Pharmaceutics – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

The requirements for this degree are at least 20 credits of acceptable non-research graduate-level courses and at least 20 research credits. The courses are from the required and program courses listed below and from courses approved by the research advisor/Research Advisory Committee. A minimum of 6 credits of 800-level courses and the remainder at the 700 or 800 level are required. Registration (1 or 0 credits) and participation in PH 890 - Pharmaceutics Seminar is required each semester, but only one credit may be applied toward the 20 non-research credit requirement.

Required

PH 750 - Advanced Pharmaceutics Credits: 4
PH 890 - Pharmaceutics Seminar Credits: 0 to 1 per semester
1 credit of PH 890 is required, see footnote below for details.
PH 897 - Research in Pharmaceutics Credits: 2
PH 899 - Doctoral Research Credits: 1 to 9 per semester enrolled in the course
A minimum of 20 credits of PH 899 is required, but PH 899 is not required every semester.

Program Courses

At least one course from the program courses listed below:

CH 721 - Chemical Kinetics Credits: 3
PH 755 - Application of Regulatory Sciences in Pharmaceutical Development Credits: 2
PH 803 - Equilibrium Phenomena Credits: 3
PH 811 - Drug Diffusion and Controlled Delivery Credits: 2
PH 813 - Design of Experiments Credits: 2
PH 875 - Drug Dynamics Credits: 3
PH 880 - Pharmaceutical Polymers Credits: 3

Footnote:

Students must register for PH 890 every fall and spring semester. Students register for 0 credit hours when not presenting a seminar and for 1 credit hour when presenting a seminar. Students are expected to present 1 seminar each year, but only 1 credit of PH 890 may count toward completion of the degree program.