This course is professional  and professional for the university student in the fields of linguistic  formulation, as it combines theory and practice, dealing with aspects related  to linguistic editing, and then enhancing them by training students on  correct writing, and proper expression, which are required as a basic skill  acquired in scientific research, and in written practice in the realities of  specialized and professional functional life, and helps to avoid writing errors,  and focuses on providing applied models, practical exercises on various  editorial arts, and upgrading the creative literary and artistic rhetorical  style. It focuses on providing applied models, practical exercises on various  editorial arts, and upgrading the creative literary and artistic rhetorical  style of the student and the writer.  

The course provides the  students with the basic knowledge and understanding of the function of  different human body systems, essential for their practice.  

This course focuses on the  normal function of the human body from molecular to an integrated level. This  is accomplished by addressing the function of systems in relation to  structure. This course prepares the student to clearly identify any deviation  from normal while learning disease patterns later. The course covers the  basics of respiratory, renal, GIT, endocrine and nervous system physiology.  

This course includes three  main axes: The family system in Islam: It explains the approach of Islam in  building and maintaining the family, how to deal with marital disputes, and  contemporary family issues.  

The social system in Islam:  It focuses on the components and characteristics of the Islamic society, its  most important institutions, the most prominent social problems, and how to  solve them.

Islam and contemporary  issues: It focus on the student's acquisition of the ability to dialogue,  explain human rights in Islam, how to deal with globalization, apply the  rules of promoting virtue and preventing vice, and explain Islam's position  on terrorism.

The course is designed to  provide the students with basic knowledge and skills about the structure of  different systems of the body and their clinical correlates, which is  necessary for the professional training of the pharmacist. In this context,  particular emphasis will be placed on the study of the microscopic structure  of the various tissues and organs.  

This course is designed  specifically for Pharm D students. The lectures contents cover the basic  information of microbiology, with clinical aspects of infectious diseases  relevant to pharmacology practices. Principles of transmission, infection  control and treatment of infections will also be covered.  

This course is designed to introduce students to the  profession of pharmacy and the role of the pharmacist within health care  delivery including the roles and responsibilities of a pharmacist in relation  to pharmaceutical care. The course considers the context of pharmacy practice  and describes the legislative, ethical, and professional standards and  national policy programs framework in which the profession of pharmacy  operates. The legislation relating to the practice of pharmacy, drug  manufacture and development will be discussed. Communication skills, ethics  and professionalism are important competencies for pharmacists and this  course will cover those aspects.  

The course focuses on the  fundamental theories and basic physical and chemical properties of the major  classes of organic compounds, including stereochemical properties of organic  compounds.  

The course provides the  students with information about fundamentals of Pharmaceutical Calculations  needed in pharmacy practice. Topics include interpretation of prescription  and medication orders, ratio and proportion, dosage determinations,  percentage preparations, reducing and enlarging formulas, dilution and  concentration, aliquots, specific gravity and density, flow rates,  calculations involving contemporary compounding, calculations associated with  dose and patient parameters.  

The course focuses on  carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins chemistry and metabolism. The structure  of allosteric proteins and collagen, identification of enzymes &  coenzymes, principles of thermodynamics and bioenergetics are also covered in  this course, Moreover, integration in the metabolism of these macromolecules  in fed and fast cycle is also highlighted. Explaining major metabolic  pathways and how they are regulated and integrated inside the human body to  provide the needed energy, and how this energy is utilized by the body in  different cellular processes.  

This course includes three  main sections, which are as follows:  

Ethics between religion and  work: It deals with rooting the concept of ethics, determining its  relationship with Islam, faith, worship, transactions, the relationship of  hisba to total quality, and the ethics of health professions.

Health principles in  Islamic thought: It provides an interpretation of the legal vision of the  study of medicine, disease, and health, and highlights the health  specialties, and the scientific method of Muslim scholars,

And the legal foundations  of the health professions: This department is a purely professional health  specialization, which qualifies the affiliate of the health sector to be  committed to the legal provisions in the practice of his specialization, and  familiar with issues and provisions related to the jurisprudence of doctors  and patients.

This course consists of a detailed description of the  immunology against microbial infections and the ways of prevention of some of  them through vaccines as well as the immune mechanisms against cancer. It  also addresses some types of laboratory tests. This course also contains an  explanation of immunological diseases such as allergies, types and methods of  diagnosis and methods of treatment immunologically in addition to autoimmune  diseases and immune deficiency and their mechanisms and methods of diagnosis.  

The course will focus on  the physicochemical considerations, formulation factors, administration route  and different types of dosage forms. This will be further illustrated in  practical sessions where students will prepare selected dosage forms and  package them in suitable related containers.  

This course is a continuation and complementary to  Pharmaceutical organic chemistry I course. The course completes the coverage  of organic chemistry topics. The general topics of the course cover  nomenclature, physical properties (with emphasis on water and lipid  solubility), chemical properties (the stability and instability of a  functional group to normal in vitro environmental conditions), and metabolism  (the stability or instability of a functional group in vivo body,  environment). Chemical reactions will be only addressed when they related to  the physical or chemical stability and mechanism of action of drugs. The  course provides background on essential materials.

This course demonstrates  the pathophysiology of common diseases of different body systems. It serves  as a foundation for integrated pharmacotherapy courses. It provides a study  of human pathological processes and their effects on homeostasis. At the end  of the course, students will be able to describe the pathophysiological  responses to infection, stress injury, carcinogenesis, discuss the etiology  and effects of disease on the various organ systems.  

This course provides  foundational points concerning receptor theory and topics critical for the  understanding and analysis of demonstrations used of drug-receptor  interactions. These topics include terminology describing ligand-receptor  interactions, agonist and antagonist mechanisms of action, analysis of drug  concentration-effect curves, types of receptors involved in signal  transduction and signal transduction pathways as drug targets,  functional    selectivity/“biased  signaling”,  allosteric modulation of endogenous ligand-receptor interactions, receptors  regulation (e.g.,  receptor  desensitization, up- and down- regulation), and general mechanisms toxic  effects of drugs. The ADME behavior and general mechanisms of drugs action  besides interactions factors that can alter an individual’s response to a drug  e.g., genetic, food, age, presence of other drugs is addressed. The second  part of the course discusses on the mode of action and effects of histamine  and selected eicosanoids and how these agents (or synthetic ligands) or drugs  that alter their impact as antagonists and synthesis inhibitors employed in  pharmacotherapy. Moreover, the pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system  ANS section provides instruction and practice exercises to enhance learning  concerning drug targets (receptors, enzymes, and transporters) that are used  in therapy to increase or decrease the basic functions of cells and organs  innervated by ANS. The mechanism(s) of action of ANS agonists and  antagonists, desired and off-target effects, and their application in therapy  are covered.  

The course provides in part  the foundations of medicinal chemistry, an overview of modern drug discovery  and development process and the role natural products play in drug discovery  and their basis for use in different medications is provided. This is  followed by a discussion of drug design and molecular structures of different  categories of antimicrobial agents. It describes the methods of synthesis,  structural activity relationship, modification, metabolism, mechanism of  action and the pharmacological activities of these agents. Moreover, the  course covers discovery, design, and synthesis of anticancer agents and how  they act on the human body.  

This course involved the  principles of pharmaceutical management & marketing to meet the  challenges encountered on the way to the success of the brands pharmacists  manage. It is helpful for pharmacists interested in learning to develop and  implement a strategic and tactical marketing plan, and pharmacists  specialized in pharmaceutical companies, commercial and marketing areas. This  course will help student to implement strategies to be addressed  successfully, as well as enable him/her to evaluate the suitability of a business  strategy, analyze the marketing plan in which it is based, and thus ensure  the desired results for his/her workplace.  

This course will focus on  the biopharmaceutical considerations and physicochemical foundation of  various dosage forms, namely dispersed systems, and solutions dosage forms.  Discussion will include interfacial phenomenon, flow properties, different  types of dispersed systems and their pharmaceutical applications such as  suspensions and emulsions. Also, this course will cover reaction kinetics,  reaction orders, and factors affecting the rate of the reaction and discusses  different stability testing of pharmaceuticals. Additionally, students will  acquire sufficient knowledge about different types of sterile dosage forms,  their routes of administration, and sterilization techniques.  

The course follows a  body-system and population-specific approach for assessment. Through written  and practical exams, students will demonstrate a thorough knowledge of  anatomy, physiology, and common patient assessment techniques. This course  introduces the student pharmacist to pharmacy practice as it relates to  patient interaction and patient evaluation.  

The course focuses on  vitamins, minerals, electrolyte, and trace elements; biochemical changes  occurring in the human body under pathological conditions and the related  diagnostic lab parameters. It also covers the investigation of biomedical  changes associated with metabolic diseases; assessment of liver functions in  form of estimation of serum levels of GPT, GOT, albumin, total and direct  bilirubin. The course outlines the endocrine hormone synthesis, metabolism,  and diagnosis of endocrine diseases together with guidance on their  interpretation It also concentrates on the normal and abnormal function of  GIT, pancreas and kidney and tests used for investigation of such functions.  The course is also designed to outline the important role that the clinical biochemistry  plays in the monitoring the therapeutic use of certain drugs, and drug abuse  screening.  

This course reviews the  pathophysiology of common diseases of different body systems. It provides the  students with an in-depth study of common diseases related to GIT, endocrine,  genitourinary & respiratory systems.  

This course builds on  knowledge and experience gained in Becoming a pharmacist to expand student  knowledge, skill, and attitudes regarding community health. Students will be  exposed to the role of the public health pharmacist as well as expanding  areas for community and public health involvement. Students will learn how to  apply knowledge and develop skills needed to practice as a registered  pharmacist through a community pharmacy and clinical skill lab. This course  should prepare and introduce students to early practice experience in a  community setting. Lectures and laboratory sessions are to facilitate guided,  independent, and collaborative learning. Students will shadow a mentor  pharmacist for 8 hours on-site in a community setting.  

Medicinal Chemistry of  nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and narcotic analgesics will be presented  separately in class. The structure activity relationships, mechanism of  action, therapeutic uses and side effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory  agents including drugs used for the treatment of gout will be covered. In a  similar fashion the medicinal chemistry of narcotic analgesics and related  drugs will be covered, in addition to the possible abuse potential of these  type of drugs. In the second part of the course, medicinal chemistry  viewpoint of drugs used for management of cardiovascular disorders are discussed.  Important emphasis will be done on drugs used for the control of  hypertension. Other classes of drugs used for management of cardiovascular  disorders including, Cardiac Glycosides, Antihyperlipidemic, Antiarrhythmics  and Anticoagulants are covered.  

The course will be discussing  the classification, pharmacokinetic characteristics, mechanism of action,  therapeutic uses, possible adverse effects, drug interactions, pediatric and  geriatric indications and associated problems are to be covered.  Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs as methotrexate and leflunomide are  also included in this part of the course besides drugs used for the treatment  of gout. In a similar fashion the pharmacological aspects of opioids,  analgesia, and pain management will be covered, in addition to the possible  abuse potential of these type of drugs. In the second part of the course,  deals with drugs used for modulation of cardiovascular function. Important  emphasis on drugs used for regulation of renal function, the control of  hypertension. Other classes of drugs used for management of cardiovascular  disorders including, congestive heart failure, antiarrhythmics,  hypercholesterolemia and anticoagulants/anti-platelets are covered.  

This course divides into  two parts; the first part covered the skills in obtaining and utilizing drug  information references and how to use a systemic approach to answer drug  questions. The second part covered how to analyze, evaluate designed, and  executed clinical trials evaluation. Students will be able to develop the  introductory knowledge and skills to assume responsibility for identifying,  accessing, retrieving, creating, and exchanging relevant information to  ensure safe and effective patient care throughout the medication use process.  

This is an introductory  course in research methods and proposal writing. The course is designed to  give students experience in hypothesis and specific aims development and an  overview of the use of the scientific study design for solving health-related  problems. The governing principle of the course is to provide students with  an interactive “how to” learning experience during which they receive regular  feedback on their work.  

The major objective of the  course is to provide the student with fundamental understandings of the  principles of biopharmaceutics that can be applied to drug therapy.  Biopharmaceutics is the science that examines the interrelationships between  physicochemical properties of a drug, the dosage form, specific formulation,  and route by which it is administered on the one hand, and the rate and  extent of drug absorption into the systemic circulation and distribution to  the tissues where it produces its actions (desired and undesired) on the  other hand. Consideration of the physiology of drug absorption, distribution,  metabolism, and excretion is integral to the subject.  

This course will introduce  the students to the Saudi Arabian law and the legal system related to  pharmacy practice and pharmaceuticals from SFDA, Ministry of Health, Ministry  of Interior Affair, and Islamic ethics regulations, and SCHS. Moreover, this  course will help student to provide a safe pharmacy practice that will  protect the patients, pharmacists, and community.  

This course reviews the  pharmacotherapy Renal, Fluid, & Electrolyte Disorders, and Cardiovascular  Disorders with primary focus on evidence-based practice to provide a  pharmaceutical care for these disorders. It serves as a foundation for the  delivery of pharmaceutical care by focusing on (those disorders. Moreover,  this course will provide an overview of the clinical presentation and  pathophysiology of Renal, Fluid, & Electrolyte Disorders, and  Cardiovascular Disorders. An overview of non-pharmacologic therapies will be  introduced to the extent relevant to the pharmacists. At the end of the  course, students will be expected to apply evidence-based practice to provide  a pharmaceutical care for these disorders and design an appropriate  pharmacotherapeutic plan for specific patients and to appropriately counsel  patients regarding proper use of the different renal failures, electrolytes  disturbances and cardiovascular medications that covered in the course.  

This course focuses on the  necessary knowledge and skills regarding the various health insurance systems  and the characteristics of national and international health systems, and to  know the administrative and health aspects related to health insurance and  how to deal with health care organizations.  

The course provides  knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for success in the pharmacy  profession and focuses on definitions used in genetic engineering, gene  cloning system & steps involved in gene cloning, cloning vectors &  insertion inactivation, finding the right clones, cloning and expression of  mammalian gene in bacteria & reaching the required Eukaryotic gene,  production & applications of monoclonal antibodies, production of human  insulin & current FDA approved drugs, transgenic plants & animals,  genetic engineered vaccines, application of genetic engineering in  environmental clean-up and energy production, gene therapy, animal tissue  culture as well as industrial microbiology including industrial  microorganisms and its sources, properties, maintenance, strain improvement, types  of microbial metabolites. Large scale production of important metabolites  e.g., streptomycin, tetracycline, vitamin B12, amino acids & organic  acids (lactic acid, gluconic acid & citric acid) and enzyme  immobilization & improvement of microbial production.  

This course focuses on the  successful application of natural products in diseases therapy. General  aspects of herbal drugs including their quality, safety, and efficacy as well  as their appropriate use in treatment of diseases and important herb-drug  interactions are demonstrated throughout the course.  

This course involves the  administrative, economic, and human aspects of pharmacy operations. It offers  an overview of pharmacy administration principles, management concepts,  functions and administrative skills used in pharmacy practice. The primary  goal is to teach the participants in this course and help them to understand,  evaluate various situations, and apply the information from the literature in  real-life pharmacy practice.  

This course reviews the  pharmacotherapy Endocrine Disorders, Respiratory Disorders, Urologic  Disorders, Gynecologic and Obstetric Disorders and Immunologic Disorders with  primary focus on evidence-based practice to provide a pharmaceutical care for  these disorders. It serves as a foundation for the delivery of pharmaceutical  care by focusing on (those disorders. Moreover, this course will provide an  overview of the clinical presentation and pathophysiology of selected  disorders. An overview of non-pharmacologic therapies will be introduced to  the extent relevant to the pharmacists.  

This course will covers the  fundamentals of pharmacy practice in the hospital pharmacy setting. The  course is a combination of didactic and experiential learning. The experiential  component includes observation, application of current learning, and feedback  and assessment between the student, the preceptor, and others at the practice  site. Students will shadow a mentor pharmacist for 8 hours on- site in a  hospital setting.  

The course covers  information related to the benefits and contraindications of using  alternative therapies which mainly based on five therapeutic concepts;  Manipulative and body- based; Biologically based therapies; Energy healing  therapies and Mind–body interventions and Alternative medical systems. It  highlights the phototherapeutic approach of different diseases and selection  of the galenical preparations. It delivers information about the natural beauty  and function foods. Finally, provides information about the Ayurvedic herbal  medicine and its relation to Chinese herbal medicine.  

Pharmacokinetics is the  science of the kinetics (rates) of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism,  and elimination in an in-vivo system. The course provides a conceptual and  quantitative background in pharmacokinetic theory and the basic applications.  It includes the study of the physiological, physicochemical, and formulation factors  impact on drug disposition, and introduces the pharmacokinetic variabilities  to help understand clinical variability to drug response. In addition, the  course discusses the concepts of bioavailability and bioequivalence studies.  

This course  provides a comprehensive understanding & knowledge in pharmaceutical  formulation and production, and its underpinning science and processing  technologies. Particularly theoretical aspects of pharmaceutical industry’s  keywords such as preformulating considerations, optimization, manufacturing,  development, and quality assurance of these activities.  

The course is planned to  prepare pharmacists who can strongly be involved in pharmacoeconomic analysis  and health-outcome decision making. Students will be able to utilize  different pharmacoeconomic evaluation methods and analyze pharmacoeconomic  literature to advance the quality of patient care. The course empowers  students with the essential knowledge to implement and utilize the  individualized care plan taking into consideration the pharmacoeconomic  aspects.    

This course focuses on the  information technology to health care through a combination of high quality  and efficiency. It also includes the necessary skills to improve the storage,  retrieval, and use of information in the field of pharmacy and health by  students.  

This course reviews the  pharmacotherapy of neurologic disorders, and infectious diseases, with  primary focus on evidence-based practice to provide a pharmaceutical care for  these disorders. It serves as a foundation for the delivery of pharmaceutical  care by focusing on those disorders. Moreover, this course will provide an  overview of the clinical presentation and pathophysiology of selected  disorders. An overview of non-pharmacologic therapies will be introduced to  the extent relevant to the pharmacists. At the end of the course, students  will be expected to apply evidence-based practice to provide a pharmaceutical  care for these disorders and design an appropriate pharmacotherapeutic plan  for specific patients and to appropriately counsel patients regarding proper  use of the different medications that covered in the course.  

This course reviews the  pharmacotherapy of psychiatric disorders, geriatric disorders, pediatric  disorders, and oncology with primary focus on evidence-based practice to  provide pharmaceutical care for these disorders. It serves as a foundation  for the delivery of pharmaceutical care by focusing on those disorders.  Moreover, this course will provide an overview of the clinical presentation  and pathophysiology of selected disorders. An overview of non-pharmacologic  therapies will be introduced to the extent relevant to the pharmacists. At  the end of the course, students will be expected to apply evidence-based  practice to provide a pharmaceutical care for these disorders and design an  appropriate pharmacotherapeutic plan for specific patients and to  appropriately counsel patients regarding proper use of the different  medications that covered in the course.  

In this course, students  will learn various aspects of pharmacy services including technical or  functional, professional, and administrative services and how to apply them  in daily practices. List the steps of the medication use process and explain  the role of pharmacy and other disciplines in the process, including a focus  on transitions steps.  

This course will examine  how physiologic and biochemical processes influence the fate of drugs in the  body. The interrelationship between the physicochemical properties of the  drug and the rate/extent of absorption will be explored. Mathematical  modeling of the plasma concentration time curves following drug  administration will constitute a major part of the course. Fundamental  pharmacokinetic principles and quantitative relationships will be used to  determine approaches in designing dosage regimens, evaluating pharmacologic  response, and explaining mechanisms of drug- drug interactions. Exercises and  tutorials to understand the concepts covered in the lectures so that students  acquire skills for the use and application of pharmacokinetic data in drug  regimens in clinical practice.  

The course provides a brief  overview of key drug quality concepts, standards, and practices for the  finished products in quality control labs. Interactive lectures explore GMP  regulations regarding product manufacturing, processing, packaging, and  holding. The course will also cover the various methods for evaluation of  pharmaceutical dosage forms according to BP or USP, the roles of quality  assurance (QA), quality control (QC) process in ensuring the safety,  efficacy, and quality of finished drug products. The methodologies of  analytical chemistry used in quality assessment are surveyed, in addition to  pharmaceutical testing of stability, disintegration …. etc. of finished  products. The course discusses Quality by Design (Qods), Critical Quality  Attributes (CQA), Risk Assessment/Management, and Process Analytical  Technologies (PAT). The course also covers industry-standard methods as  change control, SOPs, qualification/validation, release testing,  specifications, and deviations.  

This is an introduction to  the concept of entrepreneurship with a special focus on the field of  

Pharmacy. The course will  cover the characteristics of and types of entrepreneurs, recognizing  opportunities, creative problem solving, developing an innovative business  model, and building new ventures. This course provides an overview of  innovation as a complex process which goes from the recognition of  opportunities to the launch of new products, services, or business models.

This course reviews the  pharmacotherapy of nutritional, gastrointestinal, auditory, and ophthalmic  and dermatologic disorders, with primary focus on evidence-based practice to  provide pharmaceutical care for these cases. It serves as a foundation for  the delivery of pharmaceutical care by focusing on those disorders. Moreover,  this course will provide an overview of the clinical presentation and  pathophysiology of selected diseases. An overview of non-pharmacologic  therapies will be introduced to the extent relevant to the pharmacists. At  the end of the course, students will be expected to apply evidence-based  practice to provide a pharmaceutical care for these disorders and design an  appropriate pharmacotherapeutic plan for specific patients and to  appropriately counsel patients regarding proper use of the different  medications that covered in the course.  

This course reviews the  pharmacotherapy of gastrointestinal, hepatic, and joint-related disorders, in  addition to acute emergency situations like shock and acute toxicities, with  primary focus on evidence-based practice to provide a pharmaceutical care for  these cases. It serves as a foundation for the delivery of pharmaceutical  care by focusing on those disorders. Moreover, this course will provide an  overview of the clinical presentation and pathophysiology of selected diseases.  An overview of non-pharmacologic therapies will be introduced to the extent  relevant to the pharmacists. At the end of the course, students will be  expected to apply evidence-based practice to provide a pharmaceutical care  for these disorders and design an appropriate pharmacotherapeutic plan for  specific patients and to appropriately counsel patients regarding proper use  of the different medications that covered in the course.  

This course will introduce  the basics principles of leadership and direction for those who are  interested in supervision and management of the health care system. Moreover,  this course will address leadership through a study of the individual and the  values that create the basis for all decisions made by leaders. As the  students learn more about this inexact science of leadership. The students  will have an opportunity to see themselves through their own eyes and to  realize how others see them. I trust it will challenge the students to further  pursue their own ideas on leadership.  

This course will introduce  and cover the foundational aspects of pharmacy experience during APPE. Topics  include professionalism, communication, self-assessments, case and journal  club presentations, teamwork, professional advocacy, innovation, and more.  The students will shadow pharmacy interns for 16 hours though the semester.

This course is an  introduction to the field of pharmacoepidemiology and public health including  study methodology, relevant statistics, data sources, measurement of  treatments and outcomes, sources of bias and control of confounding, techniques  to reduce bias and confounding, survival analysis and regression techniques,  interpretation of results, and drug safety surveillance and risk management.  Students will learn how to apply pharmacoepidemiology concepts, such as  pharmacovigilance, to minimize patients’ risk exposure.  

This course focuses on the  knowledge and skills to overcome a suggested problem-solving process and  expand a realization for the complexities associated with questions resolving  in a systematic and scientific manner. The research project is either a  research project or scientific activity related to pharmaceutical sciences or  pharmacy practice. Students will select a project proposal, conduct the  project experiments, and write up the obtained results in a formal paper  suitable for publication.