MS, PhD Pharmaceutics
Boston
Curriculum Outline
A typical MS in pharmaceutics program
| COURSE | TITLE | SEMESTER HOURS |
| MAT 763 | Advanced Statistics | 3 |
| PSB 720 | Good Manufacturing Practices Compliance | 3 |
| PSB 808 | Advanced Physical Pharmacy I | 3 |
| PSB 809 | Advanced Physical Pharmacy II | 3 |
| PSB 818 | Laboratory Rotations | 1 |
| PSB 819 | Graduate Seminar | 2 |
| PSB 835 | Advanced Pharmacokinetics | 3 |
| PSB 875 | Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms Design | 4 |
| PSB 880 | Research* | 3 |
| Electives | 6 |
Total minimum semester hours: 31
*Time and credit approved by major professor.
A typical PhD in pharmaceutics program
| COURSE | TITLE | SEMESTER HOURS |
| MAT 763 | Advanced Statistics | 3 |
| PSB 720 | Good Manufacturing Practices Compliance | 3 |
| PSB 808 | Advanced Physical Pharmacy I | 3 |
| PSB 809 | Advanced Physical Pharmacy II | 3 |
| PSB 818 | Laboratory Rotations | 1 |
| PSB 819 | Graduate Seminar | 4 |
| PSB 835 | Advanced Pharmacokinetics | 3 |
| PSB 875 | Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms Design | 4 |
| PSB 880 | Research* | 7 |
| Minor | 8 | |
| Electives | 11 |
Total minimum semester hours: 50
*Time and credit approved by major professor.
Note: A minimum of one semester of physical chemistry (thermodynamics and kinetics) is required prior to acceptance. Chemistry 131 Thermodynamics and Kinetics, or its equivalent, may be taken concurrently at Simmons College without graduate credit.
Elective courses for MS and PhD in pharmaceutics
| COURSE | TITLE | SEMESTER HOURS |
| DDD 800 | Target Identification and Validation | 3 |
| DDD 802 | Assay Development and High-Throughput Screening | 3 |
| DDD 824 | Emerging Technologies | 3 |
| PSB 807 | Unit Operations | 3 |
| PSB 815 | Drug Metabolism | 3 |
| PSB 822 | Enzyme Kinetics | 2 |
| PSB 824 | Colloidal and Interfacial Phenomena | 3 |
| PSB 825 | Novel Drug Delivery Systems I | 3 |
| PSB 826 | Novel Drug Delivery Systems II | 3 |
| PSB 840 | Advanced Biopharmaceutics | 3 |
| PSB 850 | Pharmacogenomics | 3 |
| PSB 860 | Chromatography | 2 |
| PSB 861 | Chromatography Laboratory | 1 |
Electives in other appropriate subject areas may be taken with the approval of the major advisor.
Suggested minors: Analytical chemistry, business administration, or regulatory affairs.