Location: Boston Start Term: Fall
As a pharmaceutical executive in management, sales or marketing, you work alongside clinicians and researchers to make meaningful contributions. This program educates students to have a business professional’s skills and a scientist’s understanding, so you can manage operations, develop market opportunities, find innovative business approaches, and improve healthcare outcomes through data analysis.
This full-time, four-year undergraduate degree provides a blended curriculum of biological/pharmaceutical sciences and business for students interested in business careers in the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry. The integration of these pre-professional studies with the Arts and Sciences core curriculum fosters critical thinking, decision-making, and oral and written communication skills – all key strengths for executive success.
Freshman applicants can view their admission requirements on the Undergraduate Applicants page.
Students with 12 or more college credits may transfer in to the first, second, or third year of the program. Courses must have been completed at a regionally accredited college or university with a grade of C or better for transfer. Math and science courses taken more than ten years prior to the anticipated date of matriculation to MCPHS will not be accepted.
While there are no specific required courses for entry into the first year of our program, the admission committee will look for success in any math and science courses you have already taken. If you complete any of the courses listed below, you may receive transfer credit and your first year course load may be lighter. However, due to the lock-step nature of MCPHS programs, entering the first year of the program with transfer credits will not change the total length of your program. Courses, other than elective courses, may not be moved forward in your schedule.
BIO 151
Biology I: Cell and Molecular Biology
3
CHE 110
Basic Chemistry I (w/lab)
4
FYS 101
First Year Seminar
1
LIB 111
Expository Writing I
LIB 120
Introduction to Psychology
MAT 151
Calculus I
TOTAL
17
BIO 152
Biology II: Biology of Organisms (w/ lab)
CHE 210
Basic Chemistry II (w/lab)
LIB 112
Expository Writing II
LIB 133
American Culture, Identity, and Public Life
MAT 152
Calculus II
BEH 355
Organizational Psychology
BI0 110
Anatomy and Physiology I (no lab)
BIO 255
Medical Microbiology (w/lab)
MAT 261
Statistics
Distribution elective
16
B10 210
Anatomy and Physiology II (no lab)
LIB 220
Introduction to Interpersonal Communication for Health Professionals
SSC 210
Economics
2
Distribution electives
6
14
PSB 261
Management
PSB 375
Fundamentals of Drug Development
PSB 359
Marketing
Professional elective
PSB 320
Introduction to Healthcare Delivery
PSB 456
Entrepreneurship
PSB 315
Business Statistics
PSB 423
Pharmaceutical/Healthcare Marketing
PSB 425
Healthcare Management
15
LIB 512
Healthcare Ethics
PSB 410
FDA and Regulatory Affairs
PSB 415
Accounting
PSB 418
Pharmacoeconomics
PSB 445
Sales of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products
PSB 446
Healthcare Finance
PSB 447
Fundamentals of Business Law
Professional electives
Total credits to complete degree requirements: 125 s.h
Our students learn from faculty who are leaders in their fields and are committed to the success of each student. Discover our full list of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business faculty.
"My degree allowed me to get involved with aspects of pharmaceutical business earlier than usual, having lacked many years of work experience. I owe it all to my program and the professors who prepared me to work at this high level at a young age – right out of college."
Tim Gilbert, PHCB '11
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As a Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Business major, she gets to combine two of her passions in one unique program.
