Year three
Analytical Methodology
Year: 3
This module will introduce advances in modern bioanalytical technologies applied to the analysis of molecules relevant to pharmaceutical biosciences particularly focusing on chromatography and mass spectrometry.
Methodologies in Pharmaceutical Biosciences Research
Year: 3
This module provides experience in research philosophy, planning, methodology, and reporting by relevant literature surveys, generation, evaluation and integration of original data.
Pharmacology
Year: 3
This module is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of pharmacology; how drugs act, where they act, how they reach the site of action, how drug actions are terminated, and how such knowledge can be applied to achieve drug selectivity. Students will gain an appreciation for the effective and safe use of pharmaceuticals in the treatment of disease.
Pharmaceutical Technology
Year: 3
This module provides an understanding of the principles and procedures of the industrial manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. Furthermore, it provides in-depth knowledge of drug delivery systems currently used and relevant knowledge and skills to apply basic physicochemical principles and preformulation information to the design and production of stable pharmaceutical dosage forms.
Novel Cancer Treatment
Year: 3
This module is optional
The study of this module will develop the students' skills and ability to consider all of the issues relating to the development of a novel drug or formulation from early laboratory testing, through animal studies, human trials and the implementation of a licensed drug as a routine treatment.
Advanced Pharmaceutical Nanotechnologies
Year: 3
This module is optional
This module provides an introduction to the understanding of the formulation, characterisation, evaluation and application of novel pharmaceutical delivery systems based on nanotechnology.
Year four
Drug Discovery & Advanced Topics in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Year: 4
This module provides a thorough understanding of the scientific principles of how medicines are developed, manufactured, and brought to the market place through the process of discovery, development and approval of drugs.
Research Project in Pharmaceutical Science
Year: 4
This module provides experience in research philosophy, planning and methodology by relevant literature survey, and generation and evaluation of original data.
Quality Processes and Control
Year: 4
This module is optional
This module provides an understanding of the quality assurance principles and procedures required for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products and the bodies responsible for ensuring their implementation with a focus on sustainable industrialisation through various innovations.
Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Year: 4
This module is optional
Antimicrobial use and tackling bacterial resistance is a fast-growing field. By managing our use of antibiotics we can slow down or reduce the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance. The introduction of antibiotics in the 1940s represented significant turning point in human history, where fatal infectious diseases became manageable health problems. However, soon after the introduction of these antibiotics, bacterial resistance developed, causing increased mortality and incurring significant healthcare costs. Antimicrobial resistance has been classified by the WHO as a global issue. In this module, we will learn what antibiotics are, how they work, and how bacteria become resistant to their effects, how antibiotics are used from the perspective of healthcare professionals, and strategies to control resistance and antibiotic stewardship
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