Pharmacy Courses

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

Courses

Total Credit Hours = 195 Credit Hours equivalent to 62 courses
*University Requirements courses = 8 courses (4 courses required & 4 courses elective)
*Faculty departments courses = 54 courses (52 Required and 2 electives)

             a) Pharmaceutical Technology = 38 chr (12 courses) {PHT}
             b) Pharmacognosy = 23 chr (6 courses) {PHG}
             c) Pharmacology and Toxicology = 29 chr (9 courses) {PHL}
             d) Pharmaceutical Chemistry = 41 chr (12 courses) {PHC}
             e) Pharmacy Practice And Clinical Pharmacy = 16 chr (7 courses) {PHP}
             f) Microbiology = 18 chr (6 courses) {MIC}
             g) 2 Electives

I. List of Faculty Requirements Courses:

The Faculty requirements include 52 required courses (165 Credit Hrs.) and 2 elective courses (6 Credit Hrs.).

Compulsory Courses:

Courses offered by Pharmaceutical Technology Department:

Course Code
Course Name
Pre-requisite
Credit Hrs.
PHT 101
Pharmacy Orientation and History of Pharmacy
None
2
PHT 111
Introduction to Pharmaceutics
None
2
PHT 151
Mathematics
None
2
PHT 212
Physical Pharmacy
PHC101
4
PHT 213
Pharmaceutics (1)
PHT111
4
PHT 314
Pharmaceutics (2)
PHT111
4
PHT 315
Pharmaceutics (3)
PHT213
4
PHT 416
Design & Formulation of Dosage Forms
PHT314
3
PHT 421
Reaction Kinetics and Drug Stability
PHT212-PHT151
3
PHT 431
Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics
PHT421
3
PHT 522
Industrial Pharmacy
PHT314
4
PHT 541
Pharmaceutical Quality Control
PHT421
3

• Courses offered by Pharmacognosy Department:


Course Code
Course Name
Pre-requisite
Credit Hrs.
PHG 101
General Botany and Medicinal Plants
None
4
PHG 111
Pharmacognosy (1)
PHG101
4
PHG 212
Pharmacognosy (2)
PHG101
4
PHG 321
Phytochemistry (1)
PHC213
4
PHG 322
Phytochemistry (2)
PHC213
4
PHG 431
Herbal Medicine
PHG321-PHG322
3

• Courses offered by Pharmacology and Toxicology Department:

Course Code
Course Name
Pre-requisite
Credit Hrs.
PHL 101
Anatomy and Histology
None
3
PHL 202
Physiology
None
2
PHL 311
Pharmacology (1)
PHL202-PHL101
3
PHL 351
Biochemistry (1)
PHC112-PHL202
4
PHL 352
Biochemistry (2)
PHL351
4
PHL 412
Pharmacology (2)
PHL311
3
PHL 421
Clinical Pharmacology
PHL311
3
PHL 531
Pharmacology and Biostatistics
PHL412
3
PHL 541
Toxicology and Forensic Chemistry
PHL311
4

• Courses offered by Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department:

Course Code
Course Name
Pre-requisite
Credit Hrs.
PHC 101
General Chemistry and Physical Chemistry
None
4
PHC 111
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry (1)
None
4
PHC 112
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry (2)
PHC111
4
PHC 121
Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry (1)
None
3
PHC 213
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry (3)
PHC112
4
PHC 214
Spectrometric Identification of Phar.Compounds
PHC213
2
PHC 222
Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry (2)
PHC121
4
PHC 223
Applied Analytical Chemistry
PHC121
2
PHC 224
Instrumental Analysis
None
4
PHC 331
Pharmaceutical Chemistry (1)
PHC214
4
PHC 432
Pharmaceutical Chemistry (2)
PHC331
4
PHC 433
Drug Design
PHC213
2

• Courses offered by Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy Department:

Course Code
Course Name
Pre-requisite
Credit Hrs.
PHP 401
Pharmacy Regulations
None
1
PHP 402
Phar. Manag., Promotion and Drug Marketing
None
3
PHP 421
Hospital Pharmacy (1)
PHT315
3
PHP 511
Clinical Pharmacy (1)
PHL421
3
PHP 512
Clinical Pharmacy (2)
PHL421
3
PHP 513
Drug Interactions and Drug Information
PHL421
2
PHP 522
First Aid
PHL 101
1

• Courses offered by Microbiology Department:

Course Code
Course Name
Pre-requisite
Credit Hrs.
MIC 201
Pathology and Parasitology
None
3
MIC 311
Basic Microbiology and Immunology
PHL202
4
MIC 412
Medical Microbiology
MIC201
3
MIC 413
Public and Environmental Health
MIC412
2
MIC 514
Pharmaceutical Microbiology
MIC311
4
MIC 515
Biotechnology
PHL352
2

Elective Courses:

Students should select 2 courses from the following list:

Course Code
Course Name
Pre-requisite
Credit Hrs.
PHL 542
Clinical Toxicology
PHL541
3
PHL 543
Drug Abuse
PHL541
3
PHL 553
Clinical Biochemistry
PHL351
3
MIC 516
Diagnostic Microbiology
MIC311
3
PHP 514
Clinical Pharmacy (3)
PHL421
3
PHP 523
Hospital Pharmacy (2)
PHP421
3
PHT 523
Applied Industrial Pharmacy
PHT522
3
PHG 532
Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
PHG111-PHG212
3
PHP 524
Community Pharmacy
PHT314-PHL311-PHP421
3
PHP 515
Clinical Pharmacokinetics
None
3

II. List of University Requirements Courses:

The University requirements include 8 courses (24 Credit Hrs.), 4 obligatory and 4 elective courses.

4 Req. Courses

Course :
Topic:
Pre-requisite
Credit Hrs.
ENG100
English for Academic Purposes
None
3
ENG101
Freshman I
ENG100
3
ENG102
Freshman II
ENG101
3
CSC101
Computer I
None
3

Select 4 courses

Course :
Topic:
Pre-requisite
Credit Hrs.
ARB 102
Arabic as a Foreign Language I
None
3
ARB 202
Arabic as a Foreign Language II
None
3
ARB 302
Arabic as a Foreign Language III
None
3
SOC106
Contemporary Issues
None
3
SOC102
Environmental Awareness
None
3
SOC103
Principles of Sociology
None
3
MUS103
Introduction to Music
None
3
PSY104
Social Psychology
None
3
ARB105
Arabic Composition & Style I
None
3
HIS106
Modern History of Egypt
None
3
SOC101
Arab Societies
None
3
SOC204
Computer Application for Social Sciences
None
3
ENG424
Technical Writing
None
3
BUS103
Principles of Business Administrartion
None
3
BUS201
Business Communication
None
4
MRK109
Principles of Marketing
None
3
CSC205
Computer II
CSC101
4
ECN102
Principles of Macroeconomics
None
3
HIS101
History of Ancient Egypt
None
3
REM200
Introduction to Research Methods
None
4
HIS102
History of Islamic Egypt
None
3
SOC105
Multidisciplinary Studies
None
3
ARS101
Modern Arabic Literature
None
3
POL200
Intro.to Political Science& Int'l Relations
None
3
PHI202
Contemporary Thought
None
3
ENG203
Introduction to World Literature
None
3
ARB205
Arabic Composition & Style II
None
3
EGY101
Pharmacology in Ancient Egypt
None
3
ART101
Introduction to Applied Arts
None
3
BIO100
Principles of Biology
None
3
ENG200
English Conversation
None
3
COM200
Desktop Publishing
None
3
MAT100
Introduction to Mathematics
None
3
EDU100
Study Skills
None
3
PSY101
Introduction To Psychology
None
3
COM442
Special Topics in PR
None
3
COM313
Media Management
None
3
COM223
History of Egyptian Press
None
3
GER101
German 1
None
3
FRE101
French 1
None
3

N.B. If a student is directly placed into Freshman I then the ENG 100 course will be replaced by one of the University Requirements courses.

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