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Research Requirements

Pharmaceutics Graduate Research

Pharmaceutics is a multidisciplinary science which focuses on the study of the physical, chemical and biological properties of drugs and dosage forms. Cutting across the traditional disciplinary boundaries, pharmaceutics examines the relationship of drug properties to dosage form design, fabrication, evaluation and therapeutic efficacy. Students in the pharmaceutics program may develop research programs in the areas of drug delivery systems, drug stability, dosage forms, and pharmacokinetics.

Pharmaceutics faculty, located in the modern facility in the Texas Medical Center, engage in collaborative research projects with other Texas Medical Center institutions. This environment provides students with a wide range of basic and clinical research experience and opportunities to conduct animal and human research. Course work available from other University of Houston departments and Texas Medical Center institutions provides didactic backgrounds which meet the needs of individual students.

Masters of Science Degree Required Didactic Courses

PCOL 6470 Advanced Pharmacology I.
PCOL 6371 Advanced Pharmacology II.
PCOL 7441 Experimental Design and Statistics.
PCEU 7350 Fundamental Laboratory Methods.
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PCEU 6180,6181 Pharmaceutics Seminar.
PCEU 6241,6242 Pharmaceutics Literature Review.
PHAR 6241 General Pharmacokinetics.
PCEU 7355 Regulatory Affairs.
PCEU 6342 Advanced Pharmaceutics I.
PCEU 6345 Advanced Pharmaceutics II.

Doctor of Philosophy Degree Required Didactic Courses

All required courses in the M.S. Program described above. PCOL 7370 Scientific Writing.
PCEU 7345 Drug Metabolism
PCOL 7361 Research Methods in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
PCOL 7380 Advanced Techniques in the Pharmaceutical Sciences.
PCEU 6341 Advanced Pharmacokinetics.
PCEU 7340 Advanced Drug Delivery Systems.
Electives (9 credit hours)

Pharmacology Graduate Research

Pharmacology is the study of the mechanisms of action of drugs and drug effects on normal and disease states. It is a science based upon the integration of chemistry, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, and physiology. Students in the Pharmacology program may develop research programs in the areas of renal, autonomic, central nervous system, cardiovascular pharmacology, signal transduction, cellular physiology of exercise and aging, protein biochemistry, or medicinal chemistry of natural products.

Masters of Science Degree Required Didactic Courses

PCOL 6470 Advanced Pharmacology I. PCOL 6371 Advanced Pharmacology II.
PCOL 7441 Experimental Design and Statistics.
PCEU 7350 Fundamental Laboratory Methods.
PCOL 7333 Principles of Molecular Pharmacology.
PCOL 6180, 6181 Pharmacology Seminar.
PCOL 6241, 6242 Pharmacological Literature Review.
PCOL 7330 General Biochemical Pharmacology.
PCOL 6450 Neurophysiology.
PCOL 6451 Organ Physiology.
PCOL 7331 General Cell Pharmacology.

Doctor of Philosophy Degree Required Didactic Courses

All required courses in the M.S. Program described above.
PCOL 7370 Scientific Writing.
PCEU 7345 Drug Metabolism
PCOL 7361 Research Methods in Pharmaceutical Sciences.
PCOL 7380 Advanced Techniques in the Pharmaceutical Sciences.
PCOL 7350 Cellular Pharmacology I.
PCOL 7351 Cellular Pharmacology II.
Electives (9 credit hours)