EDUCATING LEADERS IN PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES SINCE 1886
The BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences is a four-year program that focuses on the design, development and rational use of medication for the prevention and treatment of disease.
| Program Requirements | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
UB Curriculum and major requirements Note: Some classes may count toward both a major and UB Curriculum requirement. | |
| Minimum total credit hours in the BS: | 124.5 |
All required courses must be completed with an overall average and major average of 2.500 or greater.
Curriculum
| FALL - 1st Year | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| BIO 200 Evolutionary Biology | 5 |
| CHE 101 +113 General Chemistry I | 5 |
| UB Seminar | 3 |
| ENG 105 Writing and Rhetoric or Pathway | 4 |
| Total: | 17 |
| SPRING - 1st Year | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| BIO 201 +211 Cell Biology | 4 |
| CHE 102 +114 General Chemistry II | 5 |
| PHC 101 Drugs and Society | 1 |
| Pathway or ENG 105 Writing and Rhetoric | 3 |
| Pathway | 3 |
| Total: | 16 |
| FALL - 2nd Year | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| CHE 203 +205 Organic Chemistry I | 5 |
| MTH 121 / MTH 141 Calculus I | 4 |
| PHY 101 / PHY 107 Physics I | 4 |
| Pathway | 3 |
| Total: | 16 |
| SPRING - 2nd Year | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| CHE 204 +206 Organic Chemistry II | 5 |
| MTH 122 / MTH 142 Calculus II | 4 |
| PHC 201 Careers in the Pharmaceutical Sciences | 1 |
| PHY 102 / PHY 108 Physics II (Science Elective) | 4 |
| Pathway | 3 |
| Total: | 17 |
| FALL - 3rd Year | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| BCH 403 Principles of Biochemistry | 4 |
| PGY 451 Human Physiology I | 3 |
| PHC 330 Scientific Writing Pharm Sci | 1 |
| PHC 331 Clinical and Research Ethics Pharm Sci | 2 |
| PHC 401/501 Pharmaceutical Chemistry | 3 |
| PHC 409/529 Pharmaceutical Calculations | 2.5 |
| PHC 488 Faculty Research Seminar | 1 |
| Total: | 16.5 |
| SPRING - 3rd Year | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| PGY 452 Human Physiology II | 3 |
| PHC 332 Introduction to Research | 1 |
| PHC 410 Physical Pharmacy | 2 |
| PHC 416 Pharmacogenomics and Molecular Approaches to Personalized Medicine | 1 |
| PHC 420 Pharmaceutical Analysis | 1 |
| PHC 421 Pharmaceutical Principles | 3 |
| PHC 425 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (odd years only) | 2 |
| UBC 399 UB Curriculum Capstone | 1 |
| Total: | 14 |
| BS/MS: also PHC 414 Pharmaceutics Seminar | 1 |
| FALL - 4th Year | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| PHC 413 Pharmaceutics Seminar | 1 |
| PHC 431 Introduction to Drug Development | 2 |
| PHC 498 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity | 3 |
| PMY 302 Introduction to Pharmacology* | 4 |
| STA 119 Statistical Methods | 4 |
| Total: | 14 |
*All PHC BS and BS/MS students take PMY 302 instead of PMY 405.
| SPRING - 4th Year | Credit Hours |
|---|---|
| PHC 411 Introduction to Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 1 | 4 |
| PHC 414 Pharmaceutics Seminar | 1 |
| PHC 425 Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (odd years only) | 2 |
| PHC 432 Methods of Scientific Communication | 1 |
| PHC 498 Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity | 2 |
| Science Electives | 6 |
| Total: | 16 |
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