Approved Electives
Pharmaceutical Sciences and Molecular Medicine Graduate Courses
PharmD students can enroll in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Molecular Medicine graduate courses as electives, with instructor permission – please contact your PharmD advisor and the graduate program coordinator to enroll. Check the WSU Schedule of Classes for offerings and updated descriptions.
PharmMeds 544 Toxicology: Assessing Drug Side Effects (Offered in the fall)
PharmSci 560 Molecular and Cellular Methods in Biomedical Sciences (Offered in the fall)
PharmSci 571 Computer-Aided Drug Design (Offered spring of odd years)
PharmSci 572 Fundamentals of Oncology (Offered in the spring)
PharmSci 573 Principles of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics (Offered in the fall of odd years)
PharmSci 576 Biophysical Methods (Offered in the spring)
PharmSci 578 Applied Statistics (Offered in the spring)
PharmSci 579Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Offered in the spring)
Dual Degree Courses
The PharmD program offers the following Dual Degree options: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Communication, and Master of Engineering and Technology Management (ETM). Students can take MBA, Communication, and ETM courses independently without working towards master’s degrees. For more information regarding the dual degree programs students can visit the Dual Degrees and Specialized Track page or reach out to their advisor at pharmacy.studentservices@wsu.edu.
ACCTG 550 Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting 3 cr.
BA 501 Foundations in Marketing 2 cr.
BA 502 Foundations in Operations Management 2 cr.
BA 503 Foundations in Business Law 2 cr.
BA 504 Foundations in Finance 2 cr.
BA 600 Beyond the MBA: Applications of Principles, Theory and Practice. 1 cr.
ECONS 555 Managerial Economics for Decision Making 3 cr.
COM 561 Professional Multimedia Content Creation. 3cr.
COM 562 Crisis Communication in Global Contexts. 3cr.
COM 563 Ethics for Professionals. 3cr.
COM 564 Research Methods for Professionals. 3cr.
COMHLTH 570 Health Communication and Behavior Change. 3cr.
COMHLTH 571 Communicating Health in Practice. 3cr.
COMHLTH 572 Communicating Health to Specialized Populations. 3cr.
COMHLTH 573 Communicating Health in a Digital Landscape. 3cr.
COMHLTH 574 Health Message Design and Effectiveness. 3cr.
COMSTRAT 701 Master’s Capstone. 3cr.
E M 508 Legal Concepts for Engineering and Technical Managers 3 cr.
E M 522 Leading People and Organizations. 3 cr.
E M 526 Constraints Management 3 cr.
E M 530 Applications of Constraints Management 3 cr.
E M 560 Integrated Supply Chain Management 3 cr.
E M 564 Project Management 3 cr.
E M 565 Introduction to Systems Management 3 cr.
E M 568 Risk Assessment and Management 3 cr.
E M 570 Systems Improvement: Integrating TOC, Lean, and Six Sigma 3 cr.
E M 580 Quality Control and Reliability 3 cr.
E M 585 Design of Experiments 3 cr.
E M 590 Leading Design and Innovation 3 cr.
Approved WSU Courses
Check the WSU Schedule of Classes for offerings. Email pharmacy.studentservices@wsu.edu if you are interested in enrolling in Global Campus courses.
H_D 505, Developing Effective Leadership: Tidal Leadership 2 cr. Customized leadership course for acquiring essential skills beyond the discipline skills for professional and personal success; build a personal leadership platform.
Nurs 471 Foundations of Occupational and Environmental Health Practice 3 cr. Fundamentals of occupational and environmental health practice; concepts of prevention, epidemiology, disease prevention and health promotion to explain the underlying causes of occupational illness. Typically offered Fall. Course Prerequisite: Admitted to the major in Nursing.
Nurs 492 Essential Disaster Management for Health Professionals 3 cr. Implications for disaster management across the health professions; mental health and ethical issues and concerns related to vulnerable populations. Course Prerequisite: Admitted to the major in Nursing; junior standing.
Nurs 498 Special Projects 1-3 cr. Topics vary
Nurs_FPC 492 Essentials of Disaster Management for Health Professions 3 cr. Implications for disaster management across the health professions; mental health and ethical issues and concerns related to vulnerable populations. Typically offered Summer Session. Course Prerequisite: Admitted to the major in Nursing; junior standing.
Nurs_Sci 524 Foundations of Methodological Applications for Health Sciences 2 cr. Qualitative and quantitative methods in health care; research, statistics, and interpretation language. Typically offered Summer Session.
Nurs_Sci 526 Analytical Foundations for Health Sciences 3 cr. Quantitative methods, research and statistics in current health care literature. Required preparation must include college-level statistics course. Typically offered Spring.
Nurs_Sci 529 Analytical Seminar for Health Science 3 cr. In-depth research methods used for health science research. Typically offered Spring.
Nurs_Sci 534 Research Seminar: Grant Development and Critique 3 cr. Seminar focusing on writing a fellowship and/ or grant application and skills for critically reviewing a funded fellowship or grant. Typically offered Summer Session..
Nurs_Adv 554 Epidemiology and Biostatistics for Health Professions 3 cr. Introduction to epidemiology: principles and methods of epidemiologic investigation including analysis of key elements of investigation of high-risk populations. Required preparation must include college-level statistics course. Course prerequisite: Admission to Nursing graduate program.
Nurs_Adv 564 Family Health and Health Promotion of Populations 3 cr. Interprofessional course analyzing the theoretical bases for developing and evaluating health promotion strategies tailored to variations in health behaviors.
Nurs_Adv 565 Information Management for Systems Leaders 3 cr. Application/evaluation of nursing informatics; information systems to support clinical research, practice, administration, and education. Required preparation must include competency in word processing/spreadsheets. Course Prerequisite: Admission to Nursing graduate program.
Nurs_Adv 581 Advanced Pathophysiology 3 cr. Course prerequisite: Etiology, pathogenesis, manifestations, and outcomes of disruption and dysfunction of human physiology. Admission to Nursing graduate program.
Nurs_Adv 584 Health Care Law, Policy, and Analysis 3 cr. Analysis of health care policy and delivery systems including access, disparity, barriers to care, social justice, vulnerability, and health outcomes. Course prerequisite: Admission to Nursing graduate program.
Nurs_Sci 587 Research Inquiry: Qualitative Methods I 3 cr. Qualitative methodologies, issues and techniques of data collection, analysis and interpretation; issues of ethics and bias. Typically offered Spring.
Nurs_Sci 588 Research Inquiry: Quantitative Methods I 3 cr. Quantitative methodologies, issues and techniques of data collection, analysis and interpretation. Typically offered Fall.
SHS 201 American Sign Language I 4 cr. Instruction and practical training in sign language for communication with persons who are deaf; deaf culture; beginning conversation skills.SHS 202American Sign Language II 4 cr. Sign language systems; vocabulary and skill development in signing and interpreting signs; intermediate conversation skills. Course Prerequisite: SHS 201 or concurrent enrollment; completion of SHS 201 recommended.
Courses Available From Other Universities & Programs
Please note, tuition for the following courses varies and is in addition to your WSU Pharmacy tuition you currently pay. Please check with the institution to verify the course listed is still being offered and/or prerequisites have not changed.
Professional Compounding Centers of America
Interested students are encouraged to visit the PCCA student website to learn more about their courses (including the course schedule) and register for the desired course. Please contact pccainstitute@pccarx.com if you have any questions. Work with your advisor to enroll in a Pharmacy 599 and credit will be granted upon proof of successful completion of course.
- Veterinary Compounding* 2 (requires extra fee).
Procedure for Approval of Additional Electives
Students may petition the curriculum committee for approval of electives of their choice. The student should send an email to the curriculum committee chair providing the following information:
- course prefix and number
- Personal or career goals met by the course
- semester the student would like to enroll
The curriculum committee chair will research course description, learning outcomes and availability to PharmD. Students, and the committee will consider the course using the following criteria:
- Does the course fulfill curricular learning outcomes
- If the student would like to take the course for personal or career goals, is the course suitable for professional study
599 Electives
Using a 599 Elective for Research
Doctor of Pharmacy students interested in pursuing research can do so through independent study projects. These electives are only one semester long and are a great way to gain exposure to research in your field of interest.
Next Steps
- Find a faculty research project and gain approval from the researcher to participate. Or bring your idea for a research project to a faculty mentor.
- Discuss your elective with your advisor.
- Your faculty mentor for the project contacts the pharmacy student services office and submits required information.
- Start your project.
*** Research Honors Students research courses will not qualify for elective credit.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much time should 599 courses require from students?
599 courses fall under the University’s guidance on time commitment for courses. 599 falls under the category of independent study, which is a minimum of 3 hours per week for each credit hour (or minimum 45 hours per credit per semester).
- 599 allow for variable credit between 1 and 4 credits per semester, they will require 3 to 12 hours per week as appropriate for the credit assigned (minimum 3 hours per week for each credit or minimum 45 hours per credit per semester). A student can repeat a 599 for a maximum of 12 cumulative credits.
- For 599 the time can be completed in a flexible manner if needed so that it does not have to be the same amount of time each week. However, the student should be aware of time expectations, and the total time for the semester should reflect the credit expectations noted above.
As a quick reminder, students are required to take 12 elective credits in a minimum of 4 courses. Both 499 and 599 fulfill elective credits. However, a student still must take 4 elective courses even if high credit courses such as a 4-credit 499 might allow her/him to meet the 12-credit minimum with fewer than 4 courses.
How does a student register for a 599 with a faculty member?
If a faculty member agrees to be the instructor for a 599, that faculty member must contact Pharmacy Student Services, at pharmacy.studentservices@wsu.edu. Student Services will then enroll the student in the 599 course. Students are not able to register online for a 599, and faculty members are required to make the contact with Student Services rather than the student so that there is no question that the faculty member has agreed to be the instructor.