Programs of study in pharmaceutics are designed to provide the student with research capability relative to the physicochemical and biological properties of drugs and dosage forms.

A minimum of two semesters of calculus is a pre-requisite for the program (such deficiencies can be corrected after entering the program but a significant effort should be made to have completed these materials before beginning graduate studies).

Each student's program is planned with their goals and research project in mind.  A typical program includes course work in: physical chemistry; analytical chemistry; colloid and surface chemistry; polymer chemistry; physical pharmacy; industrial pharmacy; biopharmaceutics/pharmacokinetics; and statistics.  Other courses often included are: thermodynamics; chemical kinetics; mass transport; radiopharmacy; advanced statistics; computer science; mathematics; biochemistry; pharmacology; and fluid mechanics.  Research projects often involve: transport processes and mechanism; drug delivery; chemical kinetics; interfacial and polymer chemistry, solubility; complexation; binding phenomena; and analytical chemistry.  Opportunities are available to work on research related to the application of physical principles in biological systems.  Pharmaceutics students also participate in seminars where they present topics related to their own research project and to current literature. 

Pharmaceutics research laboratories in the School of Pharmacy are equipped with a variety of up-to-date instrumentation including an electronic particle size analysis instrument, microelectrophoresis apparatus, ultraviolet and infrared spectrophotometers, fluorescence spectrophotometers, high-pressure liquid chromatographs and differential thermal analysis equipment.

 
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