Pharmaceutical Science

Enhancing the knowledge of students from different science programs on pharmaceutical science and providing them with the necessary skills and knowledge in the field of pharmaceutical industry.

Equipping the graduates of science programs with the necessary skills and basic knowledge of pharmaceutical sciences and industrial pharmacy.

Graduates of science programs (like chemistry and biochemistry) with extra knowledge of the field of pharmaceutical science and industrial pharmacy.

  • Same as the main health program (e.g. chemistry, biochemistry) with an advantage of enhanced knowledge of pharmaceutics.
  • Pharmaceutical industry.
  • Cosmetics industry.
  • Research and development centers.
  • Academia.
  • Research.

.The study plan consists of 27 credit hours.

  1. Compulsory Courses: 18 credit hours:




Course No.

Course title

Prerequisite(s)

PHAR232

Physical Pharmacy

PHAR231

PHAR331

Pharmaceutics 1

PHAR232

PHAR332

Pharmaceutics 2

PHAR331

PHAR432

Medicinal Chemistry 1

CHEM242 and PHAR341

PHAR433

Medicinal Chemistry 2

PHAR432

PHAR2310

Pharmaceutical Analysis

CHEM132


 

  1. Elective courses: 9 credit hours from the following:




Course No.

Course Title

Prerequisite(s)

BIOC331

Biochemistry 1

BIOL131 and

 (CHEM230 or CHEM242) or concurrent

BIOL131

General Biology 1

 

BIOL243

General Microbiology

BIOL111

BIOL436

Immunology

BIOL243 and BIOC331

CHEM132

General Chemistry 2

CHEM141 or CHEM143

CHEM141

General Chemistry 1

 

CHEM234

Analytical Chemistry 1

CHEM112 or CHEM132

CHEM241

Organic Chemistry 1

CHEM132

CHEM242

Organic Chemistry 2

CHEM241

MATH1431

Calculus for Health Sciences