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The Program
Courses
Pharmaceutics - B.S.
Pharmaceutics - B.S./M.S.
Pharmaceutics - Minor
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Pharmaceutics
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Office of Admissions
517 Hochstetter Hall
North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-1200
(716) 645-2842
Fax: (716) 645-3693
Web: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr. Kathleen M. K. Boje, Undergraduate Director and Advisor
E-mail: boje@acsu.buffalo.edu
The Pharmaceutics Major Program (PMP) is a four-year program leading to a bachelor of science degree in pharmaceutics. While the PMP is structurally a basic science program (like biochemistry, biology, etc.), it is also a unique interdisciplinary field of study that seeks to achieve better understanding and control of the factors influencing clinical response to drug therapy.
Areas of interest in pharmaceutics range from the physical chemistry of pharmaceutical systems, which is concerned with the development and optimization of the physical-chemical properties of traditional and novel drug dosage forms and systems; to biopharmaceutics, which encompasses the study of the relationship between the nature and intensity of biologic effects of drugs and various dosage formulation factors; to pharmacokinetics, which is the science of the quantitative analysis of drug concentration and drug effects in the body; to clinical pharmacokinetics, which is concerned with the application of pharmacokinetics to the safe and effective therapeutic management of individual patients.
The breadth and depth of the program prepares its graduates for an extensive vista of career opportunities. Qualified graduates are highly sought for employment in pharmaceutical research environments. Pharmaceutics major graduates may find opportunities in university, hospital, or pharmaceutical industry settings as research associates (in bioanalysis, drug delivery, drug metabolism, and pharmacokinetics), drug analysts, manufacturing/production technologists, and marketing/sales drug detail representatives, or may pursue graduate studies leading to the M.D., D.D.S., M.S., or Ph.D. degrees. Good positions are plentiful.
Note: In addition to these offerings, graduate courses in pharmaceutics may be elected by undergraduate majors with permission of the department chair and pharmaceutics major program director.
311 Pharmaceutical Mathematics and Statistics (3) (F)
Pharmaceutical mathematical concepts and techniques applied to contemporary pharmacy practice; problem solving; descriptive and inferential statistical techniques described and applied to pharmaceutical study and practice. LEC
312 Physical Pharmacy (3) (Sp)
Prerequisite: PHC311
Physical chemical properties of drugs; theory and practice applicable
to design and evaluation of drug dosage forms; principles of solubility,
solution equilibria, chemical kinetics, heterogeneous systems, solids.
LEC
331 Introduction to Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Methods (2) (F)
Introduces pharmaceutics as a scientific discipline, pharmaceutical organizations, pharmaceutical resources, research ethics and scientific misconduct, elements of the scientific method. LEC
332 Introduction to Research (1) (Sp)
Introduces research methods and hypothesis testing; the role of research methods in experimental design, execution, and data analysis; consideration of the research process in research proposals. LEC
408 Undergraduate Research Participation in Pharmaceutics (1-5) (F; Sp)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor
Lab and/or literature research participation on current problems. LAB/TUT
411 Introduction to Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics I (4) (F)
Prerequisite: PHC312
Factors influencing the absorption, distribution, excretion, and metabolism of drugs in humans; role these processes play in therapeutic and adverse effects of drug products. LEC
412 Introduction to Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics II (2) (Sp)
Prerequisite: PHC411
Continuation of PHC411. Examples of the rationale for therapeutic monitoring. LEC
413-414 Pharmaceutics Seminar (1-1) (F; S)
Students, faculty, and visiting scientists discuss the latest developments in pharmaceutical research. SEM
421 Pharmaceutical Principles (3) (Sp)
Prerequisite: enrollment in PHC312 and permission of instructor
Drug degradation kinetics; drug dosage formulation; solid drug dosage form dissolution kinetics; pharmacokinetics. LEC/LAB
425 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: From Bench to Bedside (2) (Sp)
Prerequisite: BCH403 or BIO205
Overview of recombinant DNA techniques relevant to pharmaceutical biotechnology. Pharmaceutical chemistry, basic pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, and pharmacotherapeutics of selected biopharmaceuticals. LEC
431 Important Advances in Pharmaceutics (2) (F)
Classical and contemporary advances in the drug-development process, drug analysis, drug delivery, biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics. LEC
432 Methods of Scientific Communication (1) (S)
Prerequisite: PHC408 or permission of instructor
Students learn how to communicate their research project results using the scientific poster and paper as a communication tool. DIS
499 Independent Study (1-5) (F; Sp)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor
Development and assessment, through literature review and discussions, of a topic of student interest. TUT
Minimum GPA of 2.5 in all prerequisite science courses
Application to the department with a UB DARS report is recommended early in the second semester of the second year
Prerequisite Science Courses
BIO200 Evolutionary Biology
BIO201 Cell Biology
CHE101 General Chemistry
CHE102 General Chemistry
CHE201 Organic Chemistry
CHE202 Organic Chemistry
MTH121 Survey of Calculus and Its Applications I or MTH141 College Calculus I
MTH122 Survey of Calculus and Its Applications II or MTH142 College Calculus II
PHY101 College Physics I or PHY107 General Physics I (no lab)
PHY102 College Physics II or PHY108 General Physics II (no lab)
One science elective
Major Requirements
BCH403 Principles of Biochemistry
BCP405 Principles of Pharmacology I
BCP406 Principles of Pharmacology II
CHE214 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry
CHE215 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry Lab
PGY451 Human Physiology I
PGY452 Human Physiology II
PHC311 Pharmaceutical Mathematics and Statistics
PHC312 Physical Pharmacy
PHC331 Introduction to Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Methods
PHC332 Introduction to Research
PHC408 Undergraduate Research Participation in Pharmaceutics
PHC411 Introduction to Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics I
PHC413 Pharmaceutics Seminar
PHC414 Pharmaceutics Seminar
PHC421 Pharmaceutical Principles
PHC425 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: From Bench to Bedside
PHC431 Important Advances in Pharmaceutics
PHC432 Methods of Scientific Communication
Science electives or PHC408 Undergraduate Research Participation in Pharmaceutics
Two science electives
See Baccalaureate Degree Requirements (page 254) for general education and remaining university requirements.
First Year
Fall-BIO200, CHE101
Spring-BIO201, CHE102
Second Year
Fall-CHE201, MTH121 or MTH141, PHY101 or PHY107 (no lab)
Spring-CHE202, MTH122 or MTH142, PHY102 or PHY108 (no lab), one science elective
Third Year
Fall-BCH403, CHE214, PGY451, PHC311, PHC331
Spring-CHE215, PGY452, PHC312, PHC332, PHC408, PHC421, one science elective
Fourth Year
Fall-BCP405, PHC431, PHC411, PHC413, science electives or PHC408
Spring-BCP406, PHC425, PHC432, PHC414, science electives or PHC408
Total prerequisite pharmaceutical science credit hours - 31
Required pharmaceutical science program credit hours - 58
This combined degree program for academically qualified students allows for completion of both B.S. and M.S. requirements in the pharmaceutical sciences in less than six years. Students in the B.S. program in pharmaceutics with good-to-excellent academic records may apply. Students in this program will be awarded one degree only (B.S./M.S.), and therefore will not graduate with a separate B.S.
Accepted in the pharmaceutics B.S. program
Minimum GPA of 3.0 overall in all undergraduate courses and minimum GPA of 3.0 in the required third year pharmaceutics courses
Application to the department with a UB DARS report and two faculty letters of recommendation by September 30 in the first semester of the fourth year
Prerequisite Science Courses
See Pharmaceutics-B.S. chart for prerequisite science courses
Major Requirements
BCH403 Principles of Biochemistry
BCP405 Principles of Pharmacology I
BCP512 Principles of Pharmacology II
CHE214 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry
CHE215 Introduction to Analytical Chemistry Lab
PGY451 Human Physiology I
PGY452 Human Physiology II
PHC311 Pharmaceutical Mathematics and Statistics
PHC312 Physical Pharmacy
PHC331 Introduction to Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Methods
PHC332 Introduction to Research
PHC408 Undergraduate Research Participation in Pharmaceutics
PHC411 Introduction to Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics I
PHC413 Pharmaceutics Seminar
PHC421 Pharmaceutical Principles
PHC425 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: From Bench to Bedside
PHC431 Important Advances in Pharmaceutics
PHC432 Methods of Scientific Communication
PHC513 Pharmaceutics Seminar
PHC614 Pharmaceutics Seminar
PHC616 Graduate Research
Science electives
See Baccalaureate Degree Requirements (page 254) for general education and remaining university requirements.
First-Third Years
Follow the standard course program as listed in the pharmaceutics-B.S. chart
Fourth Year
Fall-BCP405, PHC431, PHC411, PHC413; science electives or PHC408
Spring-BCP512, PHC425, PHC432, PHC616; graduate PHC science electives or PHC616; graduate research
Summer-PHC615
Fifth Year
Fall-PHC613, PHC615, 500/600-level PHC elective courses
Spring-PHC614, PHC616, 500/600-level PHC elective courses
Total prerequisite undergraduate pharmaceutical science major credit hours - 31
Required undergraduate pharmaceutical science major program credit hours - 58
Required graduate pharmaceutical science major program credit hours - 30
Refer to the graduate school's policies and procedures manual for master's candidate requirements.
The minor program emphasizes the principles of basic science relevant to the pharmaceutics discipline. A minor in pharmaceutics combined with a major in a scientific or clinical discipline (e.g., biology, chemistry, biochemistry, biochemical pharmacology, medicinal chemistry) provides a unique interdisciplinary education.
MTH121 Survey of Calculus and Its Applications I or MTH141 College Calculus I
CHE201-202 Organic Chemistry
BIO200 Evolutionary Biology and BIO201 Cell Biology
PHC311 Pharmaceutical Mathematics and Statistics
PHC312 Physical Pharmacy
PHC411 Introduction to Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics I
PHC425 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: From Bench to Bedside
Pharmaceutics electives (6 cr)
Choose two of the following:
PHC408 Undergraduate Research Project in Pharmaceutics, or
PHC331 Introduction to Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Methods and PHC332 Introduction to Research, or any 3-credit graduate-level pharmaceutics course; see department for details.
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Last updated: Thursday, 09-Dec-2004 15:21:19 EST
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