Graduate Program: Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS) - Pharmacokinetics/Pharmaceutics

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Program/Degree
Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS) - Pharmacokinetics/Pharmaceutics  
Program Description

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.

 
Department/Academic Unit(s)

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

College of Pharmacy

 
Campus where offered

University of Arizona - Main - Tucson

 
Contacts
Admissions Contact
Stephanie Ann Sikora
520-626-7265
Graduate Program Coordinator
Stephanie Ann Sikora
520-626-7265
Director of Graduate Studies
Georg T Wondrak
520-626-9009
Graduate College Degree Counselor
Annie Prisbrey
520-621-0119
 
Tuition and Fees
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Please refer to the UA Registrar's's Office Special Course Fees for up-to-date information about special course fees. 

Admissions Information

Admissions Requirements

Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD students should meet with the Graduate Programs coordinator to add this plan.

 
Standardized Tests

Does not apply to this program

 
Funding Opportunities

Not available

 
Admissions Deadlines

Does not apply to this program

 
International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information
The GRE Institution Code for The University of Arizona is 4832

Completion Requirements

Minimum Credit Units

36 

Core Coursework Requirements

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

 
Elective Coursework

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

 
Additional Requirements

Must have been admitted to the PhD program. 

 
Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

 
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Last revised 20 Nov 2020