Bachelor of Pharmacy

1. Course Title:

The title of the program is Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm)

2. General Instructions:

Course Objective

· To produce internationally competent pharmaceutical health workforce for the development of pharmacy as a profession for fulfilling the health need of the people.

· To ensure better pharmacy practice in the hospital, pharmaceutical industries as well as in the community settings.

· To provide technically competent professionals for the promotion of rational use of drugs.

· To provide sound academic knowledge and skills to the students, that assists in the strengthening of the profession.

· To produce quality health professionals in order to provide quality health service to the general public.

· To develop leadership quality in the students for better health promotion and health programming.

Bachelor of Pharmacy Program of Purbanchal University is designed to produce competent graduates who have the abilities and skills in:

· Providing pharmaceutical care to patients

· Developing and managing medication distribution and controlsystems

· Managing the pharmacy in community and hospitals

· Promoting Public Health

· Providing drug information and education

· Managing and supervising the pharmaceutical manufacturingunit

· Working as a team member of Health workers in clinical setting

The curriculum emphasizes three major areas of instruction:

I. Basic Sciences: (Inorganic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry,

II. Basic Medical Sciences: (Anatomy & Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pathophysiology).

III. Pharmaceutical Sciences:

a. Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis:

Emphasizesthe application of chemical sciences to pharmacy. The courses deal with chemicals used as medicines, properties, preparation and preservation. In addition, attention is given to the processes and tests used to determine the purity and strength of a chemical or its pharmaceutical dosage form.

b. Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Product:

This course deals with the nature and sources of "natural drugs"- those obtained from plants or animals, either directly or indirectly. The aim of this course is to provide the knowledge and skill of basic principle and techniques in Pharmacognosy and to make the students familiar with the herbal drugs in different systems of medicines, phytochemistry, evaluation and standardization of crude drugs.

c. Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics:

This course gives students the basic knowledge of drugs acting on various systems, pharmacotherapeutics management of some disorders and skills to carry out some selected pharmacological experiments. This course will help the students to develop the competency in pharmaceutical practice and research, in evaluating drug-interaction and drug incompatibility and providing drug information in community and clinical settings.

d. Hospital & Clinical Pharmacy and Community Pharmacy:

Thesecourses are designed to give an appreciation of the background and nature of the profession, to familiarize students with the many skilled processes used in pharmacy, to introduce the various forms of medicines, and to teach them how to dispense medication accurately and skillfully.

e. Physical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics and Dosage form Design:

These courses will provide students the knowledge of application of physical pharmacy, formulation of different dosage forms, basic unit operations related to pharmaceutical procedures which will help students to design dosage form and work in pharmaceutical fields.

3. Course Duration:

The course duration is 4 years in 8 Semesters.

Total Credit hours: 168             Practical: 32 credits,                  Theory: 122 credits,

Seminar-2 credits,                    Project Work: 6 credits and Professional internship 6 credits.

One semester                                                    16 weeks

One credit for theory class                                 16 hours

One credit for practical class                             48 hrs

One practical class should be carried out 3 in laboratory hrs.

One day project work                                        6 hours

One day professional internship                         8 hours

One seminar                                                     48 hours

Total credits of B. Pharm. Course =168 credits

1. VIII Sem