Master’s Degree Curriculum
Managed Care Pharmacy Systems: Master’s Degree Curriculum (33 credits)

Concentration coursework (12 cr.)

Course Credit Hours Fall A|B|C Spring A|B|C Summer A|B|C
PHA 6186 POP Foundations 1 3 credits A
PHA 6741 Writing for POP 3 credits A B C
PHA 6187 POP Foundations 2 3 credits A
PHA 6279 POP Capstone (P) 3 credit C (2024+) C

PHA 6935 POP Capstone starting in 2024, the course will be offered in Fall C and Summer C. See the full course schedule for AY 2023-2024 and AY 2024-2025 and beyond here.

(P) This course has one or more prerequisites.

Specialty Coursework (15 cr.)

Course Credits Fall A|B|C Spring A|B|C Summer A|B|C
PHA 6211: Applied Pharmacy Benefit Design (P) 3 credits A (2023) A (2024+)
PHA 6213 Advanced Case Studies in Managed Care Pharmacy (P) 3 credits B (2023) B (2024+)
PHA 6283 Introduction to Pharmacoeconomics 3 credits B B
PHA 6793 Evidentiary Basis of Pharmaceutical Use 3 Credits B B
PHA 6276 Pharmacy Benefit Design & Management 3 credits A (2024+) B B (2024)

PHA 6211 Applied Pharmacy Benefit Design will be offered in Fall A 2023.  Starting in 2024, course will only be offered in Summer A.  PHA 6213 Advanced Case Studies in Managed Care Pharmacy will be offered in Fall B 2023.  Starting in 2024, course will only be offered in Summer B.  PHA 6276 Pharmacy Benefit Design & Management will be offered in Spring B 2024, Summer B 2024, and Fall A 2024.  Starting in 2025, the course will be offered only in Fall A and Spring B each year. See the full course schedule for AY 2023-2024 and AY 2024-2025 and beyond here.

(P) This course has one or more prerequisites.

Electives (6 cr.*)

Students may choose to take any course offered in the POP Online program as an elective.

Students in the concurrent UF M.S. + Stetson University M.B.A. program will transfer 6 credits from Stetson into UF as electives.


Courses are offered in half-semester and full-semester formats.  Half-semester courses are indicated as either A (for the first half of the semester) or B (for the second half of the semester).  Full-semester courses are indicated as C courses.  Students typically take one course at a time, but may take both a half-semester course and a full-semester course concurrently. Please see the academic calendar for dates.