COURSE RATIONALE
Pharmacy law and professional ethics prepares pharmacy students for their professional roles within the healthcare system while emphasizing that the practice is governed by law. The course
facilitates the integration and application of basic pharmaceutical, biomedical, behavioral, administrative sciences and pharmacology to address pharmaceutical care needs of patients and
the community. The course introduces the students to basic professional and ethical principles while preparing them to appreciation and understanding of the pharmacy profession and its
responsibilities to patient care and society at large.
COURSE AIM
At the end of this course, students should be able to apply basic legal and ethical principles to the effective practice of the profession of pharmacy.
COURSE CODE: PHAR 310
COURSE PREREQUISITES: Anatomy, Physiology & Pathophysiology, Biochemistry
COURSE RATIONALE
Pathology is a course that focusses on diseases. Pathology is literally the study (logos) of
suffering (pathos). More specifically, it is a bridging discipline involving both basic science and
clinical practice and is devoted to the study of the structural and functional changes in cells,
tissues, and organs that underlie disease. By the use of molecular, microbiologic, immunologic,
and morphologic techniques, pharmacy students must use pathology to attempt to explain the
whys and wherefores of the signs and symptoms manifested by patients while providing a sound
foundation for rational clinical care and therapy.
The four aspects of a disease process that form the core of pathology are its cause (etiology), the
mechanisms of its development (pathogenesis), the structural alterations induced in the cells and
organs of the body (morphologic changes), and the functional consequences of the morphologic
changes (clinical significance). Therefore, this course will equip pharmacy students with
knowledge and skills of understanding human diseases.
COURSE AIM
The course aims at equipping students with knowledge and skills of Pathology, Microbiology,
Parasitology and Immunology which will produce pharmacists that will contribute to the
improvement of healthcare provision.
COURSE PREREQUISITES: Fundamentals of Pharmaceutics
COURSE RATIONALE
The course equips students with scientific knowledge on different pharmaceutical systems and
the various available drug delivery systems. The course provides students with fundamental
principles in radiopharmaceuticals and their application in Pharmacy and Medicine. The course
also deals with pre-formulation steps undertaken that guide in key decision making in the
manufacturing process.
COURSE AIM
To provide scientific knowledge on different pharmaceutical systems, drug delivery systems and
radiopharmaceuticals.
RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS
1. Daniel L (2002). Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 20
th
Edition.
ISBN 0-7817-200X-4
2. Alexander TF, Juergen S (2009), Modern Pharmaceutics: Applications and
Advances, 5
th
Edition. Marcel Dekker Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-4200-6564-0
3. Ashok K and Mahesh VC, (2006). Excipient Development for Pharmaceutical,
Biotechnology and Drug Delivery Systems, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN- 10: 0-
8493-2706-7
4. Rowe RC (2009). Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients, 6
th
Edition.
Pharmaceutical Press. ISBN 978 0 85369 792 3 (UK)
COURSE CODE: PHAR 330
COURSE PREREQUISITES: Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutics
COURSE RATIONALE
This course introduces students to the study of drugs, and it involves drug development. It also
includes drug discovery, delivery, absorption, metabolism etc. The students are further
introduced to methods of preparation of various organic compounds and their relevance in the
preparation of pharmaceutical products. Pharmaceutical analysis equips students with
competences in analytical techniques and applications in various pharmaceutical sciences such as
clinical biochemistry, forensic science etc.
COURSE AIM
To enable the students have competences in organic compounds and analytical methods of
determining product quality.
COURSE RATIONALE
Pharmacognosy is the study of natural products obtained from natural sources which include
plants, animals and microorganisms. It is a multidisciplinary science that encompasses other
basic science fields which include Botany, Taxonomy and Systematics, Ethnobotany, Marine
biology, Microbiology, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and
Pharmaceutics.
The role of natural products in drug discovery and development is evaluated, particularly with
regard to their value as sources of drug leads with "drug-like" properties. A rationale for the
success of natural products research in providing new drugs and drug prototypes is presented,
drawing on lines of evidence from chemical informatics and chemical ecology. Several
innovative strategies for natural products drug discovery and evaluation of botanical medicines
are also studied.
In this regard, the course will provide a learning platform for students to understand and classify
the plants according to their source, morphology, active constituents and therapeutic uses.
Students are also trained in a variety of basic laboratory methods including microscopic
examinations, extraction and identifications.
COURSE AIM
Introduction of chemical compounds and other raw materials of natural origin and their
pharmacological properties for therapeutic importance.
COURSE CODE: PHAR 320
COURSE PRE-REQUISITES: Human Anatomy, Physiology & Pathophysiology, Biochemistry
COURSE RATIONALE
Pharmacology is a branch of pharmaceutical sciences concerned with the study of the interaction
of chemical substances (drugs) which exert biochemical or physiological effects on cells, tissues,
organs, or whole organism function. This course introduces pharmacy students to general
principles of pharmacology to enable them understand and apply drugs and their molecular
mechanisms of action, cellular/tissue/organ/system responses and effects, signal
transduction/cellular communication, molecular diagnostics, interactions, chemical biology,
therapeutic, and medical applications.
COURSE AIM
To provide pharmacy students with the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical skill to apply principles of drug disposition, actions and effects on cells, organs and system biological function for the treatment of disease.