Course Descriptions in Pharmaceutical Engineering
Date: 2014-05-09 Visits: 9
 Course Descriptions in Pharmaceutical Engineering

 

1. BIOCHEMISTRY (5.5 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 4  

·Syllabus

Biochemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms at the molecular level. The course is designed to give students an in-depth coverage of the biochemistry. This course teaching content mainly includes: the chemical composition, structure and function of the organism (proteins, nucleotides, carbohydrates, lipids and enzymes), metabolism and regulation (metabolism of carbohydrate, lipids, amino acids, nucleotides, TCA cycle, bio-oxidation, relation and regulation of metabolisms), replication and transcription of DNA, translation of mRNA and intercellular communication.

·Learning Objectives

1. Recognize the molecular structure and physicochemical property of bimolecular (e.g. sugar, lipid, protein, nucleotides, enzymes), and understand the relationship between structure and function at the molecular level.

2. Understand the process of metabolism (e.g. carbohydrate, lipid, protein), master the major metabolism pathways, oxidation and energy conversion, the relationship and regulation between metabolism pathways.

3. Clarify the central dogma of genetics, which include DNA duplication, transcription, translation and the regulation of genes expression.

4. Master the technology of DNA recombination and gene engineering.

5. Design and accomplish the basic biochemical experiment independently.

·Credit Hours

Up to 88 hours per semester

Four lectures per week plus a two-hour experiment

 

2. PHARMACOLOGY (3 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 5 

·Syllabus

Pharmacology is an essential course that contributes basic theory, elementary knowledge and scientific principals to diseases prevention and rational use of drug. It is also a double bridge that links medicine and pharmacy, basic medicine and clinical medicine. The scope of Pharmacology involves function sciences (Physiology, Pathology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), Morphology (human anatomy, embryology, parasitology) and clinic (internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics) and many other disciplines. Pharmacology is an indispensable course for medical and pharmaceutical research as well as clinical and production practice. The goal of Pharmacology includes (1) Master basic concepts and clinical significance of Pharmacology, pharmacodynamics, drug interactions and dose-response relationship. (2) Grasp relevant basic concepts of the action between drugs and receptor. Students should master pharmacological functions, clinical applications and major adverse reaction of commonly used medicine, understanding the mechanism of drug action.

·Learning Objectives

1. To clarify the action of drug and underlying mechanism, support rational use of drug, maximization of drug effect and avoidance from adverse effect;

2. To develop new drug and novel purpose of existing drug;

3. To provide supports and methods for other related courses.

·Credit Hours

Up to 48 hours per semester

 

3. PHARMACEUTICS (3.5 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 5 

·Syllabus

    Pharmaceutics is a compulsory course for the undergraduates in the field of Pharmacy. Pharmaceutics is a comprehensive science of dosage form design that deals with all facts of the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) into a medication consisting of basic theory, formulation design, preparation procedures, and quality control etc. Fundamentally, the mission of this discipline is how to develop an appropriate dosage form that is able to be safely, effectively, and stably used by patients in the community. Also, when applied in the clinical practice, the developed pharmaceutical preparations should be of good quality with an improved compliance.

    The textbook of pharmaceutics is compiled according to the general outline of pharmaceutics for the teaching used in the 4-year Pharmacy program. It encompasses the necessary knowledge for the undergraduate and graduate students of pharmaceutics. The textbook is divided into two parts: the part I, is an overall introduction to pharmaceutics, and the part II, is new technology and new drug delivery systems. In the part I, it introduces the contents for Pharmacy undergraduates, including the introduction, liquid preparations, sterile and aseptic preparations, solid dosage forms, preparations for skin and mucous membrane use, modern preparations for traditional Chinese medicines, design of formulations, and stability of preparations. In the part II, it deals with the contents for Pharmacy graduates, including the various techniques, namely, solid dispersion, inclusion complexes, emulsification and micro-emulsification. It also include nano-carriers, liposomes, sustained and controlled release, targeting drug delivery, transdermal drug delivery, intelligent drug delivery, biotechnology-based drug delivery. In addition, the textbook encompasses three appendices: pharmaceutical excipients, index and abbreviation in English.

·Learning Objectives

Pharmaceutics in the text or during teaching process features the following aspects: (1) Aiming to meet the knowledge necessity for the undergraduates and graduates in pharmaceutics, especially for the 4-year Pharmacy program; (2) Discussing the basic concepts, theory and knowledge in concise but accurate descriptions; (3) Offering a broad eyeshot by introducing the recent advances as the pharmaceutics develops rapidly; (4) Citing more English vocabularies to lay a better foundation for the students in reading specialty literatures; (5) Providing more applicable examples for assisting the comprehension of the students on this discipline; (6) Describing in text or oral presentation by incorporating graphic explanation; (7) Providing the abbreviations and specialty vocabularies in English, and giving a brief introduction to the commonly used excipients.

·Credit Hours

Up to 56 hours per semester

Four lectures per week

 

4. MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY (4 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 5

·Syllabus

Medicinal Chemistry is a discipline of employing basic principles of chemistry and biology to study the relationship between the structure and activity of the drug. These provide an understanding of the link between chemical structure and clinical effectiveness, which underlies the courses on the design of new drugs for clinical use. This unit aims to develop the ability of students to correlate chemical structure with the physicochemical properties and biological activity of drug molecules. Modern methods in drug design including combinatorial chemistry and computer-aided molecular modeling will also be discussed.

·Learning Objectives

1. Recognise chemical structures of common medicinal agents and understand the reactivity of common functional groups.

2. Describe the mode of action of biologically active compounds.

3. Be familiar with the methods used to optimize existing drugs.

4. Apply their knowledge to the chemical basis for synthesis of medicinal products and relate their chemical knowledge to the issues confronting pharmaceutical scientists.

5. Use their knowledge about functional groups and properties to predict the physical and chemical properties of the biologically active compounds.

6. Develop their generic skills and attributes in communication and lifelong learning.

·Credit Hours

Up to 72 hours per semester

Four lectures per week

 

6. PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING (3 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style

Standard Face to Face Teaching  

Semester 6

·Syllabus

Pharmaceutical Engineering is the backbone of professional courses. On the basis of the advanced placement courses, teaching students to link up the theory of knowledge with the project practice, and enable students to consider technical issues from the perspective of engineering and economics, and gradually train students to be the pharmaceutical engineers.

·Learning Objectives

1. Master the basic pharmaceutical projects.

2. Grasp the basic principles, methods of process design, and process flow diagram with different depths.

3. Grasp the basic pharmaceutical technology computing-the material balance and energy balance.

4. Master key raw material drug production equipments, the basic principles of reactor design calculations and selection.

5. Master pharmaceutical equipment, characteristics, selection methods and basic knowledge of non-pharmaceutical engineering process design.

·Credit Hours

Up to 48 hours per semester

Four lectures per week

 

7. DESIGN COURSE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING (1 CREDIT)

·Teaching Style

Standard Face to Face Teaching   

Semester 6

·Syllabus

Course Design of Pharmaceutical Engineering requires students to be able to use professional acknowledge skillfully by integrate this curriculum and other basic courses. Student should understand the basic content of engineering, master the basic steps and methods of pharmaceutical workshop design. Developing students' ability to apply their knowledge to solve practical engineering problems, engineering ideas and rigorous scientific style.

·Learning Outcomes

1. Correctly choose the design process route.

2. Master the calculations of the process design.

3. Master the workshops flat facade design.

4. Master the process piping layout.

5. Grasp the process flow diagram with the control point.

6. Written design specification.

·Credit Hours

1 week

 

8. ORGANIC REACTION FOR DRUG SYNTHESIS (3 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 5 

·Syllabus

The course is an important specialized basic course in pharmaceutical engineering. The course aims to make students master the important organic reactions in drug synthesis after completion of related basic courses (such as organic chemistry). It will provide the foundation for learning “Medicinal Chemistry “and “Pharmaceutical Technology”. It will improve students’ capabilities to solve problems independently in the actual drug synthesis.

·Learning Objectives

1. Master common mechanisms of organic reactions in drug synthesis.

2. Understand common reagents in reactions, and distinguish the use of different reagents.

3. Master some reactions emphatically.

4. Design reasonably synthesis schemes of targeted compounds.

·Credit Hours

Up to 50 hours per semester

Four lectures per week

 

9. PHARMACY ADMINISTRATION (2 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 6 

·Syllabus

The discipline of pharmacy administration is a major teaching course. This course is designed to teach the concepts, principles, and fundamentals of pharmacy personnel management also to introduce students to the social and behavioral elements of pharmacy practice.

·Learning Objectives

1. Students should be familiar with the basic knowledge of the discipline of pharmacy administration.

2. Students should master the basic principle and method of production, management and use of drugs.

3. Students should master the basic knowledge of the development, production and registration of new drugs.

·Credit Hours

Up to 32 hours per semester

 

11. PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION ENGINEERING (3 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 6

·Syllabus  

The course of Pharmaceutical Preparation Engineering will focus on the preparation process and the practice of pharmaceutical preparations, production process and product quality control method. It also includes the application of commonly used materials, product quality requirements, inspection methods, the main characteristics of dosage form, the content of the GMP management etc. Through the study of this course requires students to master all kinds of preparation methods of drug preparation, process operation, workshop GMP management and product quality control. According to the actual circumstance of the pharmaceutical production enterprise, the student who finish studying drug preparation technology, should fully master the pill, powder, tablets, granules, hard capsule preparation technology of commonly used. Student should familiar with wine agent, tincture, oral liquid, such as plaster formulations, preparation technology with the preparation of injection, external use plaster and other dosage forms of production technology. And common agents for proper use and maintenance equipment, to general preparation process design ,can see the quality problems in the process of drug production and put forward the solution. By consulting books such as pharmacopoeia reference books, can solve simple problems in practical work.

Learning Objectives

Through this course, students can build knowledge engineering framework for Pharmaceutical Preparations, master GMP requirements which related to the design and master engineering major pharmaceutical preparation equipment. Also can master the safe use of equipment and a reasonable choice of pharmaceutical methods to learn the layout and production of Pharmaceutical Preparations to meet the GMP requirements.

·Credit Hours

Up to 48 hours per semester

Four lectures per week 

 

12. PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH FOR PHARMACEUTICAL ENGINEERING (2 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 5 

·Syllabus

   This course is mainly offered to pharmaceutical engineering, involving words, texts and reading materials, which indicate background material associated with the text and further enrich the text for students to broaden their horizons, and improve reading skills. Basic professional terms can be mastered by studying, and professional English documents can be read independently.

·Learning Objectives

1. Professional terms of pharmacy,  biology,  chemistry,  pharmaceutical engineering can be expressed in English.

2. Common professional documents can be translated

·Credit Hours

 Up to 32 hours per semester

 

13. NATURAL MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY (3 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 6 

·Syllabus

This course is to study the natural products by learning modern scientific theories and methods, including the basic molecular structures of each category, their physical and chemical properties, extraction and isolation methods, and structure elucidation technologies. The subjects include carbohydrates, quinones, flavones, terpenes, terpernoids, phenolics and alkaloids. As a key chain of teaching, it focuses to cultivate students general techniques about extraction, isolation and structure elucidation of various natural compounds. Students would be familiar about the systemic work of natural products research, and become more capable and independent in the field after finished the curriculum.

·Learning Objectives

1. To master the extraction and separation and identification of the chemical composition of natural medicine methods;

2. To familiar with the basic molecular structures of each category, physical and chemical properties of natural products;

3. To known how to design the experiment scheme and how to carry it into execution;

4. To acquaint themselves with modern techniques about structure elucidation of natural compounds and developing trends of natural medicine.

·Credit Hours

Up to 48 hours per semester

 

15. NEW DRUG INFORMATION AND LITERATION SEARCHING (1 CREDIT)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 6 

·Syllabus

It is important for researchers to know where to find information about the work that other researchers have done. Drug information, literature evaluation, and drug use policy, taught primarily through 2-hour didactic lectures every week, account for the majority of the course. Active-learning strategies, using a variety of teaching methods and relating material to real-life situations foster students' motivation to learn. To create an situation where students can apply course materials, engage in active discussion among classmates, and strengthen their ability and confidence in performing drug information retrieval and evaluation tasks, learning activities were incorporated into the New drug information and literature searching class sessions at QLU. Students' ability and confidence in performing drug information and literature evaluation tasks were evaluated before and after class sessions.

·Learning Objectives

1. Retrieve, analyze, and interpret the professional, lay, and scientific literature to provide drug information.

2. Demonstrate the feasibility of a project.

3. Choose an optimum scheme for experimental study.

4. Find out the property and use a compound

·Credit Hours

Up to 16 hours per semester

 

16. PHYSICAL PHARMACY (3 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 4 

·Syllabus

   Physical Pharmacy is the application of the Physical Chemistry principle, method and means to study Pharmacy related to drug dosage form design a theoretical discipline. In 1950’s the science has basically formed a scientific system of relative independence, mainly through the understanding of chemistry, physics and mechanism of changes of substance, practice medicine preparations. Such as: the application of basic principles of Colloid Chemistry and Rheology, guide the suspension, emulsion, ointment, drug preparation, process design and optimization; application of powder science principle, process and guide the optimal design of prescription drug solid preparation; application of the principle of chemical dynamics, improve the evaluation of drug stability; the application of surface chemical and complexing principle drug solubilization, influence mechanism etc. The scope of the study of Physical Pharmacy Design is very wide, and the development of new technologies, new science and continuous expansion, such as the establishment and development of modern science and physics of physiology, molecular pharmacology, genetic engineering, enzyme chemistry, in the near future may realize the clinical use of human body mechanical delivery device. In short, Physical Pharmacy is the theoretical basis for new drug development, major basic theory foundation and breakthrough will cause Pharmacy discipline "leap".

·Learning Objectives

Physical Pharmacy in the text or during teaching process features the following aspects: (1) Master the concept of Physical Pharmaceutics. (2) Familiar with the development of Physics Pharmacy, task and the importance. (3) Master the Pharmaceutical Polymorphs Preparation. (4) Familiar with the relationship between polymorphs of drugs and drug quality effect. (5) Master the definition of drug dispersed system and its significance in pharmaceutics.

·Credit Hours

Up to 48 hours per semester

Four lectures per week 

 

17. PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY AND PHARMACOGNOSY (2 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 6 

·Syllabus

Pharmaceutical Botany and Pharmacognosy is an interests and specialties elective course, which include Medicinal Botany and Pharmacognosy. The former is to research the classification, identification, morphology and tissue culture of medicine plats. The latter involves name, source, identification, bioactive ingredients, quality evaluation and utilization of crude drugs. Aims of this course are to help students to master the basic theories and skills of Pharmaceutical Botany and Pharmacognosy, to develop the rich natural medicine resources.

·Learning Objectives

1. Through learning the Pharmaceutical Botany, students should be able to describe the characteristics of the various organs and internal structure of the medicinal plants, and to identify common medicinal plants.

2. Students should be familiar with the general methods and principles on the harvesting, processing and storage of crude drugs

3. Students should master the basic knowledge and skills about identification of crude drugs by its characters from original plants, microstructure, and physicochemical properties, know the variety identification, efficacy, pharmacological effects and major constituents of important crude drugs.

·Credit Hours

Up to 32 hours per semester

 

18. APPLICATION OF SPECTRUM ANALYSIS (2 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 4

·Syllabus

Spectroscopy is used to elucidate the structure of organic molecules. This course is designed to provide students with a thorough description of the theory behind each spectroscopic technique as well as its applications. The first unit covers mass spectrometry (MS). It is followed by a unit on ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis) and its application to structural information in addition to analytical techniques. The third unit deals with infrared spectroscopy (IR), where you will practice using the combination of the first three spectroscopic methods to obtain structural information of organic molecules. The final unit comprises nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Students should be able to elucidate the structures of organic molecules from spectral data.

·Learning Objectives

1. Students should master the basic knowledge of mass spectroscopy (MS), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, infrared (IR) spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy.

2. Explain the information obtained from a UV-Vis, IR, MS and NMR spectrophotometer and how it can be used for analysis.

3. Elucidate the structures of organic molecules from spectral data.

·Credit Hours

Up to 32 hours per semester

 

19. PHARMACEUTICAL SEPARATION ENGINEERING (3 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 6 

·Syllabus

Pharmaceutical Separation Engineering is one of the most rapidly developing areas in the pharmaceutical world and involves the main unit operations of pharmaceutical production, including their status, characteristics and regularity. According to different separation principles the unit operations can be sorted into mechanical separation and mass transfer separation. The mechanism of mechanical separation based on the difference of substances’ size and densityinvolves the unit operation such a filtration, settling, centrifugation and membrane separation. Similarly the mechanism of mass transfer separation based on the difference of distribution of substances between the two phases and involves the unit operation such as extraction, crystallization, chromatography, adsorption and ion exchange, etc. Pharmaceutical separation engineering on undergraduate level is designed to equip students with a strong grounding in pharmaceutical engineering which is relevant to the pharmaceutical world.

·Learning Objectives

1. Recognize the main unit operations of pharmaceutical production, including their status, characteristics and regularity;

2. Recognize the mechanism and the usual unit operations such as extraction, crystallization, adsorption, chromatography and ion exchange of mass transfer separation and the application for pharmaceutical process.

3. Recognize the mechanism and the usual unit operations such as filtration, settling, and centrifugation of mechanical separation and the application for pharmaceutical process.

·Credit Hours

Up to 32 hours per semester

Two lectures per week plus one hour tutorial

 

20. GMP AND PHARMACEUTICAL REGULATION (2 CREDITS)  

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 6

·Syllabus

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is highly important to assure quality and patient safety within the production of medical drugs. This course introduces you to definitions and requirements in GMP and gives you knowledge about production of compounds for clinical use, and describes requirements from authorities on GMP for medical drugs, laws and regulations for preparation of medical drugs. Pharmacy Administration is designed to teach the concepts, principles, and fundamentals of Pharmacy personnel management and to introduce students to the social and behavioral elements of Pharmacy practice.

·Learning Objectives

1. Students should be familiar with the basic knowledge of the discipline of pharmacy administration;

2. Students should master the basic principle and method of production, management and use of drugs;

3. Students should master the basic knowledge of the development, production and registration of new drugs.

4. Know the requirements for technical practices of GMP, such as qualification and validation and calibration.

·Credit Hours

Up to 32 hours per semester

 

22. ADVANCED TOPICS IIN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY (2 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 5 

·Syllabus

Advanced Topics in Medicinal Chemistry involves the process of drug discovery and the development of special topics of student interest. The course of drug discovery involves the source and optimization of lead compounds, drug design, drug synthesis, discoveries about the action mechanisms of drugs and physiologically active compounds at the molecular level, and study of their metabolic processes in body.

·Learning Objectives

1. Be familiar with the methods used to develop new chemical entities with pharmacologic activity;

2. Apply their knowledge to the chemical basis for synthesis of medicinal products and relate their chemical knowledge to the issues confronting pharmaceutical scientists;

3. Use the organic reactions that they have previously encountered to design syntheses of biologically active compounds;

4. Develop their generic skills and attributes in communication and lifelong learning.

·Credit Hours

Up to 72 hours per semester

Three lectures per week

 

23. MICROBIOLOGY (3 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 4

·Syllabus

Microbiology is the study of microbial structure, metabolism, genetic variation, ecology and diversity at the cell, molecular or community level and application in industrial fermentation, health and medicine, bioengineering and environmental protection. Microbes encompass numerous taxa including bacteria, archaea, fungi, virus, Rickettsia, mycoplasma, chlamydia, single-cell protozoa and algae.

·Learning Objectives

1. Recognize the microoganisms and their relations with humans;

2. Master the microbial experiments skills including sterile operation, pure culture isolation and culture techniques;

3. Clarify the structure, living characteristics, nutritional types, growth and control of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganism;

4. Recognize the virus including bacteriophage, animal virus and plant virus and understand the lysogenic response;

5. Comprehend microbial genetics, regulation of gene expression and gene engineering;

6. Understand the role and diversity of microorganisms in various habitats.

·Credit Hours

Up to 48 hours per semester

Two lectures per week plus an hour experiment

 

24. APPLICATION OF COMPUTER IN CHEMISTRY (2 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 5 

·Syllabus

This course, Application of Computer in Chemistry, introduces data processing in Chemistry and chemical engineering, chemical analysis and some basic program design in instrumental analysis, such as Oringe7.0, Chenwin, Autocad, and how to use a computer to retrieve chemical information and online monitoring.

The overall quality of the computer application ability cultivation is very important. In the study of the " Computer Culture" , "Program design and software -based", this course will further improve the student's computer theory and application capabilities, based on the combination of the profession, including the commonly used numerical methods and basic applications in chemistry , mathematics Getting Started with Mathcad software applications and programming foundation and the use of some chemical applications .

·Learning Objectives

1. Master computing solution PH value, equilibrium constants and equilibrium concentration, energy levels and wave functions of particles, linear fit the observed experimental data and nonlinear fitting calculation system, calculate the heat of reaction, the reaction melt calculations, the heat capacity is calculated, entropy calculation, the activation energy, calculated velocity of gas molecules.

2. Basic proficiency in programming software MathCAD.

3. Using Chem WIN software to draw chemical reaction equation, chemical formula.

4. Using Origin software processing experimental observations.

5. Using Chem Office software to draw chemical structures of molecules 3D models.

·Credit Hours

Up to 32 hours per semester

Four lectures per week plus a two hour tutorial

 

25. POLYMERS IN PHARMACEUTICALS (3 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 5

·Syllabus

Polymers in Pharmaceuticals of this course are the basis for Pharmaceutical Engineering disciplines required course. It is to learn about the content of pharmaceutical formulations and polymer chemistry, physics, materials science combined, to meet the development needs of pharmacy and set up a course.

This course focuses on the task only describes the general theoretical knowledge of Polymer materials and pharmaceutical percipients, requiring students to master the basic theory and pharmaceutical preparations Polymer material properties and physical and chemical properties of Polymer materials commonly use. The polymer can be basic theoretical knowledge of materials science, pharmaceutical preparations in general, especially in the long-acting, controlled release formulations and targeting applications, thereby laying the foundation for the research and development of new drug formulations.

Learning Objectives

1. Master the basic knowledge of the main polymer terminology, nomenclature and chain structure, polymer aggregation structure;

2. Grasp the structure of natural medicinal polymer materials, nature, source, preparation methods, specifications and uses;

3. Medicinal use synthetic polymer materials;

4. Familiar with common types of medicinal polymer packaging materials, packaging and packaging materials commonly used additives and various material properties. Understand the basic requirements and performance testing of medicinal polymer packaging materials.;

·Credit Hours

Up to 48 hours per semester

Four lectures per week plus a two hour tutorial

 

26. ADVANCED INORGANIC AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (3 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 5 

·Syllabus

Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry can be divided into chemical thermodynamics and kinetics, four balance, atomic and molecular structure, complexes. Analytical Chemistry is a major part of error and data processing, four kinds of titration and some methods of instrumental analysis. The theory part will be from the shallower to the deeper to do systematic teaching, pay attention to add new knowledge, enlarge the volume of information, strengthen the connection of chemistry and life science; the four kinds of titration into four balance, the inorganic chemistry and chemical analysis of nature as a whole, realize the organic integration of the two courses, and properly introduce some related to life science analysis method.

·Learning Objectives

1. Knowledge teaching goal: understand the atomic structure and element compounds knowledge; understanding of chemical bonding, molecular orbital theory and the structure of the material; to master the four balance and four kinds of titration analysis; master the spectrophotometer analysis method; grasp the important metal, nonmetal elements and their compounds..

2. The goal of cultivating students' ability: The ability to use scientific knowledge to explain and solve the practical problems of chemistry; have the good study method and good study habits; have good logical thinking ability and comprehensive analysis ability; has the experimental operation ability, comprehensive ability to analyze and solve problems.

3. The objectives of Ideological Education: With love science, seek truth from facts of the style of study, with innovative consciousness and innovative spirit; have good occupation morals and the awareness of environmental protection.

·Credit Hours

Up to 48 hours per semester

Four lectures per week plus a two hour tutorial

 

27. ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 5 

·Syllabus

Introduce three basic respects of Organic Chemistry, that is, reaction, mechanism and structure. By completing this course study, the students should grasp the structure theory of the Organic Compounds, the relation between molecular structure and chemical activation, the conjugative effect and induction effect and active intermediates, and the mechanism of important organic reactions (aliphatic nucleophilic substitution reactions, aliphatic electrophonic substitution reactions, aromatic nucleophilic substitution reactions, aromatic electrophonic substitution reactions, substitutions and eliminations of radicals, oxidation and reduction, addition to carbon-carbon multiple bonds, animalcular rearrangements, etc).

By completing this course study, the students should have the ability to design synthetic route of Organic Compounds, choice the reaction conditions and investigate the reaction mechanism by using the basic knowledge of advanced organic chemistry. Furthermore, by the introduction of some recent research papers, the students should have the knowledge about important research fields and topics of modern Organic Chemistry.

·Learning Objectives

The purpose of this course is to further grasp the concepts and theories of Organic Chemistry systematically, to understand the substance of organic reaction, to train the scientific thinking of the students and to learn the basic process of scientific research, to guide the students to apply the organic reaction mechanisms and resolve the practical problems, to lay the foundation for their future work in chemistry and chemical engineering areas.

·Credit Hours

Up to 48 hours per semester

Four lectures per week plus a two hour tutorial

 

28. ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (3 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 5 

·Syllabus

This program encompasses a wide range of experimental and theoretical approaches; its broad aim is to fundamentally understand and predict the behavior of chemical systems; its objects range from nuclear particles to atoms, molecules, clusters, biological materials and macroscopic assemblies. Physical chemistry research at Purdue spans all of the above areas, and extends beyond the Department of Chemistry to include biological and engineering collaborations throughout the Purdue campus and the Birck Nantechnology and Bindley Bioscience facilities in the newly completed Discovery Park.

As a theoretical basis for chemistry, physical chemistry main role is to develop students' creative thinking ability. The past 20 years , the rapid development of physical chemistry and new achievements both benefited from advances in physics , mathematics, and other experimental subjects , but also thanks to the other two disciplines of chemistry ( inorganic, organic and analytical ) and materials, cross and integration of extensive biological, environmental and other related disciplines , its cutting-edge research areas are quite . Theoretical and experimental methods of physical chemistry have become extremely important subjects’ relevant research methods.

·Learning Objectives

The main purpose of this course is to make this project a professional graduate to further system profoundly grasp the basic principles and methods of physical chemistry, theoretical grasp of the structure of the system and knowledge of physical chemistry, to combine the latest developments and latest achievements in the development of the discipline the basic principles and methods of physical chemistry to understand them in depth, and can be well applied in the actual work in the relevant scientific principles and methods. Therefore, teaching science to be able to reflect its basic, broad and systematic, properly to grasp the depth and breadth, and to reflect its practical, advanced and cutting-edge, it will help to stimulate creativity and innovation capability.

·Credit Hours

Up to 48 hours per semester

Four lectures per week plus a two hour tutorial

 

29. FIELD TEACHING AND LEANING (2 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style

Visit study

Semester 5 

·Syllabus

Field Teaching and Leaning is a professional practice teaching course of pharmaceutical engineering. In the pharmaceutical factory, the students will have a more comprehensive and intuitive understanding of medicinal packaging materials production equipment, production workshop and production process for producing chemical raw material medicine, biotechnology drugs or traditional Chinese medicine. In addition, the basic theoretical knowledge learned in school will be deepened and consolidated, and the ability of analyzing and solving problems will be cultivated. Therefore the good foundation will be for future work.

·Learning Objectives

1. Understand the meaning of GMP and the requirements of GMP on the pharmaceutical production equipment.

2. Understand the main structure and working principle of common production equipment and quality control equipment.

3. Understand the basic usage of common production equipment.

4. Understand the basic requirements of pharmaceutical engineering design.

5. Understand the basic requirements for the design of pipeline design, clean plant and pharmaceutical workshop layout.

·Credit Hours

1 week

 

30. PRODUCTION PRACTICE (4 CREDITS)

·Teaching Style

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 7

·Syllabus

    The production practice is an important part of engineering education practice for undergraduate teaching. Production practice is an important link of teaching and production. In the production practice process, the school also to foster learner observes the problem, problem solving and learning from practice as the goal. To cultivate our team spirit, firmly establish the group consciousness and individual wisdom only in the community in order to maximize the role.

Learning Objectives

Production practice is an important part of school teaching, and is distinguished from a significant feature of the common school education. It is an important part of an indispensable part of the education system and can not be replaced. It is the most direct contact with the future occupation life, students in the practice process will complete the study to employment transition, and therefore the production practice is to cultivate talents, the main way of realizing training target. It is not only the extension of teaching in school, and it is the summary of teaching. It can say no practice, no complete education. Schools should improve the quality of education and teaching, on the basis of theoretical knowledge learning, first of all to improve the quality of production practice management. The production practice teaching is successful or not, related to the school development and students’ employment prospects, but also indirectly affects the modernization.

·Credit Hours

4 weeks

 

31. FILED PRACTICING OF PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY (1 CREDIT)

·Teaching Style 

Standard Face to Face Teaching

Semester 4 

·Syllabus

Field practicing of Pharmaceutical Botany is a major teaching course, teaching mainly in plant identification, ethical harvesting techniques, and preserving wild Pharmaceutical Botany. The course teaches the external morphology of plants, internal structure, plant taxonomy and plant ecology and plant geography knowledge, so that students have the basic theory of Medicinal Botany, basic knowledge and basic skills to learn Pharmacognosy, Natural Medicinal Chemistry, and other courses.

·Learning Objectives

1. Plant identification techniques.

2. Hands-on practice with harvesting and preparing plant medicines.

3. Detailed information on key medicinal plants.

·Credit Hours

1 week