111. Biopharmaceutics. (3.5 units) Fa. Prerequisites: First-year standing in School of Pharmacy. Lecture 3 hours. Workshop 2 hours.
X. Chen
This course is about how drug dosage forms can be used as drug delivery systems. It will explain routes of administration, pharmaceutics, biopharmaceutics, bioavailability, bioequivalency, rate and extent of availability, onset and duration of effect, getting to the site of absorption, dissolution, disintegration, first-pass effect, passive diffusion and active transport.
112. Biostatistics. (2.5 units) Fa. Lecture 2 hours. Conference 1 hours.
B. Jersky
This course is an introductory course in biostatistics covering topics such as elementary probability theory, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, t-tests, Z- and chi-square tests, regression and correlation, nonparametric methods, estimation and confidence intervals, and computer-aided solutions.
113. Drug Delivery Systems. (2 units) Sp. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in BPS 114 and 115 or permission of instructor. Restrictions: None. Lecture 2 hours.
A. Sali, F. Szoka, T. Kortemme
This course will introduce pharmacy students to the various routes and delivery systems for administration of drugs.
114. Bioinformatics. (2 units) Sp. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in BPS 113 and 115 or permission of instructor.
. Restrictions: None. Laboratory 3 hours.
A. Sali, P. Babbitt, T. Kortemme
This course is an introduction to bioinformatics and other informatics resources for pharmacy students. The goal is to familiarize students with primary informatics resources for research and patient information and to introduce them to fundamentals of human health from the perspective of the human genome and related projects.
115. Genetics and Pharmacogenetics. (2 units) Sp. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in BPS 113 and 114 or permission of instructor. Restrictions: None. Lecture 2 hours. Conference 1 hours.
D. Kroetz, E. Burchard, S. Guo
This is a course to introduce pharmacy students to the basic principles of genetics and apply them to pharmacogenetics.
121. Pharmacokinetics. (4 units) Fa. Prerequisites: Biopharmaceutical Sciences 111 and 113. Lecture 3 hours. Conference 2 hours.
D. Kroetz
An introduction to the principles of pharmacokinetics with the goal of producing a student pharmacist who is capable of using the fundamentals proficiently.
122. Pharmacokinetics. (3 units) Wi. Prerequisites: Biopharmaceutical Sciences 121. Lecture 2 hours. Conference 2 hours.
B. Hoener
A continuation of Biopharmaceutical Sciences 121 in which student pharmacists will learn the sources of variability in the body's handling of drugs and how these influence kinetics and dosing of drugs.
132. Drug Development Sciences. (2-3 units) Wi. Lecture 4 hours. Project 4 hours.
D. Kroetz
This course focuses on the areas of drug metabolism, delivery and transport as they pertain to the area of new drug design and development.
133. Pharmacokinetics in Drug Development. (3 units) Sp. Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of BPS 122. Lecture 2 hours. Project 2 hours.
F. Aweeka
The course will provide advanced training in pharmacokinetics with a focus on the issues involved with drug development.
134. Research Design & Statistics in Drug Development. (3 units) Wi. Prerequisites: BPS 112, CP 114 or equivanent. Consent of instructor. Lecture 2 hours. Project 2 hours.
N. Sambol
This course focuses on the design and statistical evaluation of observational and experimental studies for new drug development, and consists of both didactic and workshop sessions.
135. Principles of Pharmacogenomics. (3 units) Sp. Restrictions: Enrolled in the Pharmaceutical Sciences pathway, the Pharmaceutical Sciences/Pharmacogenomics graduate program or consent of the instructor. Lecture 2 hours. Conference 2 hours.
K. Giacomini
This course will provide an introduction to the application of genetic and genomic methods to the study of drug response and the genetic basis for variation in that response.
This course will provide an introduction to the application of genetic and genomic methods to the study of drug response and the genetic basis for variation in hat response.
165. Pharmaceutical Sci. Pathway Project: Biopharmaceutical Sciences. (4-10 units) Su, Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Successful completion of BIOPHRM SC 134 Research Design. Restrictions: Pharmacy students must have completed their 3rd year of professional courses or consent of instructor. Independent Study 12-30 hours.
S. Kahl
This course is designed to introduce students to research. Students will work closely with a member of the faculty and will focus on a specific project. Students will will write a grant for protocol summarizing the work planned, carry out hands-on aspects of the research, analyze results and present findings.
198. Supervised Study in Biopharmaceutical Sciences. (1-5 units) Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Laboratory 2 hours. Seminar 1 hours.
Staff
Library research and directed reading under supervision of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department.
199. Laboratory Project in Biopharmaceutical Sciences. (1-5 units) Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Laboratory 2 hours. Seminar 1 hours.
Staff
A laboratory research project under direction of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department.
272A. Advanced Drug Delivery: Controlled and Targeted Drug Delivery. (2 units) § Wi. Prerequisites: Chemistry 241 or equivalent. Laboratory 0-6 hours. Project 0-1 hours.
F. Szoka
The focus of this course is on the chemical, biophysical and biological factors that impact on targeted and controlled drug delivery systems. There is a particular emphasis on colloidal systems and systems that provide a regulated controlled release. ( department: PHARMGENOM )
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