Pharmaceutical Sciences (PhD): Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery Systems

Students earning a PhD degree in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery will be thoroughly versed in the fundamentals of physical pharmacy and pharmaceutics in addition to being trained in several more specialized areas such as:

With exposure to these various facets of pharmaceutics, graduates are poised to understand and assimilate the field of modern pharmaceutics. A PhD in pharmaceutics is a research degree. While course work plays an important role, students become a real participant in the science of pharmaceutics in the laboratory. Faculty research covers a broad range of scientific interests including: pharmacokinetic toxicodynamics of anticancer agents, use of biomaterials and synthetic polymeric systems in design of drug delivery systems, passive and active targeting of therapeutic agents, cardiovascular targeting of drugs, novel delivery systems for proteins and peptides and mathematical modeling of endogenous compounds.

Doctoral students receive tuition waivers and usually receive stipends for research or teaching of $25,000-$30,000/year.

Curriculum

Pharmaceutical Science Core 5-7 SH

PHSC 5100 / Concepts in Pharmaceutical Science / 2 SH / (Formerly PSC G100)
PHSC 6210 / Drug Design, Evaluation and Development / 2 SH / (Formerly PSC G210)
PHSC 6212 / Research Skills and Ethics / 1 SH / (Formerly PSC G212) or
CHEM 5600 / Research Skills and Ethics in Chemistry/ 3 SH / (Formerly CHM G200) or
BIOL 6381 / Ethics in Biological Research / 2 SH / (Formerly BIO G381)

Pharmaceutics/Drug Delivery Specialization Core 22 SH

PHSC 6214 / Experimental Design and Biometrics / 2 SH / (Formerly PSC G214)
PHSC 6216 / Human Physiology and Pathophysiology / 2 SH / Formerly PSC G216)
PHSC 6218 / Biomedical Chemical Analysis / 2 SH / (Formerly PSC G218)
BIOL 6300 / Graduate Biochemistry / 4 SH / (Formerly BIO G300)
BIOL 6301 / Molecular Cell Biology / 4 SH / (Formerly BIO G301)
PMST 6250 / Advanced Physical Pharmacy / 2 SH / (Formerly PCT G250)
PMST 6252 / Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism / 3 SH / (Formerly PCT G252)
PMST 6254 / Advanced Drug Delivery System / 3 SH / (Formerly PCT G254)

PhD Core - 12 SH minimum

PHSC 6300 Pharmaceutical Science Seminar / 1 SH / (Formerly PSC G300) (must be taken more than once)
PHSC 8940 Doctoral Training & Research 1 SH / (Formerly PSCG 800 Qualifying Exam Preparation)
PHSC 9681 Doctoral proposal 2 SH
PHSC 6810 Pharmaceutical Science Colloquium 1 SH / (Formerly PSC G810)
PHSC 9990 Dissertation 3 SH / (Formerly PSC G892) (must be taken twice)

General Elective Core 4-6 SH

Advisor consultation is required when choosing electives

Total number of credits 45 SH