Pilihan program

Ringkasan program

The program uses an interdisciplinary approach to prepare students for careers in teaching and research in academic institutions, and for employment in industry, government and other agencies and institutions involved in health-science oriented research and development. The program of study may be individualized according to the academic background and area of research interest of the student, and includes: required and elective course work, participation in departmental activities such as seminars and teaching assignments, and in-depth research involving a topic of interest to the student and major professor. The objectives of the program are that students will be able to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the core areas of the pharmaceutical sciences, successfully conduct all aspects of research in the pharmaceutical sciences, demonstrate knowledge of research methodology in their selected field, of the pharmaceutical sciences, demonstrate knowledge of scientific advances in their selected field of the pharmaceutical sciences, identify problems in the pharmaceutical sciences and formulate appropriate solutions to these problems, communicate effectively in both written and oral forms, appropriately gather and analyze data using various information technologies, understand the importance of continuing professional development, self improvement and life-long learning, adhere to professional and ethical responsibilities.

Modul program

The courses are PHA 801 Introduction to the Pharmaceutical Sciences (3 hours), PHA 803 Research Techniques I (3 hours), PHA 804 Research Techniques II (3 hours), PHA 805 Isotope Techniques (3 hours), PHA 807 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (3 hours), PHA 808 Quantitative Aspects of Drug Action I (3 hours), PHA 809 Quantitative Aspects of Drug Action II (3 hours), PHA 897 Graduate Seminar (3 hours), PHA 813 Advanced Medicinal Chemistry (3 hours), PHA 833 Advanced Pharmacokinetics (3 hours), PHA 835 Advanced Physical Pharmacy I (3 hours), PHA 836 Advanced Physical Pharmacy II (3 hours), PHA 837 Advanced Biopharmaceutics (3 hours), PHA 839 Drug Delivery Systems (3 hours), PHA 849 Special Topics in Pharmaceutics (1-5 hours), PHA 869 Special Topics in Pharmacodynamics (1-5 hours).

Persyaratan masuk bagi mahasiswa internasional

Minimum expectations for consideration for admission into the Ph.D. program include the following: a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, Chemistry, Biology or an equivalent degree in a related area, or a Pharm.D. degree; a minimum GPA of 3.0 based on a 4.0 scale; a minimum GRE score of 1000 (composite of verbal and quantitative sections); for an applicant from a country where the primary language is other than English, a minimum TOEFL score of 550 or 213 on the computer-based test; International applicants must also meet additional requirements regarding foreign course evaluations.

Kualifikasi

Doktor (S3)

Institusi penerbit ijazah

Mercer University

Nama jurusan

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Atlanta Campus), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences