PHAR 749 Pharmaceutical Investigations. 2-3 cr. hrs.,  Arranged, Staff. Permission to take this course is required from your advisor, and cooperating instructor with whom you will take this course. Click here for a permission form.

Original investigation in pharmaceutics, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, pharmacy administration, or clinical pharmacy through involvement in a close working relationship with a faculty member who will plan and supervise a limited original research project for the student. Maintenance of a research notebook is required. Grading for the first semester may be P/F; subsequent semesters will be letter graded and require submission of a research paper. PHAR 749 may be taken more than once.  Instructors: Any faculty member who consents. Use the CRN that corresponds to the instructors department.  Pharmaceutical Systems & Policy CRN:  10685, Clinical CRN: 10687, Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences CRN:  10688.

SECOND AND THIRD YEARS ONLY:

PHAR 791T - ADTP: History of  Drug Discovery - CRN: 13052, T, 2 cr. hrs., 1:00 -2:50 p.m., Room 7610, Griffith.  Beginning with developments in chemistry in the late 1700’s and continuing through recombinant DNA and combinatorial chemistry of the current era, this course will focus on the way in which development of the science of chemistry has been closely tied to advances in therapeutics through the discovery and invention of new drugs.

PHAR 751 Geriatrics & Gerontology - CRN: 13983, T, 2 cr. hrs., 3:00 -4:50 p.m., Room G-14,  Elliott .  A course that emphasizes the discussion of importance in geriatrics for pharmacists.  Teaching methods will include self-study, in class guided discussions, visits to community settings, and writing assignments.  The objective of the course is to sensitize students to the pharmacotherapeutic and social issues that confront seniors in our communities. 

PHAR 781 Drug Metabolism - CRN: 15756 , day TBA, 3 cr. hrs., time TBA, Room TBA, Szklarz.

The objective of the course is to present a comprehensive view of the field of drug metabolism, with an emphasis on chemistry and enzymology of drug biotransformation pathways. The topics covered include the chemistry of phase I and II reactions, stereochemistry of drug metabolism, enzyme catalysis, inhibition and inactivation, structure and mechanism of drug metabolizing enzymes (cytochromes P450, FMOs, conjugating enzymes, etc.), as well as current techniques in drug metabolism studies and in vitro-in vivo predictions. The course is taught as a lecture/discussion, with required student presentations on a topic in drug metabolism.

THIRD YEAR ONLY:
PHAR 793C SPTP: Current Therapeutic Literature - CRN: 10711, MWF, 3 cr. hrs., 8:00-8:50 a.m., Room 3022, Brister. The study of treatment modalities and problems which may be encountered by the pharmacist in drug management of selected disease states and in the introduction of new drug entities.

Revised 11/29/06