PharmD/MPH Program
YEAR / DATE / COURSES / NOTES
Year 1 – Fall / Aug. – earlyDec. / GCOP P1 Didactic
GCOP P1 IPPE / Includes longitudinal (Cornerstone) and service learning activities
Year 1 – Spring /
Jan. – April
March 1 / GCOP P1 Didactic
GCOP P1 IPPE
MPH / includes longitudinal (Cornerstone) and service learning activities
Graduate school application due to GCOP Office of Student Affairs
Year 1 – Summer / May – July/early Aug. / GCOP P1 IPPE / 2-week Community rotation*
Year 2 – Fall / Aug. – earlyDec. / GCOP P2 Didactic
GCOP P2 IPPE
MPH / not enrolled in pharmacy elective
Includes longitudinal (Cornerstone) and service learning activities
1 core online course
Year 2– Spring / Jan. – April / GCOP P2 Didactic
GCOP P2 IPPE
MPH / not enrolled in pharmacy elective
includes longitudinal (Cornerstone) and service learning activities
1 core online course
Year 2– Summer /
May – July/early Aug.
June – Aug. / GCOP P2 IPPE
GCOP P2 IPPE
MPH / 2-week Institutional rotation*; OAA recommends May rotation to allow time to focus on MPH summer courses. Student is asked to write in the SPIN Notes Field: “Clinical hours in May – MPH.”
1 week Clinical rotation (will be assigned in Ambulatory Care or Acute Care)
2 core online courses
Year 3 - Fall / Aug. – early Dec. / GCOP P3 Didactic
GCOP P3 IPPE
MPH / not enrolled in pharmacy elective
includes longitudinal (Cornerstone) and service learning activities
1 core online course
Year 3 – Spring / Jan. – April / GCOP P3 Didactic
GCOP P3 IPPE
MPH / not enrolled in pharmacy elective
includes longitudinal (Cornerstone) and service learning activities
1 core online course
Year 3 – Summer / May1 – June1 / GCOP P4 APPEs**
MPH / APPE 6101 Institutional Practice I
APPE 6102 Community Practice
take Comprehensive Exam (June)
Year 4 – Fall / Aug – Dec. / MPH / enrolled as full-time graduate student
Year 4 – Spring / Jan. – May / MPH / enrolled as full-time graduate student
Year 4 – Summer / June2 – Aug.2 / GCOP P4 APPEs*** / enrolled in APPEs
Year 5 – Fall / Sep. – Dec. / MPH Fieldwork / enrolled as pharmacy student but completing graduate fieldwork experience (counts as 1 APPE)
Year 5 – Spring / Jan.2 – April2 / GCOP P4 APPEs*** / enrolled in APPEs
*Students rank preferences for these experiential education rotations in the SPIN process that takes place in the fall of Year 1 and Year 2.
**Students complete APPE 6101 and 6102 in May1and June1, in summer at the end of Year 3. PharmD/MPH students rank preferences for APPE 6101 and 6102 in the SPIN process that takes place in fall of Year 3.
***Beginning in summer of Year 4, students complete 6 month-long APPE rotationsin 7 months (June2, July2, Aug.2, Jan.2, Feb.2, March2 and April2); students rank preferences for these experiential education rotations in the SPIN process that takes place in the fall of Year 4.
Updated 8/16/2017