Pharmaceutical Sciences (PHS)
PHS 150 First Year Seminar (3 credits)
This first year Pharmaceutical Sciences seminar course will allow students to explore the history of medication and pharmacy (from "poisons" to drugs) and learn about pharmaceutical companies and rapid advances in the field. Through fun and engaging debates around ethical and social issues attached to a rapidly evolving field of biomedical research and healthcare, students will will engage and communicate effectively through written and oral modes of expression and learn to apply principles of cooperative and efficient teamwork while learning to develop academic success strategies to become successful scientist in the Pharmaceutical Industry and beyond. Students will also attend presentations by experts from pharmaceutical industries or biomedical professions and by our own program faculty on their research programs.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to students with a major in PharmSci Drug Development or Pharmacology Toxicology.
Attributes: First-Year Seminar, Undergraduate
PHS 151 Science Talk Seminar (0 credits)
This course is a seminar that engages students with faculty and experts in the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences by allowing the students to research the field of research of their faculty or scientist match and give a detailed presentation on the subject and person. The result will be seminar presentations driven by students and will introduce the importance of networking in the filed of Pharmaceutical Sciences which is build to advance quickly through these important communications amongst scientists.
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 200 Biopharmaceutical Foundation I (3 credits)
Students in this course will connect concepts learned to real life application to human disease, pharmacology, and drug discovery. Biopharmaceutical foundations I lays a strong foundation to prepare students for subsequent and more advanced knowledge linked to the field of Drug Discovery and Development and provide a better understanding on how medicines work in the body. This course provides students with a introductory level understanding of structure, properties, biological functions, bioenergetics, and metabolic fate of macromolecules essential to life (i.e. proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids), the impact of molecular genetics on these processes.
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and PHY 101 and BIO 101 and BIO 102
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 203 Pharm Sciences Orientation II (1 credit)
"The course introduces students to the different steps in the new drug development process and familiarizes them with FDA regulations pertaining to each of these steps."
PHS 300 Biopharmaceutical Foundatn II (2 credits)
Biopharmaceutical Foundation II, is a 2-credit course designed to instruct students in the knowledge and applications of molecular biology, biotechnology, and genetics relevant to pharmaceutical sciences and drug discovery and development. Through lectures and interactive discussions, students delve into both basic and applied topics, including gene expression, DNA replication, recombinant DNA technology, pharmacogenomics, and biopharmaceutics. Upon completion of the course, students will have acquired essential knowledge and practical skills to propel their studies forward and pursue careers in pharmaceutical research and development.
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and CHM 215 and BIO 101 and BIO 102
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 301 Biopharmaceutical Foundatn III (3 credits)
PHS301, Biopharmaceutical Foundation III is a 3-credit course designed to provide students in with a thorough understanding of physiological principles relevant to biopharmaceuticals. Building on Biopharmaceutical Foundation II, this course explores essential physiological systems, including the nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and endocrine systems. Through lectures, labs, and discussions, students explore into the physiological mechanisms impacting drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, along with concepts like homeostasis, cellular signaling, and organ function. By course completion, students gain insight into drug action and metabolism, enabling them to analyze pharmacological data, assess drug efficacy and safety, and contribute to pharmaceutical research and development.
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and CHM 215 and BIO 101 and BIO 102
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 302 Intro Lab Tech in Biomedicine (3 credits)
This course is designed to engage students in fundamentals of laboratory procedures, such as pipetting, preparation of buffers, animal handling, dosing, protein and enzyme assays, recording and interpretation of experimental data and results and calculations. These skills are further developed in PHS 306 and will help students that are preparing to become scientists in the biopharmaceutical field. Each week, students will perform a laboratory exercise. A pre-laboratory lecture is included to familiarize students with the concepts and expectations of the laboratory exercise scheduled for the subsequent lab.
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and CHM 215 and BIO 101 and BIO 102
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 302L Intro Lab Tech in Biomed Lab (0 credits)
This course is designed to engage students in fundamentals of laboratory procedures, such as pipetting, preparation of buffers, animal handling, dosing, protein and enzyme assays, recording and interpretation of experimental data and results and calculations. These skills are further developed in PHS 306 and will help students that are preparing to become scientists in the biopharmaceutical field. Each week, students will perform a laboratory exercise. A pre-laboratory lecture is included to familiarize students with the concepts and expectations of the laboratory exercise scheduled for the subsequent lab.
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 303 Pharma & Biopharmaceutics I (3 credits)
Provides the physicochemical and pharmaceutical principles for understanding the development, behavior, preparation, andstability of pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems.
PHS 303L Pharma & Biopharmac I Lab (1 credit)
PHS 304 Intro Drug Discovery & Dev (3 credits)
This course will allow students to gain insight into the process of drug discovery and development. By interacting with different experts in the field of drug discovery and development, students will learn about the steps to drug discovery including new target identification, selection and validation, screening of potential candidates, understanding the formulation process, packaging and delivery of new drugs and finally being exposed to to the important regulatory aspects of the drug discovery process and how it applies to taking novel discoveries to clinic and patients. This course also introduces basic concepts of medicinal chemistry as applied to drug discovery.
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and CHM 215 and BIO 101 and BIO 102
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 306 Advanced Biomedical Methods (3 credits)
The undergraduate level course will familiarize students with advanced techniques utilized in the biomedical field through hands on training on techniques including chromatography, dissolution, electrophoresis, protein assays, liquid chromatography and mass spectroscopy (LC-MS/MS) and basic cell culture as it applies to the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and CHM 215 and BIO 101 and BIO 102
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 306L Adv Biomedical Methods Lab (0 credits)
Students enrolled in this biomedical laboratory methods will apply and develop practical skills related to advanced techniques utilized in the biomedical field through hands on training on techniques including chromatography, dissolution, electrophoresis, protein assays, liquid chromatography and mass spectroscopy (LC-MS/MS) and basic cell culture as it applies to the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 308 Pharma and Biopharmaceutics I (3 credits)
This course provides the physicochemical and pharmaceutical principles for understanding the development, behavior, preparation, and stability of pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems.
Prerequisites: PHY 101 and PHY 102 and CHM 125 and CHM 210
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 308L Pharma &Biopharmaceutics I Lab (0 credits)
This course provides hand on experience in the lab to apply and develop practical knowledge related to physicochemical and pharmaceutical principles related to the development, behavior, preparation, and stability of pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems. Students will actively participate and design experiments in the pharmaceutics laboratory.
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 309 Pharm-Biopharmaceutics II (3 credits)
Study of the fundamental principles of rate processes and their application to predicting and computing the rate of drugdissolution, absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, and pharmacological action.
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 317 Pharm-Biopharmaceutics II (4 credits)
Study of the fundamental principles of rate processes and their application to predicting and computing the rate of drugdissolution, absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, and pharmacological action.
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 391 Pharm Sciences Seminar I (1 credit)
Pharmaceutical topics of ongoing and current interest are reviewed and presented by students, followed by questions fromthe audience. Emphasis is placed on learning to prepare and deliver a presentation.
PHS 400 Cosmetic Science (2 credits)
This undergraduate level course introduces students to the science of cosmetics. To achieve this, we will discuss the biology and chemistry of the two organs of application of cosmetics, the skin and the hair. In addition, discussion will also include the chemistry of the ingredients of cosmetics, and formulation strategies for cosmetics and trends in market. Formulation topics include moisturizing products (creams, lotions, anti-aging products), hair care products (shampoos, conditioners, etc.), and sunscreen products.
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and CHM 215 and PHY 101
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 400L Cosmetic Science Lab (2 credits)
This undergraduate level course is designed to give the student practical experiences in cosmetics formulating techniques, particularly of the more common types of products. The aim of this course is to allow each student or group to use basic compounding tools to make small-scale but practical products and to use the same basic raw materials that go into commercial products. Overall the students will gain the knowledge and hands-on experience to prepare products with the same function and usefulness as those that are commercially available. Students will be in our state of the art pharmaceutics laboratory preparing a variety of types of cosmetics formulations, such as moisturizing products (creams and lotions), hair care products (shampoos and conditioners), oral hygiene products (toothpastes and mouthwashes), beach products (sunscreen lotions, depilatories, and bleaching products), and lip care preparations (lipstick and lip gloss).
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and CHM 215 and PHY 101
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 402 Controlled-Release Dosage Form (2 credits)
Study of controlled-release (CR) drug dosage forms. Covers drug release profiles from conventional and nonconventional systems and their relevance in therapeutic outcomes.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate Day Division level students.
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 404 Seminar Pharmaceutical Scncs (1 credit)
Through this interdisciplinary course seminar led by faculty with expertise in pharmacology, toxicology, formulation and drug development, students will acquire experience using advanced AI search engine to select reliable literature and gain experience in reading and critically thinking and presenting a selected scientific publication to an engaged audience. Students will be trained on how to generate scientific presentations outline to build a scientific presentation, and use special software to generate graphical supporting working model that summarizes data, discussion and conclusions of the study. The selected high impact scientific literature will include topics related to novel technologies related to drug development, gene therapies, formulation as well as pharmacology and medicinal chemistry focused studies. Through this course students will understand how the scientific field moves forward one publication at a time by taking the audience through the journey of the scientific discoveries of the authors.
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and CHM 215 and BIO 101 and BIO 102 and PHY 101
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 411 Drug Development I (3 credits)
This undergraduate level course is needed for students joining the Pharmaceutical Industry (drug development) or for those interested in both the science and regulations (regulatory affairs) behind the manufacturing stages of pharmaceutical products (drugs, medical preparations and devices). Specifically, this course trains students on the technology and processes involved in industrial preparation of common dosage forms such as tablets and capsules. Students will be introduced to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and best practices currently used in the Pharmaceutical industry through taught by our knowledgeable faculty and invited speakers from the industry. Upon completion students will understand the basic operating structure of a typical major manufacturers of pharmacy products, gain an understanding of the regulatory and historical aspects of these processes, describe manufacturing stages in the industry and be involved in discussing and understanding the ethical and moral aspects and impact to proper manufacturing.
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and CHM 215 and PHY 101
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 411L Drug Development I Lab (0 credits)
This undergraduate level course is needed for students joining the Pharmaceutical Industry (drug development) or for those interested in both the science and regulations (regulatory affairs) behind the manufacturing stages of pharmaceutical products (drugs, medical preparations and devices). Specifically, this course trains students on the technology and processes involved in industrial preparation of common dosage forms such as tablets and capsules. Students will be introduced to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and best practices currently used in the Pharmaceutical industry through taught by our knowledgeable faculty and invited speakers from the industry. Upon completion students will understand the basic operating structure of a typical major manufacturers of pharmacy products, gain an understanding of the regulatory and historical aspects of these processes, describe manufacturing stages in the industry and be involved in discussing and understanding the ethical and moral aspects and impact to proper manufacturing.
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 413 Drug Development II (3 credits)
Study of controlled release (CR) drugs dosage forms. Covers drug release profiles from conventional and non conventional systems and their relevance in therapeutics and outcomes.
Prerequisites: PHY 101 and CHM 125 and PHY 102 and CHM 210
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 414 Advanced Pharma Analysis (3 credits)
This course offers a dynamic exploration into the realm of pharmaceutical analytics, set against the engaging backdrop of a cell manufacturing process. This course provides students with invaluable hands-on experience, bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application in both manufacturing and analytical roles within the pharmaceutical industry. Through direct involvement in a comprehensive cell manufacturing process and exposure to cutting-edge batch release analytical technologies, students will acquire skills and insights that directly translate into competencies required for success in analytical and manufacturing positions in the pharmaceutical sector.
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and CHM 215 and BIO 101 and BIO 102
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 414L Advanced Pharma Analysis Lab (0 credits)
This course provides hands on training on all major analytical instruments in the laboratory utilized in pharmaceutical industry, especially those that provide specialized and precise characterization during drug discovery and development processes.
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 450 Manufacturing Pharmacy (2 credits)
This undergraduate level course is needed for students joining the Pharmaceutical Industry (drug development) or for those interested in both the science and regulations (regulatory affairs) behind the manufacturing stages of pharmaceutical products (drugs, medical preparations and devices). Specifically, this course trains students on the technology and processes involved in industrial preparation of common dosage forms such as tablets and capsules. Students will be introduced to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and best practices currently used in the Pharmaceutical industry through taught by our knowledgeable faculty and invited speakers from the industry. Upon completion students will understand the basic operating structure of a typical major manufacturers of pharmacy products, gain an understanding of the regulatory and historical aspects of these processes, describe manufacturing stages in the industry and be involved in discussing and understanding the ethical and moral aspects and impact to proper manufacturing.
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and CHM 215 and PHY 101
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate Day Division level students.
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 450L Manufacturing Pharmacy Lab (1 credit)
This undergraduate level course provides engaging hands on experiences in techniques utilized in Drug Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry. This course mirrors practices associated with manufacturing large-scale batches of products while keeping accurate and detailed records of the manufacturing process through use of a batch record and recording appropriate observations. Specifically students will get advanced hands on experience using manufacturing level equipment to produce creams and lotions, tablets and capsule formulations and delve into the techniques such as homogenizer, tablet press and coating and important quality control involved in drug development and testing such as hardness, fragility and desintegration testing as well as learning how to operate capsule filling equipment and spheronizer, extruder and granulator.
Prerequisites: CHM 210 and CHM 215 and PHY 101
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate Day Division level students.
Attributes: Undergraduate
PHS 495 Analysis of Current Literature (1-3 credits)
Analysis and discussion of current literature in areas of interest in pharmaceutics. Papers are presented informally by students and faculty.
PHS 700 Cosmetic Science (2 credits)
This graduate level course introduces students to the science of cosmetics. To achieve this, we will discuss the biology and chemistry of the two organs of application of cosmetics, the skin and the hair. In addition, discussion will also include the chemistry of the ingredients of cosmetics, and formulation strategies for cosmetics and trends in market. Formulation topics include moisturizing products (creams, lotions, anti-aging products), hair care products (shampoos, conditioners, etc.), and sunscreen products.
PHS 700L Cosmetic Science Lab (2 credits)
This graduate level course is designed to give the student practical experiences in cosmetics formulating techniques, particularly of the more common types of products. The aim of this course is to allow each student or group to use basic compounding tools to make small-scale but practical products and to use the same basic raw materials that go into commercial products. Overall the students will gain the knowledge and hands-on experience to prepare products with the same function and usefulness as those that are commercially available. Students will be in our state of the art pharmaceutics laboratory preparing a variety of types of cosmetics formulations, such as moisturizing products (creams and lotions), hair care products (shampoos and conditioners), oral hygiene products (toothpastes and mouthwashes), beach products (sunscreen lotions, depilatories, and bleaching products), and lip care preparations (lipstick and lip gloss).
PHS 701 Biopharmaceutical Foundatn III (3 credits)
Biopharmaceutical Foundation III is a 3-credit course designed to provide students in with a thorough understanding of physiological principles relevant to biopharmaceuticals. This advanced course explores essential physiological systems, including the nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and endocrine systems. Through lectures, labs, and discussions, students explore into the physiological mechanisms impacting drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, along with concepts like homeostasis, cellular signaling, and organ function. By course completion, students gain insight into drug action and metabolism, enabling them to analyze pharmacological data, assess drug efficacy and safety, and contribute to pharmaceutical research and development.
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 702 Controlled-Release Dosage Form (2 credits)
Study of controlled-release (CR) drug dosage forms. Covers drug release profiles from conventional and nonconventional systems and their relevance in therapeutic outcomes.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Doctoral or Graduate level students.
PHS 703 Pharma & Biopharmaceutics I (3 credits)
Provides the physicochemical and pharmaceutical principles for understanding the development, behavior, preparation, andstability of pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Doctoral or Graduate level students.
PHS 703L Pharmaceutics Laboratory (1 credit)
PHS 704 Intro Drug Discovery & Dev (3 credits)
This course will allow students to gain insight into the process of drug discovery and development. By interacting with different experts in the field of drug discovery and development, students will learn about the steps to drug discovery including new target identification, selection and validation, screening of potential candidates, us virtual reality technology (VR) to experience receptor-ligand interactions in 3 dimensional space, understanding the formulation process, packaging and delivery of new drugs and finally being exposed to to the important regulatory aspects of the drug discovery process and how it applies to taking novel discoveries to clinic and patients.
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 706 Advanced Biomedical Methods (3 credits)
The graduate level course will familiarize students with advanced techniques utilized in the biomedical field through hands on training on techniques including chromatography, dissolution, electrophoresis, protein assays, liquid chromatography and mass spectroscopy (LC-MS/MS) and basic cell culture as it applies to the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
PHS 709 Pharm-Biopharmaceutics II (3 credits)
Study of the fundamental principles of rate processes and their application to predicting and computing the rate of drugdissolution, absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, and pharmacological action.
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 711 Drug Development I (3 credits)
This graduate level course is needed for students joining the Pharmaceutical Industry (drug development) or for those interested in both the science and regulations (regulatory affairs) behind the manufacturing stages of pharmaceutical products (drugs, medical preparations and devices). Specifically, this course trains students on the technology and processes involved in industrial preparation of common dosage forms such as tablets and capsules. Students will be introduced to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and best practices currently used in the Pharmaceutical industry through taught by our knowledgeable faculty and invited speakers from the industry. Upon completion students will understand the basic operating structure of a typical major manufacturers of pharmacy products, gain an understanding of the regulatory and historical aspects of these processes, describe manufacturing stages in the industry and be involved in discussing and understanding the ethical and moral aspects and impact to proper manufacturing.
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 711L Drug Development I Lab (0 credits)
This course is needed for students joining the Pharmaceutical Industry (drug development) or for those interested in both the science and regulations (regulatory affairs) behind the manufacturing stages of pharmaceutical products (drugs, medical preparations and devices). Specifically, this course trains students on the technology and processes involved in industrial preparation of common dosage forms such as tablets and capsules. Students will be introduced to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and best practices currently used in the Pharmaceutical industry through taught by our knowledgeable faculty and invited speakers from the industry. Upon completion students will understand the basic operating structure of a typical major manufacturers of pharmacy products, gain an understanding of the regulatory and historical aspects of these processes, describe manufacturing stages in the industry and be involved in discussing and understanding the ethical and moral aspects and impact to proper manufacturing.
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 713 Drug Development II (3 credits)
Study of controlled release (CR) drugs dosage forms. Covers drug release profiles from conventional and non conventional systems and their relevance in therapeutics and outcomes.
PHS 714 Advanced Pharma Analysis (1 credit)
This course explores in depth of all major analytical instruments utilized in Pharmaceutical Industry, especially those that can be utilized for specialized and precise characterization during drug discovery and development in the Pharmaceutical Industry. This course is the pre-lab that will help prepare students to be trained on these instruments in the lab.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Doctoral or Graduate level students.
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 714L Advanced Pharma Analysis Lab (2 credits)
This course provides hands on training on all major analytical instruments in the laboratory utilized in pharmaceutical industry, especially those that provide specialized and precise characterization during drug discovery and development processes. This course is a lab.
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 717 Pharm-Biopharmaceutics II (4 credits)
Study of the fundamental principles of rate processes and their application to predicting and computing the rate of drugdissolution, absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, and pharmacological action.
PHS 750 Manufacturing Pharmacy (2 credits)
This graduate level course is needed for students joining the Pharmaceutical Industry (drug development) or for those interested in both the science and regulations (regulatory affairs) behind the manufacturing stages of pharmaceutical products (drugs, medical preparations and devices). Specifically, this course trains students on the technology and processes involved in industrial preparation of common dosage forms such as tablets and capsules. Students will be introduced to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and best practices currently used in the Pharmaceutical industry through taught by our knowledgeable faculty and invited speakers from the industry. Upon completion students will understand the basic operating structure of a typical major manufacturers of pharmacy products, gain an understanding of the regulatory and historical aspects of these processes, describe manufacturing stages in the industry and be involved in discussing and understanding the ethical and moral aspects and impact to proper manufacturing.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Doctoral or Graduate level students.
PHS 750L Manufacturing Pharmacy Lab (1 credit)
This graduate level course provides engaging hands on experiences in techniques utilized in Drug Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry. This course mirrors practices associated with manufacturing large-scale batches of products while keeping accurate and detailed records of the manufacturing process through use of a batch record and recording appropriate observations. Specifically students will get advanced hands on experience using manufacturing level equipment to produce creams and lotions, tablets and capsule formulations and delve into the techniques such as homogenizer, tablet press and coating and important quality control involved in drug development and testing such as hardness, fragility and desintegration testing as well as learning how to operate capsule filling equipment and spheronizer, extruder and granulator.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Doctoral or Graduate level students.
PHS 751 Advanced Pharmaceutics (3 credits)
This course presents the areas of pharmaceutical sciences and drug delivery at an advanced level. The topics include physical properties of drugs, ionic equilibria, solubility and related phenomena, drug diffusion and permeability, drug stability, interfacial phenomena, colloids, micromeritics, drug dissolution, and biomaterials.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Doctoral or Graduate level students.
PHS 760 Reg Issues in Pharma (2-3 credits)
This course covers in depth the various steps in the process of filing drug approval applications.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 761 Pharmaceutical Product Dev (3 credits)
This course focuses on the process of drug development from laboratory to scale-up.
Prerequisites: PHS 703
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Doctoral or Graduate level students.
PHS 762 Pre-formulation and Phys Pharm (3 credits)
This is an introductory course in the study of pharmaceutical materials for their physico-chemical properties as they pertain to the development of formulations.
Prerequisites: PHS 703
PHS 763 Res Proj in Drug Dev & Ind Pha (3 credits)
An advanced level research project in a selected area of drug delivery systems. This course can be taken multiple times.
Prerequisites: PHS 761
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 799 Master's Research (1-10 credits)
Students in the master of science degree program (thesis option) specializing in pharmaceutics are required to complete a research project under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty in pharmaceutics.
PHS 800 Biopharmaceutical Foundatn II (2 credits)
Biopharmaceutical Foundation II, is a 2-credit course designed to instruct students in the knowledge and applications of molecular biology, biotechnology, and genetics relevant to pharmaceutical sciences and drug discovery and development. Through lectures and interactive discussions, students delve into both basic and applied topics, including gene expression, DNA replication, recombinant DNA technology, pharmacogenomics, and biopharmaceutics. Upon completion of the course, students will have acquired essential knowledge and practical skills to propel their studies forward and pursue careers in pharmaceutical research and development.
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 802 Intro Lab tech and Biomedicine (3 credits)
This course is designed to engage students in advanced and applied fundamentals of laboratory procedures, such as pipetting, preparation of buffers, animal handling, dosing, protein and enzyme assays, recording and interpretation of experimental data and results and calculations. These skills will help students that are preparing to become scientists in the biopharmaceutical field. Each week, students will perform a laboratory exercise. A pre-laboratory lecture is included to familiarize students with the concepts and expectations of the laboratory exercise scheduled for the subsequent lab.
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 804 Intro Drug Discovery and Dev (3 credits)
This course will allow students to gain advanced insight into the process of drug discovery and development. By interacting with different experts in the field of drug discovery and development, students will learn about the steps to drug discovery including new target identification, selection and validation, screening of potential candidates, understanding the formulation process, packaging and delivery of new drugs and finally being exposed to to the important regulatory aspects of the drug discovery process and how it applies to taking novel discoveries to clinic and patients. This course also introduces advanced concepts of medicinal chemistry as applied to drug discovery.
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 811 Drug Diffusion and Controlled (2 credits)
This course covers the theory of drug permeation through polymer and biological membranes. The mechanistic basis for controlled delivery devices and specialized delivery systems is discussed.
PHS 813 Design of Experiments (2 credits)
The student is provided a review of concepts in basic statistics and then a development of those concepts into approaches to the statistical design of experiments that allow screening of factors and eventual optimization of conditions. Emphasis is placed on applications to preformulation studies and formulation of drug products.
PHS 851 Advanced Pharmaceutics (3 credits)
This course presents the areas of pharmaceutical sciences and drug delivery at an advanced level. The topics include physical properties of drugs, ionic equilibria, solubility and related phenomena, drug diffusion and permeability, drug stability, interfacial phenomena, colloids, micromeritics, drug dissolution, and biomaterials.
Attributes: Doctoral
PHS 860 Reg Issues in Pharma (2 credits)
This course covers in depth the various steps in the process of filing drug approval applications.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Doctoral level students.
PHS 875 Drug Dynamics (3 credits)
Focuses on determination of pharmacokinetic parameters using compartment models. Other topics include statistical moments, protein binding, clearance volume of distribution, nonlinear pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics. Experimental data will be used to correlate practical applications with theory.
PHS 880 Pharmaceutical Polymers (3 credits)
Covers the physical properties and characterization methods for polymeric materials, specifically as they apply to the design of pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug delivery systems.
PHS 890 Pharmaceutics Seminar (1 credit)
Presentation of recent research by current graduate students and invited guests will be followed by group discussion.
Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Doctoral or Graduate level students.
PHS 895 Analysis of Current Literature (2 credits)
Analysis and discussion of current literature in areas of interest in pharmaceutics. Papers are presented informally by students and faculty.
PHS 897 Research in Pharmaceutics (3 credits)
The student completes two seven-week rotations through the laboratories of graduate faculty in pharmaceutics, providing experience in basic and applied techniques utilized in conducting research.
PHS 899 Doctoral Research (10 credits)
Students in the doctor of philosophy degree program specializing in pharmaceutics are required to fulfill their research requirement under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty in pharmaceutics.