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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. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
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. |
Field of Education: | 60500 Pharmacy (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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