7025 (v.5) Pharmaceutics 121
Area: | School of Pharmacy |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Introduction to different dosage forms. Pharmaceutical Latin, prescriptions, posology. Introduction to physical pharmacy. Solutions and solubility, filtration, centrifugation. Metrology, pharmaceutical calculations. Drugs of natural origin. Biopharmaceutical aspects of dosage form design. Flavourings and colourings. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - Demonstrated an understanding of basic pharmaceutical processes and techniques. Developed a knowledge of commonly used medicinal preparations. |
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
Unit References: | The Pharmaceutical Codex, (1979), 11th ed., The Pharmaceutical Press. The Pharmaceutical Codex, (1994) 12th ed., The Pharmaceutical Press. Aulton M., (1987), Pharmaceutics - The Science of Dosage Form Design, Churchill Livingstone. Banker and Rhodes, (1996), Modern Pharmaceutics, 3rd ed., Marcel Dekker. Gennaro A.R., (Ed.), (2000), Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 20th ed., Mack Publishing Co. Rawlins E.A., (1997), Bentley's Textbook of Pharmaceutics, 8th ed., Bailliere Tindall. Ansel H.C., Allen L.V. and Popovich N.G., (1999), Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems, 7th ed., Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. Martin A.N., (1993), Physical Pharmacy, 4th ed., Lea and Febiger. Winfield A.J. and Richards R.M.E., (1998), Pharmaceutical Practice, 2nd ed., Churchill Livingstone. |
Unit Texts: | Pharmaceutics 100 Course Books, Curtin University of Technology. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Test 30%. Theory Examination 70%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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