PHRD-311: Pharmaceutics II

This is the second of a two-semester course sequence designed to teach students the basic principles and application of physio-chemical principles necessary for the design, development and preparation of pharmaceutical dosage forms. Students will develop the basic skills and techniques necessary for the compounding of pharmaceutical delivery systems, the appropriate evaluation, documentation, and labeling of prescriptions and the mathematical calculations essential to compounding. This course will build on the concepts introduced in Pharmaceutics I. Pre-requisite: PHRD 303 Pharmaceutics I. Lecture three hours per week, laboratory three hours per week. [ 4 credits ]