Michael University

School of Pharmacy

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

PHARMACY

COURSE ARRANGEMENTS 2024-25

Accreditation

Michael University is registered with

The Bahamas Ministry of Education

and has Articulation Agreements with the

Ministry of Superior Education, Havana University and The Higher

Technical University (Cujae), Havana, the Republic of Cuba

Michael University is approved and recognized by the

Bahamas Pharmacy Council, Nassau, Bahamas

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Michael University

P.O. Box SS 6901

Nassau, Bahamas

Telephone: 242-412-2777

242-428-3773

E-mail address: mccuniversity@gmail.com

info@michaeluniversity.org

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page No.

Profile of Michael University 6

Philosophy & History 6

Governing Board & Officers of Administration 8

Companies Trained by Michael University 9

Message from the Vice Chancellor 11

Introduction to the Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy 14

Admissions & Advanced Standing 17

Admissions Requirements 17

Admissions Requirements for Degree Students 17

International Students’ Admissions Requirements 17

Standard Admissions Procedures 18

Advanced Standing for Degree Programme Only 18

Financial Policies 20

Refund Policy 20

Fees & Charges 21

Academic Policies 22

Degree Completion Requirements 22

Credit Requirements for Degrees 22

Students’ Policies & Responsibilities 23

Assessment Policies 24

Examinations 24

Registration of Examinations 24

The Credit System 25

Repeating Undergraduate Exams and Courses 25

The Point or Grading System 25

Examination Markings 26

Notification of Results 27

Immigration Requirements 28

Services 29

Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy Curriculum 31

Purpose 31

Course Requirements 31

Detailed Course Outlines 2010

First Semester – Year I

GSD 4111 Use of English 33

GSD 4112 Finite Mathematics 36

BPH 4111 Foundations of Pharmacy 40

BMT 4112 Concepts in Biology (+Lab) 44

BMT 4113 Biology: Ecosystems to Genes (+Lab) 47

BMT 4114 Chemistry I (+Lab) 51

Second Semester – Year I

BPH 4113 Human Biology (+Lab) 54

BPH 4121 Pharmacy Law 57

BMT 4122 Calculus & Statistics / Pharmacy (+Lab) 62

BMT 4124 Chemistry II (+Lab) 69

BPH 4124 Introduction to Pharmaceutical Science (+Lab) 72

BPH 4126 Social Pharmacy 75

BPH 4235 Bahamas Pharmacy Law 78

First Semester – Year II

LAN 4111 Spanish 81

BPH 4211 Biochemistry for Pharmacy (+Lab) 84

BMT 4213 Medicinal Chemistry I (+Lab) 87

BPH 4216 Physiology & Pharmacology I (+Lab) 90

BPH 4214 Microbiology for Pharmacy (+Lab) 94

Second Semester – Year II

BPH 4221 Physical Pharmaceutics & Formulation I (+Lab) 97

BPH 4220 Pharmacy Practice I / Laboratory 101

BMT 4222 Medicinal Chemistry II (+Lab) 105

BPH 4237 Physiology & Pharmacology II (+Lab) 109

First Semester – Year III

BPH 4311 Pharmacology (+Lab) 112

BPH 4312 Medicinal Chemistry III (+Lab) 115

BPH 4314 Pharmacy Practice II / Laboratory 118

BPH 4315 Pharmacokenetics & Pharmacogenetics (+Lab) 121

Second Semester – Year III

BPH 4321 Dispensing 124

BPH 4322 Medicinal Chemistry IV (+Lab) 127

BPH 4330 Pharmacy Practice III / Laboratory 130

BPH 4332 Physical Pharmaceuticals & Formulation II (+Lab) 134

LAN 4328 Business Spanish 137

First Semester – Year IV

BPH 4411 Integrated Pharmacy Practice 140

BPH 4412 Drug Development & New Drug Technologies 143

BPH 5612 Leadership to Shape the Future 145

BPH 5615 Leading for Change 146

BPH 4413 Pharmacy Internship 147

Second Semester – Year IV

BPH 4422 Integrated Dispensing 149

BPH 4423 Pharmacotherapeutics in Practice 152

BPH 4424 Pharmacy Management 156

BPH 5616 Leading a Learning Organization 159

BBA 4999 Undergraduate Thesis 162

Confirmation from the Cuban Embassy of Michael University’s

Accreditation with Cuban Universities

Letter from the Ministry of Education confirming Michael

University’s Change of Name

PROFILE OF MICHAEL UNIVERSITY

PHILOSOPHY & HISTORY

Michael University is a unique private learning organisation of higher

education based in Nassau, Bahamas, on New Providence Island. The philosophy

of Michael University is to promote a better world through educational and

cultural encounters.

Michael University is registered with the Bahamas Ministry of Education.

The University is also an Executive Member of the Association of Tertiary

Institutions in The Bahamas, which is the body responsible for promoting

acceptable standards in tertiary institutions.

Michael University offers courses leading to certificates, diplomas,

vocational as well as academic programmes. In 1999, the Michael University

offered the Associate’s, Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Programmes in

International Trust Administration as well as the Master’s Degree Programme in

Investment Management as part of its mission to make education affordable and

convenient for all students locally and internationally. Since then, Michael

University has increased its course offerings to include other degree programmes,

namely, but not limited to:

Bachelor of Science in International E-Commerce

Master of Science in International E-Commerce

Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems

Master of Science in Management Information Systems

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Bachelor of Science in Management Science

Master of Business Administration (with 11 areas of specialisation)

Bachelor of Science in International Offshore Banking

Bachelor of Science in Data Mining & eCRM

Master of Science in Data Mining & eCRM

Bachelor of Science in Convergent Technology

Master of Science in Convergent Technology

Bachelor of Science in Distributed Artificial Intelligence

Master of Science in Distributed Artificial Intelligence

Bachelor of Science in Quantum Nanotechnology

Master of Science in Quantum Nanotechnology

Master of Science in Ultra Security and Anti-Hacking Technology

In addition, the University offers courses and workshops in adult

education and worldwide seminars. In short, our educational efforts are relevant

to people of all ages and backgrounds, stressing a multicultural, ethical, and

environmental approach. The University is particularly suitable for the 'Global

Village'. A central concept in our educational philosophy is that people of the

world have the fundamental right to know what is going on. The University is

also very concerned with ethics and the environment in all of our endeavours.

Therefore, courses in all of these areas are offered to foster a common base of

understanding and operation amongst our community.

Michael University has formed an internal Quality Assurance Committee

to assist in the provision of outstanding education in certificate, diploma,

undergraduate, graduate and professional areas by fostering the improvement of

quality in education and all related services provided. This internal Quality

Assurance Committee reports to the Board of Governors of the University, who

oversees the Committee’s operations. This Committee aims to ensure that there

are appropriate procedures for the assurance of quality within the University and

for the promotion of quality improvement in both teaching and non-teaching

areas for the benefit of students, locally and globally.

Michael University is a part of the new global community, and is, as noted,

multicultural in outlook. The University sees itself as being part of the frontiers of

the new international information age. The selection of texts and other

international literature to accompany our curricula, our methods including audio

and visual aids, telecourses, on-site seminars, and our immense efforts to bring

together students from diverse cultures all over the world are all part of our

multicultural philosophy.

Part of our goals is to help develop a world of peaceful existence and

environmental sustenance, while calling all cultures to unite.

GOVERNING BOARD and

OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION

Dr. Jhon Kevin Turnquest

Chairman of Michael University's

Board; Chairman of Michael

University's Council of Higher

Education.

Rector Michael University

Captain Anthony J. Allens, PhD. Retired Defence Force Officer; One of

Three Bahamians to receive the

Gallantry Military Award; Acting as

Commodore several times; A Bahamian

Hero by right.

Vice Chancellor

Rev. Chere

lus

Exante, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor

Dr. Alfredo Armenteros Vice President of International

Cultural & Business Affairs and

Deputy Vice Chancellor

Dr. Emily Osadebay Dean of Academic Affairs and

Dean of the School of Public

Health

Mr. Colin Bobb-Semple Dean of Michael University School

of Law

LLB (Hon-1st Cl.), LLM (Hon-1st Cl.)

PhD in Economics / Ph.D.

in Clinical

Psychology / Ph.D. in

Public Health / PhD in Herbal and

Holistic Medicine /

Ph.D. in Biogenetics / M.D, Titular

Professor,

Lawyer & Fellow—CILEx; ACIArb; &

Snr. Fellow–AMLA

Chairman of Board of Governors

Dr. Oscar L Gonzalez Wade Titular Professor PhD. Information

Technology MSc. MIS Computer

Engineer

Senior Vice Chancellor & Registrar

Mr. John Pinder President of The Bahamas Public

Services Union and President of the

National Congress of Trade Unions in

The Bahamas

Chairman of Total Quality

Assurance.

Mr. Wellington Miller President of The Bahamas Olympic

Association;

Board Member

Mr. Robert Farquharson General Secretary, National Congress of

Trade Unions in The Bahamas

Public Relations and Strategical

Planning

Dr. Richard Clark, Ed.D. Director of Technology, Stroudsburg

Area School District, Pennsylvania, USA

Dean of International Affairs &

Chairperson of Curriculum

Committee

Dr. Frank Chatonda International Chief Information

Officer

Dr. Robert Vrancken Retired Associate Professor of

Management, Grand Valley State

University, Grand Rapids, Michigan;

Facilities Management Expert

Dean of the School of Science

EXECUTIVE ADVISOR & BOARD MEMBER

Ms. Kendolyn Cartwright Attorney-at-Law; President of Michael

University Emeritus

Executive Advisor

Rev. Jeune Jean-Chavannes, PhD Executive Board Member

OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION

Mr. Gary Anderson, USA President of Michael University School

of Technology

Mr. Charles Johnson, USA Dean of Michael University School of

Technology and Chief Technology

Officer of Michael University

Ms. Elizabeth Chea, CPA Head of Bursary & Finance

OTHER FACULTY MEMBERS:

Dr. Tinto Issoufou, MD

Dr. Olga Castaneda, MD

Dr. Miriam Cires, MD

Professor Edita Fernandez Manzano, MD

Dr. Caridad Sedeno Argilagos, MD

Dr. Olga Sonia Leon Fernandez, MD

Dr. Caridad Sedeno Argilagos, MD

Dr. Eduardo Fernandez Sanchez, MD

Dr. Manuel Alvarez Gil, MD

Dr. Genevieve Ibisi Ragland, MD

Dr. Armando Cuellar, MD

Professor Ihovanni Mola

(Michael University has over 380 faculty members, 75% of whom are

Ph.D. holders)

COMPANIES TRAINED BY

MICHAEL UNIVERSITY

Michael University’s clientele include the following:

American Eagle Lloyd’s Bank International Ltd.

Americas International Bank Corporation Lyford Cay Club

Ansbacher (Bahamas) Ltd. Magistrate’s Court No. 3

Arner Bank & Trust McKinney Bancroft & Hughes

Atlantic First Insurance Co. MeesPierson (Bahamas) Ltd

Bacardi & Co. Ltd. Morgan Trust Co. of The Bahamas Ltd

Bahamas Customs Morymor Trust Corporation

Bahamas Hotel Employers Association Oceanic Bank & Trust Ltd

Bahamas Water & Sewerage Corporation Nassau Beach Hotel

Banco CCF Brasil S. A. Nassau Marriott Hotel

Banco Santander Trust & Banking (Bah) Ltd Nassau Motor Company, Ltd

Bank Leu Ltd. Nassau Branch Nordfinanz Bank

Bank of The Bahamas Ltd. Office of The Attorney General

BankAmerica Trust & Banking Corp. Office of The Prime Minister

BankBoston Trust Co. Ltd. Offshore Management Ltd.

British American Bank Pepsi Cola (Bahamas) Bottling Co

Burns House Ltd. Price Waterhouse

Butler & Sands Princess Casinos, Freeport

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Purity Bakery

Caribbean Bottling Co. (Bahamas) Ltd Registrar General Department

Catering & Service Employment Agency Royal Bahamas Defence Force

Central Bank of The Bahamas Royal Bahamas Police Force

Chase Manhattan Private Bank & Trust Royal Bank of Canada Trust Co. (Bahamas)

Citco Bank & Trust Royal Bank of Scotland

Citibank, N.A. Royal Holiday Club

Cititrust (Bahamas) Ltd S. G. Hambros Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Ltd

City Market Ltd. Sandals Hotel

Comfort Suites Sentinel Bank & Trust

Commonwealth Bank Ltd. Solomon Brothers, Ltd.

Commonwealth Brewery Limited Solomon Group of Companies

Commonwealth Building Supplies Sovereign (Bahamas) Limited

Compass Point (Island Outpost) Star Insurance Co. (Bahamas)

Credit Suisse (Bahamas) Ltd. Sterling Products Limited

D. Allison Prowell & Co. (Trinidad) Sun International

Darier, Hentsch Private Bank & Trust Ltd. Sun Manufacturing Co.

Deloitte & Touche (Bahamas) Ltd. Super Clubs Breezes Bahamas

Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants Supreme Court Judges

Esso Standard Oil S.A. Ltd. Supreme Court Registry

Federal Express Surety Bank & Trust Company Ltd.

Ferrier Lullin Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Ltd Swiss Bank Corporation (Overseas)

Finter Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Taylor Industries, Ltd

Flameless Electrical Contracting Co. Ltd. Templeton Global Advisors

Freeport Harbour Co., Freeport Texaco Bahamas Ltd.

Gordon, Gordon & Co. (St. Lucia) The Bank of Nova Scotia & Scotiatrust

Gottardo Trust Company The Deltec Banking Corp.

Hottinger Bank & Trust The Grand Bahama Port Authority,

Hurricane Liquor Store Freeport

IberAtlantico Bank & Trust The Lyford Cay Club

IBM Bahamas Ltd. The Nassau Guardian (1844) Ltd

Impact Images The Tribune

Imperial Life Assurance Company of Canada Thorand Trust & Management Ltd

Imperial Life Financial Trade Union Congress

Inter-American Development Bank Wendy’s Restaurants

Jacharic Holdings Ltd. Workers Bank Ltd.

John Bull Ltd. Unibanco S.A.

Kelly’s Home Centre Valdy Administration Company

Leopold Joseph (Bahamas) Ltd. Winterbotham Trust Company

Public Hospitals Authority ZNS Broadcasting Corporation of The

Ministry of Health Bahamas

These are only some of the organisations for whom, in many cases, Michael

University had to design customised programmes.

On November 4th and 5th, 1999, Michael University conducted a TRUST

LITIGATION WORKSHOP for the Supreme Court Judges in the Bahamas, including

the Chief Justice of The Bahamas. This workshop was facilitated by Professor David

Hayton, MA, LLB, LLD, Barrister & Recorder at King’s College – University of London,

UK.

Also, on March 30th and 31st, 2000, Michael University conducted an

INSOLVENCY WORKSHOP for the Supreme Court Judges in the Bahamas. This

workshop was facilitated by Professor Harry Rajak, Dean and Professor of Law at the

University of Sussex, UK and the Director of Insolvency Division at the University of

Sussex.

Following is a list of the Supreme Court Judges who participated in one or both of

the above-mentioned workshops:

Her Ladyship Dame Joan A. Sawyer, DBE, (former) Chief Justice of The Bahamas

The Honourable Mr. Justice Emmanuel E. Osadebay

The Honourable Mr. Justice Ricardo Marques

The Honourable Mr. Justice Joseph Alfred

The Honourable Mr. Justice Hartman Longley

The Honourable Mrs. Justice Anita Allen

The Honourable Mr. Justice John Lyons (Freeport)

The Honourable Mr. Justice Stanley Moore

The Honourable Mr. Justice Milton Ganpatsingh (Freeport)

The Honourable Mr. Justice Malcolm Adderley

The Honourable Mrs. Justice Judith Whitehead

On December 10

, 2000, The Rt. Hon. Lord Woolf, Chief Justice of England and

Wales addressed Michael University's students and distinguished guests on the topic

“The Additional Responsibilities of the Judiciary in the 21

Centenary”.

Michael University has trained a number of international students locally in its

degree programmes, including students from St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, China and

Germany.

Message from the Vice Chancellor

Many individuals are coming more and more to appreciate the value of

education, for education is the key which unlocks all the treasure chests of the

human wisdom which has accumulated from the beginning of man’s long sojourn

on the planet. At the same time, it does not stand-alone: it must be linked with

integrity. Otherwise, we would be producing clever devils. However, it is difficult

to separate education from integrity, because one of the things which education

draws out is integrity.

There is a difference between education and training. A well-trained person is

one who follows the precepts of his training faithfully. A well-educated person is

one who has learnt to think for himself, applying to every new situation the

lessons, which he has learnt from all the disciplines, which he has studied.

My personal commitment to your success is your assurance of quality courses of

study, which are designed to provide you with the best in modern curricula

leading to the courses of higher education that you seek. We are committed to

directing you, step-by-step, toward your own personal academic goals. Our

determination to provide men and women with accessible, useful and affordable

higher education remains as strong today as the first day the idea of our

University was born. Service to you is our first principle, indeed, our only

principle.

Together with our faculty, counsellors and staff, I share an active interest in your

success, because ultimately we will become the intellectual reflection of the other.

I invite your comments, criticisms and ideas in the days and months ahead. I

welcome them as I now welcome you. Our futures are linked and I hope you feel

the pride I do in that fact. Make the most of it, and, I assure you, we will do the

same!

Sincerely,

Cherelus Exante

Rev. Cherelus Exante, Ph.D.

Vice Chancellor

Introduction to the

Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Michael University has designed the Bachelor of Science Degree Programme in

Pharmacy to provide education and practical training in pharmacy and related

subjects. Michael University is committed to preparing students to promote and

deliver pharmaceutical care in a variety of evolving health care environments by

providing them with the skills, competencies, and the technical, scientific, and

clinical bases essential for a professionally successful and personally satisfying

practice.

Michael University is also committed to promoting the exploration and

application of new educational methods, to assist the continued professional and

personal development of students, faculty and staff, to nurture respect for life-

long learning, and to provide the skills necessary for independent study. Michael

University encourages research and continued education in order to contribute to

the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in the pharmaceutical and

clinical sciences, professional practice, and education by developing individuals

qualified to pursue these important areas of inquiry.

Michael University is entrusted to heightening students' sensitivity to patients

and communities of diverse origin, and to encourage their commitment to

integrity and ethical principles in their personal and professional lives.

The University supports the development of innovative approaches that enable

students and practitioners to anticipate, respond to and formulate beneficial

changes in the dynamics of health care.

Students who desire to study Pharmacy have their future job prospect in mind, as

well as a desire to make a contribution to healthcare. Graduates may find career

opportunities in community, institutional (hospital), consultant, and managed

care pharmacy, the pharmaceutical industry, governmental agencies, home

health care, long-term care (e.g. nursing homes), nuclear pharmacy,

pharmaceutical industry (including areas of research, drug development, clinical

trials, quality control, production, marketing, and regulatory affairs), and clinical

practice areas (e.g. cardiology, cancer chemotherapy, nutritional support, drug

information, pharmacokinetics, geriatrics, pediatrics and others), and academia.

The duration of the program is four years of full-time study. This study is

achieved through attendance at lectures based in the Bahamas. The course will be

taught by professional lecturers with the status of Professors, Ph.D.s and Masters

Degrees, as well as those professionals in the local and global business

communities.

Graduates who are conferred a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy are

qualified to pursue their Master’s Degree in Clinical Pharmacy.

ADMISSIONS & ADVANCED STANDING

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

Michael University will accept applications continuously throughout the

year. However, the BSc. in Pharmacy may be started at the beginning of each

Semester, that is, Fall, Winter, Spring or Summer.

ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREE STUDENTS

Michael University's degree programmes are open to applicants over the

age of 18 who hold a high school diploma, who can benefit from post-secondary

education and who are mature enough to manage the responsibilities imposed by

the University's studies. The Bachelor’s Degree candidate must also hold an

Associate’s Degree from a reputable institution in order to be accepted into this

programme. However, if the candidate does not hold an Associate’s Degree,

he/she may sit an entry examination before being accepted into the Bachelor of

Science Degree Programme in Pharmacy.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

Michael University welcomes students from other countries. English is the

language of all instruction at Michael University; therefore students will be

expected to demonstrate English language proficiency prior to enrolment as well.

All admissions documents must be received at least 30 days prior to the

start of the initial term of enrolment. All official transcripts, once received,

become the property of Michael University's and a part of the student's

permanent file. They may not be released for any reason.

International applicants will be notified by mail of their acceptance to

Michael University.

STANDARD ADMISSIONS PROCEDURES

The procedures to be followed by all students to gain admission to Michael

University are as follows:

1. Meet with an academic advisor to select an educational objective and

complete initial enrolment;

2. Complete and sign the application form;

3. Submit the non-refundable application fee;

4. Request official transcripts from all previously attended institutions;

5. Submit all admissions documents relevant to the respective programmes,

together with the admission application form and fee to the local site

office, or mail to: Office of Admissions, Michael University, P. O. Box SS-

6901, Nassau, Bahamas.

ADVANCED STANDING FOR DEGREE PROGRAMMES ONLY

As learning occurs in many different ways, Michael University offers a

programme, which will enable students to earn University credits for learning

acquired through documented experiential learning. Through this programme,

Michael University translates certain types of demonstrable adult learning

experiences into University credits, the measurement units of higher education.

Michael University will award credits to students who can demonstrate the

attainment of skills and knowledge equivalent to those expected of persons

satisfactorily completing specified portions of a degree programme by means

other than formal classroom instruction or sponsored, supervised, out-of-class

learning. For instance, those individuals who have been away from formal

education for some time may want to complete this procedure by writing a

portfolio to be evaluated for credits toward the degree programme.

Students who choose to prepare for this advanced standing programme

must first complete all the steps in the admissions procedure. A minimum of six

credits at Michael University must be completed, then the student enrols in the

advanced standing programme in which the student learns the specific skills

needed in the identification, articulation, and documentation of their prior

learning experience. Employment, volunteer activities, hobbies, travel and other

experiences are analysed closely for their identifiable skill and knowledge base.

Students are taught how to quantify such informal learning. The purpose of the

course is to guide the student in the development of a portfolio to be presented

for evaluation of credit.

To receive credit for enrolment in this advanced standing course, students

must complete a satisfactory first draft of a portfolio by the end of the course.

Thereafter the final portfolio is submitted to a review committee for evaluation.

The course is graded on a Pass/No Pass basis.

FINANCIAL POLICIES

Students who enrol at Michael University assume responsibility for the

payment of all tuition and fees. Michael University reserves the right to change

the tuition and fee schedule for any given term without prior notice. After the

beginning of a term for the degree programmes, no changes in tuition or fees will

be made which affect that term.

As Michael University is a private, non-profit organization, the costs

associated with the operation of the University and its academic programmes are

supported mainly by tuition and fee revenues.

Michael University reserves the right to cancel the enrolment of any

student failing to meet the financial obligations incurred by registration.

However, this action may not cancel the financial obligations the student

incurred by virtue of enrolment. Michael University further reserves the right to

withhold grades, statement of honourable dismissal, transcripts of record or

diploma; or withhold the right of registration for a subsequent term or course,

until all outstanding charges have been paid, and the student’s account has been

cleared.

REFUND POLICY

Tuition is not refundable except when the student officially withdraws

from a course, nor will refunds be granted after the term to which the tuition and

fees apply. Students who are withdrawn from a class or classes for disciplinary

reasons or a breach of conduct forfeit the right to a refund of any portion of their

tuition fees.

No refunds will be made until after request in writing to the Office of the

Registrar has been received. The date the letter of request has been received will

determine the amount, if any, of the refund to be paid.

Tuition Refund Schedule

Class Type Amount of Refund

50% 25% 0%

3-month term 1-7 Days 8-28 Days 29+ Days

FEES & CHARGES: BAHAMIAN DOLLARS

Application Fee $350.00

Late Registration Fee $ 50.00

Bachelor’s Degree – Annual Fees $49,000.00

(BSc in Pharmacy Programme runs for

four (4) years unless student is exempted due

to previous knowledge. Official transcripts

are required.)

Returned Cheque $ 25.00

Duplicate ID Card $ 10.00

Official Transcript of Student’s Record

First copy $ 5.00

Additional copies of same order, each $ 2.00

Graduation Fee $300.00

Students who are accepted into Michael University may arrange for

financing from various lending institutions.

Tuition per semester $12,250.00

Tuition can be paid annualy or per semester. Each semester is 12 weeks).

ACADEMIC POLICIES

Michael University reserves the right to change existing academic policies

or to develop new ones regarding the relationship between itself and those who

enrol in its programmes. This includes tuition and fee schedules, enrolment,

programme and course offerings, graduation requirements, and registration

policies and procedures.

Those students admitted to Michael University agree to be governed by

such policies as are established by the University's Board of Governors and

administration. The continuation of enrolment by students, their award of

academic credit and the conferring upon them of degrees and certificates are

subject to the disciplinary authority of the University.

DEGREE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS

A student is eligible to graduate, or receive a certificate, from Michael

University if he/she has satisfactorily met the following general requirements:

1. Satisfied all admissions requirements;

2. Completed all degree, major and certificate requirements;

3. Achieved the minimum cumulative grade point average – (2.0 for

undergraduate programmes and 3.0 for graduate programmes) - for all

course work completed at Michael University;

4. Fulfilled all financial obligations to Michael University; and

5. Submitted the graduation application and paid the graduation fee.

CREDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR DEGREES

Michael University's Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy requires a

completion of 253 approved credits.

STUDENTS’ POLICIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

When a student enrols at Michael University, he/she is given an orientation

session about the University, its policies, course requirements and what is expected

of the student during his/her time at the University. An orientation booklet

including the class schedule is presented to the student.

Students are responsible for completing all degree requirements. They will be

informed of any changes in the University’s policies and curricula for their duration

at the University. The Office of the Registrar will be responsible for updating

students of any changes.

Students of Michael University are entitled to freedom of speech, peaceful

assembly and the right of appeal. The students are also entitled to obligations, which

are given them by being members of the University.

Michael University’s disciplinary policies are in the best interest of the

University, its staff and the students. Those students, whose behaviour is disruptive

to the University and its primary purposes of teaching and learning, will be subject to

appropriate disciplinary actions or expulsion. The disciplinary policies extend to

sexual harassment and substance abuse. Any student or staff found in breach of

Michael University’s policies, given ample evidence, will be subject to disciplinary

action or expulsion.

Michael University’s disciplinary policies also extend to students who are

dishonest with their course work, which include cheating, plagiarism, and working in

consultation with other students on projects, case analysis and assignments without

prior consent of the instructor.

The instructors are responsible for assessing students’ course work and

examinations. If the student has a grievance, he/she may discuss it first with the

instructor. The student also has the right to appeal to the Examination Committee

should there be a discrepancy with their grades. Further, if the student is unsatisfied

with the result of the Examination Committee, he/she may make a further appeal to

the President of the University within ten days, after which the decision of the

President is final. If an appeal is not made to the President within the mentioned

time frame, the decision of the Examination Committee will stand as final.

ASSESSMENT POLICIES

EXAMINATIONS

An Examination Committee oversees the entire process and organisation

of exams. The Committee is appointed by Michael University’s Governing Board.

REGISTRATION OF EXAMINATIONS

1. Each student must, at the end of the semester, register for exams for the

course, which he/she has an attendance totalling the credit hours attached

to the course. Failure to attend up to 75% of the credit hours in a

particular course disqualifies a student to sit for the examination.

2. A course would be examined by one or more of the following:

I. Course work and Attendance 15%

II. Written or Oral Test 30%

III. Seminars 5%

IV. Final Examinations 50%

100%

3. Any student who failed to register and sit for a course is deemed to have

failed the course, unless the University, on reason, grants permission as

the University might accept to be appropriate.

4. Any student who has been absent from the University during the course of

the programme for any reason, either because of illness or other reasons

and whose participation and performance is unsatisfactory, would be

barred from taking the University’s exams.

5. Any student who has failed during the teaching process of the course to

carry out his/her course work, tests or any method of course assessment

cannot be awarded a grade higher than a C, irrespective of his/her

performance in the final exams.

6. Students who for serious reasons as illness or family affliction have been

unable to write one or more exams, may receive permission from the exam

committee to defer the exam to the next supplemental examination.

Evidence for such reason to cause deferment of exams must be produced

to the University’s Governing Board.

7. Students are reminded that cheating in any examination is considered a

serious offence, which could lead to expulsion from the University, or loss

of a session or semester as the University deems fit.

THE CREDIT SYSTEM

The University has attached its credit rating to each course. Each credit

rating for a course indicates the hours, which a student is required to put in a

week. The total credit rating required in a course would be attached during the

process of course registration.

REPEATING UNDERGRADUATE EXAMS AND COURSES

The first exam resit limits the core to a loss of 10% of all exams; the second

exam resit limits the core to a loss of 15% of all exams; and failure of the second

resit results in a repeat of the program.

Students may repeat a course for which a grade of C or lower is received.

However, courses for which a grade of A or B is received, may not be repeated.

When determining the GPA for a course, both the first and second grades will

count. In this case, only the initial hours will count toward the degree

requirements.

THE POINT OR GRADING SYSTEM

A grade of C or better is required for all courses which are pre-requisites to

further courses in the student’s primary programme. Only one grade of D will be

tolerated in the student’s primary core programme, provided that the course is

not a pre-requisite to further courses in the programme.

The student’s standing will be determined on the basis of the annual grade

point average (GPA) as thus:

2.0 or better Satisfactory Standing

1.5 – 1.99 Probationary Standing

1.49 – 0 Unsatisfactory Standing

(Students in this category will be

advised by their academic advisor on

how to better their grades.)

EXAMINATION MARKINGS

1. Course Markings:

All courses will be graded by letters which are defined in percentages as

follows; and please note that these letter grades are the basis for grading

students’ final examinations and calculating students’ GPAs at the end of each

semester.

Percentage Letter Grade Description

90% – 100% A Distinction

80% - 89% B Very Good

70% - 79% B- Good

60% - 69% C Satisfactory

50% - 59% D Pass

Below 50% F Fail

2. Final Examination:

The final examination mark is the average of all of the marks submitted by

individual examiners. All of the examinations will be graded by letter grades

only. These letter grades are defined as follows:

Letter Grade Description Points

A Distinction 4.0

B Very Good 3.0

B- Good 2.5

C Satisfactory 2.0

D Pass 1.5

F Fail 0

Average marks are determined by averaging the point values of all grades

submitted and converting the result to a letter grade.

Important Note: All examination results from the course examination to

the final examination must be approved and adopted by the University’s

Governing Board before it can be accepted as Official University result.

NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS

At the end of each course examination, students will be notified of their

exam results in points and letter grades, which helps the students to keep track of

their GPA throughout the duration of their course.

However, on completion of their various courses, which is their final

examination, they will be notified of their results after having completed all other

requirements for the award of the University, in degrees categories which is

based on the letter grade/points on their final examination. These categories are

as follows:

Categories Points

I. First Class 3.6 – 4.0

II. Second Class

(A) Upper Division 3.0 – 3.5

(B) Lower Division 2.6 – 2.99

III. Third Class 2.5

IV. Pass (Non-continuation Pass) 1.5

V. Fail 0

Please note that for the award of Bachelor of Science Degree, Section 2 -

Final Examinations under Examinations applies, after all requirements for the

award of the honours have been fulfilled. These requirements include:

I. Accepted pre-requisite to the Bachelor of Science Degree

Programme.

II. Completion of the University’s approved credit ratings.

III. At least 75% participation in all courses leading to the award of the

Bachelor of Science Degree.

IV. Satisfactory completion of the Undergraduate Thesis.

V. Michael University Board’s approval of their final exams and finally

the award of the Bachelor of Science Degree honours.

IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS

All foreign students are required to complete Form 1 “Application to

Reside or to Engage in Gainful Occupation” provided by the Bahamas

Immigration Department. Students are required to submit the following

documents with this form:

 Two (2) passport size photographs with signature on reverse of prints

 Police certificate covering five (5) years’ residence

 Medical certificate dated not earlier than 30 days before the

completion of Form 1

 Two (2) testimonials of good character

 Bank reference.

Note that Form 1 must also be notarized by either a Commissioner of

Oaths, Notary Public, or Justice of the Peace. The B$4 stamp will be provided by

Michael University upon receipt of the student’s application.

Upon receipt of Form 1 and the above-mentioned documents, Michael

University will forward them to the Bahamas Immigration Department for

processing of the student’s visa. All students are required to possess a student

visa before entering the Bahamas to study. This process may take up to six

weeks or longer.

SERVICES

Michael University specialises in consultancy for the management of social

change and the delivery of services, and in advice on financial and planning

systems. It also organises training and staff development in support of new

methods and systems within a framework of non-discriminatory practice.

Michael University is a multi-disciplinary, multi-racial organisation which is able

to draw on a pool of consultants with experience at the highest levels of the

professions, management, accountancy and new technology. It works, not

through the delivery of neat packages of advice, training etc., but through

investing time with client organisations of the identification of needs, the

specification of objectives and the development of operational plans to achieve

desired goals. It places a special emphasis on follow-up on the monitoring of

progress towards implementation and on the evaluation of change.

Through its Divisional structure Michael University works with a diverse range of

public, voluntary and private employers across the fields of Management

development, Corporate planning, Education, and Marketing to assist in the

development of an organisational human resources department at a time of

considerable social change.

Michael University is also an international organisation. It has carried out much

work in Europe and is particularly concerned with the impact of the open

European market of 1992. Its wider international contracts have focused on the

relationships between the third world and western societies.

WORKING PRINCIPLES

Michael University works with its clients on the basis of four key principles:

QUALITY, EFFICIENCY, EQUITY and CREATIVITY

QUALITY is a prime concern for any organisation, whether in the private or

public sector. Michael University works with client organisations on the

achievement of high quality delivery systems, which ensure that the services

actually delivered to people are of the best possible standard.

EFFICIENCY is essential to the survival and growth of all organisations over the

next decade. Michael University assists its client organisations in the

development of systems of financial and resource management, which harness

new technological and financial developments to the fulfilment operational and

social objectives.

EQUITY in service provision is fundamental to the improvement of

performance. Michael University specialises in working on the implementation

in practice of the policies designed to remove inequalities, on the basis of race,

gender and class, which have been adopted by many service-providing

organisations.

CREATIVITY is a quality which is often undervalued or even discouraged by the

procedures and practices of large institutions. The release of creative power is,

however, a precondition of successful adaptation in a period of rapid change.

Michael University helps organisations to identify the creative potential they

contain, often in the form of change-agents at medium and lower levels of the

organisation. It works with organisations on devising methods by which such

creativity can be released for the benefit of the organisation and the people whom

it serves.

Michael University believes in an 'action orientated' approach designed to

identify and achieve objectives and required change. It is particularly concerned

to assist senior management in the identification and understanding of social and

organisational change; and the establishing of achievable targets for progress and

growth.

Michael University realises that many staff and managers are resistant to change

and development (particularly within the field of Equality issues) because they

are unsure of the consequences and unclear as to what is expected of them and

whether they will achieve the required support to develop new skills, policies,

practices and management styles. No organisation can achieve its maximum

efficiency without considering the social context within which it operates, the

composition and needs of the staff who deliver the service and the broad short

term and long term objectives which it aims to achieve. It is in this context that

Michael University can make a distinct and high quality contribution.

CURRICULUM OUTLINE OF THE

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

PROGRAMME

PHARMACY

Purpose

Michael University has designed a Bachelor of Science Degree Program in

Pharmacy that will prepare individuals to work closely with the physician, other

health professionals, and the patient to help assure appropriate use of an ever-

increasing spectrum of effective medications. A particular emphasis is educating

and motivating patients with respect to the management of their drug therapy as

related to their particular medical condition.

Overall, the pharmacist is expected to provide pharmaceutical care that helps

ensure that drug therapy is appropriate, safe, effective for the condition being

treated, and cost-effective.

The duration of the programme is four years of full-time study. This study is

achieved through attendance at lectures based in the Bahamas.

Course Requirements

The Bachelor's Degree Programme in Pharmacy consists of:

 This programme is a series of thirty-six (36) courses (253 credits),

which build skills that are essential to the successful completion of an

undergraduate degree programme in Pharmacy. The structure of the

Pharmacy Programme is thirty-one core courses (186 credits), one

language course (12 credits), two general-studies courses (6 credits),

one Undergraduate Thesis (9 credits), and one Pharmacy Internship

(40 credits) giving students a total of 253 credits to complete the

Bachelor of Science Degree Programme in Pharmacy.

 A Written Thesis (9 credits) - topic to be determined by the student in

consultation with an adjunct faculty advisor. This thesis should be

completed during the fourth year.

 Pharmacy Internship – A one-year (2,000 hours) internship (40

credits) is required in this Bachelor of Science Degree Programme in

Pharmacy. Students gain experience in community or health system

pharmacy. Students will get experience in drug distribution,

compounding and pre-packaging, billing cash register, dispensing

refills, computer entry and attending phone calls. As a pharmacy

technician you will assist the pharmacist with mixing and packaging

prescriptions, maintaining client records, and referring clients to the

pharmacist. Students will get an overview of pharmacy law and ethics,

medical and pharmaceutical terminology. Students will accomplish the

techniques required to stock, package and prepare medications; and

will understand the laws to govern a pharmacy. Students may apply

for internship after their third year of studies in drugstores,

pharmaceutical industry, hospital pharmacies, as well as in nursing

homes and clinics.

 A Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy would be awarded to students who

have successfully completed the required credits and passed the

requisite examinations.

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: GSD 4111

Course Title: Use of English

Course Credit: 3

Instructor: Mrs. Troy Oliver, M.Sc.

Course Description

This course is based on the premise that writing is a varied and imaginative

process, not a rigid adherence to a set of conventions. We continually exhort

students to find and celebrate their own voice. Indeed, it is structured to walk

students through the main elements of the writing process within the span of a

semester. At the same time, it allows for many detours in the step-by-step

approach, with frequent reminders that everyone's processes are unique.

Course Objectives

To improve students’ skills in the use of English and to focus on thesis

statements, clear topic sentences, coherent paragraphs, and strong introductions

and conclusions.

To provide students with knowledge to understand how to fix common problems

of elaboration, coherence, organization and style

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students are expected to be able to perform proficiently

in the use of English by:

ώ Developing the abilities to proficiently command the use of English

Language in course work, essays, seminars and mini projects.

ώ Developing skills in the use of English language that would be of great

use throughout the students’ undergraduate studies in both written

composition and comprehension, including understanding and making

appropriate scanned and summaries of lengthy material.

Course Content

Critical linguistics: reading meanings from the text.

Introduction: the need for organization.

Information in the clause and sentence.

The structure of the paragraph.

Visual information in texts.

Generic structure.

Text and conceptual meaning.

Language as a tool for thinking.

Ideology and vocabulary.

Ideology, grammar and transitivity.

Complications to transitivity.

Text and interpersonal meaning

Understanding social relationships.

Regulating behavior.

Assertiveness and Pronoun use.

Contact and the imitation of speech.

Formality of vocabulary.

Writing Paragraphs and Essays

Selecting and Limiting a Topic.

Guidelines for Selecting a Topic.

Modifying an Assigned Topic and Limiting a Topic.

Generating Ideas.

Constructing Paragraphs: Topic Sentences.

Basic and model Structure of a Paragraph

Narrowing Topic Sentences

Constructing Paragraphs: Supporting Details.

Using Specific Details to Support Topic Sentences.

Moving from Paragraph to Essay.

Achieving Coherence.

Revising Your Essay.

Gathering and Documenting Information from Sources.

Methods of Development

Description

Narration

Process

Comparison and Contrast

Classification

Cause and Effect

Definition

Persuasion

Writing and Editing Sentences

Simple Sentences

Compound Sentences

Complex Sentences

Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences

Subject-Verb Agreement

College Writing

Writing in the Academic Community

Writing to Remember and Reflect

Writing to Explain and Report

Writing to Argue and Interpret

College Research

Researching People and Places

Researching Libraries: Local and On-line

Writing With Sources

Writing Research Essays

Course Review.

Assessment:

Prerequisites:

Recommended Texts:

Final Examination.

None.

Grammar in Context 2 by Sandra N.

Elbaum; ISBN-10 � : � 0357140249 | ISBN-13

� : � 978-0357140246 | Heinle ELT; 7th

edition (November 19, 2019)

Successful College Writing by Kathleen

T. McWhorter; ISBN-10 � : � 1319245099 |

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1319245092 | Bedford/St.

Martin's; Eighth edition (October 15, 2020)

Pathways 2: Reading, Writing, and

Critical Thinking by Mari Vargo &

Laurie Blass; ISBN-10 � : � 1337407771 |

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1337407779

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: GSD 4112

Course Title: Finite Mathematics.

Course Credit: 3

Instructor: Dr. Basil Springer

Course Description

This course is an extremely important coverage of the principles of finite

mathematics and their applications in business, social science and the life

sciences. It is designed for one term and taken primarily by students majoring in

business, economics, life sciences, sciences and the social sciences including

other single-honors courses. The core topics and their applications are

presented, such as linear functions; systems of linear equation and matrices;

linear programming (both graphical and simplex methods); mathematics of

finance; ratios, proportion and variations; inequalities; set and probabilities; and

counting principles are discussed with an emphasis on the development and

testing of the student's problem-solving ability. We use discussions and

examples in the teaching pattern of this course to illustrate ideas and techniques

to aid the students in acquiring these skills.

Most examples and exercises used in this course are straightforward

computation, while others require that problems be solved by combining several

techniques. Hence, it is impossible to provide examples of every type of problem

the students will encounter in real life application. However, we identified and

treated the fundamental principles that should be used in unfamiliar situations.

Course Objectives

To provide examples of all possible types of problems that the students will

encounter in real life practical applications, and further identify and treat the

fundamental principles that should be used in unfamiliar situations.

To emphasize the development of students’ problem-solving ability.

To provide a survey of the essential quantitative ideas and mathematical

techniques used in decision making in diverse disciplines and explore it for

developing students’ understanding.

Course Goals

At the end of this general education course for freshmen, we expect students to be

able to:

ώ Understand and practically apply principles and techniques of finite

mathematics in their various disciplines and further to any relevant

problem in their future careers.

ώ Understand and emphasize the development of a comprehension of the

mathematical methods, as well as establishing sound technical

proficiency.

ώ Develop competent computational skills and problem solving

techniques rather than mathematical theories in respect to elementary

functions, mathematics of finance, linear equations and data

description, including matching problems and application problems.

ώ Internalize outstanding computational skills on finite mathematical

issues in real life applications, cohesive treatment of discrete math

topics, and thorough treatment of linear programming.

Course Content

 Linear Functions

 Slope and Equations of a Line

 Linear Functions

 Linear Mathematical Models

 Constructing a Mathematical Model

 Systems of Linear Equations and Matrices

 Solution of Linear Systems by the Echelon Method

 Solution of Linear Systems by the Gauss-Jordan Method

 Addition and Subtraction of Matrices

 Multiplication of Matrices

 Matrix Inverses

 Input-Output Models

 Linear Programming: The Graphical Method

 Graphing Linear Inequalities

 Solving Linear Programming Problems Graphically

 Applications of Linear Programming

 Linear Programming: The Simplex Method

 Slack Variables and the Pivot

 Maximization Problems

 Minimization Problems; Duality

 Nonstandard Problems

 Extended Application Exercise: A Minimum Cost Balanced

Organic Fertilizer Mix

Assessment: Mid Semester Test.

 Mathematics of Finance

 Simple and Compound Interest

 Future Value of an Annuity: Sinking Fund

 Present Value of an Annuity

 Amortization

 Extended Application exercise: Time, Money, and Polynomials

 Ratio, Proportion, and Variation Inequalities.

Sets and Probability

Sets and Applications of Venn Diagrams

Introduction to Probability

Basic Concepts of Probability

Conditional Probability; Independent Events

Bayes' Theorem Probability

 Counting Principles; Further Probability Topics

The Multiplication Principle; Permutations

Combinations

Probability Applications of Counting Principles

Binomial Probability

Probability Distributions; Expected Value Statistics

Frequency Distributions; Measures of Central Tendency

Measures of Variation

The Normal Distribution

Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution

 Markov Chains

Basic Properties of Markov Chains

Regular Markov Chains

Absorbing Markov Chains

 Game Theory

Strictly Determined Games

Mixed Strategies

Game Theory and Linear Programming

 Course Review.

Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisites: None

Recommended Texts:

Finite Mathematics: An Applied

Approach

by Michael Sullivan

ISBN-10 � : � 9780470458273

ISBN-13 � : 978-0470458273

Wiley; 11th edition (September 6, 2011)

Finite Mathematics with

pplications In the Management,

Natural, and Social Sciences

by Margaret Lial, Raymond N.

Greenwell, Nathan P. Ritchey

Publisher : Pearson; 12th edition

(January 2, 2018)

ISBN-10 : 0134767616

ISBN-13 : 978-0134767611

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4111

Course Title: Foundations of Pharmacy

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Laquinta W. Hyppolite

Course Description

The world of pharmacy management is changing rapidly. Therefore, this course

in Foundations of Pharmacy takes a new approach to pharmacy management.

The course explores basic management principles and their role in pharmacy

practice. There will be discussions on concepts such as social influence,

professionalism, leadership, conflict management, and personnel management

and how they apply to modern pharmacy in an age of changing consumer and

employee habits, desires, and behaviors. Also, this course will highlight the

growing impact of technology throughout pharmacy and healthcare. Students

will be prepared for the challenges they will face in this rapidly changing

profession.

This course has an added feature on the Bahamian Health Care System and

Pharmacy Practice. The University will ensure that a guest lecturer speaks to the

health care system and pharmacy practice in a Bahamian context.

Course Objectives

To introduce students to some of the major management issues, trends, turf

battles and unresolved dilemmas facing pharmacists today.

To inform students of important information, and interesting perspectives on

pending matters in the pharmaceutical industry.

To discuss the managerial issues pharmacists face today and those they will face

in the future.

To explore the impact of technology and the challenges of pharmacy practice.

To cover managed care systems, reimbursement issues, and formularies, DNLM:

Pharmaceutical Services--organization & administration.

Course Goals

At the end of this course students are expected to:

ώ Have developed a broad understanding of how the profession of

pharmacy fits in the current and future health care delivery systems.

ώ Assume a greater responsibility for the outcomes of patients by using

newer technologies, such as electronic prescribing, robotics, and

automation, along with more direct patient care activity.

ώ Face the new challenges of the future with consumers being interested

in self-management, fuelled by the Internet and 24/7 information

availability.

ώ Manage people, information and systems to allow the creation of an

environment that is suitable to carry out the mission of providing

pharmaceutical care.

ώ Understand how and where management fits in the students’ daily

lives as practicing pharmacists.

Course Contents:

 Introduction to Management

 Systems Theory and Management

 Organizational Structures

 Managing Professionals

 Leadership

 Employee Recruitment, Retention, and Compensation

 Employee Coaching, Evaluation, and Discipline

 Conflict Management

 Accounting Principles

 Purchasing Pharmaceuticals

 Principles of Inventory Management

 Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and Formulary

Management

 Drug Use Evaluation

Assessment : Mid Semester Test.

 Continuous quality improvement

 Systems of Pharmaceutical Care

 Medication Errors

 The Role of Pharmacist in Disease Management

 The U.S. Health Care System: Health Insurance

 Managed Care and the Pharmacy Benefit

 Pharmacy Practice and Health Policy Within the U.S.: An

Introduction and Overview

 Pharmacist Credentials and Accreditation of Pharmacy

Programs

 The Role of Professional Organizations and Pharmacy Practices

 Corporate Compliance Programs and Pharmacy

 eHealth

 Pharmacist Workforce Challenges

 Trends in Marketing Pharmaceuticals

 Course review.

 Bahamian Health Care System and Pharmacy Practice (Guest

Lecturer)

Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisites: None.

Recommended Texts:

Pharmacy: What It Is and How

It Works, Third Edition

(Pharmacy Education Series)

by William N. Kelly; July 26, 2011 |

ISBN-10: 1439853053 | ISBN-13:

978-1439853054 | Edition: 3; CRC

Press

Pharmacy Ethics: A Foundation

for Professional Practice by Robert

A. Buerki & Louis D. Vottero; April 30,

2013 | ISBN-10: 1582121796 |ISBN-13:

978-1582121796 | Edition: 1; American

Pharmacists Association

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BMT 4112

Course Title: Concepts in Biology / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Professor Keith McConnell

Course Description

This course is designed to help students understand biology by engaging them in

learning in every way possible. The extensive array of multimedia resources

enriches the textbook's hallmark features: unique visuals on every page,

applications in every chapter that show how biology is inextricably linked to

everyday life, and activities and resources throughout the textbook that

encourage critical thinking and spark curiosity in biological investigation. CD-

ROM and segments on the accompanying interactive CD-ROM, as well as CNN

Today Videos, Web links, and reading from the InfoTrac College Edition library

are all integrated with the text to support, illuminate, and reinforce the course.

The visuals work hand in hand with the clear text. Each basic concept appears as

a one- or two-page concept spread. This format helps students focus on

information in manageable easy-to-understand segments. Main points are laid

out clearly, summarized, and reinforced by visuals. The carefully written

transitions between Concept Spreads help students grasp how each concept fits

into the whole story. In the process, students develop an understanding of

biology's amazing diversity and underlying unity.

This course presents a coherent account of the sweep of life's diversity and its

underlying unity. It highlights concepts, current understandings, and research

trends for all major fields of inquiry. Also discussed in this course are the

principles of biochemistry, inheritance, and evolution.

Course Objective

To improve students’ skills in understanding biology.

To highlight concepts, current understandings, and research trends for all major

fields of inquiry.

To discuss the principles of biochemistry, inheritance, and evolution.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students are expected to be able to:

ώ Understand biology from the practical work assigned to them.

ώ Perform basic biological investigations.

ώ Develop an understanding of biology's amazing diversity and

underlying unity.

Course Content

 Introduction

 Concepts and Methods in Biology

 Principles of Cellular Life

 Chemical Foundations for Cells

 Carbon Compounds in Cells

 Cell Structure and Function

 Ground Rules of Metabolism

 How Cells Acquire Energy

 How Cells Release Stored Energy

 Principles of Inheritance

 Cell Division and Mitosis

 Meiosis

 Observable Patterns of Inheritance

 Chromosomes and Human Genetics

 DNA Structure and Function

 From DNA to Proteins

 Control over Genes

 Recombinant DNA and Genetic Engineering

 Principles of Evolution

 Microevolution

 Speciation

 The Macroevolutionary Puzzle

 Evolution and Diversity

 The Origin and Evolution of Life

 Bacteria: Viruses, and Protistans

 Fungi

 Plants

 Animals: The Invertebrates

 Animals: The Vertebrates

Assessment: Mid-Semester Test.

 Plant Structure and Function

 Plant Tissues

 Plant Nutrition and Transport

 Plant Reproduction and Development

 Animal Structure and Function

 Tissues, Organ Systems and Homeostasis

 Integration and Control: Nervous Systems

 Sensory Reception

 Endocrine Control

 Protection, Support, and Movement

 Circulation

 Immunity

 Respiration

 Digestion and Human Nutrition

 The Internal Environment

 Reproduction and Development

 Ecology and Behavior

 Population Ecology

 Community Interactions

 Ecosystems

 The Biosphere

 Human Impact on the Biosphere

 An Evolutionary View of Behavior

♦ Course Review.

Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisites: None.

Recommended Texts:

Biology: Concepts and Applications by

Cecie Starr and Christine Evers & Lisa Starr;

ISBN-10 � : � 130596733X | ISBN-13 � : �

978-1305967335 | Cengage Learning; 10th

edition (January 1, 2017)

Laboratory Manual Concepts in

Biology by Eldon Enger & Frederick Ross;

January 19, 2011 | ISBN-10: 0077295250 |

ISBN-13: 978-0077295257; Edition: 14; McGraw-

Hill Science/Engineering/Math

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BMT 4113

Course Title: Biology: Ecosystems to Genes / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Ms. Denise A. Roach-Rodney, R.Ph, C.Ph, MBA

Course Description

With the conservation of biodiversity being one of the most important issues

facing ecologists today, this course offers a thorough introduction to the

fascinating and important field of conservation biology, focusing on what can be

done to maintain biodiversity through management of ecosystems and

populations. The course begins with a succinct look at conservation and

biodiversity, then progresses to contend with some of the most complex topics,

such as mass extinctions, ecosystem degradation, and over exploitation. Students

will discuss the social, political, and economic aspects of conservation biology

issues.

Course Objective

To introduce students to the field of conservation biology.

To have students focus on what can be done to maintain biodiversity through

management of ecosystems and populations.

To introduce students to the social, political, and economic aspects of

conservation biology issues.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students are expected to be able to:

ώ Understand biodiversity and its importance in society.

ώ Protect and manage ecosystems.

ώ Avoid threats to biodiversity.

Course Contents:

 Biodiversity and Its Importance.

 Conservation and Conservation Biology

ώ What is Conservation?

ώ A Brief History of Conservation

ώ An Overview of Conservation Ethics

ώ What is Conservation Biology?

ώ A Brief History of a Young Discipline

 What is Biodiversity?

ώ Species, Genes, and Ecosystems

ώ Structure and Function

ώ Measuring Biodiversity

ώ The Mismeasure of Biodiversity

ώ Biodiversity and Spatial Scales

ώ Biodiversity Verbs

ώ The Related Concepts of “Integrity” and

“Sustainability”

 Species Diversity

ώ What is a Species?

ώ How Many Species Are There?

ώ The Intrinsic Value of Species and Their

Conservation Status

ώ The Instrumental Values of Species

ώ The Uniqueness Value of Species

 Ecosystem Diversity

ώ What is Ecosystem?

ώ The Values of Ecosystems

ώ Ecosystem Diversity and Species Diversity

ώ Ecosystems and Landscapes

 Genetic Diversity

ώ What is Genetic Diversity?

ώ The Importance of Genetic Diversity

ώ Processes that Diminish Genetic Diversity

ώ Cultural Diversity

 Threats to Biodiversity

 Mass Extinctions and Global Change

ώ Extinction Episodes of the Past

ώ Estimating the Current Rate of Extinction

ώ The Prospect of Global Climate Change

 Ecosystem Degradation and Loss

ώ Contamination

ώ Roads, Dams, and Other Structures

ώ Earth, Fire, Water

ώ Deforestation

ώ Desertification

ώ Draining, Dredging, Damming, etc.

ώ Fragmentation

 Overexploitation

ώ The Long History of Overexploitation

ώ Types of Exploitation

ώ Consequences of Overexploitation

ώ Some Final Perspectives on Exploitation

 Invasive Exotics

ώ How Do Species Move?

ώ Impacts of Invasive Exotics

ώ Success Rates

ώ Irony

Assessment: Mid Semester Test.

 Maintaining Biodiversity

 Protecting Ecosystems

ώ Reserve Selection

ώ Reserve Design

ώ Reserve Management

 Managing Ecosystems

ώ Modified Ecosystems

ώ Cultivated Ecosystems

ώ Built Ecosystems

ώ Restoring Ecosystems

 Managing Populations

ώ Providing Resources

ώ Controlling Threats

ώ Direct Manipulations

ώ Epilogue

 Zoos and Gardens

ώ Changing Roles

ώ Building Arks

ώ The ex Situ-in Situ Interface

ώ Conservation of Domesticated Species

 The Human Factors

 Social Factors

ώ Values Differ

ώ Describing Values

ώ Values Change

 Economics

ώ The Benefits

ώ The Costs

ώ The Distribution of Benefits and Costs

ώ Problems and Solutions

 Politics and Action

ώ Setting Priorities for Action

ώ Rights and Responsibilities

ώ International Agencies

ώ Governments

ώ Nongovernmental Organizations

ώ Corporations

ώ Communities

ώ Individuals

 Course Review.

Assessment:

Prerequisite:

Recommended Text:

Final Examination.

None.

Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science by

Kathleen C. Weathers , David L. Strayer and Gene E.

Likens; ISBN-10 : 0128127627 | ISBN-13 :

978-0128127629 | Academic Press; 2nd edition

(August 9, 2021)

A Primer of Conservation

Biology by Richard B. Primack;

ISBN-10: 0878936238 | ISBN-13:

978-0878936236; Sinauer Associates,

Inc.; 5 edition (May 25, 2012)

Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2 by

David W. Macdonald, Katherine J. Willis; ISBN-

10: 0470658754 | ISBN-13: 978-0470658758;

Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (April 22, 2013)

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BMT 4114

Course Title: Chemistry I / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Professor Keith McConnell

Course Description

Even though General Chemistry may be challenging at times, this course includes

the right study tools to assist each student and make them better understand the

fundamental principles of chemistry. This course focuses on selected topics and

gives the student a solid foundation in chemistry.

Course Objectives

To provide the right study tools for students to better understand the

fundamental principles of chemistry.

To provide time-saving study tips and problem-solving strategies that will help

students to better understand chemistry and succeed in the course.

To provide the student with the skills to solve a variety of problem types - even

unfamiliar ones.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, we expect students to be able to:

ώ Understand and practically apply principles and techniques of

chemistry.

ώ Solve Problems related to chemistry.

ώ Be “fluent" with the basic techniques and ideas in chemistry.

ώ Increase both the students’ technical abilities and their overall

understanding.

Course Content

 Numbers and Units

 Significant Figures

 Orders of Magnitude

 Units

 Converting Units Using the Factor-Label Method

 Using More Than One Conversion Factor

 Special Conversion Factors

 Counting Atoms and Molecules

 Empirical and Molecular Formulas

 Molecules and Moles

 Atom Mass

 Molar Mass

 Molar Mass as a Conversion Factor: Interconverting

Moles and Mass

 Using Molar Mass as a Conversion Factor Two Times in

One Problem

 Combining Conversion Factors

 Mass Percent and Elemental Analysis

 Balancing Reactions and Stoichiometry

 Conservation of Mass: Counting Atoms on Both Sides of

a Reaction

 Rules and Tools for Balancing Reactions

 Information to Ignore When Balancing Reactions

 Limiting Reagents

 Limiting Reagent Problems Can Be Solved in a Single

Calculation

 Theoretical and Actual Yields

 The Ideal Gas Law

 Unit Conversions for the Ideal Gas Law

 Simple Calculations Using the Ideal Gas Law

 Using Special Conversion Factors

 Extensive and Intensive Properties

 Ideal Gas Law and Stoichiometry Problems

 Ideal Gas Law and Limiting Agents

Assessment: Mid Semester Test.

 Energy and Enthalpy

 Energy

 Energy Transfer: Work and Heat

 State Functions and Pathways

 What is Enthalpy?

 Hess’s Law

 Enthalpy of Formation

 Orbitals, Bonds and Counting Electrons

 Atomic Orbitals

 Molecular Orbitals

 Electronegativity, Induction, and Polarity

 Covalent and Ionic Bonds (H-Bonds)

 Formal Charges and Oxidation States

 Calculating Oxidation States from a Molecular Formula

 An Introduction to Red-ox Reactions

 Drawing Lewis Structures

 A Deeper Understanding of the Octet Rule

 Lewis Dot Diagrams of Binary Compounds

 Selecting the Central Atom in Compounds

 Determining the Skeleton

 Placing the Electrons

 Elements That Violate the Octet Rule

 Resonance Structures

 Molecular Geometry and Hybridization States

 Orbitals and Their Geometry

 Electron Domains

 Predicting Molecular Geometry

 Predicting Molecular Shape in Compounds with Double

or Triple Bonds

 Bond Angles

 Hybridization States

 Exponents and Logarithms

 Dealing with Exponents

 What Are Logarithms?

 What Are Natural Logos?

 Significant Figures in Logarithms

 Manipulating Logarithms

o Course Review.

Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisite: None

Recommended Text:

General Chemistry by Darrell Ebbing & Steven D.

Gammon | ISBN-10 � : � 1305580346 | ISBN-13 � : �

978-1305580343

| Cengage Learning; 11th edition

(January 1, 2016)

Laboratory Manual for

Principles of General Chemistry

by J. A. Beran | ISBN-10 �: 1119251613

ISBN-13 �: �978-1118621516

Wiley; 10th edition (January 9, 2014)

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4113

Course Title: Human Biology / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Marlaine L. Mance, PharmD., BCNSP

Course Description:

This course in Human Biology emphasizes the relationships of humans to other

living things. The textbook in Human Biology remains user friendly; relevancy

and pedagogy are among its strengths. This course is designed to help students

understand human biology by engaging them in learning in every way possible.

Various case studies in the course will cause students to focus on key biology-

related societal issues. Students would be required to choose related news topics,

gather and evaluate pro/con information and apply their knowledge. A powerful

diagnostic learning tool would be used to help students assess their unique study

needs through pretests and personalized learning plans. This course will tie core

concepts to illustrations. This course will cover data on digestion and nutrition,

along with dietary guidelines and weight control. In addition, the course covers a

more focused, better-illustrated discussion of heart structure, the cardiac cycle,

and circuits of blood flow. The coverage of human evolution is also taught.

Further, students will learn about the muscular system, digestive system, and

cardiovascular system. There is also expanded coverage of topics such as food

allergies, newly emerging infectious diseases including SARS, "Mad Cow" disease,

and West Nile virus. This course also covers disorders of the nervous system, as

well as the immune system.

Course Objectives:

To assist students in understanding human biology.

To assist students to focus on key biology related societal issues through

gathering and evaluating information.

To inform students of matters that affect the human body, such as allergies and

various infectious diseases.

Course Goals

At the end of this course students are expected to:

 Have developed a stronger emphasis on current issues and their

impacts on the students’ lives.

 Be knowledgeable about unregulated food supplements, water

supplies polluted with MBTE, use of animals to test a new heart drug,

and effects of various drugs on the nervous system.

 Distinguish between concepts of the scientific methods and its

applications to everyday life.

 Understand the skeletal system, muscular system, blood, and the

circulatory system, as well as be knowledgeable about DNA, genes,

and genetic engineering.

 Understand the Human Genome Project, which covers the major

developments in human biology.

 Understand every major body system and function in human biology.

Course Contents:

 Experimental Design in Clinical Trials

 Learning About Human Biology.

 Molecules of Life.

 Cells and How They Work.

 Tissues, Organs Systems, and Homeostasis.

 The Skeletal System.

 The Muscular System.

 Digestion and Nutrition.

 Blood.

 Circulation—The Heart and Blood Vessels.

 Immunity.

 The Respiratory System.

Assessment : Mid Semester.

 The Urinary System.

 The Nervous System.

 Sensory Systems.

 The Endocrine System.

 Reproductive Systems.

 Development and Aging.

 Life at Risk: Infectious Disease.

 Cell Reproduction.

 Observable Patterns of Inheritance.

 Chromosomes and Human Genetics.

 DNA, Genes, and Biotechnology.

 Genes and Disease: Cancer.

 Principles of Evolution.

 Ecology and Human Concerns.

 Appendices.

I. Concepts in Cell Metabolism.

II. Periodic Table of the Elements.

III. Units of Measure.

IV. Answers to Genetics Problems.

V. Answers to Self-Quizzes.

VI. Key to Critical Thinking Questions

 Course Review.

Prerequisite:

Recommended Textbooks:

None.

Human Biology

by Sylvia Mader, Michael

Windelspecht

ISBN-10 � : � 1260547604

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1260547603

McGraw-Hill Education; 16th

edition (March 29, 2019)

Lab Manual for Human

Biology

by Sylvia Mader

ISBN-10 � : �

1260482758

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1260482751

McGraw Hill; 16th edition (May

16, 2019)

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4121

Course Title: Pharmacy Law

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Marlaine L. Mance, PharmD., BCNSP

Course Description

This course examines the laws and regulations relating to the practice of

pharmacy, and the regulation and control of drugs cosmetics, and medical

devices. Most available pharmacy law texts thus far have been written by lawyers

and present heavy, dense, legalistic reading that focuses on legal theory. The text

used in this course, “Essentials of Pharmacy Law” is written by a practicing

pharmacist in clear, accessible, contemporary prose that concentrates on

application. This course covers a compilation and commentary of selected

federal laws and regulations pertaining to the general practice of pharmacy in the

United States. It covers topics in a simple and concise format. Furthermore, case

studies and review questions and a bulleted summary of key points make for easy

reading and aid in comprehension. This course will be extremely useful to

pharmacy students preparing for the Multi-State Jurisprudence Exam (NABLEX

MJPE), as well as the voluntary Pharmacist Competency Exam offered to

practicing pharmacists. The text used in this course also serves as a valuable

reference for pharmacy students, practicing pharmacists seeking licensure by

reciprocity and/or preparing for the MJPE, pharmacy technicians who are in

need of a comprehensive update, and other interested healthcare professionals.

In addition to the recommended texts on Pharmacy Law, students will cover

Bahamian legislation and case studies relative to the practice of pharmacy and

drugs and related items in the Bahamas, as well as The Bahamas Pharmacy Act,

2009.

Course Objectives

o To impart to students detailed presentation of the laws that govern and

affect the practice of pharmacy, internationally and in The Bahamas,

including major topics, such as general legal principles, non-controlled

and controlled prescription requirements, over-the-counter drug

requirements, NYS Board of Pharmacy law and regulations, Poison

Prevention Packaging Act, hypodermic syringes and needles, regulations

affecting hospitals, and Food and Drug law.

o To discuss with students federal regulation of medication development,

production, and marketing.

o To describe federal regulation of medication dispensing.

o To describe the closed system of controlled substances distribution.

o To explain the rules relating to controlled substances prescribing and

dispensing.

o To evaluate the implications of OBRA-90 for contemporary pharmacy

practice.

o To discuss the impact of managed cared on pharmacists; i.e., legal and

ethical responsibilities.

o To describe state regulation of pharmacy practice.

o To discuss pharmacist malpractice liability.

o To explain pharmacist liability exposure for undesired therapeutic

outcomes.

o To discuss appropriate risk management strategies for pharmacy practice.

o To discuss special legal requirements for industrial pharmacy practice.

o To discuss legal issues with ethical implications.

o To describe the normative principles in ethical tradition of pharmacy.

o To discuss the process through which normative principles are applied to

resolve ethical dilemmas.

o To describe what it means to be a reasonable, virtuous, and caring

pharmacist.

o To List the reasonable expectations that a patient, a physician, and

employer may have of a pharmacist.

o To explain the concepts of duties, obligations, and rights.

Course Goals

Upon completion of this course, the student will understand:

ώ And identify the possible risks (and benefits) associated with a product

or with the process used to develop, manufacture, and distribute the

product.

ώ Basics of business law covering diverse topics involving contracts,

general employment law concerns, and non-competes that may impact

pharmacy professionals.

ώ Civil liability concerns impacting pharmacists including duty to warn

and negligence.

ώ Food and Drug Administration jurisdiction and regulation as it

pertains to

a. Defining what a drug is, adulteration, and misbranding

b. Drug development process pertaining to discovery, IND, IRBs,

informed consent, and clinical trials

c. Drug approval (NDA, generics, OTC drugs, combination

products, accelerated approval, and post- market surveillance)

d. Product information dealing with labeling, advertising, detailing,

and First Amendment right of commercial free speech

e. Biologics, false claims act, anti-kickback statute, and re-

importation

ώ Principles of intellectual property law as it pertains to pharmaceuticals

a. Introduction to differences between trademark, copyright, and

patents

b. Patent law covering patentable subject matter, patent

prosecution or process of obtaining a patent, ownership & other

rights, conditions of patentability, defenses, infringement, patent

litigation, and incentives for innovation.

Course Contents:

 Introduction to Pharmacy Law

 The evolution of pharmacy practice

 Meeting the challenge

 The expanded role

 Pharmacy’s practice settings

 U.S. Drug Regulation

 Brief history of drug laws and regulations

 Regulatory oversight of pharmaceuticals

 New drug approval and development

 Preclinical investigation

 Investigational New Drug Application (INDA)

 New Drug Application (NDA)

 PDUFA / FDAMA effects

 Over-the-counter (OTC) regulations

 Regulating marketing

 Violations and enforcement

 Federal laws and regulations governing pharmacy, pharmacists,

and prescriptions

 Federal vs. state laws and regulations

 Prescription basics

 Product selection

 The prescription

 Prescription labelling

 The Pharmacy

 DEA registration

 Who may be issued a DEA registration?

 DEA registration numbers

 Registration

 Transferring a pharmacy business

 Practitioners

 Mid-level practitioners

 Practitioner’s use of a hospital’s DEA registration number

 A Pharmacist’s liability and the legal issues of OBRA ’90 and

patient counseling

 Prospective drug review

 Pharmaceutical care: Our legal professional strategic plan

 The Pew Commission reports and the changing landscape

of healthcare

 Pharmaceutical care and pharmaceutical care model

 Rudimentary pharmaceutical care equals counselling!!!

 Pharmaceutical care and risk management

Assessment : Mid Semester Test.

 Case Studies in Pharmacy Law

 Case Studies

 Cases #1 – 5: Controlled Substances Act

 Cases #6 – 7: OBRA ‘90

 Case #8: Product Selection

 Cases #9 - 10: Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act

 Case #11: Prescription Drug Marketing Act

 Case #12: Mid-level practitioners

 Case #13: Poison Prevention Packaging Act

 Case #14: Expiration dating and NDC code

 Case #15: Over-the-counter drugs

 DEA Forms

 Application for registration

 Registrants inventory of drugs surrendered

 Report of theft or loss of controlled substances

 Various Case Studies in Pharmacy Law in The Bahamas

 Course Review.

Assessment:

Prerequisite:

Recommended Texts:

Final Examination.

None.

Pharmacy Practice

and the Law

by Richard R. Abood ,

Kimberly A. Burns

ISBN-10 �: �1284154971

ISBN-13

�: �978-1284154979

Essentials of Law and Ethics for Pharmacy

Technicians, (Pharmacy Education Series) by Kenneth

M. Strandberg; ISBN-10: 1439853150 | ISBN-13:

978-1439853153; CRC Press; 3 edition (July 26, 2011)

Studyguide for

Essentials of Law and

Ethics for Pharmacy

Technicians by Kenneth

M. Strandberg; ISBN-10:

1490228705 | ISBN-13:

978-1490228709; Cram101

(May 23, 2013)

The Bahamas Pharmacy Act, 2009

– regulation, control, registration and

licensing of pharmacists.

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BMT 4122

Course Title: Calculus & Statistics / Pharmacy / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Genevieve Ibisi Ragland

Course Description

This course in Calculus and Statistics in Pharmacy is extensive and has many

examples and illustrations in statistical applications to research problems in the

pharmaceutical industry.

Students will engage in pharmaceutical research and clinical evaluation. The

course, though extensive, presents the material in an easy to understand manner.

This course includes a disk with special programs to aid in problem analysis. The

text presents fresh material on concept conformity and release targets and

describes linear regression and correlation, the analysis of variance and crossover

designs.

Students will engage in discussions devoted solely to problems encountered by

the pharmacists.

This course streamlines modern principles and practices in statistics for direct

use in pharmaceutical research and clinical evaluation. It also covers recent

changes in pharmaceutical process methods – offering computer-intensive

approaches and new treatments of key concepts – while continuing to meet the

needs of the pharmaceutical research community through clear explication of

statistical terms, reference to current FDA operations, and illustrative problem –

solution pairs.

Course Objectives

To assist students in developing skills to research problems in the pharmaceutical

industry.

To boost students’ overall understanding and be able to demonstrate practical

application of pharmaceutical research and clinical evaluation.

To assist students in solving complex probabilistic and statistical problems.

To engage students in exploring issues in quality control and process and assay

validation in expanded detail.

To broaden students’ knowledge of bioequivalence study procedures and

analysis.

To sharpen students’ understanding of drug product stability, exploring

prediction of shelf-life and overage as well as bracketing and matrix designs.

Course Goals

We expect at the end of this course that students would have the capability to:

ώ Research statistical problems in the pharmaceutical industry.

ώ Understand and demonstrate practical application of pharmaceutical

research and clinical evaluation.

ώ Solve complex probabilistic and statistical problems.

ώ Explore issues in quality control.

Course Content:

 Basic Definitions and Concepts

 Variables and Variation

 Frequency Distributions and Cumulative Frequency

Distributions

 Sample and Population

 Measures Describing the Center of Data Distributions

 Measurement of the Spread of Data

 Coding

 Precision, Accuracy, and Bias

 The Question of Significant Figures

 Data Graphics

 Introduction

 The Histogram

 Construction and Labeling of Graphs

 Scatter Plots (Correlation Diagrams)

 Semilogarithmic Plots

 Other Descriptive Figures

 Introduction to Probability: The Binomial and Normal Probability

Distributions

 Introduction

 Some Basic Probability

 Probability Distributions – The Binomial Distributions

 Continuous Data Distributions

 Other Common Probability Distributions

 Choosing Samples

 Introduction

 Random Sampling

 Other Sampling Procedures: Stratified, Systematic, and

Cluster Sampling

 Sampling in Quality Control

 Statistical Inference: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing

 Statistical Estimation (Confidence Intervals)

 Statistical Hypothesis Testing

 Comparison of Variances in Independent Samples

 Test of Equality of More than Two Variances

 Confidence Limits for a Variance

 Tolerance Intervals

 Sample Size and Power

 Introduction

 Determination of Sample Size for Simple Comparative

Experiments for Normally Distributed Variables

 Determination of Sample Size for Binomial Tests

 Determination of Sample Size to Obtain and Confidence

Interval of Specified Width

 Power

 Sample Size and Power for More than Two Treatments

 Sample Size for Bioequivalence Studies

 Linear Regression and Correlation

 Introduction

 Analysis of Standard Curves in Drug Analysis:

Application of Linear Regression

 Assumptions in Tests of Hypotheses in Linear

Regression

 Estimate of the Variance: Variance of Sample Estimates

of the Parameters

 A Drug Stability Study: A Second Example of the

Application of Linear Regression

 Confidence Intervals in Regression Analysis

 Weighted Regression

 Analysis of Residuals

 Nonlinear Regression

 Correlation

 Comparison of Variances in Related Samples

 Analysis of Variance

 Introduction

 One-Way Analysis of Variance

 Planned Versus a Posteriori (Unplanned Comparisons in

ANOVA

 Another Example of One-Way Analysis of Variance:

Unequal Sample Sizes and the Fixed and Random

Models

 Two-Way Analysis of Variance (Randomized Blocks)

 Statistical Models**

 Analysis of Covariance**

 ANOVA for Pooling Regression Lines as Related to

Stability Data

Assessment: Mid Semester Test.

 Factorial Designs

 Definitions (Vocabulary)

 Two Simple Hypothetical Experiments to Illustrate the A

Advantages of Factorial Designs

 Performing Factorial Experiments: Recommendations

and Notation

 A Worked Example of a Factorial Experiment

 Fractional Factorial Designs

 Transformations and Outliers

 Transformations

 Outliers

 Experimental Design in Clinical Trials

 Introduction

 Some Principles of Experimental Design and Analysis

 Parallel Design

 Crossover Designs and Bioavailability/Bioequivalence

Studies

 Repeated Measures (Split-Plot) Designs**

 Multiclinic Studies

Interim Analyses

 Quality Controls

 Introduction

 Control Charts

 Acceptance Sampling and Operating Characteristic

Curves

 Statistical Procedures in Assay Development

 Establishing In-House Limits

 Some Statistical Aspects of Quality and the “Barr

Decision”

 Important QC Tests for Finished Solid Dosage Forms

(Tablets and Capsules)

 Out of Specification (OOS) Results

 Validation

 Process Validation

 Assay Validation

 Computer Intensive Methods

 Monte Carlo Simulation

 Bootstrapping

 Nonparametric Methods

 Data Characteristics and an Introduction to

Nonparametric Procedures

 Sign Test

 Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test

 The evolution of management thought.

ώ Classical foundations of Management.

ώ The Human relations Movement.

ώ Management Science and operations Research.

 Ethical and social responsibilities of management.

ώ Perspective of Social responsibilities.

ώ Determinants of Ethical Standards and Practices.

ώ Value systems of Managers.

 Decision Making and Planning.

 Managerial Decision Making.

ώ Decision styles.

ώ Refining the decision processes.

ώ Guidelines for improving Managerial Decision.

 Fundamentals of Strategic Planning.

ώ The Challenge of environmental adaptation.

ώ Sustainable competitive advantage.

ώ The nature and purpose of strategic management.

ώ Strategic planning.

 Implementing the strategic Planning Process.

ώ Characterization of strategic planning.

ώ Management by Objectives.

 Production and Operation management.

 Organizing Function of Management.

 Division of Work and Organization Structures.

ώ Departmentalization.

ώ The matrix organization structures.

ώ Contingency factors in organization design.

 Authority and Power in Organization.

ώ Sources of power.

ώ Line and staff relationships.

 Delegation and Decentralization of Authority.

ώ Delegation of authority.

ώ Contingency issues in centralization and

decentralization.

 Staffing in Organizations.

ώ Human resources planning.

ώ Compensation and benefits.

ώ Placement and orientation.

ώ Training, development and appraisal.

 Leading.

 Leadership of Organizational Members.

ώ Style of leaderships.

ώ Traits, characteristics, and behaviors of effective

leaders.

ώ Fielders Contingency Theory of Leadership

Effectiveness.

 Motivating Organizational Members.

ώ Motivation, Performance and Productivity.

ώ Motivation Expectancy theory.

ώ Integration and Implications of Motivational

Theories

 Interpersonal and Organizational Communication.

ώ Process Model of Communication.

ώ Organizational Communication.

ώ Improving interpersonal and Organization

Communication.

 Management of Ineffective Performance.

ώ Factors contributing to poor performance.

ώ Model for the management of ineffective

performance.

ώ Employee assistance program.

 Control Function.

 Principles of Control.

ώ The nature of control.

ώ Characteristics of effective control.

 Control Methods and Techniques

ώ The nature and use of budgets.

ώ Ratio Analysis.

ώ Behavioral reaction to budgetary control.

 Management Information Systems and Control.

ώ Nature of management Information systems.

ώ Primary Management Information systems

components.

ώ Implementing management Information systems.

ώ Human implication of management information

systems.

 Managing Special Settings.

 Entrepreneurship and Small Business management.

ώ Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs

ώ Creation of new ventures.

ώ Small business management.

 International Management.

ώ Challenges and problems facing the international

manager.

ώ The multinational corporation.

ώ Cross-cultural application of motivation and job

design theory.

ώ Negotiation strategies applied abroad.

ώ Building competitive strength in the international

market.

 Individual and Organization Development.

 Career Management and Development.

ώ Career development programs and systems.

ώ Career development by individuals.

ώ The managers role in career development.

 Organization Development and Change.

ώ The meaning and objectives of organizational

development.

ώ A general model for organizational development.

ώ Evaluation of Organizational development.

ώ Organizational change through achieving excellence.

 Constructing Simulation models of management systems

 Design of simulation experiments and the analysis and

implementation of results

 Complete simulation of real problem using standard simulation

language.

 Course Reviews.

Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisite: GSD 4112 Finite Mathematics.

Recommended Texts:

Pharmaceutical Statistics: Practical and

Clinical Applications, Fifth Edition (Drugs and the

Pharmaceutical Sciences); Sanford Bolton & Charles

Bon; ISBN-10: 1420074229 | ISBN-13:

978-1420074222; CRC Press; 5 edition (Dec. 23, 2009)

Stoklosa and Ansel's Pharmaceutical Calculations

by Shelly J Stockton PhD RPh

ISBN-10 � : � 1975128559

ISBN-13

� : � 978-1975128555

LWW; Sixteenth, North American edition (August 3, 2021)

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BMT 4124

Course Title: Chemistry II / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Professor Keith McConnell

Course Description

This course builds on the Chemistry I course, which dealt mainly with molecules,

the nouns in organic chemistry. Now, this course takes the next step, and focuses

on mechanisms––the verbs in the language of organic chemistry.

This course engages students in understanding the fundamental principles and

themes of mechanisms in order to predict reactions, even those never seen

before. This course focuses on the crucial problem-solving skills needed to

complete it. The course will help students solve three very important types of

problems: proposing a mechanism, predicting products and proposing a

synthesis. It explores the critical concepts while also examining why they are

relevant.

Course Objectives

To equip students with the principles they need and apply them to new

situations.

Students study the basic principles to understand mechanisms instead of

memorizing them.

To explore the various combinations of the basic moves to understand

mechanisms.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students are expected to have developed adequate skills

in:

ώ Proposing a mechanism

ώ Predicting products

ώ Proposing a synthesis

ώ Mastering mechanisms and solving synthesis problems.

Course Contents:

 The Skills You Need

 Goals

 Mechanisms Are Your Keys to Success

 Introduction to Ionic Mechanisms

 Curved Arrows

 The Basic Moves

 Combining the Basic Moves

 Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

 Halogenation and the role of Lewis Acids

 Nitration

 Friedel-Crafts Alkylation and Acylation

 Sulfonation

 Modifying the Nucleophilicity of the Nucleophile

 Predicting Directing Effects

 Identifying Activators and Deactivators

 Predicting and Exploiting Steric Effects

 Synthesis Strategies

 Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

 Criteria Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

 S

Ar Mechanism

 Elimination-Addition

 Mechanism Strategies

Assessment : Mid Semester Test.

 Ketones and Aldehydes

 Preparation of Ketones and Aldehydes

 Stability and Reactivity of the Carnbonyl

 H-Nucleophiles

 O-Nucleophiles

 S-Nucleophiles

 N-Nucleophiles

 C-Nucleophiles

 Some Important Exceptions to the Rule

 How to Approach Synthesis Problems

 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

 General Rules

 Acyl Halides

 Anhydrides

 Esters

 Amides and Nitriles

 Synthesis Problems

 Enols and Enolates

 Keto-Enol Tautomerism

 Reactions Involving Enols

 Making Enolates

 Haloform Reactions

 Alkylation of Enolates

 Aldol Reaction and Aldol Condensation

 Claisen Condensation

 Decarboxylation Provides Some Useful Synthetic

Techiques

 Michael Reactions

 Amines

 Nucleophilicity and Basicity of Amines and Amides

 Preparation of Amines through S

2 Reactions

 Preparation of Amines through Reductive Amination

 Preparation of Amines from Amides

 Acylation of Amines

 Reactions of Amines with Nitrous Acid

 Aromatic Diazonium Salts

 Course Review

Assessment: Final Examination

Prerequisites: BMT 4114 Chemistry I.

Recommended Texts:

Organic Chemistry, Fourth Edition, International

Adaptation by David R. Klein; ISBN-10 � : �

1119820839

ISBN-13

� :

� 978-1119820833

Laboratory Manual for General, Organic, and

Biological Chemistry; Karen C. Timberlake; ISBN-10 � :

0321811852 ISBN-13 � : � 978-0321811851

Pearson; 3rd edition (January 8, 2013)

Organic Chemistry 2 Practice Problems with Solutions 2018

by Rhett C Smith Ph.D. ISBN-10 � : � 0999167294

ISBN-13 � : � 978-0999167298

Ideal Quill Publishing Group, LLC (November 27, 2017)

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4124

Course Title: Introduction to Pharmaceutical Science /

Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Laquinta W. Hyppolite

Course Description

This course in Introduction to the Pharmaceutical Sciences provides an

introductory and coherent overview of the fundamental principles that underlie

the pharmaceutical sciences, including pharmaceutics, pharmacology,

pharmacokinetics, and medicinal chemistry.

Emphasis is also placed on chemical, biological, and mathematical principles if

balanced to help you gain a broad understanding of modern pharmaceutical

science and its applications. This course will also focus on fundamental

mechanisms of membrane transport, modeling, and quantitation of these

processes. It covers the basic mechanisms of pharmacology, toxicology, and drug

metabolism barriers to drug delivery. Emphasis is placed on modeling and

quantitative aspects of these processes. It also covers an introduction into the

genetic factors underlying the efficacy and toxicity of drugs. Topics to be covered

include genomic methods in drug design, drug development and drug therapy.

In this course students will cover the kinetic aspects of the major subject areas in

the pharmaceutical sciences such as chemical kinetics and drug stability,

dissolution kinetics, mass transport, pharmacokinetics, and several smaller

focused areas.

Course Objectives

To equip students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to enhance their

knowledge within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries, academic

pharmaceutical research, or pharmaceutical regulatory organisations.

To equip students to understand modern pharmaceutical science and its

applications.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students are expected to have good knowledge of:

ώ The fundamental principles that underlie the pharmaceutical

sciences, including pharmaceutics, pharmacology,

pharmacokinetics, and medicinal chemistry.

ώ A broad understanding of modern pharmaceutical science and its

applications.

Course Content:

 Basic Principles

o Ionization of Drugs

o Solubility and Lipophilicity

o Rates of Pharmaceutical Processes

o Membranes and Tissues

 Drug Structure and Design

o Drugs and Their Targets

o Drug Discovery and Optimization

o Transport Across Biological Barriers

 Drug Delivery

o Drug Absorption

o Drug Delivery Systems

 Drug Disposition

o Drug Distribution

o Drug Excretion

o Drug Metabolism

o Plasma Concentration-Time Curves

Assessment : Mid Semester Test.

 Drug Action

o Ligands and Receptors

o Mechanisms of Drug Action

o Dose-Response Relationships

 Drug Therapy

o Therapeutic Variability

o Drug Interactions

o Pharmacogenomics

 Special Topics

o Biopharmaceuticals

o Drug Discovery, Development, and Approval

 Course Review.

Assessment Final Examination

Prerequisite: None.

Recommended Text:

Introduction to the Pharmaceutical Sciences:

An Integrated Approach by Nita K. Pandit; Robert

P. Soltis, PhD; ISBN-10: 1609130014 | ISBN-13:

978-1609130015; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins;

Second edition (October 13, 2011)

Recommended Journal:

International Journal of Pharmaceutical

Sciences and Research;

https://ijpsr.com/

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4126

Course Title: Social Pharmacy

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Mrs. Denise A. Roach-Rodney, R.Ph, C.Ph, MBA

Course Description

This course offers an excellent and comprehensive overview on the social-

economic aspect of pharmaceutical care. Theoretical models and practical

examples are used to elaborate the pharmacist’s role in identifying patients’

noncompliant behaviour and managing drug-related problems. This course

includes clinical, economic, and humanistic considerations and is excellent for

students who are striving to achieve optimal therapeutic outcomes. The course

also integrates pharmaceutical care concepts drawn from such diverse disciplines

as patients’ various behaviors regarding health and sickness, pharmacists’ roles

in providing care in the process of drug therapies, pharmacists’ monitoring and

counselling to different types of patients, outcomes assessment, and current

issues related to providing pharmaceutical care.

Course Objectives

This course is designed to assist students to meet the challenges of today’s

dynamic health care environment.

To expand the students’ understanding of the meaning of health and broaden

their capabilities to assist patients in reaching higher levels of health.

To engage students in collaborative, patient centered pharmaceutical care.

Students will be taught to utilize clinical judgement and practical knowledge in

their clinical decision making to optimize patient care.

Course Goals

At the end of this course students should be able to:

ώ Follow policies and procedures and ensure confidentiality of patients.

ώ Act in the best interest of patients and others with honesty, integrity

and trustworthiness.

ώ Develop a collaborative relationship with the patient, the patient’s

caregiver and / or the patient’s agent and health care providers.

ώ Use a systematic and critical thought process to identify the drug

related issues that are affecting the patient.

ώ Assess the patient in relation to medication administration.

ώ Identify recommendations considering the advantages and

disadvantages of the proposed alternatives for therapy and assume

professional responsibility for recommendations.

ώ Identify adverse drug events and participate in formal adverse drug

reaction reporting programs as appropriate.

Course Contents:

 The Sickness Career

 Concepts of Health and Illness

 The Paradox of Health

 The Meaning & Definitions of Health

 Health, Pharmaceutical Care and Quality of Care

Assessment

 Health Beliefs

 A Model of Health Behavior

 Wellness and Health

 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

 Illness, Sickness and Disease

 Behavior in Health and Sickness

 The Pharmacist and Patient Behavior

 Patient Responses to Symptoms

 The Meaning of Signs and Symptoms

 Empirical Data

 Acute vs. Chronic Problems.

 Attribution Errors and Symptoms

 Symptoms and Change with Chronic Disease

 Choosing a Source of Care

 Images of Pharmacists and Pharmacies

 Changes Affecting Pharmacy

 Recent Studies on Professionalism and Image in

Pharmacy

 Strategies for Image Improvement

 Other Health Providers and the Pharmacist

 Professionals in Society

 The Adaptation of Medicine

 Emergence of Physician Assistants

 Prescribing and Dispensing

 Pharmacists and the Health Care Team

 Unorthodox Healing Systems

 Physical Therapies

 Hydrotherapy

 Nutrition

 Mind and Spirit Healing

Assessment : Mid Semester Test.

 Choosing a Therapeutic Agent

 Determinants of Prescribing Behavior

 Prescribing Models/Theories: How are Prescribing

Decisions Made?

 Methods Used to Influence Prescribing

 Administrative Programs Used to Affect Prescringin:

Limiting Prescriber Choices

 Changing Prescribing Knowledge and Drug Assessment

 Pharmacists’ Performance in Drug Product

 Interprofessional Relations in Drug Therapy Decisions

 Consumer Behavior Regarding the Choice of Prescription and

Nonprescription Medications

 General Consumer Behavior Models

 Prescription Medications and Consumer Goods Are

Different

 Studying Medication Use from a Social and Behavioral

Perspective

 Medication-Taking Behavior

 Determinants of Medication Use

 Predicting and Detecting Noncompliance

 Explaining and Changing Noncompliant Behavior

 Outcomes of Pharmaceutical Care

 Clinical Outcomes

 Economic Outcomes

 Humanistic Outcomes

 Special Classes of Patients

 Children and Medicines

 Adolescents and College Students

 Ambulatory Elderly

 Long-Term Pharmaceutical Care: Social and Professional

Implications

 Hospitalized Patients

 Pharmaceutical Care of Terminally Ill Patients

 Mental Disorders

 Cultural Issues in the Practice of Pharmacy

 Review of Useful Concepts/Models

 A Macro View: Public Policy

 The “Rebirth” of Cognitive Services

 Recent Developments in Behavioral Medicines

 Expectations, Education and Technology

 Ehtical Concerns in Drug Research

 Course Review.

Assessment:

Prerequisite:

Recommended Texts:

Final Examination.

None.

Recommended Journal:

Journal

of Research in Social and

Administrative Pharmacy,

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/

research-in-social-and-administrative-

pharmacy

Social and Behavioral

Aspects of Pharmaceutical

Care by Nathaniel M. Rickles,

Mickey C. Smith and Albert I.

Wertheimer; ISBN-10:

0763764086 | ISBN-13:

978-0763764081; Jones & Bartlett

Publishers; 2 edition (March 25,

2009)

Social and Cognitive Pharmacy: Theory and Case

Studies by Parastou, Ph.D. Donyai;

ISBN-10: 0853698996 | ISBN-13: 978-0853698999;

Pharmaceutical Press; 1 edition (October 2012)

Program:

Course Code:

Course Title:

Course Credit:

Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

BPH 4235 A

US Federal Pharmacy Law

Instructor:

Course Description

This course examines the Federal laws and regulations relating to the practice of

pharmacy, and the regulation and control of drugs cosmetics, and medical

devices in The United States. It is designed to help you review the most important

federal pharmacy statutes and regulations, including the newest changes in the

federal law.

The text used in this course also serves as a valuable reference for pharmacy

students, practicing pharmacists seeking licensure, pharmacy technicians who

are in need of a comprehensive update, and other interested healthcare

professionals. It will assist candidates in preparing for pharmacy law

examinations in all states.

Course Objective

Introduce students to US Federal Pharmacy Law

Recommended Text:

Guide to Federal Pharmacy Law

by Barry S. Reiss & Gary D. Hall

ISBN-10 � : � 9780967633282

ISBN-13 � : � 978-0967633282

Apothecary Press; 9th Edition (August

10, 2016)

Program:

Course Code:

Course Title:

Course Credit:

Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

BPH 4235 B

Bahamas pharmacy law

Instructor:

Course Description

This course examines the laws and regulations relating to the practice of

pharmacy, and the regulation and control of drugs cosmetics, and medical

devices in The Bahamas. This course covers a compilation and commentary of

selected laws and regulations pertaining to the general practice of pharmacy in

the Bahamas. This course will be extremely useful to pharmacy students.

The text used in this course also serves as a valuable reference for pharmacy

students, practicing pharmacists seeking licensure, pharmacy technicians who

are in need of a comprehensive update, and other interested healthcare

professionals.

Students will cover Bahamian legislation and case studies relative to the practice

of pharmacy and drugs and related items in the Bahamas, as well as The

Bahamas Pharmacy Act, 2009.

Bahamas pharmacy law is An Act to provide for the regulation and control of the

practice of pharmacy and for the registration and licensing of persons qualified to

practice pharmacy and for the establishment of The Bahamas Pharmacy Council

and for other matters connected therewith.

Course Objective

Introduce students to Bahamas pharmacy law

Course Contents:

PART I - PRELIMINARY

 Pharmacy Act.

 Terms Definitions

PART II - THE BAHAMAS PHARMACY COUNCIL

 The Bahamas Pharmacy Council.

 The functions of the Council

 Appointment of Registrar.

PART III REGISTRATION OF PHARMACIES

 Restrictions on use of titles.

 Suspension or revocation of registration of a pharmacy.

PART IV - REGISTRATION OF PHARMACISTS, PHARMACY

TECHNICIANS AND OTHER PRACTITIONERS

 Qualifications for registration as a pharmacist or pharmacy

technician.

 Pharmacy must have a pharmacist in attendance at all times.

PART V - LICENSING OF PHARMACISTS, PHARMACY TECHNICIANS

AND PHARMACY INTERNS

 Existing practitioners.

 Licensing of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

 Provisional licences.

 Temporary licences.

 Variation of a licence.

 Failure to renew licence.

PART VI - DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

 Complaints

 Practice pending disciplinary proceedings.

 Council to notify

 Registrar of decision.

 Restoration to register.

 Failure to publish notice not to affect validity of suspension,

etc.

 Registrar to notify person affected by decision of Council.

 Appeals to Supreme Court.

PART VII - SALE AND ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS

 Sale of drugs via automatic device or internet

 Administration of a drug by practitioners

PART VIII - STANDARD AND IMPORTATION OF DRUGS

 Import or export of drugs.

PART IX - SALE, LABELLING AND STORAGE OF POISONS

PART X – PRESCRIPTIONS

 Power of Minister to restrict sale of non-prescription drugs.

 Confidentiality

PART XI - REGISTRATION OF FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES

 Prohibits manufacturing or importation unless factory or

warehouse registered.

 Registration of a factory or warehouse

PART XII - LICENCING OF MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS

PART XIII - MISCELLANEOUS

Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisite: None.

Recommended Text: STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: LAN 4111

Course Title: Spanish

Course Credit: 3

Instructor: Ms. Liana Somoza Perez, M.Sc.

Course Description

The course offers a realistic and lively approach to situations students might

encounter in careers, especially if interested in improving their knowledge of the

Spanish and/or Latin American world from a cross-cultural perspective. Students

develop oral and written communication skills and pursue topics with materials

used in their field of studies.

Course Goals

In the long term the students must have attained sufficient competencies in the

target language to pursue a conversation with a native/non native speaker during

the course of which basic comprehension is affected. This course will also train

students to communicate with individuals in the business community as well as

teach them how to write memos, letters, reports and other documents in Spanish.

Course Objectives:

It is geared toward developmental progression of competency in the components

of speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Communication will be focused on an attempt to equip the student with a view to

handling himself/herself with life skills on relevant everyday situational topics.

Such topics may include:

i) Personal information

ii) Travel and holidays

iii) Shopping

Pronunciation mastery will be enhanced through tapes.

To utilize availability of Internet related programming for motivational and

improvement purposes.

To remember first and foremost that language is communication; hence

strategies will include the use of dialogues, role-plays, dramatization, song, dance

and visiting lecturers to affect automaticity and confidence.

Course Content:

Session 1: Overview of the course and stressing that this is a manageable

enterprise at the end of which their confidence regarding the target

language will increase self-esteem and a sense of accomplishment.

Chapter 1

Session 2: The first day of classes - Introductory phrases - courtesy

phrases – phrases for hello and goodbye. The polite and familiar

difference, which is an integral part of language use.

Chapter 3

Session 3 TRAVEL - THE TOURISM OFFICE

Gender of Nouns. Plural forms. Definite and Indefinite Articles.

Adjectives. To be. At the airport. Encouraging vocabulary acquisition

and retention.

Mid Semester Exam

Session 4 TRAVEL - THE HOTEL

Regular verbs. Possessive adjectives. Negation and Questions.

Weather expressions. Irregular verbs. The personal “a”. At the Hotel.

Students may use dialogues from the text but they have to be encouraged

to be creative and construct their own and use for class presentations.

Session 5 More on TRAVEL

Stem-Changing verbs. Comparisons of inequality. Comparisons of

equality. Superlatives. At this stage students should be experiencing the

minimum or non-existence of pronunciation challenges.

Chapters 6 & 7

Session 6 Final Exam

Prerequisite:

Recommended Textbook:

None

Spanish for Business and Finance: Basic

Spanish Series (World Languages)

Ana Jarvis, Raquel Lebredo & Luis Lebredo;

ISBN-10: 0495902659 | ISBN-13: 978-0495902652;

Cengage Learning; 2 edition (January 1, 2010)

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4211

Course Title: Biochemistry for Pharmacy / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Genevieve Ibisi Ragland

Course Description

This course in Biochemistry for Pharmacy is designed to recognise the

phenomena of disease as problems of disturbed physiology and to introduce

Pharmacy students to the nature, types and causes of various diseases,

particularly those they are likely to come across during their professional career.

This course covers the structures, functions and transformations occurring within

living cells, in terms of established chemical principles. It deals mainly with the

structure and function of the two classes of biopolymers, nucleic acids and

proteins, the biochemistry of oxygen, metabolism and the regulation of cellular

processes. The action of drugs, when relevant, is interpreted in biochemical

terms. Additional topics include: structure and function of macromolecules,

oxygen biochemistry, bioenergetics, metabolism, lipid metabolism, amino acid

metabolism, hormones.

This course includes a survey of basic principles of biochemistry and molecular

biology, emphasizing broad understanding of chemical events in living systems in

terms of metabolism and structure-function relationships of biologically

important molecules.

Course Objective:

To enable students to make efficient and informed use of diagnostic services

offered by their clinical biochemistry department, or its equivalent, in order to

select the appropriate tests in diagnosis, treatment and management of disease.

Course Goals

We expect that at the end of the course, students would be able to:

ώ Understand the mechanism of cellular injury and death.

ώ Understand the pathophysiological basis/pathogenesis of disease

states.

ώ Understand the value and limitations of chemical investigations.

ώ Develop the skill to select appropriate investigations for diagnosis and

management.

ώ Interpret investigations correctly.

ώ Develop a critical approach to diagnostic investigations.

Course Contents:

 Introduction.

 Requesting and Interpreting Tests

 Disturbances of Water Sodium and Potassium Balance

 Acid-Base Balance and Oxygen Transport

 Renal Disease

 Disorders of Calcium, Magnesium and Phosphate Metabolism

 Trauma, Inflammation, Immunity and Malignancy

 Liver Disease

 Gastrointestinal Tract Disease

 Nutrition

Assessment: Mid Semester

 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycaemia

 Cardiovascular Disorders

 Disorders of Iron and Porphyrin Metabolism

 Uric Acid, Gout and Purine Metabolism

 Disorders of the Hypothalamus and Pituitary

 Abnormailities of the Thyroid Function

 Disorders of the Adrenal Cortex and Medulla

 Investigation of Gonadal Function, Infertility, Menstrual

Irregularities and Hirsutism

 Pregnancy and Antenatal Screening

 Clinical Biochemistry in Paediatrics and Geriatric

 Central Nervous System and Cerebrospinal Fluid

 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Chemical Toxicology

 Course Review.

Assessment:

Prerequisites:

Recommended Text:

Final Examination

BMT 4114 Chemistry I; BMT 4124 Chemistry

II; and BPH 4113 Human Biology.

Biochemistry for the

Pharmaceutical Sciences

by Charles P. Woodbury Jr.;

ISBN-10: 0763763845

ISBN-13: 978-0763763848;

Jones & Bartlett Learning; 1 edition

(March 29, 2011)

Recommended Journal:

Asian Journal Of Biochemical and

Pharmaceutical Research

Publishers: ABPRA

https://saepub.com/

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BMT 4213

Course Title: Medicinal Chemistry I / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Marlaine L. Mance, PharmD., BCNSP

Course Description

This course provides a comprehensive, balanced introduction to this exciting,

evolving and multi-disciplinary field. Students are exposed to the fundamental

principles, assuming little in the way of prior knowledge. The approach to this

course is kept as simple as possible. Focusing on the chemical principles used for

drug discovery and design, it also covers human biology where relevant.

The course commences with a broad overview of the subject with subsequent

teachings examining topics in greater depth.

Many of us think nothing of taking a painkiller to ease a headache, or to relieve

the symptoms of 'flu. This course explains how drugs have their effect in the

human body and how new drugs discovered and designed to be as effective as

possible. This course offers an engaging insight into the one field of chemistry

that arguably has the greatest impact on our quality of life than any other.

Course Objectives

This course is designed to give a comprehensive introduction to medicinal

chemistry.

Students will focus on the chemical principles used for drug discovery and design.

To provide students with a basic chemical understanding of life processes and

biological control.

To provide students with a chemical basis for the rational design, synthesis, and

mechanism of action of drugs, and selective metabolic inhibition.

To provide students with the basic laboratory skills necessary for research in

medicinal chemistry.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students are expected to:

ώ Have an appreciation of medicinal chemistry and the chemical aspects

of pharmacology.

ώ Have a chemically oriented foundation for research and study in

medicinal chemistry and professional studies in the health sciences.

Course Contents:

 Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics

o Drugs and the medicinal chemist

o The why and the wherefore - drug targets

o Cell structure

o Lipids as drug targets

o Carbohydrates as drug targets

 Protein Structure

o The Primary Structure of Proteins

o The Secondary Structure of Proteins

o Proteins as drug targets

o Proteins as drug targets - enzymes

o Proteins as drug targets - receptors

o Proteins as drug targets - receptor structure and signal

transduction

o Nucleic acids as drug targets

o Pharmacokinetics and related topics

 Drug Action at Enzymes

o Drug discovery, design and development

o Drug discovery - finding a lead

o Drug design - pharmacodynamics

o Drug design - pharmacokinetics

o Drug distribution and ‘survival’

o Pharmacokinetic issues in drug design

o Drug dose levels

o Drug design – solubility and membrane permeability

o Drug design – reducing toxicity

o Drug development

Assessment : Mid Semester Test.

 Nucleic Acids

o Structure of DNA

o The primary, secondary and tertiary structures of DNA

o Drugs acting on DNA

 Tools of the trade

o Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR)

o Graphs and equations

o Physicochemical properties

o Combinatorial synthesis

o Computers in medicinal chemistry

o Molecular and quantum mechanics

 Topics in medicinal chemistry

o Antibacterial agents

o The history of antibacterial agents

o The bacterial cell

o Mechanisms of antibacterial action

o Antiviral drugs

o Anticancer agents

o The peripheral nervous system - cholinergics, anticholinergics,

and anticholinesterases

o The adrenergic nervous system

o The opium analgesics

o Morphine

o Development of morphine analogues

o Cimeiding – a rational approach to drug design

o Anti-ulcer agents

o Essential amino acids

o The action of nerves

o Bacteria and bacterial nomenclature

 Basic laboratory skills

 Course Reviews.

Assessment:

Prerequisite:

Recommended Text:

Final Examination

BMT 4114 Chemistry I.

An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry by

Graham L. Patrick; ISBN-10 � : � 9780198749691 ISBN-13

� :978-0198749691 | Oxford University Press; 6th edition

(June 20, 2017)

The Practice of Medicinal Chemistry by Camille

Georges Wermuth, David Aldous, Pierre Raboisson,

Didier Rognan ISBN-10 � : � 0124172059 | ISBN-13 � : �

978-0124172050 Academic Press; 4th edition

(September 14, 2015)

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4216

Course Title: Physiology & Pharmacology I / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Olga Castaneda

Course Description

This course covers all aspects of pharmacology and physiology that are relevant

to perioperative anesthetic management of patients. It provides current

information on drugs and organ functions that is essential for clinical decision-

making. The Pharmacology section of this course is organized by drug class and

presents key facts on available agents, mechanisms of action, doses, benefits,

risks, and drug interactions. The Physiology section of the course, arranged by

body system, explains how normal and abnormal body functions impact

anesthetic management.

The course also includes information on recently introduced and future drugs,

new findings on uses and side effects of established agents, and new concepts on

organ functions. Students will be exposed to more than 600 diagrams in the

course that clarify chemical structures, drug-induced responses, and physiologic

mechanisms. In addition, more than 150 tables and a concise drug index are also

included.

Course Objectives

To provide state-of-the-art information regarding the physiology of various

disease states, newer anesthetic techniques, and updated modes of therapy.

To provide current information on drugs and organ functions that is essential for

clinical decision-making

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students should be better able to:

 Describe how publicity of diseases affects medicine through changes in

attitudes, funding, and treatment.

 Discuss the use of ultrasound guidance for nerve block and describe the

potential causes of nerve injury and approaches to the brachial plexus;

 Identify the factors that drive initiatives in patient safety such as the

need for prolonged anticoagulation in patients with coronary stents

and the severe risks of patient controlled analgesia.

 Evaluate the peripheral nerve stimulator for nerve block.

 Integrate the use of dexmedetomidine sedation for procedures.

 Discuss the emerging problem of chronic pain after vaginal and

cesarean deliveries as well as labor pain.

 Discuss current guidelines and emerging trends in eating and drinking

during labor.

 Formulate a comprehensive clinical strategy for preservation of brain

cognitive function in the patient and in the anesthesia provider.

 Provide discriminate anesthetic care to the patient with confounding

neurological disease.

 Identify techniques used to help solve crimes using medical evidence

discovered at the scene of the crime.

 Review the latest statistics and trends in organ transplantation

including guidelines used to support organ function and operating

room mechanics of organ procurement.

 Discuss blood component availability and the risks associated with

transfusion of blood products as well as new information on the use of

colloids and crystalloids.

Course Contents:

 Pharmacology.

 Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Injected

and Inhaled Drugs

 Inhaled Anesthetics

 Opioid Agonists and Antagonists

 Barbiturates

 Benzodiazepines

 Nonbarbiturate Induction Drugs

 Local Anesthetics

 Neuromuscular-Blocking Drugs

 Anticholinesterase Drugs and Cholinergic Agonists

 Anticholinergic Drugs

 Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs

 Sympathomimetics

 Digitalis and Related Drugs

 Alpha- and BetaAdrenergic Receptor Antagonists

 Antihypertensive Drugs

 Peripheral Vasodilators

 Cardiac Antidysrhythmic Drugs

 Calcium Channel Blockers

 Drugs Used for Psychopharmacologic Therapy

 Prostaglandins

 Histamine and Histamine Receptor Antagonists

 Renin, Plasma Kinins, and Serotonin

 Hormones as Drugs

 Insulin and Oral Hypoglycemics

 Diuretics

 Antacids and Gastrointestinal Prokinetics

 Anticoagulants

 Antimicrobials

 Chemotherapeutic Drugs

 Antiepileptic Drugs

 Drugs Used for Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease

 Drug Treatment of Lipid Disorders

 Central Nervous System Stimulants and Muscle

Relaxants

 Vitamins

 Minerals and Electrolytes

 Blood Components and Substitutes

 Hyperalimentation Solutions

 Antiseptics and Disinfectants

Assessment : Mid Semester Test.

 Physiology

 Cell Structure and Function

 Body Fluids

 Central Nervous System

 Autonomic Nervous System

 Pain

 Systemic Circulation

 Capillaries and Lymph Vessels

 Pulmonary Circulation

 Heart

 The Electrocardiogram and Analysis of Cardiac

Dysrhythmias

 Lungs

 Pulmonary Gas Exchange and Blood Transport of Gases

 Acid-Base Balance

 Endocrine System

 Kidneys

 Liver and Gastrointestinal Tract

 Skeletal and Smooth Muscle

 Erythrocytes and Leukocytes

 Hemostasis and Blood Coagulation

 Metabolism of Nutrients

 Course Review.

Assessment:

Prerequisite:

Recommended Text:

Final Examination.

None

Pharmacology and Physiology for

Anesthesia: Foundations and Clinical

Application

by Hugh C. Hemmings BS MD PhD, Talmage

D. Egan MD

ISBN-10 � : � 0323481108

ISBN-13 � : � 978-0323481106

Elsevier; 2nd edition (December 11, 2018)

Recommended Journal:

Journal of Basic & Clinical

Physiology & Pharmacology; (ISSN:

0792-6855); ResearchBib; (2013)

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4214

Course Title: Microbiology for Pharmacy / Laboratory

Course Credits: 6

Instructor: Dr. Miriam Cires

Course Description

This course provides an adequate understanding of basic microbiology and of

specific arguments related to the pharmaceutical fields. It also covers damage to

humane health associated with environmental agents or unwholesome life-styles;

its possible prevention through control of noxious factors. Students will cover

microbiology as it relates to pharmacy, such as mode of action of antibiotics or

the manufacture and quality control of pharmaceutical agents. The course deals

briefly with the classification, structure and genetics of organisms and their host

response. Special attention is given to the main bacterial, viral, fungal and

parasitic infections in man, with their diagnosis, epidemiology, prevention and

treatment. Students will be exposed to other topics, such as industrial and

sanitary microbiology: sterilization and disinfection.

Course Objective

To expose students to the anatomy and physiology of bacteria, fungi and yeasts,

and viruses, together with a survey of the characters of individual members of

these groups.

To provide students with information about more rapid methods for detecting

bacteria.

To give students an understanding of the principles of microbial pathogenicity

and epidemiology.

Course Goal

At the end of this course, students would be able to:

 Understand basic principles of sterilization, disinfection and the

prevention of disease with vaccines.

 Understand the anatomy and physiology of bacteria, fungi and yeasts,

and viruses.

 Be able to detect bacteria more rapidly.

Course Content

 Biology of Microorganisms

 Bacteria

 Yeasts and moulds

 Viruses

 Principles of microbial pathogenicity and epidemiology

 Antimicrobial Agents.

 Types of antibiotics and synthetic antimicrobial agents

 Clinical uses of antimicrobial drugs

 Manufacture of antibiotics

 Mechanisms of action of antibioics

 Bacterial resistance to antibiotics

 Chemical disinfectants, antiseptics and preservatives

 Evaluation of non-antibiotic antimicrobial agents

 Mode of action of non-antibiotic antibacterial agents

 Resistance to non-antibiotic antimicrobial agents

 Fundamentals of immunology

 The manufacture and quality control of immunological

products

 Vaccination and immunization

Assessment: Mid Semester Test

 Microbial Aspects of Pharmaceutical Processing

 Ecology of microorganisms as it affects the

pharmaceutical industry

 Microbial spoilage and preservation of pharmaceutical

products

 Contamination of non-sterile pharmaceuticals in

hospital and community environments

 Principles and practice of sterilization

 Sterile pharmaceutical products

 Factory and hospital hygiene and good manufacturing

practice

 Sterilization control and sterility assurance

 Production of therapeutically useful substances by

recombinant DNA technology

 Additional applications of microorganisms in the

pharmaceutical sciences

 Course Reviews

Assessment:

Prerequisite:

Recommended Text:

Final Examination

BMT 4112 Concepts in Biology; BPH 4113

Human Biology; and BMT 4213 Medicinal

Chemistry I.

Essential Microbiology for

Pharmacy and

Pharmaceutical Science

by Geoff Hanlon and Norman

Hodges; ISBN-10: 0470665343

ISBN-13: 978-0470665343;

Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition

(February 18, 2013)

Laboratory Exercises In

Microbiology

by John Harley;

ISBN-10 � : �

1259657574

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1259657573

McGraw Hill; 10th edition (January

18, 2016)

Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4221

Course Title: Physical Pharmaceutics & Formulation I /

Laboratory

Course Credits: 6

Instructor: Professor Edita Fernandez Manzano

Course Description

The course explores effective drug treatment through the development of novel

delivery systems and new dosage forms that can overcome the body’s barrier

mechanism, mechanisms that have evolved specifically to exclude foreign

material.

This course is unique in providing an integrated approach to the study of the fate

of drug formulations in the body with the emphasis on the formulation variables

rather than the drugs. This course includes sections on the blood-brain barrier

and parenteral and vaginal drug delivery along with numerous illustrations

throughout.

Course Objectives

To provide students with an essential background of biological principles.

To provide an integrated approach to the study of the fate of drug formulations in

the body with emphasis on the formulation variables rather than the drugs.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

ώ Understand biological principles more clearly.

ώ Explores effective drug treatment through the development of novel

delivery systems.

Course Content

 Cell Membranes, Epithelial Barriers and Drug Absorption

 Introduction

 The Plasma Membrane

 Eppithelia

 Transport Across Cell Membranes

 Intercellular Routes of Absorption

 Persorption

 Mucus

 Parenteral Drug Delivery

 Intravenous Delivery

 Intramuscular Delivery

 Subcutaneous Delivery

 Tissue Damage and Biocompatability

 Drug Distribution Following Parenteral Administration

 Protein Binding

 The Blood-Brain Barrier

ώ Physiology

ώ Uptake by diffusion

ώ Receptor-medicated transport

ώ Colloidal delivery

 Drug Delivery to the Oral Cavity or Mouth

 Anatomy and Physiology

 Migration and Clearance of Substances from the Oral

Cavity

 Absorption of Drugs Across the Oral Mucosa

 Measurement of Oral Mucosal Drug Absorption

 Dosage Forms for the Oral Cavity

 Drugs Administered Via the Oral Mucosa

 Oesophageal Transit

 Anatomy and Physiology

 Motility of the Oesophagus

 Oesophageal Transit of Dosage Forms

 Oesophageal Adhesion of Dosage Forms

 Consequences of Adhesion of Dosage Forms

 Effect of Ageing

 Patient Preference and Ease of Swallowing

 Effect of Diseased States on Transit

 Targeting the Oesophagus

 The Stomach

 Anatomy and Physiology

 Gastric pH

 Gastric Motility

 Dispersion of Dosage Forms in the Stomach

 Gastric Emptying of Dosage Forms

 Gastric pH and Enteric Coatings

 Drug/Formulation Induced Ulceration

 Animal Models for Gastric Emptying

 Drug Absorption from the Small Intestine

 Anatomy and Physiology of the Small Intestine

 Patterns of Motility in the Small Intestine

 Small Intestinal Transit Times

 Absorption of Drugs

 Relationship Between Drug Absorption and Position of

Dose Form

 Drug Induced Damage

Assessment: Mid Semester Test

 Drug Delivery to the Large Intestine and Rectum

 Anatomy and Physiology of the Colon

 Drug Delivery

 Rectal Administration of Drugs

 Transdermal Drug Delivery

 Structure of the Skin

 Passage of Drug Through The Skin

 Factors Affecting Percutaneous Absorption

 Vehicles and Devices

 Penetration Enhancers

 Iontophoresis

 Electroporation

 Sonophoresis

 Nasal Drug Delivery

 Anatomy and Physiology

 Intranasal Administration of Drugs

 Drug Delivery Systems and Deposition Patterns

 Interspecies Comparison

 Pulmonary Drug Delivery

 Structure and Function of the Pulmonary System

 Dosage Forms for Pulmonary Drug Delivery

 Assessment of Deposition by Gamma Scintigraphy

 Factors Affecting Particle Deposition in the Lung

 Drug Absorption

 Pharmocokinetics

 Drugs Administered Via the Pulmonary Route

 Ocular Drug Delivery

 Structure of the Eye

 Factors Affecting Drug Permeation

 Factors Influencing Drug Retention

 Routes of Drug Administration

 Vaginal and Interuterine Drug Delivery

 Anatomy and Physiology

 Drug Absorption Through the Vagina/Uterus

 Drug Delivery

 Course reviews

Assessment: Final Examination

Prerequisites: BPH 4124 Introduction to Pharmaceutical

Science; BPH 4113 Human Biology

Recommended Text:

Physical Pharmacy Laboratory Manual:

(According to B. Pharm. (Hons.) syllabus of

public and private universities of

Bangladesh) by Muhammad Arifur Rahman

ISBN-10 � : � 1475276567 | ISBN-13 � : �

978-1475276565 CreateSpace Independent

Publishing Platform (May 10, 2012)

Recommended Journal:

European Journal of Pharmaceutics

and Biopharmaceutics;

Volume 84, Issue 3;

August 2013; Pages 445-652

https://www.apv-mainz.de/pharma-

verfahrenstechnik/

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4220

Course Title: Pharmacy Practice I / Laboratory

Course Credits: 6

Instructor: Dr. Caridad Sedeno Argilagos

Course Description

This course explores some of the major management issues, trends, turf battles

and unresolved dilemmas facing pharmacists today. It covers a great deal of

important information, and interesting perspectives on pending matters.

The world of pharmacy management is changing rapidly. Reflecting this, the

course will take a new approach to pharmacy management. It will explore basic

management principles and their role in pharmacy practice. Also discussed will

be concepts such as social influence, professionalism, leadership, conflict

management, and personnel management and how they apply to modern

pharmacy in an age of changing consumer and employee habits, desires, and

behaviors. Highlighting the growing impact of technology throughout pharmacy

and healthcare, the course prepares students for the challenges they will face in

this rapidly changing profession.

This course focuses on the competencies necessary to become a pharmacy

technician in both institutional and community pharmacy practice. The

framework of this course provides a stepwise approach for learning and

understanding various components of the profession. It emphasizes basic

biopharmaceuticals, the administration of medications, and the use of drugs.

The course also includes a section on Laboratory Research Skills, Clinical Aspects

of Pharmacy Technology and the areas of Community Pharmacy Practice,

Nonprescription Medication, Natural Products, Reimbursement for Pharmacy

Services, and Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.

During the laboratory session, emphasis will be placed on the selection of proper

excipients, based on physico-chemical principles, for use in the extemporaneous

compounding preparation.

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Course Objectives

To provide the student with the knowledge and an appreciation of the values, the

evolution, and the development of the healing arts health care.

To provide students with the competencies to become a pharmacy technician.

To provide learning and understanding of various components of the pharmacy

profession.

To emphasize basic biopharmaceuticals, the administration of medications and

the use of drugs.

To encourage pharmacists to be devoted to drug therapy management.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, student would be able to:

ώ Increase the extent to which they help individual hospital inpatients

achieve the best use of medicines.

ώ Increase the extent to which they actively apply evidence-based

methods to the improvement of drug therapy.

ώ Increase the extent to which pharmacy departments in health systems

engage in public health initiatives on behalf of their communities.

ώ Have organizational authority to manage drug therapy (select the drug,

select the dose, modify the drug or dose based on patient response).

Course Content

 Overview of Health Care

o Historical Developments in Pharmacy and Health

Care

o Organizational Structure and Function of the

Hospital

o Community Pharmacy Practice

 Professional Aspects of Pharmacy Technology

 Infection Control and Prevention in the Pharmacy

 Clinical Aspects of Pharmacy Technology

 Administrative Aspects of Pharmacy Technology



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 Prescription and Medication Orders

 Labeling Prescriptions and Medications

 Controlled Substances

 Expiration and Beyond-Use Dating

 Drug Utilization Review Medication Use Evaluation

 Patient Consultation Quantity and Concentration Expressions

and Calculations

 Evaluating Dosage Regimens

 Aliquots Calculations

 Isotonicity Calculations

 General Guidelines For Preparing Compounded Drug

Preparations

 Selection, Storage, and Handling of Compounding Equipment

and Ingredients

 Weighing and Measuring

 Pharmaceutical Solvents

 Preservatives

 Antioxidants

 Buffers and pH Adjusting Agents

 Viscosity-inducing Agents

 Surfactants and Emulsifying Agents

 Colors, Flavors, Sweeteners, and Scents

Assessment: Mid Semester test.

 Vehicles for Liquid Preparations

 Ointment Bases

 Suppository Bases

 Powders

 Capsules, Lozenges, and Other Solid Oral Dosage Forms

 Solutions

 Ophthalmic Solutions

 Suspensions

 Liquid Emulsions

 Ointments, Creams, Gels, and Pastes

 Suppositories

 Parenteral Products

 Parenteral Nutrition

 Compatibility and Stability of Drug Products and Preparations

Dispensed by the Pharmacist

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 Abbreviations Commonly Used in Prescriptions and Medication

Orders

 Common English Titles and Synonyms

 Weights and Measures

 Approximate Solubilities - Descriptive Terms

 Nomograms for Determination of Body Surface Area from

Height and Weight

 Formal Weight and Height Measurements for Children

 National Center for Health Statistics Growth Charts

 Isotonicity Values

 Code of Ethics for Pharmacists

 Course Review

Assessment: Final Examination

Prerequisite: None.

Recommended Texts:

Pharmacy Practice by

Jason Hall and Chris Rostron;

ISBN-13: 9780199655328;

Oxford University Press (May

19, 2013)

Workbook and Lab Manual for Mosby's

Pharmacy Technician: Principles and Practice

by Elsevier, Karen Davis AAHCA BS CPhT, Anthony

Guerra PharmD RPh

ISBN-10 � : � 0323734081 | ISBN-13 � : � 978-0323734080

Elsevier; 6th edition (June 7, 2021)

Journal of Pharmacy Practice;

Sage Journals https://

journals.sagepub.com/home/jpp

International Journal of

Pharmacy Practice; Edited

By: Christine Bond, University of

Aberdeen, UK

https://academic.oup.com/ijpp

Recommended Journals:

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BMT 4222

Course Title: Medicinal Chemistry II / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Marlaine L. Mance, PharmD., BCNSP

Course Description

Continuing from Medicinal Chemistry I, this course is especially useful to

students in chemistry as well as medicinal chemistry. The course gives a realistic

portrayal of the various approaches that can be used to develop a drug. It

contains four intriguing and detailed accounts of the close interface between

synthetic chemistry, structure-activity relationships, biochemistry, and

pharmacology. The course covers a comprehensive survey of the immunophilin

area specifically focussing on neuroregenerative applications in the central

nervous system. Further, there is an overview of the development of a potent

analgesic compound that works via modulation of neuronal nicotinic

acetylcholine receptors. In addition, there is a description of dopamine D-2

autoreceptor partial agonists as potential therapy for the treatment of

schizophrenia. Also covered is a summary of the successful program in which

potent non-peptide inhibitors of HIV protease from the AIDS virus were

developed.

This course presents first hand accounts of industrial and academic research

projects in medicinal chemistry. The overriding purpose is representation of the

many organic chemical facets of drug discovery and development. This would

include: de novo drug design, organic chemical synthesis, spectroscopic studies,

process development and engineering, structure-activity relationships,

chemically based drug mechanisms of action, the chemistry of drug metabolism,

and drug physical-organic chemistry.

Course Objectives

This course is designed to make students very knowledgeable in the structure and

function provided by computational methods and in vitro pharmacological proof-

of-concept experiments to Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) development

that has led to marketed therapeutic agents, or advanced clinical candidates.

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To provide concise yet comprehensive coverage for students in medicinal

chemistry as part of a science, pharmacy or medical course.

Course Goals

The expectation at the end of this course is to produce students that have the

cutting edge skills in:

ώ Medicinal chemistry based on an understanding of how drugs

work at the molecular level.

ώ Relevant subjects such as biochemistry and pharmacology.

ώ Classification of drugs.

Course Contents:

 General Aspects of Medicinal Chemistry

 Drug Targets: Molecular Mechanisms of Drug

Action

 Lead Compound Discovery Strategies

 Natural products as pharmaceuticals and sources

for lead structures

 Combinational Chemistry

 The contribution of molecular biology to drug

discovery

 Electronic screening: lead finding from database

mining

 High-speed chemistry libraries: assessment of

drug-likeness

 Primary Exploration of Structure - Activity Relationships

 Molecular variations in homologous series:

vinylogues and benzologues

 Molecular variations based on isosteric

replacements

 Conformational restrictions and/or steric

hindrance in medical chemistry

 Identical and non-identical twin drugs

 Optical isomerism in drugs

 Application strategies for the primary structure –

activity relationship exploration

 Substituents and Functions: Qualitative and Quantitative

 Aspects of Structure-Activity Relationships

 Specific substituent groups

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 The role of functional groups in drug-receptor

interactions

 Compound properties and drug quality

 Quantitative approaches to structure – activity

relationships

Assessment: Mid Semester Test.

 Spatial Organization, Receptor Mapping and Molecular

Modeling

 Stereochemical aspects of drug action I:

conformational restriction, steric hindrance and

hydrophobic collapse

 Pharmacophore identification and receptor

mapping

 Three-dimensional quantitative structure –

property relationships

 Protein crystallography and drug discovery

 Protein homology modelling and drug discovery

 The transition from agonist to antagonist activity:

symmetry and other considerations

 Design of peptidomimetics

 Chemical Modifications Influencing the Pharmacokinetic

Properties

 The fate of xenobiotics in living organisms

 Biotransformation reactions

 Chemical mechanisms of toxicity: basic knowledge

for designing safer drugs

 Designing prodrugs and bioprecursors

 Macromolecular carriers for drug targeting

 Pharmaceutical and Chemical Formulation Problems

 Preparation of water-soluble compounds through

salt formation

 Preparation of water-soluble compounds by

covalent attachment of solubilising moieties

 Drug solubilisation with organic solvents, or using

micellar solutions or other colloidal dispersed

systems

 Improvement of drug properties by cyclodextrins

 Chemical physiochemical solutions to formulation

problems

 Development of New Drugs: Legal and Economic Aspects

 Discover a drug substance, formulate and develop

it to a produce

 Drug nomenclature

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 Legal aspects of product protection – what a

medicinal chemist should know about patent

protection

 The consumption and production of

pharmaceuticals

 Course Reviews

Assessment:

Prerequisite:

Recommended Text:

Final Examination.

BMT 4213 Medicinal Chemistry I.

Foye's Principles of Medicinal Chemistry

by Victoria PhD F. Roche PhD, S. William PhD Zito

PhD, Thomas Lemke Ph.D., David A. Williams

ISBN-10 � : � 1496385020

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1496385024

LWW;

8th edition (August 29, 2019)

Recommended Journal:

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry,

Editors: Gunda I. Georg & Shaomeng

Wang;

https://pubs.acs.org/journal/jmcmar

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4237

Course Title: Physiology & Pharmacology II / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Olga Sonia Leon Fernandez

Course Description

This course explains the extent to which the traditional distinction between

biochemical and physiological processes is being obliterated by molecular

biology. It can hardly be doubted that the revolution in cell and molecular

biology is leading to core knowledge that provides an outline of the integrative

and reductionist approach. We view this as the beginning of a new era, that of

the integration of learning.

Course Objectives

This course is designed to give second year pharmacy students a fundamental

knowledge of the interactions between drugs and living systems.

Drug mechanisms of action and drug interactions are emphasized.

Principles of drug metabolism, synergism, antagonism, accumulation and toxicity

are also discussed.

Selected laboratory experiments elucidate the mechanisms of drug actions.

Course Goals

We expect that at the end of this course students would be able to:

ώ Understand the cellular mechanisms by which currently

used drugs achieve their intended therapeutic effects.

ώ Understand the cellular mechanisms leading to side

effects and adverse effects of currently used drugs.

Course Contents:

 Cellular ATP

 Purines

 The Role of Multiple Isozymes in the Regulation of Cyclic

Nucleotide Synthesis and Degradation

 The Biological Functions of Protein Phosphorylation-

Dephosphorylation

 The Family of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases and the Control of

Cellular Signaling Responses

 Cyclic Cascades in Cellular Regulation

 Mechanism if Intracellular pH Regulation

 The Membrane Na+-K+-ATPase in Cells

 Intracellular Calcium-Binding Proteins

 ATP-Ubiquitin-Mediated Protein Degradation

 Regulation of Cellular Functions by Extracellular Calcium

 The Basis of Intracellular Calcium Homeostasis in Eukaryotic

Cells

 Roles of Polyamines in Cell Biology

 Free Radicals in Cell Biology

 Course Review.

Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisites: BPH 4216 Physiology & Pharmacology I.

Recommended Texts:

Medical Physiology

by Walter F. Boron MD PhD, Emile L.

Boulpaep MD ISBN-10 � : � 1455743771 |

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1455743773

Elsevier; 3rd edition (May 19, 2016)

The Physiology and Pharmacology

of the Pituitary Body: Volume II; by

Harry Benjamin Van Dyke; ISBN-10 � : �

1258259338 | ISBN-13 � : � 978-1258259334

Recommended Journal: Canadian

Journal of Physiology

and Pharmacology;

https://cdnsciencepub.com/journal/cjpp

Reviews of Physiology,

Biochemistry and Pharmacology by

Bernd Nilius (Editor), ISBN-10 :

3319952897 | ISBN-13 : 978-33199528

95 |

Springer (September 1, 2018)

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy.

Course Code: BPH 4311

Course Title: Pharmacology

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Olga Sonia Leon Fernandez

Course Description

This course offers a proven way for learning the most difficult-to-understand

concepts in pharmacology and provides a study system that sets priorities,

minimizes memorization, and reduces stress. It clearly explains each

fundamental principal of drug actions and organizes and condenses must-know

drug information.

Numerous summary boxes, illustrations, and tables are included in this course.

Also covered in this course are: information on poisoning/toxicology and

coverage of new classes of drugs such as fusion inhibitors for HIV, antibiotic and

antifungal drugs, and new drugs for cancer, immune suppression.

Course Objectives

To organize and condense the drug information that the student must remember.

To simplify the learning process by presenting drugs by class.

To describe exactly what you need to know about each drug class.

To reinforce key concepts and definitions.

To allow the student to assess his/her individual competency level and study

needs.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students are expected to have developed competent

skills in:

ώ Organizing the material in a way that minimizes the amount of

information to be memorized by grouping drugs and making

associations.

ώ Knowing the fundamental principal of drug actions.

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ώ Knowing the key concepts and definitions of drugs.

Course Contents:

 General Principles

 Receptor Theory

 Agonists

 Efficacy and Potency

 Therapeutic Index

 Antagonists

 Inverse Agonists

 Absorption, Distribution, and Clearance

 First-Pass Effect

 How Drugs Cross Membranes

 Bioavailability

 Total Body Clearance

 Pharmacokinetics

 Volume of Distribution

 First-Order Kinetics

 Zero-Order Kinetics

 Steady-State Concentration

 Time Needed to Reach Steady State

 Loading Dose

 Drug Metabolism and Renal Elimination

 Liver Metabolism

 Renal Excretion

 Review of the Autonomic Nervous System

 Relevant Anatomy

 Synthesis, Storage, Release, and Removal of Transmitters

 Receptors

 General Rules of Innervation

 Cholinergic Agonists

 Direct Cholinergic Agonists

 Cholinesterase Inhibitors

 Cholinergic Antagonists

 Muscarinic Antagonists

 Ganglionic Blockers

 Neuromuscular Blockers

 Adrenergic Agonists

 Organization of Class

 Direct-Acting Agonists

 Dopamine

 Indirect-Acting Agents

 Cardiovascular Effects of Norepinephrine, Epinephrine,

and Isoproterenol

 Adrenergic Antagonists

 Organization of Class

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 Central Blockers

 cx Blockers

 B-Blockers

 Mixed cx- and B-Blockers

 Drugs That Improve Cardiac Contractility

 Organization of Class

 Cardiac Glycosides

 Sympathomimetics

 Antihypertensive Drugs

 Diuretics

 Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors

 Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists

 Calcium Channel Blockers

 Nitrates

 Drugs Used in Heart Failure

 Reduction of Cardiac Workload

 Control of Excellive Fluid

 Enhancement of Contractility

 Antiarrhythmic Drugs

 Class I – IV Drugs

 Drugs That Increase Heart Rate

Assessment: Mid Semester Test.

 Drugs That Affect Blood

 Antiplatelet Agents

 Anticoagulants

 Thrombolytic Drugs

 Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors

 Drugs Used in the Treatment of Anemia

 Lipid-Lowering Drugs

 Additional Explanation of Mechanisms

 Anxiolytic and Hypnotic Drugs

 Antidepressants and Lithium

 Antipsychotics or Neuroleptics

 Drugs Used in Parkinson’s Disease

 Antiepilepitc Drugs

 Narcotics (Opiates)

 General Anesthetics

 Local Anesthetics

 Introduction to Chemotherapy

 Inhibitors of Cell Wall Synthesis

 Protein Synthesis Inhibitors

 Folate Antagonists

 Quinolones and Urinary Tract Antiseptics

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 Drugs Used in Tuberculosis and Leprosy

 Antifungal Drugs

 Anthelmintic Drugs

 Antiviral Drugs

 Antiprotozoal Drugs

 Anticancer Drugs

 Drugs that Affect the Endocrine System

 Miscellaneous Drugs

 Course Review.

Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisites: BPH 4216 Physiology & Pharmacology I

Recommended Texts:

Lippincott Illustrated

Reviews: Pharmacology by

Karen Whalen PharmD BCPS

ISBN-10 � : � 1975170555

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1975170554

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology 15e

by Bertram Katzung, Anthony Trevor

ISBN-10 � : � 126045231X | ISBN-13 � : �

978-1260452310

McGraw Hill / Medical; 15th edition (December 5, 2020)

Recommended Journals:

British Journal of

Pharmacology; Editor-in-Chief:

Professor J.C. (Ian) McGrath; Online

https://www.bps.ac.uk/publishing/

british-journal-of-pharmacology

The Journal of

Pharmacology and

Experimental Therapeutics;

https://jpet.aspetjournals.org/

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4312

Course Title: Medicinal Chemistry III / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Marlaine L. Mance, PharmD., BCNSP

Course Description

Medicinal chemistry is, at its most basic level, an empirical science largely based

on chemistry. However, this course in Medicinal Chemistry III continues from

Parts I and II. This course describes recent advances in organic synthesis

methodology and their applications to pharmaceutical research. Students will

see in this course that in the pharmaceutical industry, computational methods

play a major role in the discovery and development of new drugs. Yet, the

SYNTHESIS of these compounds still remains the most crucial topic in drug

design.

This course describes all recent developments in organic synthetic methodology

which are essential for pharmaceutical research. The most modern synthetic

developments of pharmacologically interesting compounds (carbohydrates and

nucleotides) as well as important synthetic methods such as combinatorial

chemistry, solid-phase reactions, bioassisted organic synthesis and asymmetric

synthesis are critically discussed.

Special emphasis is given to a hands-on practical approach which enables

researchers to apply the featured methods immediately to their specific problems.

Also, the detailed presentation of the topic and the selection of references will be

of help to any researcher working in the laboratory.

Course Objectives

This course is designed to broaden students’ knowledge in understanding how

drugs are discovered, developed, regulated, and make it through clinical trials.

To expose students to modern techniques for drug discovery and development.

To teach students what is involved in finding a new drug.

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To teach students to understand how drugs work, how targets and lead

compounds are identified, and then how they are optimized.

To teach students the issues surrounding patents and clinical trials.

Course Goals

We expect that at the end of this course students should have developed sound

understanding of:

ώ An overview of the pharmaceutical industry and of drug discovery and

development.

ώ The molecular basis of drug design.

ώ Presenting strategies in drug design.

Course Contents:

 Organic Synthesis and Medicinal Chemistry

 Setting the Scene

 Classical and Bio-assisted Organic Synthesis

 New Strategies

 Series Design in Synthetic Chemistry

 The Design Approach

 The Multivariate Approach

 Applications of design in PPs for QSAR studies

 Combinational Chemistry

 Needs of the Drug Discovery Process

 Split/Pool Method for Creating Combinatorial Libraries

 Tools for Increasing Productivity in Combinatorial

Chemistry

 Advanced ChemTech Synthesizers

 Tubes and Cubes, Chips and Tips: Tools for Solid-Phase Organic

Synthesis

 Stereoselective Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Drugs

 Classification of the Methods for the Preparation of

Enantiomerically Pure Compounds

 Stoichiometric Methods

 Catalytic Methods

Assessment: Mid Semester Test.

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 Resolution of Enantiomers of Chiral Drugs

 Crystallization

 Kinetic Resolution

 Chromatographic Techniques

 Electromigration Techniques

 Racemization

 Method Selection Strategy

 Biocatalyzed Reactions

 Introduction: Biotechnology and Biocatalysis

 Advantages of Biocatalysis

 Application Range of Biocatalysis

 Immobilized Enzymes

 Selective Glycosidation Reactions and their Use in Medicinal

Chemistry

 Chemistry of Antisense Oligonucleotides

 Historical Aspects

 Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology in drug Research

 Gene Therapy

 Criteria in Development of Antisense Drugs

 Solid Support Synthesis of Oligonucleotides

 Oligonucleotides with Modifications of the Nucleotide-

Linkage

Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisites: BMT 4213 Medicinal Chemistry I; BMT 4222

Medicinal Chemistry II.

Recommended Texts:

New Strategies in

Chemical Synthesis and

Catalysis by Bruno

Pignataro; Wiley-VCH

Publishers; ISBN-10:

3527330909; (May 21, 2012)

Advanced Practical Medicinal Chemistry

by Ashutosh Kar

ISBN-10 � : � 9388818458 | ISBN-13 � : �978-9388818452

NEW AGE INTERNATIONAL (January 1, 2020)

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4314

Course Title: Pharmacy Practice II / Laboratory

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Caridad Sedeno Argilagos

Course Description

This course continues from Pharmacy Practice I and will further enhance the

students’ pharmacy practice skills through contact with patients, health

professionals, and the public with emphasis on nonprescription medication

counseling, health promotion, and disease prevention activities. This course will

also enhance students’ insight into hospital pharmacy practice and their

appreciation for different types of pharmacy practice.

Students will be assigned to a community pharmacy site and preceptor and

students will be required to counsel patients on nonprescription medication,

health promotion, and disease prevention issues. The students will work under

their preceptors’ supervision in the pharmacy and laboratory. The preceptor’s

responsibilities include guiding and evaluating students, coordinating the

programme on the pharmacy site, providing a final grade for the students and

being a role model and instructor.

The students will be expected to concentrate on health promotion and disease

prevention activities and move on to more complex disease prevention and health

promotion strategies. In addition, they are encouraged to develop their own

health promotion and disease prevention tools.

Course Objective

To provide the student with an opportunity to participate in the role of the

pharmacist in a collaborative and interdisciplinary institution setting.

Course Goals

Students at the end of this course are expected to have acquired the necessary

skills:

ώ To provide pharmaceutical care and understand the philosophy of

patient centered practice within an institution.

ώ To understand life long learning and develop the skills and

commitment necessary for continuing competency.

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ώ Appreciate the need for clinical judgment and the integration of

knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to the provision of

patient care.

ώ Practice in a professional and ethical manner.

ώ Observe medication management and safety processes associated

with drug distribution.

Course Contents:

 Licensing

 Change of Ownership

 Personnel

 Environment

 References

 Equipment

 Security

 Absence of Pharmacist

Assessment: Mid Semester Test / Practice Assessment

 Emergency Outpatient Medication

 Emergency Drug Carts (Crash Carts)

 Automated Dispensing Devices

 Parenteral Medications

 Practioner’s Orders

 Dispensing

 Investigational Drugs and Protocols

 Monthly Inspection

 Medications Brought Into The Institution by Patients

 Course Review.

Assessment: Final Examination / Practice Assessment.

Prerequisites: BPH 4111 Foundations of Pharmacy; BPH

4220 Pharmacy Practice I.

Recommended Text:

Remington: The Science and

Practice of Pharmacy

by Adeboye Adejare

ISBN-10 � : � 0128200073

ISBN-13 �

: � 978-0128200070

Academic Press; 23rd edition

(November 13, 2020)

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4315

Course Title: Pharmacokenetics & Pharmacogenetics

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Eduardo Fernandez Sanchez

Course Description

This course will cover the safety aspects that have become an outstanding issue in

the process of drug discovery and development. Until 15 years ago, drug

discovery and evaluation was a sequential process starting with the selection of

the most active compound from a series of newly synthesized compounds by

means of special pharmacological assays. Safety aspects were addressed by

pharmacological testing of the selected compound in high doses in tests directed

at indications other than the intended indication of the new compound. These

tests were followed by pharmacokinetic studies, which were mainly aimed at

confirming of a suitable half-life time and at oral activity. Students would also

cover the safety aspects that relied mostly on toxicity studies, which gave

information on changes of organ structure rather than on organ function.

Students would learn how toxicological and pharmacokinetic studies were

adapted to the progress of studies in clinical pharmacology and clinical trails.

Discussion will be held on the exposure of a drug to the body by pharmacokinetic

studies on absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion which have to be

investigated at an early stage of development and can contribute to the selection

of a compound for development. This course will cover how genetic variation

contributes to interindividual differences in drug responses by collecting

comprehensive, integrative information about specific proteins and genes.

This course also spans the wide array of technical, methodological, regulatory,

and ethical issues related to pharmacogenetics and stresses the impact of

pharmacogenetic data on patient care and management.

This course is especially designed for those involved in clinical trials of drugs, and

for pharmacists who have to know the safety requirements of drugs.

Course Objectives:

To teach students about the study of the metabolism and action of drugs with

particular emphasis on the time required for absorption, duration of action,

distribution in the body and method of excretion.

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To teach students how people respond differently to medicines due to their

genetic inheritance.

To teach students to understand how someone's genetic make-up determines

how well a medicine works in his or her body, as well as what side effects are

likely to occur.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students are expected to be able to:

ώ Understand how someone's genetic make-up determines how well a

medicine works in his or her body, as well as what side effects are

likely to occur.

ώ Understand how people respond differently to medicines due to

their genetic inheritance.

ώ Understand the metabolism and action of drugs with particular

emphasis on the time required for absorption, duration of action,

distribution in the body and method of excretion.

Course Contents:

 Safety Pharmacology

o Introduction to Safety Pharmacology

o Status of Safety Pharmacology and Present Guidelines

o Central Nervous System (CNS) Safety Pharmacology

studies

o Methods in Cardiovascular Safety Pharmacology

o Safety Pharmacology of Drugs for the Urinary Tract

o Respiratory Function Assays in Safety Pharmacology

o Metabolism Pharmacology

o Peripheral Nervous System

o Safety of Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics

o Side Effects of Central Analgesic Drugs

o Safety Pharmacology of Anti-inflammatory Drugs

o Safety Pharmacology of Drugs with Osteoarthritis-

Related Activity

o Safety Pharmacology of Blood Constituents

o Ocular Toxicity Tests

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o Assays in Endocrine Safety Pharmacology

o Safety Assays in Skin Pharmacology

 Safety Pharmacokinetics

o Physicochemical Properties

o In-Silico ADME Modeling

o Absorption – in vitro Tests – Cell Based & Non-Cell

Based

o Distribution - in vitro Tests – Protein Binding

o Perfused Organs

o Metabolism Studies in vitro and in vivo

o Distribution – Across Barriers

o Drug – Drug Interaction – Enzyme Induction

o Drug – Drug Interaction – Enzyme Inhibition

o Absorption

o In vivo Distribution

o Distribution – in vivo – Other Methods

o Pharmacogenomics in DME

o Population Pharmacokinetics in Drug Development

Assessment: Mid Semester Test

 Safety Toxicology

o International Guidelines for the Development of

Pharmaceutical Compounds

o General Toxicity

o Alternative Methods for Carcinogenity Testing

 Principles of Pharmacogenetics

o Identification of Treatment Response Genes

o Methods of Genotyping

o Pharmacoproteomics

o Potential Social, Ethical, and Legal Issues Raised by the

Development of Pharmacogenetics

 Clinical Practice and Pharmacogenetics

o Pharmacogenetics of Adverse Drug Reactions

o Pharmacogenetics of Respiratory Disease

o Hematological Pharmacogenetics

o Pharmacogenetics in Oncology

o Pharmacogenetics in Infectious Diseases

o Pharmacogenetics in Gastroenterology

 Course Reviews.

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Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisite: BPH 4216 Physiology & Pharmacology

Recommended Texts:

Shargel and Yu's Applied

Biopharmaceutics &

Pharmacokinetics by Murray P.

Ducharme, Leon Shargel Publisher � : �

McGraw Hill / Medical; 8th edition

(February 11, 2022)

ISBN-10 � : � 126014299X

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1260142990

Pharmacogenetics, Kinetics, and

Dynamics for Personalized

Medicine by David F. Kisor, Michael D.

Kane, Jon E. Sprague, Jeffery N. Talbot

ISBN-10: 1449652735

ISBN-13: 978-1449652739

Edition: 1 Pap/Psc; Jones & Bartlett

Learning; (Feb 19, 2013)

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4321

Course Title: Dispensing

Course Credits: 6

Instructor: Dr. Manuel Alvarez Gil

Course Description

This course in Dispensing is designed to impart knowledge to students of the

creation and dispensing of custom-made medications, which is the root of the

pharmacy profession and often symbolized by the mortar and pestle. The practice

involves mixing, measuring, and making safe, elegant pharmaceutical dosage

forms. Students will learn the importance of this practice as there are many

patients who cannot take traditional medication such as pediatric patients,

hospice patients, and patients with allergies to common dyes and fillers.

Compounding will be discussed, as it has come under increasing regulatory

scrutiny over the past ten to fifteen years due to risks involved in the practice.

Students will also learn of the traditional FDA regulation of compounding

practice and its statutory authority and discretion to regulate the practice.

Students will learn of the new regulation, withdrawing compounding from

traditional FDA regulation, which is necessary to protect patient access to this

important practice. Additionally, the pharmacists will learn of clear guidelines for

appropriate practice and patients need assurances of product safety. This course

examines the history, need, and risks of pharmaceutical compounding.

Course Objectives

To support, protect and advance the character, status and interests of Dispensing.

To promote the advancement, for the benefit of the public, of the science and art

of dispensing.

To promote the better education and training of pharmaceutical dispensing.

To encourage the study, and improve the practice, of dispensing.

To encourage suitable standards of education in dispensing.

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Course Goals

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

ώ Assure that all patient-specific and medication-specific

information required to support effective medication-related

patient-care decisions is readily available in a useful form to

physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other pertinent health-care

providers.

ώ Assure that all formulary decisions critically consider

medication safety.

ώ Assure that processes for prescribing and monitoring

medication therapy minimize the potential for medication

errors.

ώ Minimize the potential for errors associated with medication

products due to labeling, packaging, or medication names that

look and/or sound alike.

ώ Assure that medication storage is safe and secure throughout

the institution.

ώ Assure that double checks and/or other verifications are in place

to assure the safety of medications requiring special

preparation.

ώ Assure that medications are delivered to patient-care areas in a

safe and secure manner and available for administration within

a time frame that meets essential patient needs.

Course Content

 Research and Development

 Discovery of new medicines

 Pharmaceutical development

 Toxicity testing

 Exploratory development

 Clinical pharmacokinetics

 Clinical trials and good clinical practice

 Medical Department Issues

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 The medical department

 Medical marketing

 Information and promotion

 The supply of unlicensed medicines for particular patient

use

 Legal and ethical issues relating to medicinal products

 The safety of medicines

Assessment: Mid Semester Test

 Regulatory aspects

 The development of the control of human medicines in

Europe

 Technical requirements for registration of

pharmaceuticals for human use

 The regulation of drug products by the United States

Food and Drug Administration

 The US FDA in the drug development, evaluation and

approval process

 Regulatory and clinical trial systems in Japan

 Pharmacoeconomic and other issues

 Economics of healthcare

 Controls on NHS medicines prescribing and expenditure

in the UK

 Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry

 Course reviews

Assessment:

Prerequisites:

Recommended Texts:

Final Examination

BMT 4114 Chemistry; BMT 4124 Chemistry II.

Medication Safety:

Dispensing Drugs Without

Error by Kenneth R. Baker

ISBN-10 �

: � 1111539464

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1111539467

Cengage Learning; 1st edition

(May 10, 2012)

Dispensing Truth: Divine

Prescriptions to Restore and

Maintain Good Health by Dr.

Ronald E. Girardin; ISBN-13:

9781467038904; AuthorHouse

(October 22, 2012)

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4322

Course Title: Medicinal Chemistry IV / Laboratory

Course Credits: 6

Instructor: Marlaine L. Mance, PharmD., BCNSP

Course Description

This course is a continuation from the first three courses in Medicinal Chemistry.

It covers critical new sessions on Combinational Chemistry and Multiple Parallel

Synthesis, High Throughput Pharmacology, and Retrometabolism-Based Drug

Design and Targeting. This course will also aid students and researchers in

acquainting themselves with traditional and state-of-the-art principles and

practices governing new drug research and development. Students will also

reflect changes occurring in the field since the previous courses in Medicinal

Chemistry. Students will study the general principles important in the action of

antibiotics, antifungals, and antiparasitic agents at the molecular level. Emphasis

is placed on physical, chemical, and biochemical properties of these drug

substances. The relationship between chemical structure and pharmacological

activity, the molecular basis for anti-infective effect, and drug metabolism are

discussed.

Course Objectives

To assist students and researchers to acquaint themselves with traditional and

state-of-the-art principles and practices governing new medicinal drug research

and development.

To explore recent advances in the understanding of the structural biology of drug

action, as well as cutting-edge technologies for drug discovery now in use around

the world.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students would be able to:

ώ Understand the benefits that combinatorial and multiple

parallel chemistry brings to drug synthesis.

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ώ Understand the main features and applications of combinatorial

chemistry.

ώ Understand the differences between the methods needed for the

generation of small molecule libraries by chemical and

biosynthetic methods.

ώ Critically evaluate the literature in combinatorial

chemistryentities

Course Content

 Combinatorial Chemistry and Multiple Parallel Synthesis

 High-Throughput Screening for Lead Discovery

 High-Throughput Pharmacology

 Application of Recombinant DNA Technology in Medicinal

Chemistry and Drug Discovery

 Oligonucleotide Therapeutics

 Therapeutic Agents Acting on RNA Targets

 Carbohydrate-Based Therapeutics

 Membrane Transport Proteins and Drug Transport

 Allosteric Proteins and Drug Discovery

 Receptor Targets in Drug Discovery and Development

Assessment: Mid Semester Test

 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

 Large-Scale Synthesis

 Principles of Drug Metabolism

 Metabolic Considerations in Prodrug Design

 Retrometabolism-Based Drug Design and Targeting

 Drug Absorption, Distribution, and Elimination

 Physicochemical Characterization and Principles of Oral

Dosage Form Selection

 The FDA and Regulatory Issues

 Intellectual Property in Drug Discovery and Biotechnology

 Course review

Assessment: Final Examination

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Prerequisites: BMT 4213 Medicinal Chemistry I; BMT 4222

Medicinal Chemistry II; BPH 4312 Medicinal

Chemistry III.

Recommended Text:

Burger's Medicinal Chemistry, Drug

Discovery and Development, Eighth

Edition Set Volumes 1-8

by Donald J. Abraham, Michael Myers

ISBN-10 � : �

111953030X

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1119530305

Wiley; Volumes 1 - 8 edition (April 20, 2021)

Advanced Practical Organic

Chemistry, Third Edition by John

Leonard, Barry Lygo and Garry

Procter; ISBN-13: 9781439860977;

CRC Press; January 18, 2013

Recommended Journal:

International Journals of Medicinal

Chemistry;Hindawi Publishing

Corporation; ISSN: 2090-2069 |

2090-2077; 2013

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4330

Course Title: Pharmacy Practice III / Laboratory

Course Credits: 6

Instructor: Dr. Genevieve Ibisi Ragland

Course Description

This course continues from the previous two courses in Pharmacy Practice.

Pharmacists play a vital role in our health care system and the expertise provided

by them helps to provide affordable, comprehensive, and quality health care.

Because of the pharmacists’ important role in the delivery of health care, they

must be a ware of the changes in the health care system and how they affect the

pharmacy profession. This course examines the health care delivery system and

its present problems and concerns and discusses opportunities for improving the

system. The course also highlights pharmacy’s new role in our evolving health

care system.

Course Objectives

To make students aware of their important role in the health care system.

To enhance students’ professional abilities.

To develop individuals with the laboratory research skills needed to carry out

basic and applied studies.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students would be able to:

ώ Describe the components of any health care system.

ώ List the types of health care systems found throughout the

world.

ώ Describe the different types of health care personnel.

ώ Explain the differences among health care institutions.

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ώ Describe the types of health care services available.

ώ Explain the need for health care reform.

ώ Describe managed care.

ώ Discuss pharmaceutical care.

Course Content

 Pharmacy and the U.S. Health Care System

 Introduction to Health Care Systems

 Health Care Personnel

 Health Care Institutions

 Health Care Financing

 Problems in the Health Care System

 Health Care Reform

 The Role of Managed Care

 Outcomes-Based Therapy

 Pharamaceutical Care

 Introduction to Long-Term Care

 Overview of Long-Term Care

 Long-Term Care Settings

 The Elderly Population

 Drug-Related Problems in the Elderly

 The Long-Term Care Pharmacy

 Overview of a Long-Term Care Pharmacy

 Elements of a Long-Term Care Pharmacy

 Drug Distribution Systems for Long-Term Care

 The Prescription-Filling Process in a Long-Term Care

Pharmacy

 Services of a Long-Term Care Pharmacy

 Legislation and Regulations for Long-Term Care Pharmacy

 Overview of Legislation and Regulations for Long-Term

Care Pharmacy

 History and Evolution of Legislation and Regulations for

Long-Term Care Pharmacy

 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987

 Freedom of Choice

 Anti-Kickback Legislation

 Drug Enforcement Agency Regulations

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 Expiration Date Labeling of Medications

 Return and Reuse of Medications from the Long-Term

Care Facility

 Provision of Material Safety Data Sheets to the Long-

Term Care Facility

 State Regulation of Long-Term Care Pharmacy

 JCAHO Standards for Long-Term Care Pharmacy

 The Roles of the Pharmacist and the Pharmacy Technician in

Long-Term Care

 The Consultant Pharmacist

 Consultant Pharmacist Services

 Drug Regimen Review

 Pharmaceutical Care Plan

 Medication Pass Observation

 Consultant Pharmacist Services in Alternative Long-

Term Care Settings

Assessment: Mid Semester Test.

 Home Health Care

 Types of Home Health Care Services

 Specialty Home Health Care Programs

 The Home Health Care Patient

 Criteria for Selection for Home Health Care

 The Home Health Care Process

 The Role of Pharmacy in Home Health Care

 Home Infusion Pharmacy

 Overview of Home Infusion Pharmacy

 Types of Home Infusion Therapies

 Elements of a Home Infusion Pharmacy

 The Home Infusion Therapy Process

 The Prescription-Filling Process in a Home Infusion

Pharmacy

 The Provision of Equipment and Supplies for Home

Infusion Vascular Access Devices

 Nutrition Therapy

 Legislation and Regulations for Home Infusion

Pharmacy

 The Role of the Pharmacist in Home Infusion

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 Managed Care Pharmacy

 The Prescription Drug Benefit

 Cost of the Prescription Drug Benefit

 Pharmacy Benefit Management

 Overview of Managed Care Pharmacy

 The Role of the Pharmacist in Managed Care

 Legislation and Regulations for Managed Care Pharmacy

 Mail-Order Pharmacy

 Nuclear Pharmacy

 Hospice Pharmacy

 Federal Pharmacy

 Pharmaceutical Industry

 Advanced Pharmacy Technician Roles

 Overview of Advanced Pharmacy Technician Roles

 Expanded Pharmacy Technician Roles

 Specialized Pharmacy Technician Roles

 Benefits of Advanced Pharmacy Technician Roles

 Course Review

Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisites: BPH 4220 Pharmacy Practice I; BPH 4314

harmacy Practice II.

Recommended Texts:

Advanced Pharmacy

Practice

by Anita A. Lambert

ISBN-10 � : � 1133131417

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1133131410

Cengage Learning; 3rd

edition (January 13, 2014)

Pharmacy Practice And

The Law by Richard R

Abood; ISBN-10 � : �

1284154971 | ISBN-13

� : �

978-1284154979

Jones & Bartlett Learning;

9th edition (February 1, 2019)

Workbook and Lab

Manual for Mosby's

Pharmacy Technician:

Principles and Practice by

Elsevier, Karen Davis AAHCA

BS CPhT, Anthony Guerra

PharmD RPh

ISBN-10 � : � 0323734081 |

ISBN-13 � : � 978-0323734080

Elsevier; 6th edition (June 7,

2021)

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4332

Course Title: Physical Pharmaceuticals & Formulations II /

Laboratory

Course Credits: 6

Instructor: Professor Edita Fernandez Manzano

Course Description

This course continues from the previous course in Physical Pharmaceuticals and

Formulations I and introduces the student to physicochemical principles that are

relevant in the design, preparation, use and evaluation of pharmaceutical dosage

forms.

Course Objectives

To teach students to identify the different rates of decomposition reactions and

calculate the shelf-life of pharmaceutical formulations.

To introduce the student to physicochemical principles that are relevant in the

design, preparation, use and evaluation of pharmaceutical dosage forms.

To provide knowledge for students to explain the role of interfacial phenomena in

the design of dosage forms.

Course Goals

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

 Select surfactants for use in the preparation of formulations.

 Design suspension formulations by taking into consideration the

electric properties of the suspended drug particles.

 Recognize the different types of flow behavior of fluids.

 State Fick's laws of diffusion and apply them to selected

pharmaceutical systems and to biological processes.

 Recognize the role of particle size distribution on the

performance of dosage forms.

 Identify and relate the properties of polymers to their potential

use in pharmaceutical systems.

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 Identify the role played by partitioning in drug formulation and

transport. Relate partitioning to solubility, and particular

molecular factors.

 Explain how the primary, secondary and tertiary structure of

proteins affects their physical and chemical stability.

 Identify disperse, semisolid, transdermal and suppository

dosage forms, and the excipients required for formulation of a

pharmaceutically elegant product.

 Recognize the potential and source for physical incompatibilities

in formulations.

 Recognize the role of complexation and protein binding on the

performance of dosage forms.

 Recognize the meaning of the acronym ADME and describe the

factors affecting absorption through biological membranes.

Course Content

 Overview of Physical Characterization Methodology

 Introduction

 Properties Associated with the Molecular Level

 Properties Associated with the Particulate Level

 Properties Associated with the Bulk Level

 Ultraviolet/Visible Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy

 Vibrational Spectroscopy

 Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry

 Particle Morphology: Optical and Electron Microscopies

 Particle Size Distribution

Assessment: Mid Semester Test

 X-Ray Powder Diffractometry

 Thermal Methods of Analysis

 Micromeritics

 Physical and Mechanical Property Characterization of Powders

 Solubility of Pharmaceutical Solids

 Sorption of Water by Solids

 Course reviews

Assessment: Final Examination

Prerequisite: BPH 4221 Physical Pharmaceutics &

Formulation I.

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Recommended Texts:

Martin's Physical Pharmacy and

Pharmaceutical Sciences

by Patrick J. Sinko

ISBN-10 � : � 0781797667

ISBN-13 � : �

978-0781797665

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 6th edition

(February 21, 2010)

Physical Characterization of

Pharmaceutical Solids (Drugs and

the Pharmaceutical Sciences) by Harry G.

Brittain (Editor); ISBN-10: 0824793722.

Handbook of Pharmaceutical

Manufacturing Formulations, Third

Edition: Volume Six, Sterile Products by

Sarfaraz K. Niazi

ISBN-10 � : �

1138103837

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1138103832

CRC Press; 3rd edition (December 17, 2019)

Recommended Journal:

Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical

Sciences; Ajay Subhash Chougule, Amrita

Dikpati and Tushar Trimbake; AISSMS College of

Pharmacy; JAPS/Vol.2/Issue.2/2012

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: LAN 4328

Course Title: Business Spanish

Course Credit: 3

Instructor: Ms. Liana Somoza Perez, M.Sc.

Course Goals:

In the long term, the student must have attained sufficient competencies in the

target language to pursue a conversation with a native/non-native speaker during

the course of which basic comprehension is affected.

This course will also train students to communicate with individuals in the

business community as well as teach them how to write memos, letters, reports

and other documents in Spanish.

Course Objectives:

• At least an intermediate level with regard to the nature of speech in the target

language.

• It is geared toward developmental progression of competency in the

components of speaking, listening, reading and writing.

• Communication will be focused on an attempt to equip the students with a

view to handling himself/herself with life skills on relevant everyday

situational topics.

Such topics may include:

i) Personal information

ii) Travel and holidays

iii) Shopping

• Food and drink

• Memo and Letter Writing

• Pronunciation mastery will be enhanced through tapes.

• To utilize availability of Internet related programming for motivational and

improvement purposes.

• To promote language acquisition through the ‘affective filter’ syndrome,

focusing on:

a) A comfortable classroom environment

b) Pair/group work where the student can feel at ease as he/she

attempts to grasp the concepts of the target language

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• To remember first and foremost that language is communication; hence

strategies will include the use of dialogues, role-plays, dramatization, song,

dance and visiting lecturers to effect automacity and confidence.

Course Content:

Session 1 Overview of the course and stressing that this is a

manageable enterprise at the end of which their confidence

regarding the target language will increase self-esteem and a sense

of accomplishment.

Chapter 1

Session 2 The first day of classes - Introductory phrases -

courtesy phrases - phrases for hello and goodbye. The polite and

familiar difference, which is an integral part of language use.

Chapter 3

Session 3 TRAVEL - THE TOURISM OFFICE

Encouraging vocabulary acquisition and retention.

Session 4 TRAVEL - THE HOTEL

Students may use dialogues from the text but they have to be

encouraged to be creative and construct their own and use for class

presentations.

Session 5 More on TRAVEL

At this stage students should be experiencing the minimum or non-

existence of pronunciation challenges.

Chapters 6 & 7

Session 6 MID TERM QUIZ

Session 7 EVERYDAY LIFE

En la peluqueria y en la barbena - In the hairdressers and at the

barbers. Students can and will be encouraged to relate to these

situational areas. The importance of interpersonal quizzes and

reinforcement.

ASSIGNMENT: Research two more areas that people visit on a

regular basis.

Chapter 9

Session 8 Presentation by way of dialogue and dramatisation of

two more places where people go and how they interact. Memo

and letter writing.

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ASSESSMENT: Less emphasis will be placed on accuracy than on

content and interest.

Session 9 SHOPPING

A good opportunity to encourage interest by way of bringing in and

making use of ‘realia’ - real things, dress/shirt/shoes – practical,

relevant phrases for shopping in the target language.

Session 10 Vocabulary re - entry: How much have students

retained?

Session 11 Returning to the topic on SHOPPING but with the

focal point being food. For impetus various types of food may be

discussed – Spanish, American, Bahamian, Caribbean.

The time different meals are eaten in various parts of the world. As

an assignment students will be encouraged to ‘fix’ a meal and bring

it in for the final session

Chapter 14

Session 12 FINAL EXAMINATION - Buen provecho (Have a

good meal)

Prerequisite:

Recommended Textbooks:

GSD 4111 Use of English.

Spanish Business Dictionary: Multicultural

Spanish Business by Morry Sofer

ISBN-10 � : �

0884003396 | ISBN-13 � : � 978-0884003397

Schreiber Publishing; Third Revised edition (June 1, 2013)

Business Spanish Language Course (for

beginners to intermediate) by Paul

Dominguez & Claudia Blanco; ISBN-13:

9789801244097; October 21, 2010

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4411

Course Title: Integrated Pharmacy Practice

Course Credits: 12

Instructor: Dr. Genevieve Ibisi Ragland

Course Description

This course in Integrated Pharmacy Practice offers a wealth of up-to-date

information organized in a logical sequence for future formulators and

dispensing pharmacists. The course breaks down the subject to its simplest form

and includes numerous examples, case studies and problems, and end of chapter

references to encourage further reading. The course presents an objective and

balanced view of the science and its applications. It will be helpful to pharmacy

students and practicing pharmacists involved in the development and/or

dispensation of existing and new generation biotechnology-based drug products.

Course Objectives

To provide students with skills to manage health professionals in diverse

organizational environments, e.g. hospitals, clinics, home health agencies,

pharmaceutical firms.

To assist students in managing information including the collection, the

statistical and non-statistical analysis, and summarizing management and health

data for decision-making.

To assist students in the assessment and understanding of the health status of

populations, determinants of health and illness, and health risks and behaviors in

diverse populations.

The management of change in health care organizations in diverse communities

drawing broadly on the social and behavioral sciences.

Quality assessment of both business practices and health care delivery focusing

on outcomes measurements, process/outcome relationships, and methods for

process improvement.

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Course Goals

Upon completing this course, students should be able to:

ώ Manage information including the collection, the statistical and non-

statistical analysis, and summarize management and health data for

decision-making.

ώ Assess and understand the health status of populations, determinants

of health and illness, and health risks and behaviors in diverse

populations.

ώ Manage changes in health care organizations.

ώ Prepare quality assessment of both business practices and health care

delivery focusing on outcomes measurements, process/outcome

relationships, and methods for process improvement.

Course Content

 Introduction: Methods of Data Representation, Interpretation

and Analysis

 Thermodynamics and States of Matter

 Solubility

 Physicochemical Factors Affecting Biological Activity

 Micromeritics and Rheology

 Principles and Applications of Surface Phenomena

 Theory and Applications of Diffusion and Dissolution

 Chemical Kinetics and Stability

Assessment: Mid Semester Test

 Drug and Dosage Form Development: Regulatory Perspectives

 Oral Conventional Solid Dosage Forms: Powders and Granules,

Tablets, Lozenges and Capsules

 Oral Controlled Release Solid Dosage Forms

 Oral Liquid Dosage Forms: Solutions, Elixirs, Syrups,

Suspensions and Emulsions

 Parenteral Routes of Delivery

 Transdermal and Topical Drug Delivery Systems

 Rectal and Vaginal Routes of Drug Delivery

 Ocular, Nasal, Pulmonary, and Otic Routes of Drug Delivery

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 Delivery of Peptide and Protein Drugs

 Course reviews

Assessment: Final Examination

Prerequisites: BPH 4220 Pharmacy Practice I; BPH 4314

Pharmacy Practice II.

Recommended Text:

Pharmacy Practice

by Jennie Watson BSc (Hons) PG ClinDip PGCert

(LTHE) FFRPS MRPharmS FHEA, Louise Siobhan

Ms Cogan BSc (Hons) PG Dip PGCert (LTHE) PG

Cert (Research and Evaluation) MRPharmS FHEA

ISBN-10 � : �

0702074306

ISBN-13 � : � 978-0702074301

Elsevier; 6th edition (October 10, 2019)

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4412

Course Title: Drug Development & New Drug Technologies

Course Credits: 6

Instructor: Dr. Armando Cuellar Cuellar

Course Description

This course on Drug Development and New Drug Technologies is important and

exciting and discusses the practical application of genomic information to the

development of drugs. Recent technological advances have led to a rapid

acceleration in our ability to gather genetic data. The complete genetic sequences

are now known for several organisms and accelerated programmes are in place

for sequencing many other genomes, including human. The speed with which

complete sequencing can be accomplished will continue to increase as new

technologies come online. In principle, the scope for developing new diagnostic

techniques and drugs is now greater than at any time in human history, but the

pathway from genetic information to usable drug is a long and complex one.

This course covers such subjects as the current state of the art in sequencing

technology, the applications of these new technologies to sequencing the

genomes of various organisms, and the challenge of proteomics. Additionally,

students will be exposed to the legal and ethical implications of the new uses of

genetic data, and functional genomics from the point of view of the

pharmaceutical industry.

Course Objectives

To emphasize extensive involvement in drug product optimization, including the

clinical, chemistry, manufacturing, control, and toxicology studies needed to

meet global regulations.

To review and discuss compound information, drug development, pertinent

global regulatory regulations, and guidance.

To have students attend assigned drug development team meetings for

investigational and/or marketed compounds in various stages of development to

enhance the appreciation of the complexities of the drug development process.

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To have students participate in an interactive discussion with Regulatory Affairs

professionals on the regulatory perspective on the drug development process.

Course Goals

Students are expected at the end of this course to be able to:

ώ Develop research and problem-solving skills related to an assigned

drug development project(s).

ώ Provide an overview of new drug development via discussions with

other drug professionals, involvement in drug development teams and

assigned project(s).

ώ Explain the various steps in the drug development process.

ώ Explain the integration of the drug developmental stages.

ώ Explain the product labeling and its relationship to the development

process.

ώ Describe the role of a pharmacist in various departments, via

discussion with individuals in different departments such as Clinical

Development, Project Management, Manufacturing, Research and

Development, Drug Safety, Toxicology, Labeling, Quality Assurance,

and Marketing.

ώ Demonstrate problem-solving skills related to the assigned project.

ώ Participate in the education of students in industry and regulatory

affairs issues.

ώ Submit a manuscript suitable for publication in a regulatory affairs

related publication.

Course Contents:

 Introduction

o Current Instrumentation

o New Developments

 Electrophoresis-based fluorescent dideoxy-terminator

 Genomic impact on pharmaceutical development

 From transcription regulation to cell cycle checkpoint

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 Mass spectrometry resurrects protein-based approaches in

functional genomics

 A clinical molecular scanner to study human proteome

complexity

 From proteomics to functional analysis

 Microbial genome sequencing: new insights into physiology and

evolution

Assessment: Mid Semester Test.

 Pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics in the discovery and

development of medicines

 Mutagenesis and genomics in the mouse: towards systematic

studies of mammalian gene function

 Biological annotation of the Drosophila genome sequence

 Applications of high-density oligonucleotide arrays

 Plasmodium falciparum: from genomic sequence to vaccines

and drugs

 Functional analysis of the yeast genome by precise deletion and

parallel phenotypic characterization

 Patenting genes and gene therapy: legal and ethical aspects

 Ethical issues: from genome to therapy

 The impact of genomics on drug discovery

 From genome to therapy: industry perspective

 Course Reviews

Assessment: Final Examination /Research Project

Prerequisite: BPH 4221 Physical Pharmaceutics and

Formulation I

Recommended Text:

New Drug

Development: An

Introduction to Clinical

Trials by J. Rick Turner;

ISBN-10: 1441964177 |

ISBN-13: 978-1441964175;

Springer; 2nd ed. 2010

edition (July 30, 2010)

Recommended

Journal:

International Journal of Drug Discovery and

Technology (IJDDT); Research Science Press;

ISSN : 2229-5895; (Semi-Annual)

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 5612

Course Title: Leadership to Shape the Future

Course Credits: 5

Course Description

Students explore and examine the role of leadership in shaping learning

organizations in the 21st century. Leadership is examined as the capacity of

individuals and groups to generate and sustain significant organizational

purposes and processes needed to shape the organization's future.

Leadership is presented as a multifaceted discipline of diverse roles and

responsibilities.

The major themes of study are:

 Theoretical frames of Organizational Leadership,

 Personal Frames of Leadership Learning, and

 The Futuristic Frames of Organizational Leadership.

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 5615

Course Title: Leading for Change

Course Credits: 5

Course Description

To be an organizational leader demands an understanding of the basic principles

and practices underlying the management of large and diverse organizations. The

contrast of management of stability and control with the management of chaos

and instability suggests different techniques of leadership and management.

Participants will explore various organizational systems such as:

 information and communication,

 policy,

 politics and accountability,

 power and influence,

 decision-making, and

 conflict resolution.

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4413

Course Title: Pharmacy Internship

Course Credits: 40

Instructor: Preceptor (to be assigned at the beginning of the

internship programme)

Course Description

This pharmacy internship programme is designed to assist students in exploring

career options through practical training. Students who have completed their

second or third year of study have the greatest opportunity for focused industrial

or academic internships.

Academic internships may be pursued within government and/or private

agencies or other academic institutions abroad. Research topics could include

cancer research, neuropharmacology, drug discovery, and pharmaceutical

product development, formulation, or delivery.

Industrial internships may be sponsored by corporate partners whose areas of

emphasis include product formulation, manufacturing or regulatory affairs, as

well as research aimed at product development or drug delivery.

The purpose of the internship is to provide future pharmacists an opportunity to

experience pharmacy practice in a health-system setting. Students will receive

extensive practice experiences during the internship programme through a

community pharmacy, ambulatory practice, outpatient oncology practice, a

hospital setting and a specialty practice site (e.g. research lab, clinical practice in

Psychiatry or Geriatrics).

The pharmacy internship programme requires students to complete a total of

one-year practice training. Students would work a total of 2,000 hours to earn

40 credits.

Each student is required to be supervised by a preceptor to be assigned at the

beginning of the internship period. The preceptor will oversee the overall

experience, assign projects, and meet with the intern periodically.

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The intern will actively participate in patient care activities by observing and

assisting the pharmacist. The intern will learn through a variety of activities

including rotations through several core areas of practice, attendance at a variety

of meetings, completion of projects, assigned readings, and presentations to

other pharmacy staff. Time spent in each area will be tailored to meet the

individual’s interests and will take into account past experiences. Projects will be

assigned and monitored by the preceptor responsible for the rotation. One major

project will be completed during the internship and a presentation will be made

related to that project at the end of the pharmacy internship programme.

The goal is to improve the intern’s public speaking skills and to educate other

staff members. Another goal is for the intern to gain a good understanding of the

scope of pharmacist activities in that area of practice.

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4422

Course Title: Integrated Dispensing

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Manuel Alvarez Gil

Course Description

This course encourages students to become more efficient in pharmacy

dispensing. It allows students to combine the world’s most advanced prescription

fulfillment technology with innovative products and services in order to assist

their patients. It also implores them to generate more productivity from

everything and everyone in the pharmacy; increase medication safety and

prescription volume; manage operating costs, as well as growth in new markets

or new patient care areas; and improve the work environment and the return on

investments.

This course leads to a comprehensive, integrated approach to improving the

pharmacy throughout -- not just its throughput. It discusses the recent changes

in pharmacy practice.

This course is a practical guide to the theory and practice of extemporaneous

compounding and dispensing, which will equip students with the knowledge

required for producing extemporaneous formulations safely and effectively.

Course Objectives

To provide students with knowledge of the best patient care by reducing

drug/drug and drug/allergy interactions, reducing duplicate therapy, reducing

transcription errors; increasing accuracy of patient drug profile facilitating the

discontinuation of drugs not required; supporting clinical decision making in

selection of drug therapy; and providing information needed to minimize drug

abuse, diversion and misuse.

To enhance students ability to improve continuity of care by facilitating the

sharing of patient information across the continuum of care; improving the

accuracy and timeliness of drug dispensing history information across all points

of care; and facilitating new models for delivering care such as primary health

care and chronic disease management, etc.

To encourage students to maintain patient confidentiality by ensuring

appropriate electronic security is used; adhering to privacy laws and guidelines;

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providing patients with their drug profiles on demand; and supporting patient-

requested masking of prescription information.

To provide students with access to current drug information; and reducing

physician visits and hospitalization due to adverse drug reactions.

To enhance students’ ability to improve the operations and professional

capabilities of health providers by providing real time access to patient-specific

alerts and comprehensive drug information at the time of prescribing and

dispensing.

Course Goals

At the end of this course, students are expected to be able to:

ώ Provide the best patient care and improve the accuracy of

patient identification whenever administering medications

or blood products.

ώ Improve the effectiveness of communication among

caregivers.

ώ Improve the safety of using medications.

ώ Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections.

ώ Accurately and completely reconcile medications across the

continuum of care.

Course Contents:

 Historical perspective

 Obsolete dosage forms, equipment and methods of preparation

 Historical weights and measures

 Pharmaceutical Forms and Their Preparation

 Key formulation skills

 Extemporaneous dispensing

 Solutions

 Suspensions

 Emulsions

 Creams

 Ointments, pastes and gels

 Suppositories and pessaries

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 Powders and capsules

 Product Formulae

 Creams

 Dusting powders

 Internal mixtures

 Liniments, lotions and applications

 Powders

 Miscellaneous formulae

 Course Review.

Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisite: BPH 4321 Dispensing

Recommended Texts:

Pharmaceutical

Compounding and

Dispensing by John F. Marriot,

Dawn Belcher, Keith A. Wilson &

Chirstopher A. Langley;

Pharmaceutical Press; 2

Edition; May 2010; ISBN

0853699127.

Practical Dispensing For

Students, Pharmaceutical

And Medical

by . Charles John Samuel

Thompson (Author)

ISBN-10 � : � 1245271350

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1245271356

Nabu Press (September 13, 2011)

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4423

Course Title: Pharmacotherapeutics in Practice

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Caridad Sedeno Argilagos

Course Description

This is an advanced pharmacotherapeutics course that offers guidelines on

prescribing drugs for over 50 common diseases and disorders. The course is

organized by disorders rather than drug classes and includes algorithms and case

studies that illustrate critical thinking aspects of prescribing, such as drug

selection, lifespan considerations, therapeutic drug monitoring, adverse

reactions, unexpected outcomes, and when to change therapy.

This course also covers oncologic disorders and complementary and alternative

medicines. Included in this course are improved case studies, which reflect more

realistic practice issues in decision-making. Additional areas addressed include

food-drug interactions, dietary considerations, and concerns regarding geriatric

patients. The course presents the essentials of safe and effective drug prescribing

in the primary care setting.

Course Objectives

To provide students with a systematic approach to prescribing and monitoring

drug therapy.

To provide students with the pharmacology basics and to assist them in learning

the process of identifying the disease, reviewing the drugs used to treat the

disease, selecting a treatment based on goals of therapy and special

considerations, and learning how to adjust therapy if it fails to meet the goals.

Course Goals:

At the end of the course, students should have acquired knowledge and possess

adequate skills in:

ώ The therapeutic use of pharmacologic agents to protect, promote and

restore optimal health.

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ώ The principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.

ώ The history of disease, pathophysiology, symptomatology and

pharmacologic treatment of major health problems.

ώ The potential adverse reactions of various cultural groups to prescribed

agents.

Course Contents:

 Pharmacokinetic basis of therapeutics and pharmacodynamic

principles

 Impact of drug interactions and adverse events on therapeutics

 Principles of pharmacotherapy in pediatrics

 Principles of pharmacotherapy in pregnancy and lactation

 Principles of pharmacotherapy in elderly patients

 Principles of pharmacology in pain management

 Principles of antimicrobial therapy

 Complementary and alternative medicines

 Contact dermatitis

 Fungal infections of the skin

 Viral infections of the skin

 Bacterial infections of the skin

 Psoriasis

 Acne vulgaris and rosacea

 Ophthalmic disorders

 Otitis media and otitis externa

 Hypertension

 Hyperlipidemia

 Angina

 Heart failure

 Dysrhythmias

 Upper respiratory infections

 Asthma

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

 Bronchitis and pneumonia

 Tuberculosis

 Nausea and vomiting

 Gastroesophageal reflux disease and peptic ulcer disease

 Constipation, diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome

 Inflammatory bowel disease

 Parasitic infections

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Assessment: Mid Semester Test.

 Urinary tract infections

 Prostatic disorders and erectile dysfunction

 Incontinence

 Sexually transmitted infections

 Vaginitis

 Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis

 Osteoporosis

 Fibromyalgia

 Parkinson's disease

 Headaches

 Seizure disorders

 Depressive disorders

 Anxiety disorders

 Insomnia and sleep disorders

 Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

 Alzheimer's disease

 Diabetes mellitus

 Thyroid disorders

 Allergies and allergic reactions

 Human immunodeficiency virus

 Opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients

 Coagulation disturbances

 Anemias

 Oncologic disorders

 Immunizations

 Smoking cessation

 Menopause and hormone replacement therapy

 Contraception

 Weight loss

 The economics of pharmacotherapeutics

 Integrative approaches to pharmacotherapy - a look at complex

cases

 Course Reviews.

Assessment: Final Examination.

Prerequisites: BPH 4220 Pharmacy Practice I; BPH 4314

Pharmacy Practice II

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Recommended Text:

Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice:

A Practical Approach

by Virginia Poole Arcangelo PhD CRNP (Author),

Andrew M. Peterson PharmD PhD (Author)

ISBN-10 � : � 1975160592

ISBN-13 � : � 978-1975160593

LWW; Fifth, North American edition (October 9, 2021)

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 4424

Course Title: Pharmacy Management

Course Credit: 6

Instructor: Dr. Laquinta W. Hyppolite

Course Description

This course is designed for pharmacists and covers everything from personal

management to operations management, managing people, accounting basics

and finance, marketing, purchasing, value-added services, managing risks and

more. Students will focus on the principles applicable to all practice settings and

all aspects of pharmacy practice. Evidence based, theory is directly applied to

cases and examples.

Course Objectives

To manage nearly every aspect of your career in pharmacy.

To impart knowledge to students from top experts in the profession on issues

from personal stress management to money, finances, and marketing services.

To make your everyday professional life smoother, easier, more fun, and more

profitable.

Course Goals

Our goals at the end of this course are that students would be able to:

ώ Understand, interpret and follow the various laws affecting the

practice of pharmacy.

ώ Operate a hospital or community pharmacy practice.

ώ Provide pharmaceutical products and services of high quality.

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Course Contents:

 Why Study Management in Pharmacy School?

 Pharmaceutical Care as a Management Movement

 Management Functions

 Managing Yourself

 Time Management/Organizational Skills

 Stress Management

 Managing Operations

 Strategic Planning

 Business Planning

 General Operations Management

 Managing Technology and Information Systems

 Ensuring Quality in Pharmacy Operations

 Managing People

 Organizational Structure and Behavior

 Human Resources Management Functions

 Performance Appraisal Systems

 Customer Service

 Contemporary Workplace Issues

Assessment: Mid Semester Test.

 Managing Money

 Accounting Basics

 Third-party Payer Considerations

 Budgeting

 Finance—Corporate

 Finance—Personal

 Managing Traditional Goods & Services

 Marketing Theory

 Marketing Applications

 Purchasing and Inventory Management

 Merchandising

 Managing Value-added Services Traditional Goods & Services

 Appraising the Need for Value-added Services

 Implementing Value-added Services

 Reimbursement for Value-added Services

 Evaluating the Outcomes of Value-added Services

 Managing Risks in Pharmacy Practice

 Compliance with Regulations and Regulatory Bodies

 Medication Errors

 Management Applications in Specific Pharmacy Practice

Settings

 Course review.

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Assessment:

Prerequisites:

Recommended Text:

Final Examination.

BPH 4111 Foundations of Pharmacy; BPH

4126 Social Pharmacy.

Pharmacy Management: Essentials for

All Practice Settings,Fourth Edition

by Shane Desselle (Author), David Zgarrick

(Author), Greg Alston (Author), Leticia

Moczygemba (Author)

ISBN-10 � : � 9780071845434

ISBN-13 � : �

978-0071845434

McGraw-Hill Education / Medical; 4th edition

(June 9, 2016)

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BPH 5616

Course Title: Leading a Learning Organization

Course Credit: 5

Instructor:

Developing a learning-based culture is essential for today's organization. There

must be a strong, common set of shared values and understandings that tie

together the people in diverse partnerships.

Research demonstrates that strong adaptive cultures are tied to profitability and

sustained success. Participants will examine ways of how learning organizations

create learning cultures as well as leadership strategies that foster growth,

creativity and risk-taking while managing innovation, change and future

planning.

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Program: Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy

Course Code: BBA 4999

Course Title: Undergraduate Thesis

Course Credit: 9

Instructor: Mrs. Judith G. Jones, M.Sc. and

Dr. Eduardo Fernandez Sanchez

Course Objective

This course is designed to equip students with basic knowledge of the guidelines for

doing a research project in the form of a thesis.

Course Goals:

Upon completion of this course the students will be able to:

ώ Identify the characteristics of various types of research.

ώ Demonstrate good note taking strategies.

ώ Use major resources for locating literature on related research.

ώ Define a discrepancy and know the relationship to needs assessment, goal

based evaluation and the eventual thesis.

ώ Conduct a search on an electronic database.

ώ Develop a needs-assessment instrument using a discrepancy analysis.

ώ Write a critical analysis of a research article.

ώ Select measurable objectives and research paradigms.

ώ Know the formal process for writing a research report.

ώ Write a mini - proposal based on the Form Style manual guide of Michael

University

Course Content:

Session 1:

Course overview.

Trends in research to related discipline. Chapter 1

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Session 2:

Note-taking strategies

An in-depth discussion on using major resources for locating literature on