students can complete a dual PharmD/MBA program. This Dual Degree program will encourage and allow PharmD students to customize their management education in the direction of their specific interests and career aspirations. The PharmD/MBA dual degree can be accomplished using the existing core courses and concentration courses and can be completed within 2 years of PharmD conferral of degree.

Admission

Students must submit a Declaration of Interest form for enrollment in summer in Summer HCB courses.  Completion of the interest form enables students to take HCB courses while enrolled in the Pharmacy program as listed in the course map.  In the last semester of PharmD courses a graduate change of program must be completed with HCB and course registration can also be submitted.

The Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree program at Roosevelt University is designed to prepare pharmacists to work in various healthcare settings. Through academic coursework that includes the current MBA prerequisite, core, and concentration courses, PharmD students can complete a dual PharmD/MBA program. There is a demand for an MBA degree from PharmD students at Roosevelt University. This Dual Degree program will encourage and allow PharmD students to customize their management education in the direction of their specific interests and career aspirations. The PharmD/MBA dual degree can be accomplished using the existing core courses and concentration courses.

Students must submit a Declaration of Interest form for enrollment in Summer HCB courses.  For students who have not earned a bachelor’s degree, admission to the MBA program in Heller College of Business will be contingent on the successful completion of PharmD. This contingent admission enables students to take HCB courses before completion of the PharmD as listed in the course map.

Pharmacy Business Management Certificate 15 semester credit hours

Certificate

The following courses from the Pharmacy program will count toward the certificate for a total of 6 semester credit hours:

 The following courses will need to be taken from the College of Business for a total of 9 semester credit hours:

In addition, students participating in the certificate program must choose one of the following:  APPE Management or MKTG 406 as elective course to apply to the certificate.

Benefits

• Students who earn the certificate will have 15 of 33 hours to apply toward an MBA if they choose to continue.
• It will serve as the basis of a 3.5-year dual degree option for a PharmD/MBA. 
• Based on the information provided by the Pharmacy Program Advisory Committee – one of the greatest needs they see in new grads is to have a greater understanding that pharmacy is a business.
• By offering the certificate and dual degree, it will set Roosevelt University Pharmacy Program apart from its other nearby 3 year PharmD competitors MWU and MCW, which do not have the ability to offer this type of certificate/degree.
• Assist our graduates in standing out in the job market.   

Your degree map is a general guide of courses to complete each term on the academic pathway to your degree. It is based on the most current scheduling information from your academic program. Your program’s degree map is reviewed annually and updated as schedules change. 

Students will automatically be placed into the pharmacy concentration which includes the following courses taken within the PharmD program (PHAR 580, PHAR 635, PHAR 652, PHAR 657).  PHAR 775 APPE elective must be a management elective to count toward the elective credit for the MBA degree.