Pharmaceutics Master degree Program Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy
Courses requirements to fulfill The Master Degree
35 units are required to fulfill degree requirements as follow:
- A. Compulssory courses - 11 units
- B. Elective courses -16 units
- C. Master Thesis - 8 units
Applicant for the Pharmaceutics Master Degree program must hold a Pharm. D. or BSc. degree in Pharmacy recognized by Ministry of Higher Education, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
List of Courses for the Master Degree
| Course No. |
Course Title |
Credits |
Prerequisite |
| Th. |
Pr. |
Total |
| A- Compulsory Courses: |
| PC800 |
Advanced instrumental analysis of Pharmaceutical Compounds. |
2 |
2 |
3 |
-- |
| PH801 |
Physical Pharmacy |
2 |
2 |
3 |
-- |
| PT801 |
Biostatistics |
2 |
2 |
3 |
-- |
| PH894 |
Research methodology |
2 |
-- |
2 |
-- |
| B- Elective Courses |
| PH820 |
Novel Drug Delivery Systems |
2 |
-- |
2 |
PC 800
PH 801
PT 801
PH 894 |
| PH821 |
Good compounding and Manufacturing practices. |
2 |
-- |
2 |
| PH822 |
Pharmaceutical formulation(1) |
2 |
-- |
2 |
| PH823 |
Pharmaceutical formulation(2) |
2 |
-- |
2 |
| PH824 |
Pharmacokinetics |
2 |
-- |
2 |
| PH825 |
Bio Pharmaceutics |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| PH826 |
Pharmaceutical applications of Nanotechnology. |
2 |
-- |
2 |
| PH827 |
Selective Topics |
2 |
-- |
2 |
| PH828 |
Pharmaceutical Excipients. |
2 |
-- |
2 |
| PH829 |
Radio pharmacy |
1 |
-- |
1 |
| PH830 |
Cosmetics preparations |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| C- Thesis |
| PH899 |
Thesis |
-- |
-- |
8 |
-- |
List of Courses Description
- Course No.: PC800
- Credits2+1
- Title : Advanced instrumental analysis of pharmaceutical compounds
Description
The course provides an in-depth understanding of the theory, instrumentation and application of various analytical techniques applied for the qualification of pharmaceuticals. This course is designed to include the following techniques; atomic spectroscopy (absorption, emission), molecular spectroscopy (UV-VIS spectrophotometer, luminescence, Infra-Red, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Mass Spectrometry), polarimetry and refractometry. Electrochemical and chromatographic methodologies will also be covered.
- Course No PH 801
- Credits2+1
- Title : Physical Pharmacy
Description
This course will cover the following items:
- 1-Solutions and solubilization
- 2-Partition coefficient and low of distribution
- 3-Interfacial phenomena
- 4-Colloidal system
- 5- Kinetics
- Course No.:PT801
- Credits2+1
- Title: Biostatistics
Description
The course presents introductory statistical methods focused on medical sciences applications to develop knowledge and understanding on collecting, analyzing and interpretation of data in biostatistics. This course will discuss basic principles of statistical inference applicable to biological and clinical research.Topics covered by this course include introduction to statistics & data analysis, collection of data, types of variables and different methods of data presentation, mathematical methods of data analysis, measures of central tendency and scatter. In addition, the course provides information about the interpretation of data and the applications of probability, the correlation and introduction to linear regression and their applications in the clinical settings.
- Course No.:PH894 - Credits 2
- Title: Research Methodology
Description
This course study the most different methodology (inter net, books, scientific journals) to collect the suitable publication and articles for specific thesis to facilitated the work of each student
- Course No: PH820. - Credits 2
- Title: New Drug Delivery Systems
Description
Decision of controlled drug includes the basics delivery systems and drug delivery Through oral delivery, as well as through absorption in the oral cavity delivery systems through the nose delivery systems through the eye from the delivery systems through the surface of the skin delivery systems through the vagina - delivery systems through the laying of the drug in the skin and muscles delivery systems through the lungs, inhalation, and an introduction to scoring medicine
Prerequisite: All compulsory curricula
- Course No .PH821. - Credits:2
- Title: Good compounding and manufacturing practices
Description
The course explains the rules for the good manufacturing practices as status and applicability of U.S. regulations, finished pharmaceuticals organization and personnel, import and export of pharmaceuticals. And good manufacturing practice in
- Oral solid dosage form and sterile manufacturing facilities.
- Biotechnology
- Environmental consideration.
- Support laboratories.
Prerequisite: All compulsory curricula
- Course No.:PH822 - Credits: 2
- Title: Pharmaceutical Formulation (1)
Description
- Drug discovery and development
- preformulation
- product design
- Product optimization (purpose and scope, Excipients Sources of information, Experimental design, Stability testing, Developing specification, Process design and validation.
- The equipment used in the different preparation steps.
- Quality control of the solid dosage forms.
Prerequisite: All compulsory curricula
- Course No.: PH 823. - Credits: 2
- Title: Pharmaceutical Formulation (2)
Description
This course deals with the following dosage forms: Parental, inhalation, ophthalmic, aqueous nasal, topical, rectal,vaginal and liquid dosage forms.
Studying the different types of excipient used in the formulation The equipment used in the different preparation steps. Quality control of these dosage forms. Stability and sign of instability of the mentioned dosage forms.
Prerequisite: All compulsory curricula
- Course No.: PH 824. - Credits : 2
- Title : pharmacokinetic
Description
The science studies the factors which determine the amount of chemical agents at their sites of biological effect at various times after the application of drug to biological systems. Pharmacokinetics includes study of drug absorption, distribution, biotransformation and the study of the means by which drugs are stored in the body and eliminated from it.
The pharmacokinetic variability due to variation in weight, age, sex of the patients as well as the effect of diseases and drug interactions are given special consideration.
Prerequisite: All compulsory curricula
- Course No.: PH 825. - Credits 2+1
- Title : Bio-Pharmaceutics
Description
The course includes the study of the relationships between physical and chemical properties, dosage and administration of a drug and its activity in the living body. Basic biopharmaceutics include the following:
- Biopharmaceutics and relating terms
- Transport (Paracellulr, passive, carrier mediated and active transport).
- Different routes of drug administration.
- The course also deals with controlled released dosage forms.
Prerequisite: All compulsory curricula
- Course No.: PH 827 - Credits : 2
- Title :Selective Topics
Description
In this course, the students have to attain a recent knowledge about relevant specialized topics in pharmaceutics. The selected topics are closely related to the points of research of the master degrees.
Prerequisite: All compulsory curricula
- Course No.: PH828. - Credits: 2
- Title : Pharmaceutical Excipients
Description
This course will cover the regulatory, quality and manufacturing issues involved in providing chemicals for use as recipients (inactive ingredients) in the manufacture of drug products. The student will learn about the regulation of chemicals sold for use as recipients by the FDA.
Prerequisite: All compulsory curricula
- Course No.: PH829 . - Credits: 1
- Title: Radio- Pharmacy
Description
This course deals with pharmaceutical substances containing radioactive atoms within its structure and is administered to humans. It is generally used for diagnostic purposes but may also be used for therapeutic applications. They are formulated in various chemical and physical forms to target various organs of the body. Radio pharmacy deals largely with the preparation, compounding, Quality Control (QC), and dispensing of radio-pharmaceuticals and radioisotopes for human use. An ideal radio-pharmaceutical is one that rapidly localizes within the organ under investigation, remains in it for the duration of study, and is quickly eliminated from the body.
Prerequisite: All compulsory curricula
Prerequisite: All compulsory curricula
- Course No.:PH830 - Credits:1+1
- Title : Cosmetics Preparations
Description
The course explains the skin and its function. The formulation and stability of the different cosmetics preparations will be study. Also how to select the best materials to prepare the safe products. The course encompasses Nutrition and control of skin function creams, Face Powder, Deodorants and antiperspirants, sunscreen
Prerequisite: All compulsory curricula
- Course No.: PH 899. - Credits:.8
- Title : Thesis
Description
The post graduate student should offer a project relevant to pharmaceutics or pharmaceutical technology which at the end of the study it will be written in the form of thesis. This will require the following:
- 1-The student will collect all relevant information.
- 2-The Student should finish the experimental work within two years.
- 3-Finelly, the experimental results must be represented in the form of thesis and performing, discussion and presentation to be referred by supervisors. The contents of the thesis shall be finished according to university style.
Prerequisite: All compulsory curricula and selected elective curricula