Program Overview

Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Program

Overview

The Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in the pharmaceutical sciences. The program is not a pre-pharmacy program and does not fulfill all Entry-to-Practice Doctor of Pharmacy Degree program prerequisites.

Learning Outcomes

Students will learn from a foundational natural science curriculum and then specialize in a comprehensive pharmaceutical sciences curriculum. Graduates will be competent in the knowledge and practical skills of the pharmaceutical sciences, which helps to enable their problem-solving skills and abilities. These skills, combined with demonstrated teamwork, leadership, entrepreneurship, and ethical behaviour, will allow our graduates to contribute to economic, social, and political discussions in society.

Delivery Methods

The program will be delivered through traditional, in-person classroom and laboratory teaching. Learning will be supported by the use of an online learning management system where lecture slides will be posted, assignments may be completed, and discussion boards will be monitored.

Curriculum

For guidance purposes only—please consult the university calendar for precise rules and regulations.

Year 1

• BIOL_V 112 (3) Biology of the Cell
• One of BIOL_V 153 (8) Human Biology OR BIOL_V 155 (6) Human Biology
• One of CHEM_V 111 (4) Structure, Bonding, and Equilibrium OR CHEM_V 121 (4) Structure and Bonding in Chemistry
• CHEM_V 123 (4) Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Organic Chemistry
• WRDS_V 150 (3) Writing and Research in the Disciplines (or equivalent)
• One of MATH_V 100 (3) Differential Calculus with Applications to Physical Sciences and Engineering OR MATH_V 120 (3) Honours Differential Calculus OR MATH_V 180 (3) Differential Calculus with Physical Applications
• One of MATH_V 101 (3) Integral Calculus with Applications to Physical Sciences and Engineering OR MATH 121 (3) Honours Integral Calculus
• PHAR_V 180 (1) Pharmaceutical Topics and Communication Seminar I
• ELECTIVES (3)

Year 2

• CHEM_V 211 (4) Introduction to Chemical Analysis
• CHEM_V 233 (3) Organic Chemistry for Biological Sciences
• CHEM_V 235 (1) Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• MICB_V 212 (3) Introductory Immunology & Virology
• STAT_V 200 (3) Elementary Statistics for Application OR BIOL_V 300 (3) Fundamentals of Biostatistics
• PHAR_V 202 (3) Biochemical Pharmacology
• PHAR_V 203 (4) Drug Delivery Technologies and Personalized Medicine
• PHAR_V 204 (3) Pharmaceutical Research
• PHAR_V 205 (3) Clinical Epidemiology & Pharmaceutical Outcomes I
• PHAR_V 280 (3) Pharmaceutical Topics and Communication Seminar II

Year 3

• PHAR_V 302 (3) Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacogenomics
• PHAR_V 303 (3) Nanomedicine
• PHAR_V 304 (4) Biopharmaceutics Theory and Laboratory
• PHAR_V 305 (3) Clinical Epidemiology & Pharmaceutical Outcomes II
• PHAR_V 306 (3) Medicinal Chemistry of High-Impact Pharmaceuticals in Major Diseases
• PHAR_V 307 (4) Analytical Sciences Theory and Laboratory
• PHAR_V 308 (3) Systematic Pharmacology
• PHAR_V 370 (3) Pharmaceutical Cases I
• PHAR_V 380 (1) Pharmaceutical Topics and Communication Seminar III
• ELECTIVES 3(6)*
  • *Students that declare Honours may take an extra 3 Credits of upper-level electives in Year 3.

Year 4: General Course-based Studies Option

• ELECTIVES (30)*
  • *No more than 12 credits of electives may be taken outside of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Year 4: Experiential Option

• PHAR_V 485 (15) Research Project OR PHAR_V 495 (15) Practicum
• ELECTIVES (15)*
  • *No more than 3 credits of electives can be taken outside the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Year 4 for the experiential option.

Year 4: Experiential with Honours Option

• PHAR_V 485 (15) Research Project
• PHAR_V 491 (12) Honours Thesis
• ELECTIVES (15)*
  • *No more than 3 credits of electives may be taken outside of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Year 4 for the experiential option with Honours.

Year 4: Electives (Pharmaceutical Sciences)

• PHAR_V 421 (3) Precision Medicine
• PHAR_V 422 (3) Pharmacoeconomics
• PHAR_V 423 (3) Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research
• PHAR_V 424 (3) Financing and Therapeutics in the Canadian Health Care System
• PHAR_V 425 (3) Biologics
• PHAR_V 426 (3) Advanced Anesthetics and Analgesics
• PHAR_V 427 (3) Drug Structures in Medicinal Chemistry
• PHAR_V 429 (3) Adverse Drug Reactions
• PHAR_V 431 (3) Functional Foods
• PHAR_V 432 (3) Toxicology
• PHAR_V 433 (3) Advanced Pharmacokinetics
• PHAR_V 450 (2–9) Selected Topics in Pharmaceutical Sciences
• PHAR_V 470 (3) Pharmaceutical Cases II
• PHAR_V 480 (3) Pharmaceutical Topics and Communication Seminar IV
• PHAR_V 497 (3–6) Directed Studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Tuition and Fees

Tuition is charged at the standard rate for domestic and international students with an additional laboratory fee in years 2, 3, and 4.