Through completion of the pharmaceutical sciences graduate programs students will be able to:
- Apply basic principles of pharmaceutical sciences to the synthesis and purification of a drug molecule.
- Recognize and explain in vitro and in vivo methods of studying pharmacology, drug transport and metabolism, pharmaceutics, and toxicology.
- Evaluate the biological, biophysical, and chemical factors that influence drug delivery systems.
- Select and explain in vitro and in vivo methods of studying pharmacokinetics (PK) and drug metabolism (DM).
- Differentiate between Phase 1 and Phase 2 metabolic pathways and their utility in the body’s processing of a drug.
- Interpret experiments that use a calibration curve and internal standard to analyze drugs formulations qualitatively and quantitatively.
- Select an appropriate extraction method and instrument used for pharmaceutical analysis.
- Select the appropriate analytical technique and instrumentation for a given pharmaceutical sample taking into consideration the nature and stability of compounds as well as economic and environmental factors.
- Explain the general theoretical principles and applications of mass spectrometry (MS), spectrophotometric, and electrochemical methods of analysis, including the advantages and disadvantages of the various methodologies commonly used in pharmaceutical analysis.