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Course Specification
Pharmaceutics -2
Programme(s) on which the course is given: B. Sc. in pharmaceutical science
Major or Minor element of programmes: Major
Department offering the programme: Faculty of Pharmacy
Department offering the course: pharmaceutics
Academic year / Level: 2009 /2010, Third year, 1
st
semester
Date of specification approval: 2009

1-Basic Information
Title: Pharmaceutics -2 Code: PHA-401
Level: Third year (1
st
semester) Department: pharmaceutics
Unit: 4 Units
Lecture: 3 hours /week Tutorial/Practical: 3 hours /week
Total: 6 hours /week
2- Aims of Course ( )
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to understand:
1- The different routes of parenteral administration.
2- Properties of water for injection
3- Preservation of parenteral products.
4- Advantages and disadvantages of different types of parenteral containers
5-Different classes of ophthalmic products
6- Bioadhesive drug delivery systems
7- Microencapsulation, and the general methods used to prepare microcapsules
8- Reasons for microencapsulations.
9- Aerosols and sprays, advantages, principles, aerosols systems, containers and
valve assembly

Assiut University
Faculty of Pharmacy
Quality Assurance Unit

Department of Pharmacognosy
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3- Intended Learning Outcomes of Course(ILOs)
a- Knowledge and Understanding:
At the end of this course learning, the students will have comprehensive
knowledge and understanding of;
al- Principles of pharmaceutical sciences in the field of pharmaceutics.
a2- Physicochemical properties of drugs including active ingredients and
addatives.
a3- Principles of drug formulation, packaging, storage, route of administration
and bioavailability of medicine in variable pharmaceutical preparations as
parenteral, ophthalmic, aerosols and microcapsules.
B- Intellectual Skills:
At the end of this course the students should be able to;
b1- Prepare safe and effective medicines for individual patient use.
Adjustment of isotonicity of parenteral and ophthalmic preparations.
Find out a correlation between the type and concentration of the applied film
and the release rate from microcapsules.
b6- Choose rationally the adjuvants used for delivery and formulation of
biologically active molecules.
C- Professional and practical Skills:
At the end of this course the students should be able to;
c1 Compound, package and dispense medicine in appropriate dosage form
accurately and safely (parenteral, ophthalmic, microcapsules).
D. General and Transferable Skills:
At the end of this course the students should be able to;
d1-Use information technology skills including word processing and
information retrieval through online computer searches.
d9- Work effectively in team.
d12- Manage his/her time.




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4- Course Contents:

Topic No. of
hours
Lecture
(3 hr)
Tutorial /
Practical
Parenterals 12 3 3
Ophthalmic and Drug delivery 12 3 3
Microencapsulations 17 4 5
Aerosols and sprays 19 5 4
Total hours 60 15 15

5- Teaching and Learning Methods
5.1- Lecture formats
5.2- Discussion sessions throughout the course
5.3- Tutorial
5.4- Homework
5.5- Reports
5.6- Office hours
6- Teaching and learning methods for disables
There is no disable students
7- student Assessment
a- Student Assessment methods
7.1-Mid exam. to assess the knowledge acquired by the students
7.2- Practical exam to access the teanserable skills.
7.3- Oral exam. to access the communication skills of the student and to know
how does the student thinking about any scientific problem.
7,4- Practical exam. to access the ability and skills in preparing the dosage forms.
7.5- Tutorial to access the student understanding and knowledge.
b- Student Assessment Schedule
No. Assessment week
1. Mid. Exam 11
th

2. Practical Exam 15
th

3. Final written exam 16
th

4. Oral Exam 16
th







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c- Weighting of Assessments
No. Exam. Mark %
1. Mid-Term Examination 15 10%
2. Final-Term Examination 70 47%
3. Oral Examination 20 13%
4. Practical Examination 45 30%
5. Semester Work
6- Other types of assessment
Total 150 100%

8- List of References
a-Course Notes

b- Essential Books (Text Books)
1- Pharmaceutical Dosage forms and drug delivery systems, H. C. Ansel, I. V.
Allen and N. G. Popovich. ( )
2- Sterile Dosage Forms. S. J . Turco ( )
3- Remington, the science and practice of pharmacy ( )
c-Recommended Books
.
d- Periodicals, Web Sites, . etc
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Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Sayed Ismail
Head of Department: Prof Dr. Fergany A. Mohamed
Date: / /


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University
Assiut

Course Title Pharmaceutics -2

Faculty: Pharmacy

Course Code. PHA-401
Department:
pharmacognosy



Matrix of the Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) of the Course

General and
Transferable Skills
Professional
and Piratical
Skills
Intellectual
Skills
Knowledge and
Understanding
Week Topic
d1,d9,d12 c1 b1,b6 a1,a2,a3 1-3 parenterals
d1,d9,d12 c1 b1,b6 a1,a2,a3 4-6 Ophthalmic and
Drug delivery
d1,d9,d12 c1 b1,b6 a1,a2,a3 7-10 Microencapsulations
d1,d9,d12 c1 b1,b6 a1,a2,a3 11-15 Aerosols and sprays

Course Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Sayed Ismail
Head of Department: Prof Dr. Fergany A. Mohamed
Date: / /