Pharmaceutical Sciences Program at USP
Pharmaceutical Sciences Program at USP
Why USP?
Your Life as a Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate
Your Future as a Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate
Hands-on Learning
Learn from the Best
The Curriculum
Professional Connections
For more information...
Are you curious about how drugs interact with the human body? Would
you like to be part of a team that produces new drugs and medications?
If so, a degree in pharmaceutical sciences from USP will prepare
you for a career in pharmaceutical related areas. You will learn
at the university where pharmacy education began.
Why USP?
There is an essential need in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical
industry for professionals who understand how to develop and manufacture
drugs. Our program will prepare you for a rewarding career by providing:
- A solid basic sciences foundation with courses in biology,
chemistry, mathematics, and pharmaceutical sciences.
- Laboratory-based courses designed to enhance your technical
skills. As a program participant, you will do product development,
assay development, and stability testing of drug products.
- Flexibility in the curriculum to develop an area of specialization
or to pursue a minor in a specific discipline. Our degree program
can be structured to meet your career goals and expand your interests.
- Opportunities for faculty-directed undergraduate
research in our more than 80 laboratories, including our state-of-the-art
Center for Advanced Pharmacy
Studies. You'll be encouraged to develop and investigate your
own ideas.
- The perfect location. Surrounded by more than 250 medical facilities
and within two hours of 75 percent of all U.S. pharmaceutical
firms, USP is located in the heart of the biotechnology and health
science industry. Our long-standing relationships with most of
these companies ensure you'll have many choices for internships
and job opportunities.
Your Life as a Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate
As a specialist in pharmaceutical sciences, you will aid in developing,
manufacturing, and evaluating products such as tablets, capsules,
ointments, and liquids for medicinal, nutritional, and cosmetic
use. Our four-year degree prepares you for a career in:
- Research
- Drug delivery
- Product development/formulation
- Production/manufacturing
- Quality control/quality assurance
- Packaging
- Drug stability testing
- Regulatory affairs
USP's program also offers excellent preparation for those who want
to pursue M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in pharmaceutics, as well as those
planning to enter medical/osteopathic, dental, M.B.A., or law programs.
Your Future as a Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate
The development of new medications, continuing advances in drug
therapy, and the innovations in delivery systems for drugs have
increased the demand for pharmaceutical graduates. Opportunities
are growing for entry-level positions in the pharmaceutical industry,
government, specialty laboratories, and biotechnology companies.
As a graduate in pharmaceutical sciences, you can expect to earn
a starting annual salary between $45,000 and $85,000, depending
on your level of experience and the work setting.
Hands-on Learning
The curriculum in pharmaceutical sciences emphasizes hands-on learning.
Laboratory-based courses and research projects will help you develop
and build on the technical skills that are in demand by both employers
and graduate programs. Optional research with faculty is available
in your fourth year, and we recommend that electives be satisfied
with research credits. Opportunities are often available for students
to contribute as paid technicians on funded research projects.
You may also have an opportunity to apply your skills in professional
settings through summer internships
at pharmaceutical companies in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey,
New York, and Connecticut. Pharmaceutical professionals know the
value of a USP education and actively seek USP students to fill
internships.
In recent years, students have interned at companies, including:
- Colorcon
- Merck & Co., Inc.
- PhMRA
- Rohto-Mentholatum Research Laboratories
- West Pharmaceutical Services
- Cephalon Inc.
Learn from the Best
You'll learn alongside your professors in the laboratory, conducting
innovative research in a wide range of areas. You'll learn from scientists
and researchers such as:
- Dr. Anil P. D'mello, director of the undergraduate pharmaceutical sciences program, whose recent epidemiological studies have found associations between low birth weight and diabetes during adulthood.
- Dr. Adeboye Adejare,
a premier medicinal chemist/pharmacologist with expertise in the
design, synthesis and testing of bio active molecules for treatment
of neurodegeneration.
- Dr. Pardeep Gupta, who is currently investigating peptide and protein interactions with lipid and biomembranes.
- Professor
Jeffrey C. Moore, who is studying factors related to manufacturing “solid dosage drug delivery systems.”
- Dr.
Clyde M. Ofner III, who is examining how drug resistance and
severe systemic toxicities of methotrexate limit the treatment
of leukemia.
- Dr.
S. (Kamal) Jonnalagadda, who is studying novel and polymer-based
biodegradable drug delivery systems.
The Curriculum
The Pharmaceutical Sciences curriculum, which is guided by national
accreditation standards as well as the University's core curriculum,
assures graduates a solid basic sciences foundation in biology,
chemistry, mathematics, and pharmaceutics; integrates the essential
contributions of the humanities, social sciences, and communications;
and utilizes the many laboratory-based courses to develop and improve
technical skills in hypothesis testing, methods development, and
data analysis.
First Year
- College Composition
- General Biology I and II
- General Chemistry I and II
- General Chemistry Lab I and II
- Introduction to Literature
- Mathematical Analysis I and II
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Orientation I
- Physical Education I and II
- Social Science Fundamental Requirement
Second Year
- Intellectual Heritage I and II
- Introduction to Biostatistics or Core Elective
- Introductory Physics I and II
- Organic Chemistry I and II
- Organic Chemistry Lab I and II
- Human Structure & Function I & II
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Orientation II
- Social Science Fundamental Requirement
Third Year
- Biochemistry/Molecular Biology I and Biology II
- Core Distribution Requirement
- Introduction to Communication
- Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics I and II
- Pharmaceutics Lab
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar I
- Introduction to Biostatistics or Core Elective
- Free Elective
Fourth Year
- Directed Elective
- Free Elective
- Introduction to Biostatistics or Core Elective
- Legal Aspects of Drug Development, Production, and Marketing
- Manufacturing Pharmacy I
- Manufacturing Pharmacy Lab
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar II
- Project in Pharmaceutics (elective)
- Scientific Writing
- Survey of Pharmacology
- Analytical Chemistry
- Analytical Chemistry Lab
- Controlled Release Dosage Forms
- Cosmetic Science
- Cosmetics Lab
- Research Methods in Drug Delivery
Total credits: 133
Professional Connections
You'll be able to broaden your understanding of Pharmaceutical Sciences
through professional organizations, including:
- American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS)
- American Pharmaceutical Association Academy of Students of Pharmacy
- Student Chapter, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
- Student Chapter of Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists/American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists
In addition, our affiliation with several scientific
organizations offers you opportunities for research and networking
with professionals in the field.
For more information………
To learn more about the Pharmaceutical Sciences program, contact
the Admission Office at 1-888-996-USIP (8747), e-mail admit@usip.edu,
or fill out our online information request form.
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