Yarmouk University

Faculty of Pharmacy

Bachelor Degree Course plan

2016

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 Yarmouk University

Faculty of Pharmacy

Vision:
The faculty aims to accomplish a distinguished pharmaceutical education coping with modern
developments in the profession, both locally and regionally, toward a qualified pharmacist in
various areas of pharmacy practice, which reflect comprehensive quality practice.

Mission:
The mission of the faculty of pharmacy is to contribute to the comprehensiveness of the
university in the education programs, and to achieve excellence in academic and applied
pharmaceutical programs based on scientific research, that is anticipated to be a complementary
to different modern aspects of the profession of pharmacy.

Values:
 Consolidate pharmacy ethics and values, which includes: mutual respect, justice and equal
opportunity, and honesty and transparency.
 The faculty provides the environment for its students for creativity innovation.
 Encourages team work amongst its students.
 Commitments to respectful discussion supported with science and logic.
 Consolidation of achievements and work ethos.
 Emphasize patriotism and intuitional conscious.

Objectives:
1. Graduating qualified and skillful pharmacists to satisfy local, regional and international
markets in various areas of pharmacy practice

2. Organize and encourage applicable research by activating the cooperation and coordination
with the pharmaceutical sectors to fulfill the faculty mission commitment to the community.

3. Providing opportunities of continuous education and personal development to enhance the

faculty staff skills and their level of teaching.

4. Maintain a competitive edge to the faculty graduate.

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5. Commitment to apply local, regional and international quality assurance protocols.

Learning outcomes:

 Main outcome for the pharmacy program:

Graduating qualified and skillful pharmacists to satisfy local, regional and international
markets which enable them to work in the following areas:
1. Community and hospital pharmacy
2. Pharmaceutical promotion and marketing
3. Pharmaceutical industry
4. Jordanian food and drug administration
5. Higher educational institutions in pharmacy
6. Pharmaceutical research centers
7. Online pharmaceutical marketing
8. Local and international health organizations

 Specific learning outcomes:

1. Communication: the graduates will be able to communicate effectively with patients,
care-givers, pharmacy personnel’s, other health care professionals, community members,
policy makers and administrators
2. Critical Thinking & Problem Solving: the graduates will be able to apply critical
thinking, problem solving and scientific reasoning skills to prevent or resolve problems
within the practice of pharmacy.
3. Drug/Medication Information and Technology Systems: the graduates will be able to
utilize uses and harness information technology systems and demonstrate the ability to
analyze and interpret any retrieved data or literature to assist in drug information
provision, patient care, drug distribution, patient safety and compensation
4. Patient Care: the graduate will be able to perform Patient Assessment, Drug Therapy
Assessment and Patient Care Plan & Monitoring Design, implement, monitor, evaluate
and adjust evidence-based patient-specific pharmacy care plans and address health
literacy, cultural competency, and behavioral psychosocial issues.
5. Pharmacy System Management: the graduate will be able to demonstrate a working
knowledge of compounding, dispensing, distribution, management, marketing and

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 compensation principles necessary to operate a successful patient-centered pharmacy
practice using all resources available efficiently.
6. Professionalism: the graduate will be able to perform responsibilities in accordance with
legal, ethical, social, economic and professional guidelines.
7. Self-Learning: the graduate will be able to demonstrate self-directed learning through
ongoing reflection and analysis to identify areas and methods necessary to expand
professional knowledge and competence in a changing practice environment.
8. Collaboration: the graduate will be able to collaborate and function effectively with
individuals in teams to facilitate optimal outcomes.
9. Public Health & Population-based Care: the graduate will be able to demonstrate a
working knowledge of concepts to develop and implement population-specific, evidence-
based disease management programs using epidemiologic and pharmacoeconomic data,
medication use criteria, medication use review and risk reduction strategies.

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 Organizational structure of the Faculty of Pharmacy

Faculty Deanship
The Dean

Secretary

Secretary Vice dean Administrator

Administrative Office
Chief of Staff
Assistant Dean of Quality Assurance Office worker

Department of Pharmacy Practice Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Department Head Department Head

Secretary Secretary

Faculty members Faculty members

Teaching assistant Lab Technicians Teaching assistant

(Lab supervisors) Lab Technicians
(Lab supervisors)

Degrees Awarded

 Bachelor degree in Pharmacy

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 Faculty of pharmacy

Course code and number / Numbering Interpretation

Knowledge area Numbering Interpretation

Chemistry - Pharmaceutical / Medical 1
Pharmaceutics - Pharmaceutical / Medical 2
Biomedical Sciences 3
Advanced Pharmaceutics 4

Chemistry - Pharmaceutical / Medical (1)

Course Level Sr. No. Code Course No. Type

Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry 2 0 PHAR 210 Obligatory
Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Practical 2 1 PHAR 211 Obligatory
Biochemistry 2 2 PHAR 212 Obligatory
Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry 2 3 PHAR 213 Obligatory
Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry 2 4 PHAR 214 Obligatory
Practical
Physical Pharmacy 2 5 PHAR 215 Obligatory
Physical Pharmacy Practical 2 6 PHAR 216 Obligatory
Phytotherapy and Phytochemistry 3 0 PHAR 310 Obligatory
Phytotherapy and Phytochemistry Practical 3 1 PHAR 311 Obligatory
Pharmaceutical Instrumental Analysis 3 2 PHAR 312 Obligatory
Pharmaceutical Instrumental Analysis 3 3 PHAR 313 Obligatory
Practical
Selected Topics in Analytical Chemistry and 3 4 PHAR 314 Elective
Instrumental Analysis
Clinical Biochemistry 3 5 PHAR 315 Obligatory
Medicinal Chemistry (1) 4 0 PHAR 410 Obligatory
Medicinal Chemistry (2) 4 1 PHAR 411 Obligatory
Medicinal Chemistry (2) Practical 4 2 PHAR 412 Obligatory
Seminar in Pharmacy 4 3 PHAR 413 Elective
Drug Design 5 0 PHAR 510 Obligatory

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 Pharmaceutics - Pharmaceutical / Medical (2)

Course Level Sr. No. Code Course No. Type

Pharmaceutical Calculations and 2 0 PHAR 220 Obligatory
Compounding
Pharmaceutical Calculations and 2 1 PHAR 221 Obligatory
Compounding Practical
Pharmaceutical Technology 3 0 PHAR 320 Obligatory
Pharmaceutical Technology Practical 3 1 PHAR 321 Obligatory

Principles of Business for Pharmacy 3 2 PHAR 322 Obligatory

Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics 4 0 PHAR 420 Obligatory

Case Studies in Pharmacokinetics 4 1 PHAR 421 Obligatory

Pharmacoepidemiology and 4 2 PHAR 422 Obligatory

Pharmacoeconomics
Cosmetic Preparations 4 3 PHAR 423 Obligatory

Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs and 4 4 PHAR 424 Elective

Quality Control
Health policy and Drug Trading 4 5 PHAR 425 Elective
Requirements
Drug Delivery Systems 5 0 PHAR 520 Obligatory

Accounting and Health Management 5 1 PHAR 521 Elective

Selective Topics in Pharmacy 5 2 PHAR 522 Elective

Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology 5 3 PHAR 523 Obligatory

Advanced Pharmacoeconomics 5 4 PHAR 524 Elective

Biomedical Sciences (3)

Course Level Sr. No. Code Course No. Type

Physiology for Pharmacy 2 0 PHAR 230 Obligatory
Pathophysiology for Pharmacy 2 1 PHAR 231 Obligatory
Pharmaceutical Microbiology 3 0 PHAR 330 Obligatory
Pharmaceutical Microbiology Practical 3 1 PHAR 331 Obligatory
Pharmacology (1) 3 2 PHAR 332 Obligatory
Pharmacology (2) 3 3 PHAR 333 Obligatory

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 Pharmaceutical Practical Training (8 weeks) 4 0 PHAR 430 Obligatory
Therapeutics (1) 4 1 PHAR 431 Obligatory
Therapeutics (2) 4 2 PHAR 432 Obligatory
Pharmacogenetics 4 3 PHAR 433 Elective
Pharmaceutical Care 4 4 PHAR 434 Elective
Non-prescription Drugs 4 5 PHAR 435 Elective
Clinical Therapeutics 5 0 PHAR 530 Obligatory
Advanced Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 5 1 PHAR 531 Elective
Toxicology 5 2 PHAR 532 Obligatory
Immunology and Vaccines 5 3 PHAR 533 Obligatory

Advanced Pharmaceutics (4)

Course Level Sr. No. Code Course No. Type

Pharmaceutical Marketing 4 0 PHAR 440 Obligatory
Natural Products and Alternative Medicine 4 1 PHAR 441 Obligatory
Drug Stability 4 2 PHAR 442 Elective
Pharmaceutical Informatics 4 3 PHAR 443 Elective
Drug Legislations 4 4 PHAR 444 Elective
Pharmaceutical Intellectual Properties 4 5 PHAR 445 Elective
Communication Skills In Pharmacy 4 6 PHAR 446 Elective
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 5 0 PHAR 540 Obligatory
Research and Development in Pharmacy 5 1 PHAR 541 Obligatory
Pharmaceutical Ethics and Legislation 5 2 PHAR 542 Elective
Health Services Marketing 5 3 PHAR 543 Elective

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 Yarmouk University

Knowledge areas per accreditation requirements

Practical Courses: Required percentage 15%, Actual percentage 30%

Course Requirement Accredited Hours

Theory Practical
Obligatory 138 42

Knowledge areas per accreditation requirements

Area Credit Hours

Required Actual
Supportive Areas 12 14
Chemistry - Pharmaceutical / 30 35
Clinical
Pharmaceutics - 22 23
Pharmaceutical / Clinical
Biomedical Sciences 34 39
Advanced Pharmaceutics 12 15

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 Knowledge Course Course Name Credit Type Total Hours
Areas Number Hours
Accreditation Actual
Supportive Area CHEM 103 General Chemistry for 3 Obligatory 12 14
Medical Students
CHEM 107 General Chemistry for 1 Obligatory
Medical Students
Practice
BIO 111 General Biology for 3 Obligatory
Medical Students
BIO 112 General Biology for 1 Obligatory
Medical Students
Practice
MATH 101 Calculus 3 Obligatory
PHYS 101 General Physics (1) 3 Obligatory
Chemistry - PHAR 210 Pharmaceutical 3 Obligatory 30 35
Pharmaceutical / Organic Chemistry Obligatory
Medical PHAR 211 Pharmaceutical 1 Obligatory 4
Organic Chemistry Elective
Practical
PHAR 212 Biochemistry 3 Obligatory
PHAR 213 Pharmaceutical 3 Obligatory
Analytical Chemistry
PHAR 214 Pharmaceutical 1 Obligatory
Analytical Chemistry
Practical
PHAR 215 Physical Pharmacy 3 Obligatory
PHAR 216 Physical Pharmacy 1 Obligatory
Practice
PHAR 310 Phytochemistry and 3 Obligatory
Phytotherapy
PHAR 311 Phytochemistry and 1 Obligatory
Phytotherapy Practical
PHAR 312 Pharmaceutical 3 Obligatory
Instrumental Analysis
PHAR 313 Pharmaceutical 1 Obligatory
Instrumental Analysis
Practical
PHAR 314 Special Topics in 3 Elective
Analytical Chemistry
and Instrumental
Analysis
PHAR 315 Clinical Biochemistry 3 Obligatory
PHAR 410 Medicinal Chemistry 3 Obligatory
(1)
PHAR 411 Medicinal Chemistry 2 Obligatory
(2)
PHAR 412 Medicinal Chemistry 1 Obligatory
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 (2) Practical
PHAR 413 Seminar in Pharmacy 1 Elective
PHAR 510 Drug Design 3 Obligatory
Pharmaceutics - PHAR 220 Pharmaceutical 3 Obligatory 22 23
Pharmaceutical / Calculations and Obligatory
Medical Compounding
PHAR 221 Pharmaceutical 1 Obligatory 15
Calculations and Elective
Compounding Practical
PHAR 320 Pharmaceutical 3 Obligatory
Technology
PHAR 321 Pharmaceutical 1 Obligatory
Technology Practical
PHAR 322 Principles of Business 2 Obligatory
for Pharmacy
PHAR 420 Biopharmaceutics and 3 Obligatory
Pharmacokinetics
PHAR 421 Case Studies in 1 Obligatory
Pharmacokinetics
PHAR 422 Pharmacoepidemiolog 1 Obligatory
y and
Pharmacoeconomics
PHAR 423 Cosmetic Preparations 2 Obligatory
PHAR 523 Advanced 3 Obligatory
Pharmaceutical
Technology
PHAR 524 Advanced 3 Obligatory
Pharmacoeconomics
PHAR 424 Pharmaceutical 3 Obligatory
Regulatory Affairs and
Quality Control
PHAR 425 Health policy and Drug 3 Elective
Trading Requirements
PHAR 520 Drug Delivery Systems 2 Obligatory
PHAR 521 Accounting and Health 3 Elective
Management
PHAR 522 Selective Topics in 3 Elective
Pharmacy
Biomedical PHAR 230 Physiology for 3 Obligatory 34 39
Sciences Pharmacy Obligatory
PHAR 231 Pathophysiology for 3 Obligatory
Pharmacy 9
PHAR 330 Pharmaceutical 3 Obligatory Elective
Microbiology
PHAR 331 Pharmaceutical 1 Obligatory
Microbiology Practical
PHAR 332 Pharmacology (1) 3 Obligatory
PHAR 333 Pharmacology (2) 3 Obligatory
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 PHAR 430 Pharmaceutical 3 Obligatory
Practical Training (8
weeks)
PHAR 431 Therapeutics (1) 3 Obligatory
PHAR 432 Therapeutics (2) 3 Obligatory
PHAR 433 Pharmacogenetics 2 Elective
PHAR 434 Pharmaceutical Care 3 Elective
PHAR 435 Non-prescription 2 Elective
Drugs
PHAR 530 Clinical Therapeutics 3 Obligatory
PHAR 531 Advanced 2 Elective
Pharmaceutical
Biotechnology
PHAR 532 Toxicology 3 Obligatory
PHAR 533 Immunology and 2 Obligatory
Vaccines
BIO 201 Human Anatomy and 3 Obligatory
Physiology
STAT 203 Biostatistics 3 Obligatory
Advanced PHAR 440 Pharmaceutical 3 Obligatory 12 12
Pharmaceutics Marketing Obligatory
PHAR 441 Natural Products and 3 Obligatory
Alternative Medicine 17
PHAR 442 Drug Stability 3 Obligatory Elective
PHAR 443 Pharmaceutical 2 Elective
Informatics
PHAR 444 Pharmacy informatics 3 Elective
PHAR 445 Pharmaceutical 3 Elective
Intellectual Properties
PHAR 446 Communication Skills 2 Elective
in Pharmacy
PHAR 540 Pharmaceutical 3 Obligatory
Biotechnology
PHAR 541 Health policy and 3 Obligatory
pharmaceutical
regulatory affairs
PHAR 542 Pharmaceutical Ethics 2 Elective
and Legislation
PHAR 543 Health Services 2 Elective
Marketing

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 Faculty of Pharmacy Course plan
- The bachelor of pharmacy degree is awarded after successful completion of (165) credit
hours.
- The requisite credit hours for the degree are distributed as follows:

Courses Credit hours

12 Obligatory
University Requirements 27
15 Elective
Faculty Requirements 32 32 Obligatory
97 Obligatory
Core requirements 106
9 Elective
Total 165

(1) Faculty Requirements: (32) Obligatory credit hours, that includes:

Course No. Course title Credit Weekly hours Pre-requisite

hours Theory Practical
CHEM 103 General Chemistry for Medical 3 3 - -
Students
CHEM 107 General Chemistry Practical for 1 - 3 CHEM 103 or concurrent
Medical Students
BIO 111 General Biology for Medical 3 3 - -
Students
BIO 112 General biology Practical for 1 - 3 BIO 111 or concurrent
Medical Students
MATH 101 Calculus 3 3 - -
PHYS 101 General Physics (1) 3 3 - -
CS 110 Programming in a Selected 3 - 3 -
Language
BIO 201 Human Anatomy and physiology 3 3 - BIO 111
CHEM 215 Organic Chemistry 3 3 - CHEM 103
PHAR 230 Physiology for Pharmacy 3 3 - BIO 201
PHAR 231 Pathophysiology for Pharmacy 3 3 - PHAR 230
STAT 203 Biostatistics 3 3 - MATH 101

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 (2) Core Requirements: (106) credit hours:
- Obligatory Core Requirements: (97) credit hours, distributed as follows:

Course Course title Credit Weekly Hours Pre-requisite

No. hours Theory Practical
PHAR 210 Pharmaceutical organic Chemistry 3 3 - CHEM 215
PHAR 211 Pharmaceutical organic Chemistry lab 1 - 3 PHAR 210 or Concurrent
PHAR 212 Biochemistry 3 3 - PHAR 210
PHAR 213 Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry 3 3 - CHEM 215
PHAR 214 Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry 1 - 3 PHAR 213 or Concurrent
Practical
PHAR 215 Physical Pharmacy 3 3 - CHEM 103 + MATH 101
PHAR 216 Physical Pharmacy Practical 1 - 3 PHAR 215 or Concurrent
PHAR 220 Pharmaceutical Calculations and 3 3 - PHAR 215
Compounding
PHAR 221 Pharmaceutical Calculations and 1 - 3 PHAR 220 or Concurrent
Compounding Practical
PHAR 310 Phytotherapy and Phytochemistry 3 3 - PHAR 210
PHAR 311 Phytotherapy and Phytochemistry 1 - 3 PHAR 310 or Concurrent
Practical
PHAR 312 Pharmaceutical Instrumental Analysis 3 3 - PHAR 210 + PHAR 213
PHAR 313 Pharmaceutical Instrumental Analysis 1 - 3 PHAR 312 or Concurrent
Practical
PHAR 315 Clinical Biochemistry 3 3 - PHAR 212
PHAR 320 Pharmaceutical Technology 3 3 - PHAR 220
PHAR 321 Pharmaceutical Technology Practical 1 - 3 PHAR 320 or Concurrent
PHAR 322 Principles of Business for Pharmacy 2 2 - PHAR 332
PHAR 330 Pharmaceutical Microbiology 3 3 - PHAR 230
PHAR 331 Pharmaceutical Microbiology Practical 1 - 3 PHAR 330 or Concurrent
PHAR 332 Pharmacology (1) 3 3 - PHAR 231
PHAR 333 Pharmacology (2) 3 3 - PHAR 232
PHAR 410 Medicinal Chemistry (1) 3 3 - PHAR 233
PHAR 411 Medicinal Chemistry (2) 2 2 - PHAR 410
PHAR 412 Medicinal Chemistry (2) Practical 1 - 3 PHAR 411 or Concurrent
PHAR 420 Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics 3 3 - PHAR 320 + PHAR 212
PHAR 421 Case Studies in Pharmacokinetics 1 - 3 PHAR 420 or Concurrent
PHAR 422 Pharmacoepidemiology and 2 2 - PHAR 322
Pharmacoeconomics
PHAR 423 Cosmetic Preparations 2 2 - PHAR 320
PHAR 430 Pharmaceutical Practical Training (8 6 - 40 Completion of 120 Credit
weeks) Hours
PHAR 431 Therapeutics (1) 3 3 - PHAR 333
PHAR 432 Therapeutics (2) 3 3 - PHAR 331
PHAR 532 Toxicology 3 3 - PHAR 333 + PHAR 330
PHAR 533 Immunology and Vaccines 2 2 - PHAR 333

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PHAR 440 Pharmaceutical Marketing 3 3 - PHAR 422
PHAR 441 Natural Products and Alternative 3 3 - PHAR 311
Medicine
PHAR 510 Drug Design 3 3 - PHAR 411
PHAR 520 Drug Delivery Systems 2 2 - PHAR 420
PHAR 523 Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology 3 3 - PHAR 320
PHAR 530 Clinical Therapeutics 3 3 - PHAR 432
PHAR 540 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 3 3 - PHAR 330
PHAR 541 Research and Development in Pharmacy 3 3 - PHAR 420

- Elective Core Requirements: Students have to choose courses equivalent to (9) credit
hours from the Faculty of Pharmacy elective courses as follows:

Course No. Course title Credit Weekly hours Pre-requisite

hours Theory Practical
PHAR 314 Selected Topics in 3 3 - PHAR 312
Analytical Chemistry and
Instrumental Analysis
PHAR 413 Seminar in Pharmacy 1 - - PHAR 433
PHAR 424 Pharmaceutical Regulatory 3 3 - PHAR 322
Affairs and Quality
Control
PHAR 425 Health policy and Drug 3 3 - PHAR 440
Trading Requirements
PHAR 433 Pharmacogenetics 2 2 - PHAR 333
PHAR 434 Pharmaceutical Care 3 3 - PHAR 333
PHAR 435 Non-prescription Drugs 2 2 - PHAR 333
PHAR 442 Drug Stability 3 3 - PHAR 330
PHAR 443 Pharmaceutical Informatics 2 2 - PHAR 431
PHAR 444 Drug Legislations 3 3 - PHAR 422
PHAR 445 Pharmaceutical Intellectual 3 3 - PHAR 322
Properties
PHAR 446 Communication Skills In 2 2 - PHAR 440
Pharmacy
PHAR 521 Accounting and Health 3 3 - PHAR 523
Management
PHAR 522 Selective Topics in 3 3 - PHAR 411
Pharmacy
PHAR 524 Advanced 3 3 - PHAR 520
Pharmacoeconomics
PHAR 531 Advanced Pharmaceutical 2 2 - PHAR 540
Biotechnology
PHAR 542 Pharmaceutical Ethics and 2 2 - PHAR 322
Legislation
PHAR 543 Health Services Marketing 2 2 - PHAR 322

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 Faculty of pharmacy

Advisory study plan

First Academic Year – First Semester

Course Course Name Credit Weekly hours Pre-

No. Hours Theory Practical requisite(s)
CHEM 103 General Chemistry for 3 3 - -
Medical Students
CHEM 107 General Chemistry for 1 - 3 CHEM 103 or
Medical Students Practice Concurrent
BIO 111 General Biology for Medical 3 3 - -
Students
BIO 112 General Biology Practical for 1 - 3 BIO 111 or
Medical Students concurrent
MATH 101 Calculus 3 3 - -
EL 101 English language 3 3 - -
Total 14

First Academic Year – Second Semester

Course No. Course Name Credit Weekly hours Pre-

Hours Theory Practical requisite(s)
CS 110 Programming in a Selected 3 - 3 -
Language
PHYS 101 General Physics (1) 3 3 - -
BIO 201 Human Anatomy and 3 3 - BIO 111
Physiology
CHEM 215 Organic Chemistry 3 3 - CHEM 103
MILT 100 Military Sciences 3 3 -
Total 15

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 Second Academic Year – First Semester

Course Course Name Credit Weekly hours Pre-requisite(s)

No. Hours Theory Practical
PHAR 210 Pharmaceutical organic Chemistry 3 3 - CHEM 215
PHAR 211 Pharmaceutical organic Chemistry 1 - 3 PHAR 210 or
lab Concurrent
PHAR 213 Pharmaceutical Analytical 3 3 - CHEM 215
Chemistry
PHAR 214 Pharmaceutical Analytical 1 - 3 PHAR 213 or
Chemistry Practical Concurrent
PHAR 215 Physical Pharmacy 3 3 - CHEM 103 + MATH
101
PHAR 216 Physical Pharmacy Practical 1 - 3 PHAR 215 or
Concurrent
PHAR 230 Physiology for Pharmacy 3 3 - BIO 201
STAT 203 Biostatistics 3 3 - MATH 101
Total 18

Second Academic Year – Second Semester

Course Course Name Credit Weekly hours Pre-

No. Hours Theory Practical requisite(s)
PHAR 212 Biochemistry 3 3 - PHAR 210
PHAR 220 Pharmaceutical Calculations 3 3 - PHAR 215
and Compounding
PHAR 221 Pharmaceutical Calculations 1 - 3 PHAR 220 or
and Compounding Practical Concurrent
PHAR 231 Pathophysiology for Pharmacy 3 3 - PHAR 230
AL101 Arabic Language 3 3 - -
Elective university 3 3 - -
requirement - 1
Total 16

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 Third Academic Year – First Semester

Course Course Name Credit Weekly hours Pre-requisite(s)

No. Hours Theory Practical
PHAR 312 Pharmaceutical Instrumental 3 3 - PHAR 210 +
Analysis PHAR 213
PHAR 313 Pharmaceutical Instrumental 1 - 3 PHAR 312 or
Analysis Practical Concurrent
PHAR 320 Pharmaceutical Technology 3 3 - PHAR 220
PHAR 321 Pharmaceutical Technology 1 - 3 PHAR 320 or
Practical Concurrent
PHAR 332 Pharmacology (1) 3 3 - PHAR 231
PS 102 National Education 3 3 - -
Elective university 3 3 - -
requirement - 2
Total 17

Third Academic Year – Second Semester

Course No. Course Name Credit Weekly hours Pre-requisite(s)

Hours Theory Practical
PHAR 310 Phytotherapy and Phytochemistry 3 3 - PHAR 210
PHAR 311 Phytotherapy and Phytochemistry 1 - 3 PHAR 310 or
Practical Concurrent
PHAR 315 Clinical Biochemistry 3 3 - PHAR 212
PHAR 322 Principles of Business for 2 2 - PHAR 332
Pharmacy
PHAR 330 Pharmaceutical Microbiology 3 3 - PHAR 230
PHAR 331 Pharmaceutical Microbiology 1 - 3 PHAR 330 or
Practical Concurrent
PHAR 333 Pharmacology (2) 3 3 - PHAR 232
Total 16

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 Fourth Academic Year – First Semester

Course No. Course Name Credit Weekly hours Pre-requisite(s)

Hours Theory Practical
PHAR 410 Medicinal Chemistry (1) 3 3 - PHAR 233
PHAR 420 Biopharmaceutics and 3 3 - PHAR 320 +
Pharmacokinetics PHAR 212
PHAR 421 Case Studies in Pharmacokinetics 1 - 3 PHAR 420 or
Concurrent
PHAR 422 Pharmacoepidemiology and 2 2 - PHAR 322
Pharmacoeconomics
PHAR 431 Therapeutics (1) 3 3 - PHAR 333
PHAR 441 Natural Products and Alternative 3 3 - PHAR 311
Medicine
Elective Faculty 3 3 -
Requirement - 1
Total 18

Fourth Academic Year – Second Semester

Course No. Course Name Credit Weekly hours Pre-requisite(s)

Hours Theory Practical
PHAR 411 Medicinal Chemistry (2) 2 2 - PHAR 410
PHAR 412 Medicinal Chemistry (2) 1 - 3 PHAR 411 or
Practical Concurrent
PHAR 423 Cosmetic Preparations 2 2 - PHAR 320
PHAR 432 Therapeutics (2) 3 3 - PHAR 331
PHAR 440 Pharmaceutical Marketing 3 3 - PHAR 422
Elective Faculty requirement – 3 3 - -
2
Elective University 3 3 - -
requirement – 3
Total 17

Fourth Academic Year – Summer Semester

Course Course Name Credit Weekly hours Pre-requisite(s)

No. Hours Theory Practical
PHAR 430 Pharmaceutical Practical 3 - 40 Completion of 120
Training (8 weeks) Credit Hours

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 Fifth Academic Year – First Semester

Course No. Course Name Credit Weekly hours Pre-requisite(s)

Hours Theory Practical
PHAR 523 Advanced Pharmaceutical 3 3 - PHAR 320
Technology
PHAR 530 Clinical Therapeutics 3 3 - PHAR 432
PHAR 533 Immunology and Vaccines 2 2 - PHAR 332
PHAR 540 Pharmaceutical 3 3 - PHAR 330
Biotechnology
Elective Faculty requirement 3 3 - -
–3
Elective University 3 3 - -
requirement – 4
Total 17

Fifth Academic Year – Second Semester

Course No. Course Name Credit Weekly hours Pre-requisite(s)

Hours Theory Practical
PHAR 510 Drug Design 3 3 - PHAR 411
PHAR 520 Drug Delivery Systems 2 2 - PHAR 420
PHAR 532 Toxicology 3 3 - PHAR 333
PHAR 541 Research and Development in 3 3 - PHAR 420
Pharmacy
Elective University 3 3 -
requirement -5
Total 14

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 Yarmouk University -Faculty of Pharmacy
Course Description

PHAR 210 - Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite CHEM 215
 This course aims to improve student’s background in organic chemistry specialized in
pharmaceutical products.
 The course includes studying the major functional groups; the chemistry of alcohols and phenols,
ethers and epoxies, carbonyl compounds, amines, and biomolecules (amino acid and peptides)
and their reactions; substitution and elimination reactions. Also, the course will go in details
about heterocyclic compounds and poly aromatic compounds in pharmacy. Nomenclature,
synthesis, classification, characteristics, importance in pharmaceutical application.
 Upon the completion of this course, the students expected to:
 Understand different reactions mechanism and multi-step synthetic planning.
 Differentiate between functional groups; alcohols and phenols, ethers and epoxy, carbonyl
compounds, amines, amino acid and peptides, and study their reactions.
 Understand the chemistry of aromatic and heterocyclic compounds; from synthesis and reaction
to pharmaceutical applications.

PHAR 211 - Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry Lab (1 credit hour), Pre-requisite PHAR
210 or concurrent
 The aim of this course is to train the students on practical organic chemistry principles.
 This course includes studying physical and chemical properties of different functional groups,
and the ability to differentiate between them by chemical reactions.
 Upon the successful completion of this course, the student expected to:
 Identify different organic functional groups; their physical and chemical properties practically.
 Synthesis different organic compounds by chemical reactions, separate, purify, and testing them
by different techniques.

PHAR 212 - Biochemistry (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 210

 The aim of this course is to study the biological principles and to understand the chemical and
physiological properties of biomolecules.
 This course covers; chemical and physical properties of amino acids, proteins, enzyme kinetics,
enzyme mechanism, and controlling enzyme activity. Also, includes different metabolic
processes; metabolic circuitry, glucose transport and metabolism, glycogen metabolism,
gluconeogenesis and the pentose shunt, and fatty acid metabolism.
 Upon the successful completion of this course, the student expected to:
 Understand the basic information’s related to biochemical disturbances and metabolic disorders
which give rise to certain diseases.
 Discuss human case studies, and explain the causative biochemical imbalance and
physiological response.

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 PHAR 213 - Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry (3 credit hour), Pre-requisites CHEM
215
 This course aims to understand the basics of analytical chemistry methods and its applications in
different fields of sciences, focusing on their applications in pharmaceutical sciences.
 The course includes the quantitative and descriptive analysis in chemical calculations besides to
theoretically, chemically and mathematically applications of these methods. Also, to introduce
different analytical methods from pharmacopeias such as the British and European as well.
 Upon the successful completion of this course, the student expected to:
 Be able to understand the basic principles of analytical chemistry
 To have a good knowledge about quality control in pharmaceutical drug analysis.
 How to extract the information from different pharmacopeias and employ them in different
analytical aspects.

PHAR 214 - Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry Lab (1 credit hour), Pre-requisites

CHEM 213
 This course focus on the basic principles of analytical chemistry in pharmaceutical and chemical
fields by performing different quantitative\qualitative experiments.
 Upon the successful completion of this course, the student expected to:
 Be able to apply the different pharmaceutical analytical aspects practically in the lab.
 Have enough knowledge and skills to prepare the proper pharmaceutical buffers and the
chemical solutions.
 Able to compare between different analytical methods derived from pharmacopeias.

PHAR 215 - Physical Pharmacy (3credit hours), Pre-requisite CHEM 103 + MATH 101
 The course aims to study the physicochemical properties of the molecules, which used in the
preparation of the drug and drug solutions.
 The course includes the surface active agents, colloids, and the factors that affect their roles in the
manufacturing of drugs, the calculations of the complex formulations, the stability of drugs, by
calculating its shelf-life and the factors that affect the stability of drugs. In addition, the course
discus the solubility and the distribution phenomena through the membranes and the effect of the
temperature in increasing the solubility of drug and its partition coefficient between the solvents.
 At the end of the course the student will have knowledge about:
 The theoretical and the basic principles of the physicochemical properties of drug molecules,
pH, and the solubility.
 The different calculations used to understand the properties of different types of the dosage
forms.

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 PHAR 216 - Physical Pharmacy Lab. (1 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 215 or
concurrent
 The course aims to connect the theoretical course in physical pharmacy with practice.
 This course includes carrying several related experiments on: solubility, pH, pKa, density,
viscosity, surface tension, chemical kinetics and adsorption.
 Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
 State the physicochemical properties of drug molecules, pH, and solubility.
 Explain the role of surfactants, interfacial phenomenon and thermodynamic.
 Describe the flow behavior of fluids and concept of complexation.
 Analyze the chemical stability tests of various drug products.

PHAR 220 - Dispensing and Compounding of the Dosage Forms (3 credit hours), Pre-
requisite PHAR 215
 The course aims to study the methods of preparation of different types of pharmaceutical dosage
forms such as (solutions, suspensions, emulsions, and ointments)
 The course includes all the information, and the principle calculating methods to produce the
pharmaceutical dosage forms and the principles of pharmacological synthesis and packaging of
the drug.
 At the end of the course the student will have knowledge about:
 The ability of using the different components in preparing the different pharmaceutical dosage
forms.
 To have knowledge of how to deal with the appropriate calculations for the pharmaceutical
product.

PHAR 221 - Pharmaceutical Calculations and Compounding Lab (1 credit hour), Pre-
requisite PHAR 220 or concurrent
 The course aims to practice preparation methods of different dosage forms.
 It includes practical application of preparing number of pharmaceutical dosage forms, basics of
packaging and labeling.
 At the end of this course students are expected to:
 Identify and prepare different pharmaceutical dosage forms.
 Apply it in the workplace and society pharmacies and factories.

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 PHAR 230 - Physiology for Pharmacy Students (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite BIO 201
 This course aims to introduce the students to the basic body organs, function, and the integration
between body systems.
 The course includes a discussion of various body systems such as nervous, respiratory,
circulatory, and gastrointestinal systems.
 Upon completion of this course the students are expected to:
 Understand the basic functions of body systems.
 Identify the integration between body systems to achieve homeostasis.

PHAR 231 - Pathophysiology for Pharmacy Students ( 3 credit hours), Pre-requisite

PHAR230
 This course focuses on the basic characteristics of systemic diseases and the deviation from
normal function.
 The course includes the basic underlying mechanisms of diseases processes related to circulatory,
gastrointestinal, respiratory, and endocrine system.
 Upon completion of this course the students are expected to:
 Identify the basic characteristics of various diseases.
 Discuss the basic underlying mechanisms of disease process.

PHAR 310 - Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR210

 The course aims to provide an introduction to pharmacognosy, phytochemistry and phytotherapy.
 It includes a study of plant chemical groups (such as glycosides, alkaloids, steroids, volatile oils,
terpenes…etc.). It discusses the medicinal plants taxonomy as well as their scientific names, the
used parts, active ingredients, in addition to natural products extraction and medicinal use.
 After accomplishing this course, the students will be able to :
 Identify and examine medicinal plants.
 Apply methods in isolation, extraction, and identification of natural products.

PHAR 311 - Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry Lab (1 credit hour), Pre-requisite PHAR
310 or concurrent
 The course aims to provide a practical introduction to pharmacognosy and photochemistry.
 It includes a study of practical methods to identify and examine medicinal plants, in addition to,
isolation, identification and extraction of natural products present in medicinal plants.
 After accomplishing this course, the students will be able to:
 Identify and examine medicinal plants.
 Apply methods in isolation, extraction, and identification of natural products.

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 PHAR 312 – Pharmaceutical Instrumental Analysis (3 credit hour), Pre-requisites PHAR
210 and PHAR 213
 The purpose of this course is to provide a basic understanding of the principles, instrumentation
and applications of chemical analysis.
 This course deals with the analytical measurements and concerned with a wide variety of
instrumentation and quality control fields in particular in analytical and pharmaceutical chemistry
sciences.
 After completing of this course successfully, the student is expected to:
 To know the main concepts and requirements of instrumental analysis such as precision,
accuracy, sensitivity, selectivity, detection limit, dynamic range, speed of analysis, cost, safety
and automation.
 To illustrate the main concepts related to different instrumental techniques both qualitative and
quantitative instruments.
 To solve problems related to each type of instrument.
 To be able to interpret the spectrum and chromatographic outcomes.

PHAR 313 - Pharmaceutical Instrumental Analysis Lab (1 credit hour), Pre-requisites

PHAR 312 or concurrent
 This is a practical course of pharmaceutical instrumental analysis. It aims to study most
instrumental analysis methods and their applications in different aspects of science, in particular
pharmacy, medicine, chemistry and environment.
 This course will introduce a quantitative method of analysis to determine the concentration of a
given samples using different measures such as Beers Law in UV spectrophotometer, IR, NMR,
AAS, limit test. It also performs a quality control experiments based on scientific data from
pharmacopeias.
 After completing this course successfully, the student is expected to:
 Be aware of the safety rules in working in the analytical laboratory and what to do if an
accident happens
 Acquire the experience in handling and proper usage of laboratory glass wares and different
lab equipment.
 To acquire the skills of identification, interpretation and solving problems results from
different instrumental methods of analysis.

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 PHAR 314 - Selected Topics in Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry and Instrumental
Analysis (3 credit hours), Pre-requisites PHAR 312
 The purpose of this course is to study several topics in analytical chemistry and
instrumental analysis applications specially in pharmacy field. The course includes
understanding concentration units, chemical calculations, quantitative\descriptive
analysis, the statistical analysis of different outcomes.
 After completing this course, the student is expected to:
 Have the ability to understand the theoretical aspects of these topics and to be able to
analyze different results.
 To have enough knowledge of basic principles of pharmaceutical analytical
chemistry and to apply them on different instrumental analysis methods such as
separation techniques.
 To be able to interpret the outcomes based on scientific measures.

PHAR 315 - Clinical Biochemistry (3 Credit Hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 212

 This course aims to study different diseases and their related metabolic and biological
disturbances.
 This course includes studying diagnostic methods to evaluate the normal body functions.
 At the end of this course the students are expected to:
 Understand how different diseases are diagnosed.
 Be able to use the information and theoretical basics they learned about clinical
biochemistry in their life.

PHAR 320 - Pharmaceutical Technology (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 220

 This course is a comprehensive study of industrial unit operations used in dosage
forms preparation.
 It includes studying unit operations (milling, mixing, drying, filtration, granulation...
etc.) of pharmaceutical manufacturing of different dosage forms (tablets, capsules
emulsions, suspensions, suppositories, intravenous solutions... etc.). Also, includes
studying quality control methods and preformulations, ending up with the best
recommended formulations for a certain drug followed by the production.
 Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:
 Define and understand all the industrial unit operations used in production of
pharmaceutical dosage forms.
 Evaluate the carried-out operations.

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 PHAR 321- Pharmaceutical Technology Lab (1 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 320 or
concurrent
 The course aims to make the students familiar with pharmaceutical processing of solid raw
materials such as milling, drying, mixing, and granulation.
 The course covers practical methods for preparing different types of solid pharmaceutical dosage
forms such as tablets and capsules.
 Introduce the pharmacopeial tests for evaluating these dosage forms.
 At the end of this course, the students are expected to:
 Recognize different solid dosage forms, and to be familiar with the manufacturing
processes in any drug factory.
 Hand-on experience on different instruments and tools that are available.

PHAR 322- Principles of Business for pharmacy (2 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 332

 This course aims to introduce students to the basic principles of business.

 The course includes the main concepts of marketing, economics, management, accounting, and
finance.
 Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to:
 Understand theoretical principles of business and their definitions.
 Recognize their importance and applications in the field of pharmacy.

PHAR 330- Pharmaceutical Microbiology (3 Credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 230

 The course aims to introduce the student to the different branches of microbiology and their
pharmaceutical/medical importance.
 The course includes teaching students differentiating various microbes (morphological and
through selective staining). In addition, the course includes understanding the relationship
between the in-clinic used antibiotics, and their mode of actions. The students explore the
microbiological tests for the antibiotics to choose the best course of treatment and understand the
development of resistance mechanism within bacteria.
 After completing the course the students are expected to:
 Give advice on the best choice of antibiotic selection based on the microbial diagnosis
 Ability to choose the best antibiotic and the most efficient treatment available
 Understand the genetic factors that lead to the development of antibiotic resistance

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 PHAR 331- Pharmaceutical Microbiology Lab (1 Credit hour), Pre-requisite PHAR 330 or
concurrent

 The course aims to provide the students with the laboratory skills to test and identify different
microbes
 The course includes conducting experiments through safe practice, laboratory sterilization, and
sanitization techniques. Evaluate the efficiency of various antimicrobial agents, antiseptic,
preservatives, and antibiotics. Besides, the course includes the study of growth cycle, bacterial
requirement (nutrients, O2, etc.), and its effect on bacterial growth
 After completing the course the students are expected to:
 Understand the morphology, function, and the pathogenicity of some selected organisms.
 Understand the detailed mechanism of the antibacterial and antiviral mode of action.
 Gain the skills of experimental recording (lab book-keeping) in different formats of lab
reports following a scientific journal style.

PHAR 332 - Pharmacology (1) (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 231

 The aim of this course is to provide the student with the main pharmacology concepts and an
overview to main classes of medications used clinically.
 The following topics will be covered; pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of medications
acting on the nervous, cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive system.
 After completing this course, the student is expected to:
 Understand the basic principles of pharmacology and drug therapy (including
pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics).
 Acquire knowledge about the terms and concepts associated with pharmacology.
 Demonstrate knowledge about the major classes of medications used clinically.
 Understand the target, mechanism of action and other properties of these medications.

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 PHAR 333 - Pharmacology (2) (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 332

 This course is a follow-up for pharmacology-1 course (PHAR 332).

 The aim of this course is to introduce the student to the main classes of medications.
 The following medication classes will be covered; renal and circulatory system drugs, drugs used in
the management of infectious diseases, antitumor drugs and hormones. The course, also, discusses
autacoids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
 After completing this course, the student is expected to
 Demonstrate knowledge about the major classes of medications used clinically.
 Understand the target, mechanism of action and other properties of these medications.
 Make appropriate decisions for individual patients based on pharmacological knowledge.

PHAR 410 - Medicinal Chemistry (1) (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite: PHAR 333

 This course aims to introduce medicinal chemistry, drugs physiochemical properties & distribution,
metabolism, excretion and factors affecting drugs.
 This course includes structure-activity relationships effect on the receptors that gives the biological
activities.
 Upon the successful completion of this course, the student expected to:
 Study in details different drug groups.
 Understand the drugs that affects central nervous system, autonomic nervous system,
circulatory system and diabetes medications.
 Describe methods of drug development including design and discovery.

PHAR 411- Medicinal Chemistry (2) (2 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 410
 This course aims to continue the detailed studying of drug groups; their mechanism of actions and
medical uses.
 This course includes antibacterial, antifungals, antivirals, antiparasites, anticancer, and peptic ulcer
drugs. Also, it discusses cardiovascular drugs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and steroidal
hormones.
 Upon the successful completion of this course, the student expected to:
 Synthesis and design different drug groups.
 Classify and separate different drug groups.

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 PHAR 412 - Medicinal Chemistry (2) Lab (1 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 411 or
concurrent
 This course aims to synthesis several drugs included in theoretical part.
 The experiments include training the students on multi-steps synthesis procedures and methods of
evaluations.
 Upon the successful completion of this course, the student is expected to:
 Use medicinal chemistry principles to synthesize and evaluate some drugs.
 Acquire practical skills for medicinal drug synthesis.

PHAR 413 - Seminar in Pharmacy (I credit hour), Pre-requisites PHAR 433

 This course aims to familiarize the student with scientific research on a specific topic in the field of
pharmacy.
 This course includes selected topics in pharmacy.
 Upon completion of the course the student would be able to:
 Review, collect, analyze and evaluate scientific published papers related to pharmaceutical
sciences.
 Gain the skills to perform effective presentation.

PHAR 420 - Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 320
+ PHAR 212
 This course will study physiochemical and biological factors that affect drug absorption, distribution,
metabolism and excretion and its importance in therapeutic or adverse effect of medications.
 This course also addresses medication level calculation in blood or urine based on pharmacokinetic
parameters after administering single or multiple doses intravenously or orally.
 In addition, this course discusses after completing this course successfully, the student is expected to:
 Understand the concept of bioavailability, and factors affecting bioavailability for
medications such as onset and extent of drug reaching the blood circulation .
 Understand the concept of bio-equivalence.

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 PHAR421 - Study Cases in Biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics (1 credit hour), pre-
requisite PHAR 420 or concurrent
 This course aims to reinforce the different concepts of pharmacokinetics by studying and analyzing
different clinical cases.
 This course provides students with a basic intuitive understanding of the pharmacokinetic principles,
terminology, models, equations and factors affecting drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and
excretion, and its importance in drug therapeutic or toxic effects.
 After completing this course successfully, the student is expected to:
 Predict the drug plasma concentrations under various conditions by applying the
pharmacokinetic models that best describe the process of drug absorption, distribution and
elimination.
 Handling pharmacokinetic parameters of drugs in the body and solving problem.

PHAR 422: Pharamcoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics (2 credit hours), Pre-requisite

PHAR 322
 The course aims to provide students with understanding of descriptive and analytical epidemiology
for both communicable and non-communicable diseases. The course also addresses disease
transition, geographic and demographic distribution of diseases along with their potential
determinants.
 This course includes basic concepts and applications of pharmacoeconomics, different methods, and
techniques used for evaluating costs and outcomes of healthcare interventions. It also emphasizes the
importance of economic evolution, decision analysis and modeling for determination and efficient
use of resources. The course also discusses drug pricing policies and control of pharmaceutical
expenditure as a part of overall health spending:
 Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to:
 Comprehend different types of pharmacoeconomic studies for drug evaluation.
 Know how to apply principles of epidemiology in pharmacy.

PHAR 423 - Cosmetic Preparations (2 credit hours), pre- requisite PHAR 320
 The course aims to provide the student with the principles of cosmetics (antiperspirants, deodorants,
bleaching preparations skin preparations, soaps, sunburn and sunscreen preparations), their
formulations, and their use, side effect on the human.
 Also, the course aims to provide the student with a knowledge about the analytical methods, efficacy
testing of cosmetics and toiletries, microbial control of cosmetics, safety, and stability testing.
 At the end of the course the students are expected to:
 Differentiate between various analytical methods of the cosmetics, the efficacy testing of
cosmetics and toiletries, the microbial control of cosmetics, their safety, and stability testing .

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 PHAR 424 - Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs and Quality Operations (3 Credit hours)
Prerequisite PHAR 322

 The course aims to introduce the students to the regulatory and technical issues related to preparing
files that will be provided to the pharmaceutical regulatory bodies for registering drugs whether they
are new or biosimilars. Also, conducting analytical tests on both types of drugs, pricing, marketing
through compliance with local regulations. Also, the student will understand the medical compliance
and tools, vitamins and how they are classified and marketed.
 The course includes providing the students with the knowledge, required skills to maintain and
execute quality measures during manufacturing drugs and its importance on drug safety.
 After completing the course the students are expected to:
 The knowledge of how to prepare a quality assurance operation and plan for monitoring,
suggesting correction procedure maintain the highest quality levels and the adopted strategies
to ensure comprehensive system to guarantee quality products and process.
 Familiarization with The Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACROs) and the
institutional review boards (IRBs) and how they operate.

PHAR 425– Health Policy and Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs (3 credit hours), Pre-
requisites: PHAR 440
 This course aims to inform students about principles of checking lists of international guidelines
such as European union and the US food and drug administration used in preparing drug registration
files for free selling.
 It includes the local and regional medications’ pricing reference countries, and studying the basic
principles of management, including organizational structure, job description planning
 At the end of this course the students are expected to:
 managing personnel in a predetermined time lined good governance, followed by periodic
performance evaluation and make corrective measures accordingly.

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 PHAR 430 -Pharmaceutical Field Training (3 credit hours = 40 effective weekly training
hours), Pre-requisites completion of (120) credit hours
 This course aims to introduce the students to different pharmaceutical companies (both national and
international), drug stores, and medications available in the market.
 This course involves field training according to a predefined schedule under direct supervision of a
faculty member for at least continuous eight weeks in one of the pharmaceutical organizations that
dispense medications such as community or governmental/private hospital pharmacy.
 Upon the completion of this course, students will:
 Gain the knowledge for dispensing prescriptions that are available in Jordan in terms of their
scientific and trade names.
 Understand the clinical uses of medications and important adverse effects.
 Develop professional communication skills.

PHAR 431 - Therapeutics (1) (3 credit hours), Pre-requisites PHAR 333

 This course aims to describe the pathophysiology, symptoms, goals of therapy, treatment plan,
patient monitoring, and patient counseling and education of different diseases.
 The course focuses on the study of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine and rheumatic
disorders.
 After completing this course the student is expected to:
 Be able to describe pathophysiology, clinical manifestation, diagnosis, treatment goals, and
treatment plan of the disorders covered in this course.
 Understand the clinical uses, pharmacokinetics and clinically significant side effects, drug
interactions and contraindications for the medications described in the course
 Provide patient education about the disease and medication.
 Understand the clinical aspects of medication use.
 Recommend appropriate treatment plan for individual patients.

PHAR 432 - Therapeutics (2) (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 431

 This course aims to describe the pathophysiology, symptoms, goals of therapy, treatment plan,
patient monitoring, and patient counseling and education of different diseases. Also, students will
learn how to contribute in collaboration with the medical team in developing a rational treatment
plan, assessment and provision of alternative plan.
 The course focuses on the study of respiratory, central nervous, gynecologic, urologic, dermatologic,
infectious, and oncologic disorders.
 After completing this course the student is expected to:
 Describe pathophysiology, clinical manifestation, diagnosis, treatment goals, treatment plan
of the disorders covered in this course.
 Understand the clinical uses, pharmacokinetics and clinically significant side effects, drug
interactions and contraindications.
 Provide patient education about the disease and medication.
 Recommend appropriate treatment plan for individual patients.

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 PHAR 433 - Pharmacogenomics (2 Credit hours), Prerequisite PHAR 333
 The course aims to introduce the role of genetics on the patient response to the various genetic
agents, and the best methods to improve the efficiency and the safety of drugs.
 The course includes introducing the students to the effect of the gene on drug metabolism, and
personalized medicine.
 After completing the course the students are expected to:
 Describe and apply the necessary knowledge in molecular genetics and its relation to
genetically inherited disease
 Capacity to explain the development of the new technologies based on the genetic knowledge
and differences between individuals into developing a personalized care plan for the patient
based on their genetic makeup.

PHAR 434 Pharmaceutical Care (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 333

 This course aims to outline the role of clinical pharmacist in providing patient-oriented
pharmaceutical care.
 This course involves an interactive medical team-based approach. Students participate in monitoring,
discussing and evaluating clinical cases in hospitals. In addition to offering patient counseling,
students propose evidence-based alternative therapies, based on patients medical histories and
treatment.
 By the end of the course, students will be able to:

 Perceive the concept of pharmaceutical care in a comprehensive way.

 Achieve excellence in providing pharmaceutical care for patients in public & private hospitals
and fulfill their duties as pharmacists in the future.

PHAR 435 - Non-prescription Drugs (2 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 333

 This course aims at increasing the knowledge of non-prescribed products and enables the students to
recommend specific non-prescription products for patients, in order to recommend appropriated non-
prescription product to proper patients.
 It also includes detailed discussion of acne products, allergy and cough products, anti-emetics,
antihistamines, common cold products, contraceptives, hemorrhoids products, laxatives, menstrual
disorder products, sleeping aids and vaginal products.
 Upon completing of the course the student is expected to:
 Acquire knowledge of the upper mentioned non-prescription products.
 Understand patient cases that need to be referred to other healthcare professional.
 Be able to obtain relevant information about the minor ailment.
 Recommend appropriated non-prescription product to proper patients.
 Possess the needed communication skills.

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PHAR 440 - Pharmaceutical Marketing ( 3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 422
 The aim of this course is to examine the current pharmaceutical marketing environment from both an
academic and practical perspectives.
 The course provides an overview of general marketing strategies and principles, and how to apply
them to all aspects of marketing pharmaceuticals with a special emphasis on direct-to-consumer
advertising.
 Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to:
 Develop the necessary knowledge and skills for pharmaceutical promotion and marketing.
 Understand the scientific knowledge of the drug to be marketed, and acquire the ability to
persuade consumers of the advantages of the marketed drug based on scientifically valid
information.

PHAR 441 – Alternatives and Herbal Medicine (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 310
 The course aims to address registered medicinal plants used in the treatment of various diseases and
disorders, especially local plants.
 It focuses on medicinal plants indications, methods, duration of use, drug interactions and adverse
effects.
 This course addresses hallucinogenic and poisonous plants, and their symptoms and treatment.
 After accomplishing this course, the students will be able to:
 Give counseling to patients regarding medicinal plants and their safe uses.
 Identify and use different alternative and complementary medicines.
 Identify hallucinogenic and poisonous plants.

PHAR 442 - Drug Stability (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 330

 The course aims to study the physicochemical properties of drug and its ability to withstand different
storage conditions.
 The course includes introduction about the kinetic and stability of drug, the accelerated stability of
drug, the criteria that regulate the stability of drug, and stability of definite drugs (proteins,
liposome). Also deep studies about the stability for some pharmaceutical dosage forms.
 At the end of the course the students will have knowledge about:
 Define the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs.
 Understand the factors that cause the drug decomposition.
 Calculate the shelf-life of drugs.
 Do some experiments and studies on the stability of drug.

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 PHAR 443 - Pharmaceutical Informatics (2 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 431
 This course outlines the integration of emerging information technology and
its applications into pharmaceutical practice, with the goal of assuring positive outcomes.
 This course aims to introduce concepts and tools required to understand, apply and develop
informatics in pharmacy practice, such as computerized prescribing, electronic disease registries and
medical records.
 By the end of the course, students will be able to:
 Demonstrate skills needed to provide accurate information and patient counseling, with the
use of information & communication technology to ensure effective use of medicines.
 Appreciate the importance of applying new, emerging technology to provide fast, accessible,
secured and efficient communication with both the medical team and patients.

PHAR 444 - Drug Registration and Approval (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 422
 This course discusses the phases of drugs approval and registration process.
 This course covers the phases of drugs approval process, starting with pre-marketing phase, followed
by approval of the marketing plan and post-marketing surveillance, to ensure providing
pharmaceutical products with high standards of safety and efficacy.
 By the end of the course, students will be able to:
 Demonstrate foundational knowledge of drugs registration process.
 Outline drugs approval phases, before reaching customers.

PHAR 445 - Pharmaceutical Legislations and Intellectual Property (3 credit hours), Pre-
requisites PHAR 322
 This course aims at introducing the students to knowledge about legislative situation of pharmacy
practice and the intellectual properties both locally and internationally.
 It discusses the importance of intellectual property in the pharmaceutical research and development
(R&D) issues, patent protection, data and trade mark exclusivity.
 Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
 Know the principles of intellectual properties locally and internationally.
 Understand the impact of these principles on the marketing strategies of the Jordanian
pharmaceutical industry.

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 PHAR 446 - Communication Skills in Pharmacy (2credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR
440
 The course aims to help the students to gain suitable skills on how to communicate with patients,
colleagues and medical stuff.
 The course includes: developing the personal and professional communication skills to provide the
appropriate quality health care during their pharmacy practice.
 At the end of the course the students will have knowledge about:
 The ability to communicate in a professional manner with patients and society.
 The ability to deal with professional ethics of pharmacy which concern the patient privacy.

PHAR 510- Drug Design (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 411

 This course includes modern drug design focused on computer aided.
 This course aims to develop student’s skills of modern drug design and apply them in drug synthesis.
 After completing this course successfully, the student is expected to:
 Have the ability to Database mining and data analysis approaches.
 Understand the importance of drug-like models, their prediction, and utilizes all knowledge in
future to predict and design new drugs.

PHAR 520 - Drug Delivery Systems (2 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 420
 This course aims at studying the different drug delivery systems (DDS) to human body.
 It includes oral and gastrointestinal DDS, nasal DDS, ophthalmic DDS, pulmonary DDS, rectal and
vaginal DDS and transdermal DDS. The course explores the latest technology in this field regarding
theory, anatomy, technical elements and applications.
 Upon successful completion of this course, the students should be able to:
 Define all above-mentioned DDS.
 Know their anatomy, technical elements and applications.

PHAR 521- Pharmacy Accounting and Management (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 322
 The aim of this course is to study basic principles of accounting, finance, and their applications in the
management of pharmaceutical organizations.
 This course introduces accounting and financial programs used for inventory management,
procurement, future planning and investment opportunities.
 Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to:
 Understand basic principles of accounting.
 Know the different accounting and financial programs used in health management.
 Preparation and analysis of key financial data, customer accounts, and budgets in a simplified
manner.

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 PHAR 522 - Selected Topics in Pharmacy (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 411

 This course aims to provide in-depth a review of selected topics within the scope of pharmaceutical
sciences.
 This course includes a comprehensive discussion of the basic principles of a selected topic, using
theoretical and practical approaches.

 By the end of the course, students will be able to:

 Outline the basic principles in selected topic.
 Learn, on a regular basis about emerging scientific advances, related to a selected topic.

PHAR 523 - Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology (3 credit hours), Pre-requite PHAR 322
 This course aims at studying the designing principles of: conventional and controlled release tablets,
soft and hard gelatin capsules, nontraditional pharmaceutical dosage forms, suspensions, emulsions
and inhalers.
 This course includes essentials of nuclear pharmacy, methods of preparing radioactive isotopes and
radioactive pharmaceutical formulations and nuclear medicine used in the treatment and diagnosis of
diseases. It also addresses physiochemical factors that influence the formulation & stability of these
dosage forms.
 Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to
 Define all the above-mentioned dosage forms.
 Explain their physicochemical properties.
 Address the methods of evaluation and drugs stability testing.
 Define and explain radiopharmaceutical products.

PHAR 524- Advanced Pharmacoeconomics (3 credit hours), Pre-requite PHAR 523

 This course discusses basic and applied concepts of pharmacoeconomics.

 The course prepares students to design cost effectiveness studies for healthcare interventions in order
to inform decision-makers in comprehensive health planning, and efficient use of available resources
in providing quality health care service. In addition, the course also introduces applications of
technical evaluation and pricing policies for drugs.
 Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to:
 Understand both the theoretical principles and applications of pharmacoeconomics.
 Present, analyze and critique an international pharmacoeconomic study and its relevance and
application in Jordan.

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 PHAR 530 - Clinical Therapeutics (2) (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 432

 This course aims to outline the role of clinical pharmacist, pharmaceutical treatment, therapeutic
plans for many diseases and clinical problem - solving skills.
 The course covers the professional responsibilities of clinical pharmacist, pharmaceutical
therapeutics, a review of many clinical cases and the principles of providing pharmaceutical
information & patient counseling,
 By the end of the course, students will be able to:
 Develop skills needed to provide pharmaceutical information & patient counseling.
 Develop effective communication skills.
 Develop the ability of recommending appropriate pharmaceutical therapeutics for diseases.
 Develop clinical problem- solving skills.

PHAR 531-Advanced Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (2 Credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 540

 The course aims to provide information about recombinant DNA (rDNA) and it is applications in the
pharmaceutical sector.
 The course includes the formulation, synthesis, and design of biological therapeutics, purification of
proteins, vaccine, immunogenicity and the challenges of working in biotechnology companies
including the ethical and regulatory affairs.
 After completing the course the students are expected to:
 Understand the basics of pharmaceutical biotechnology.
 Understand the impact of pharmaceutical biotechnology in the development of new
therapeutics for emerging diseases.

PHAR 532 - Toxicology (3 credit hours), Pre-requisites PHAR 333

 This course aims to study the basic principles of toxicology and its clinical applications.
 This course includes study of the fundamental principles of toxicology, the pathophysiology of
different toxins, manifestations and the possible treatment. Also, this course will cover good
knowledge about the source, nature, exposure, dose and the possible treatment of toxic substances.
 Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
 Discuss comprehension of basic principle of toxicology.
 Evaluate the clinical manifestations that result from intoxication.
 Provide a first aid help for the intoxicated victim.
 Differentiate between the major mechanisms of action of a specific toxicant.

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 PHAR533 - Immunology and Vaccines (2 credit hours), Pre-requisites PHAR 330 +PHAR 333

 This course aims to introduce the pharmacy students to the basic principles of immunology,
immunological diseases, and vaccines.
 The course includes a discussion of innate and adaptive immunity.
 Upon completion of this course the students are expected to:
 Understand the basic principles of immunology.
 Distinguish between various types of vaccines and their medical applications.

PHAR 540 - Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (3 Credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 330

 The course aims to provide the students with the essential background knowledge in biotechnology
with emphasis on pharmaceutical applications.
 The course includes the core topics of introducing the biotechnology field, genes, gene selection,
vectors (plasmids), viral-based vectors, gene isolation, gene expression, cloning, protein therapeutics,
and biotechnology roles in drug development.
 After completing the course the students are expected to:
 Understanding the basic principles of biotechnology and its applications.
 Gain analytical knowledge in pharmaceutical biotechnology.

PHAR 541- Research and Development in Pharmacy (3 credit hours), Pre-requisite

PHAR 420

 This course aims at studying research methods of the main scientific stages for production and
developing a drug formula, followed by manufacturing, evaluation and conducting stability studies
ending up with drugs approved by quality control and assurance.
 This course includes: the concepts of good manufacturing practice labs (GMP) for pharmaceutical
products, their general principles and requirements according to the international standards including
in-process validation and production step wise inspection in order to obtain a high-quality product.
 Upon successful completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
 Analyze the stages of developing a drug formula and manufacturing, evaluation and
conducting stability studies of these formulas.
 Explore GMP principles according to international standards and validation.

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 PHAR 542 - Ethics and Legislations in Pharmacy (2 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR
322

 The course aims to study the Jordanian law of drug and pharmaceuticals, and the special legislations
of the pharmacy practice profession in Jordan.
 The course includes the intellectual property principles and its applications locally and internationally
in the pharmaceutical manufacturing. Also, it discusses the importance of the intellectual property in
the research and development, the patent protection, and exclusive commercial and public date.
 At the end of the course the students will have knowledge about:
 The understanding of the intellectual property and its effect on the strategy of the marketing
in the Jordanian drug manufacturing.
 A good knowledge of the Jordanian drug law.
 Awareness in the special legislations of the pharmacy practice in Jordan.

PHAR 543: Health Services Marketing (2 credit hours), Pre-requisite PHAR 440

 This course aims to introduce basic concepts of marketing services and international marketing.
 The course introduces students to health services marketing strategies applied in different health
organizations including private and public hospitals, and primary healthcare centers.
 Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to:
 Know basic principles for marketing of health services.
 Prepare health services marketing plans to promote health care for patients and to provide
quality care for them.

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