The Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics Track does not admit students with the expressed interest in pursuing the M.S. degree. However, for a variety of reasons students admitted to the Ph.D. Program may choose to complete an M.S. degree (non-thesis option) either alongside or in lieu of a Ph.D. degree.
Pharmaceutical Sciences MS Non-Thesis (MSPS). The College of Pharmacy offers a graduate program leading to a Doctor of Philosophy and/or a Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Over twenty faculty participate in the program. MS students are self-pay (no funding is available from the Program.)
Faculty research interests are in various areas of the following graduate tracks (sub plans):
(1) Drug Discovery and Development
(2) Health Pharm Outcomes Research
(3) Pharmaceutics
College of Pharmacy
University of Arizona - Main - Tucson
Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD students should meet with the Graduate Programs coordinator to add this plan.
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International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.
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Students must receive a grade of B or better in all core courses. A student who receives a grade of C or less in a core course must repeat that course.
PHSC 502 Pharmaceutics 3
PHSC 501 Introduction to Pharmacology, Drug Discovery & Pharmaceutics 4
PHSC 603 Topics in Pharmaceutics 2
PHSC 511 Topics in Pharmaceutical Solids, Nanotechnology and Solid-State 3
Particle Engineering Design in Drug Delivery
PHSC 505 Current Techniques in Pharmaceutical Sciences 3
PHSC 596c Pharmaceutics Research Lab Meeting 4
PHSC 696a Seminar 4
BIOS 576a Bio Statistics 3
MCB 695e Science, Society and Ethics 1
OR
PHCL 595b Science Writing, Presentation & Bioethics 2
Choosen in consultation with the Advisor
ATMO 596b Air Pollution II: Aerosols 3
CHEE 572 Interfacial Chemistry of Biomolecules in Environmental Systems 3
CHEM 502a Introduction to Organic Reaction Mechanisms 3
CHEM 527 Analytical Separations 2-3
MSE 512 Physical Chemistry of Materials 3
Must have been admitted to the PhD program.
Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.