Pharmaceutical Sciences (MSPS)

MSPS 511 Grad Research Seminar1 Credit hour   

This course lays the foundation in oral communication for graduate students in pharmaceutical sciences. It provides experience in scientific presentation with an emphasis on defense of data and interpretation.

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MSPS 512 Med Chem & Drug Disc1 Credit hour   

This course gives an overview of drug discovery principles and techniques for the practicing medicinal chemist.

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MSPS 513 Biopharm 21 Credit hour   

Topics include mechanisms immediate and sustained drug release in formulations; novel drug delivery systems; drug pre-formulation; the drug approval process; drug preparation, liberation, absorption and stability of dosage forms.

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MSPS 514 Resb Conduct Research1 Credit hour   

This course will help graduate students in pharmaceutical science become familiar with the general ethical issues that will arise through the course of basic science research. This course will help graduate students understand how to conduct ethical research, identify and focus on unethical situations in research, and how to solve future unethical dilemmas that may arise in the workplace.

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MSPS 531 Regulatory Affairs3 Credit hours   

An overview of USFDA's regulation on drug. Topics covered include pharmaceutical regulatory agencies and organizations around the world and their International Regulatory Audits for Pharma, International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines, Pharmacopoeias and national formulary, US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA): History of USFDA Law and Regulation, GLP, MMP, NDA, and ANDA.

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MSPS 542 Science Seminars1 Credit hour   

The course will help graduate students in the pharmaceutical sciences learn the basics of scientific communication and how to critically evaluate scientific literature. This 1 credit hour course is repeatable for credit up to 4 times.

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MSPS 544 Prin Dis Drug Action4 Credit hours   

Topics covered include the concepts and mechanisms of the basic processes underlying disease and pathophysiology; the general principles underlying drug action and therapeutics, including receptor pharmacology, enzyme inhibition and pharmacology; the relationship between drug concentration at the target tissue and drug effect; as they relate to drug action and individual variation in response.

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MSPS 561 Biopharmaceutics I3 Credit hours   

Topics covered include the physicochemical principles of pharmacy, such as acid-base theory, solubility, physical states of drugs, thermodynamics, drug stability, excipients, surfactants, dispersions, polymers, drug delivery, chemical compatibility and interactions of drugs in various dosage forms.

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MSPS 562 Biopharmaceutics II3 Credit hours   

Topics covered include mechanisms of both immediate and sustained drug release in formulations involving solid and semi-solid systems; introduction to novel drug delivery systems; drug pre-formulation, the drug approval processes, and regulations governing the pharmaceutical industry; drug preparation, liberation, absorption and stability dosage.

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MSPS 581 Special Topics1-3 Credit hours   

Special Topics

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MSPS 585 Independent Study1-3 Credit hours   

Independent Study

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MSPS 586 Problem Report1-3 Credit hours   

Problem Report

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MSPS 612 Pharm Analysis1 Credit hour   

Pharmaceutical Analysis

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MSPS 613 Pharmcometrics Recitation1 Credit hour   

Pharmacometrics recitation

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MSPS 632 Prod Dev by Quality Design3 Credit hours   

Product Development by Quality by Design

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MSPS 685 Independent Study1-3 Credit hours   

Independent Study

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MSPS 686 Problem Report1-3 Credit hours   

Problem Report

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MSPS 699 Thesis1-6 Credit hours   

Thesis

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