Online Graduate Programs
Since its inception in 1923, the UF Master of Science in Pharmacy degree program has stood for excellence, leading the way in academic innovation. In 2000, the college began developing unique master’s programs utilizing distance learning technologies. Today, working professionals everywhere can access high-quality education and credentials in a wide variety of non-dispensing pharmacy disciplines. Please click on each program’s link below for admissions and contact information.
Online Forensic Science Program
Offering six graduate and certificate specializations and more than 750 graduates, UF’s award winning Online Forensic Science Master’s Program is the world’s largest and most prestigious forensic science program. This master’s program earned the Award of Excellence in Distance Education from the American Distance Education Consortium in 2006. Program Director Ian Tebbett, Ph.D., received the 2010 Outstanding Leadership Award from the U.S. Distance Learning Association.
Online Pharmaceutical Chemistry Program
The online graduate program in Pharmaceutical Chemistry offers a 32-credit Masters program and 15-credit graduate certificate. The program, initiated in 2009, offers working professionals in the pharmaceutical industry or those who wish to change or supplement their career, the opportunity to study the various topics related to drug design and development. Faculty with extensive background in both pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry are involved with providing up-to-date knowledge to students. This program does not lead to a Pharm.D. degree or license to practice as a pharmacist.
Online Clinical Toxicology Program
The College of Pharmacy at the University of Florida offers a graduate program in Clinical Toxicology for healthcare professionals working in settings such as emergency rooms, hospitals, clinical drug trials, and poison control centers. The 32-credit MS program covers the theory associated with the evaluation and treatment of poisoned or overdosed patients. The program is designed to supplement the clinical experience of those employed in an emergency health care environment. Both physicians and pharmacists with extensive experience in clinical toxicology serve as faculty for the program to provide students with an up-to-date knowledge in clinical toxicology. This program does not lead to an M.D. or Pharm.D. degree.
Online Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy
The University of Florida Master of Science in Pharmacy Regulation degree is a 30-credit program taken primarily online with as few as two visits to campus in Gainesville, Florida. The program does not require a Pharm.D. and does not lead to dispensing rights. Rather, it provides the expertise and credentials needed to expand pharmacy industry careers in regulation, policy, sales, economics, benefits management, patient safety, risk management, leadership and more.
Online Medication Therapy Management Program
The online Master of Science in Pharmacy in Medication Therapy Management is a 33-credit degree program designed for working professionals who wish to continue their career while gaining the innovative patient care and business skills needed to become a leader in the groundbreaking field of medication therapy management. The online program can be completed in as little as five semesters. The challenging curriculum will prepare pharmacists for an advanced level of practice that involves medication therapy management and direct patient care.
Graduate Certificate in Precision Medicine
The Graduate Certificate in Precision Medicine is a minimum 9-credit certificate program designed for working professionals and advanced-level students interested in learning genomic technologies and precision medicine therapies. The program can be completed in as little as one year and courses will be taught asynchronously by internationally recognized faculty experts in precision medicine at the University of Florida.
Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Scientist as Educators
The Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Scientist as Educators is a 9-credit hour certificate program designed to help scientists develop proficiency and acquire valuable strategies and skills to make them a better instructors. Taught by faculty in the UF College of Pharmacy and UF College of Dentistry, the curriculum is exclusively online and builds training and expertise as an instructor, educational researcher and mentor.