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The following is a listing of courses offered by the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Science. Prerequisites and brief descriptions are included for each course. For more information on a particular course, please consult the Graduate Course Catalog, the Program Director, or the course instructor(s).
COURSES OFFERED BY THE PHARMACEUTICS FACULTY
Advanced Pharmaceutics I (3 credits)
The application of physical-chemical principles to the study and evaluation of pharmaceutical systems: solubility phenomena, equilibria, complexation, phase transitions, and pharmaceutical stability, and the fundamentals of pharmacokinetics.
Advanced Pharmaceutics II (3 credits)
Prerequisites: Ordinary differential equations (or equivalent)
Course No: 16:720:509
Instructor: Kong
This course will cover the kinetic aspects of the major subject areas in the pharmaceutical sciences such as chemical kinetics and drug stability, dissolution kinetics, mass transport, pharmacokinetics, and several smaller focused areas.
Advanced Pharmacokinetics (3 credits)
Kinetics of drug absorption, distribution, and elimination; clearance
concepts; compartmental, noncompartmental, and physiological models.
Therapeutic Peptides & Delivery Systems (3 credits)
Study of biochemical, biopharmaceutical, and pharmacologic bases of peptide- and protein-based macromolecular drugs, and application of multidisciplinary approaches to their formulation, development, and systemic delivery.
Controlled Drug Release (3 credits)
Multidisciplinary approaches to concepts, fundamentals, and biomedical assessments in the research and development of novel drug delivery systems.
Dermaceutics (3 credits)
Design of topical drug delivery systems; theoretical and practical considerations in development of topical disperse systems; skin permeation of drugs and its optimization; dermatologic and cosmetic applications.
Independent Research Proposal (3 credits)
Develop a written research proposal using the standard HHS/NIH format as part of the Ph.D. degree requirements. Proposal is evaluated as to its originality, scientific merit, and quality.
Seminar in Pharmaceutical Science (1 credit, per semester as required)
Course No: 16:720:601,602
Presentation and discussion of recent developments in the pharmaceutical sciences.
Special Topics (3 credits, each semester)
Course No: 16:720:607,608
Selected topics in pharmaceutical science.
Independent Study in Pharmaceutical Science (1-3 credits)
Course No: 16:720:610,611
Independent library and/or laboratory research into special aspects of pharmaceutical science; arranged under the supervision of a specific faculty member. No more than 3 credits may be taken as part of a student's program.
Current Topics in Pharmaceutical Science (1 credit, each semester)
Course No: 16:720:612,613
Seminar with lectures by scientists from the pharmaceutical industry on advanced topics within a particular area of pharmaceutical science, such as medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical analysis, and pharmaceutics.
Research in Pharmaceutical Science (credits- by arrangement)
Course No: 16:720:701,702
Research undertaken with the student's advisor as part of the thesis or dissertation.
Design of Experiments(3 credits)
Ethical Scientific Conduct (1 credit)
Course No: 16:115:556
Advanced Drug Delivery (3 credits)
Course No: 16:720:TBA
General Toxicology I (2 credits)
Course No: 16:963:501
Biochemical Toxicology(3 credits)
Course No: 16:963:505
Biomaterials and Drug Delivery (3 credits)
Course No: 16:720:TBA
Molecular and Cellular Pharmaceutics(3 credits)
Course No: 16:720:614
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (3 credits)
Course No: 16:720:TBA
Pharmaceutical Formulations (3 credits)
Course No: 16:720:511,512
Pharmaceutical Processes and Equipment (3 credits)
Course No: 16:720:515, 517
Pharmacodynamics and Signal Transduction (3 credits)
Course No: 16:720:TBA
Basic Statistics for Research (3 credits)
Course No: 01:960:401
Introduction to Molecular Modeling (3 credits)
Course No: 16:160:510
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry I (3 credits)
Course No: 16:115:511
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry II ( 3 credits)
Course No: 16:115:512
COURSES OFFERED BY THE MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY FACULTY
Advanced Medicinal Chemistry I (3 credits).
Basic course for students preparing to do research in medicinal chemistry. Topics covered include information management, computer methods, basic laboratory techniques, bioassay techniques, metabolism, pro-drugs, and quantitative structure-activity relationships..
Advanced Medicinal Chemistry II (3 credits)
Principles of drug design. Topics covered include identifying new drug leads, drug absorption and distribution, pharmacomodulation, enzymes and receptors as targets, peptidomimetics, computer-aided drug design and combinatorial chemistry.
Advanced Medicinal Chemistry III (3 credits)
Prerequisite: 16:160:503
Course No: 16:720:594
Instructor: Rice, Kimball
Course offered every other year in the Spring Semester (2003, 2005, 2007, etc.)
Strategies and tactics for the design of syntheses for organic pharmaceutical agents; strategies for the preparation of series of analogs for structure-activity investigations.
Drugs: Structure and Function (3 credits)
Prerequisite: 01:160:305,306 or 01:160:307,308 or equivalent
Course No: 16:720:583
Instructor:
Lavoie,
Rice, Weyand
Course offered every other year in the Fall Semester (2001, 2003,
2005, etc.)
This course will provides a survey of the major pharmaceutical agents in clinical use. Emphasis will be placed on the influence of chemical structure in the elicitation of pharmacological effects.
Introduction to Experimental Surgery (3 credits)
This course will introduce students to experimental surgical techniques commonly used in research laboratories. Emphasis will be on aseptic surgery techniques, survival surgery, and chronic cannulation procedures.
Independent Research Proposal (3 credits)
Develop a written research proposal using the standard HHS/NIH format as part of the Ph.D. degree requirements. Proposal is evaluated as to its originality, scientific merit, and quality.
Seminar in Pharmaceutical Science (1 credit, per semester as required)
Course No: 16:720:601,602
Can be taken any time upon approval of advisor.
Presentation and discussion of recent developments in the pharmaceutical sciences.
Special Topics (3 credits, each semester)
Course No: 16:720:607,608
Selected topics in pharmaceutical science.
Independent Study in Pharmaceutical Science (1-3 credits)
Course No: 16:720:610,611
Independent library and/or laboratory research into special aspects of pharmaceutical science; arranged under the supervision of a specific faculty member. No more than 3 credits may be taken as part of a student's program.
Current Topics in Pharmaceutical Science (1 credit, each semester)
Course No: 16:720:612,613
Seminar with lectures by scientists from the pharmaceutical industry on advanced topics within a particular area of pharmaceutical science, such as medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutical analysis, and pharmaceutics.
Research in Pharmaceutical Science (credits- by arrangement)
Course No: 16:720:701,702
Research undertaken with the student's advisor as part of the thesis
or dissertation.
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