New Curriculum

Bylaws for Students enrolled 2012 till present

The Faculty of Pharmacy offers a five-year program (10 semesters) leading to a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences degree.

Courses:

• Total Credit Hours = 170 credit hours, Total No. of Courses = 59 courses.
  
  
• University Requirements courses = 12 credit hours equivalent to 4 courses.
  
  
• Faculty Department courses = 158 credit hours equivalent to 55 courses.
  • Required faculty department are classified into : (146 credit hours equivalent to 51 required course):
    1. Pharmaceutical Technology = 24 Cr Hrs. (9 courses) {PHT}
       
       
    2. Pharmacognosy = 8 Cr. Hrs. (2 courses) {PHG}
       
       
    3. Pharmacology and Toxicology = 42 Cr. Hrs. (13 courses) {PHL}
       
       
    4. Pharmaceutical Chemistry = 26 Cr. Hrs. (8 courses) {PHC}
       
       
    5. Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy = 34 Cr. Hrs. (15 courses) {PHP}
       
       
    6. Microbiology = 12 Cr. Hrs. (4 courses) {MIC}
       
       
  • Elective Faculty department: 12 Cr. Hrs. equivalent to 4  elective course.

University Requirements

The core curriculum sets a foundation of general education in the social sciences and humanities. All undergraduate students are required to study the following courses:

1. 9 credit hours equivalent to 3 required courses.
   
   

   Serial No.	Course Code	Course Name	Pre-requisite	Credit Hrs.
   1	ENG 100	English for Academic Purposes	–	3
   2	ENG 101	Freshman I	ENG 100	3
   3	SOC 204	Computer Applications for Social Sciences	–	3

   
   
   

2. Students also select 1 of the following University Requirements Courses.
   
   

   Serial No.	Course Code	Course Name	Pre-requisite	Credit Hrs.
   1	ARB 105	Arabic  Composition & Style I	–	3
   2	ARS 101	Modern Arabic Literature	–	3
   3	COM 200	Desktop Publishing	–	3
   4	ENG 300	Writing Specialized Research	–	3
   5	ETH 101	Professional Ethics	–	3
   6	GEO 101	General Principles of Geography	–	3
   7	GER 101	German I	–	3
   8	HIS 101	History of Ancient Egypt	–	3
   9	HIS 102	History of Islamic Egypt	–	3
   10	HIS 106	Modern History of Egypt	–	3
   11	MAT 100	Introduction To Mathematics	–	3
   12	MUS 103	Introduction to Music	–	3
   13	POL 200	Introduction to Political Science.& International Relations	–	3
   14	PSY 104	Social Psychology	–	3
   15	SCT 101	Scientific Thinking	–	3
   16	SOC 102	Environmental Awareness	–	3
   17	SOC 103	Principles of Sociology	–	3
   18	SOC 106	Contemporary Issues	–	3
   19	THT 101	Introduction to Theatre	–	3

   
   
   

N.B. If a student is directly placed into Freshman I (ENG 101) then the
English for Academic Purposes (ENG 100) course will be
replaced by one of the University Requirements courses.

Faculty Requirements

The Faculty requirements include 55 required courses (158 credit hours).

Required Faculty Courses (146 credit hours equivalent to 51 required courses)

1. Pharmaceutical Technology Courses
   
   Number of courses 9, number of credit hours 24
   
   

   Serial No.	Course Code	Course Name	Pre-requisite	Credit Hrs.
   1	PHT 111	Pharmaceutics I	–	3
   2	PHT 151	Mathematics	–	2
   3	PHT 212	Physical Pharmacy	–	3
   4	PHT 213	Pharmaceutics II	–	3
   5	PHT 314	Pharmaceutics III	PHT 111	2
   6	PHT 315	Reaction Kinetics & Drug Stability	PHT 151 – PHT 212	2
   7	PHT 416	Biopharmaceutics .& Pharmacokinetics	PHT 315	3
   8	PHT 521	Pharmaceutical Quality Control	PHT 315	3
   9	PHT 522	Industrial Pharmacy	PHT 213	3

   
   
   

2. Pharmacognosy Courses
   
   Number of courses 2, number of credit hours 8
   
   

   Serial No.	Course Code	Course Name	Pre-requisite	Credit Hrs.
   1	PHG 211	Pharmacognosy	–	4
   2	PHG 421	Phytochemistry	PHC 112	4

   
   
   

3. Pharmacology and Toxicology Courses
   
   Number of courses 13, number of credit hours 42
   
   

   Serial No.	Course Code	Course Name	Pre-requisite	Credit Hrs.
   1	PHL 100	Biology	–	3
   2	PHL 101	Anatomy & Histology	–	3
   3	PHL 211	Physiology & Pathophysiology I	PHL 100	3
   4	PHL 212	Physiology & Pathophysiology II	PHL 211	3
   5	PHL 313	Physiology & Pathophysiology III	PHL 212	2
   6	PHL 321	Pharmacology I	PHL 212 – PHC 112	3
   7	PHL 322	Pharmacology II	PHL 321 – PHC 331	4
   8	PHL 351	Biochemistry & Molecular. Biology I	PHL 212	3
   9	PHL 352	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology II	PHL 351	4
   10	PHL 423	Pharmacology III	PHL 322 – PHC 332	4
   11	PHL 424	Clinical Pharmacology	PHL 423	4
   12	PHL 541	Toxicology	PHL322	3
   13	PHL 453	Clinical Biochemistry	PHL352	3

   
   
   

4. Pharmaceutical Chemistry Courses
   
   Number of courses 8, number of credit hours 26
   
   

   Serial No.	Course Code	Course Name	Pre-requisite	Credit Hrs.
   1	PHC 101	General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry	–	4
   2	PHC 111	Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry I	–	4
   3	PHC 112	Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry II	PHC 111	4
   4	PHC 121	Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry	PHC 101	3
   5	PHC 433	Medicinal Chemistry III	PHC 332 – PHL 322	2
   6	PHC 222	Instrumental Analysis	PHC 121	3
   7	PHC 331	Medicinal Chemistry I	PHC 112 – PHL 211	3
   8	PHC 332	Medicinal Chemistry II	PHC 331 – PHL 321	3

   
   
   

5. Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy Courses
   
   Number of courses 15, number of credit hours 34
   
   

   Serial No.	Course Code	Course Name	Pre-requisite	Credit Hrs.
   1	PHP 101	Medical Terminology	–	1
   2	PHP 211	Introduction to Drug Information	–	2
   3	PHP 212	Pharmacy Laws & Ethics	–	1
   4	PHP 221	Community Pharmacy	PHL 211	2
   5	PHP 351	Scientific Thinking & Research Design	–	2
   6	PHP 413	First Aid	–	1
   7	PHP 414	Health care & Pharmacoeconomics	–	2
   8	PHP 441	Pharmacotherapy I	PHL 313	3
   9	PHP 515	Advanced Drug Information	PHP 211	2
   10	PHP 522	Hospital Pharmacy	–	2
   11	PHP 523	Advanced Community & Hospital Pharmacy	PHP 221 – PHP 522	2
   12	PHP 531	Pharmacy Management, Promotion and Drug Marketing	–	3
   13	PHP 542	Pharmacotherapy II	PHP 441 – PHL 322	4
   14	PHP 543	Pharmacotherapy III	PHP 441 – PHL 322	4
   15	PHP 544	Outcomes Design and Assessment	–	3

   
   
   

6. Microbiology Courses
   
   Number of courses 4, number of credit hours 12
   
   

   Serial No.	Course Code	Course Name	Pre-requisite	Credit Hrs.
   1	MIC 211	Microbiology	PHL 100	3
   2	MIC 312	Immunology	MIC 211	2
   3	MIC 313	Medical Microbiology	MIC 211	3
   4	MIC 414	Pharmaceutical Microbiology & Biotechnology	MIC 211	4

   
   
   
   

Elective Courses

1. 12 credit hours equivalent to 4 elective courses 
   Students must select 4 of the following elective courses
   
   

   Serial No.	Course Code	Course Name	Pre-requisite	Credit Hrs.
   1	MIC 515	Public Health	MIC 211	3
   2	MIC 516	Diagnostic Microbiology	MIC 211	3
   3	PHC 523	Food Analysis	PHC 121	3
   4	PHC 524	Quality in the Pharmaceutical Lab	PHC 222	3
   5	PHC 534	Drug Design	PHC 433	3
   6	PHG 512	Production of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants	PHG 211	3
   7	PHL 542	Drug Abuse	PHL 322	3
   8	PHL 554	Clinical Nutrition	PHL 352	3
   9	PHP 546	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	PHT 416	3