MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Los Angeles, USA
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
USD 66,640 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Introduction
Graduates of USC Mann’s multidisciplinary master’s degree programs are highly sought after by leading institutions in academia, industry, and government. The Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences emphasizes basic as well as applied research in drug delivery and targeting, utilizing medicinal chemistry, computational chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, immunology, and molecular and cell biology. The PSCI MS program and the MPTX MS program are both administered under the umbrella of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Admissions
Curriculum
Requirements for Degree Completion
Units Required
A minimum of 24 units in coursework (see Course Offerings below) and 28 total units are required for graduation. All students participate in 12 units or core course curriculum (PSCI 501-503) plus one 4Students in the thesis track take 4 of the units in 594A and 594B (MS thesis). The core curriculum emphasizes drug discovery, drug delivery, and molecular pharmacology.
Research
Research can be initiated at any point in the program. Students selecting the non-research master’s track may elect and are encouraged to carry out research in their program.
Thesis/Dissertation
Students may choose between two tracks to complete the Master of Science degree. First, the research track requires that the student carry out a research project during their program. As noted above, research towards the thesis can be begun at any point, though typically this begins during the first semester. The thesis should be about 50 pages.
Second, the non-research, non-thesis Master’s track requires that the student complete 28 units of coursework. Several options regarding the nature and scope of coursework are available.
Course Offerings
Graduate students are expected to possess knowledge in various areas of pharmaceutical sciences. The following are graduate courses offered by the program (some courses are not offered every year):
- PSCI 501, Drugs: Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion
- PSCI 502, Drugs: Principles of Therapeutic Mechanisms
- PSCI 503, Drugs: Principles of Research Methodology
- MPTX 510, The Other Side of Drugs
- PSCI 513, Drugs: Biologics and Specialty Pharmaceutics
- PSCI 515, Drugs: Pharmacogenetics
- PSCI 517, Protein Engineering and Drug Discovery
- MPTX 520, Drugs in the Media
- PSCI 557, Introduction to Tools and Techniques for Chemical Biology
- PSCI 655, Immunopharmaceutics
- PSCI 662, Advanced Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics
- PSCI 664, Drug Discovery and Design
- PSCI 665, Drug Transport and Delivery
- PSCI 666, Molecular Structural Biology
- PSCI 667, Intracellular Drug Delivery and Targeting
- PSCI 671, Drug Metabolism (Morphology)
The following are graduate courses offered in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology:
- MPTX 500, Molecular Pharmacology and Cell Signaling
- MPTX 501, Toxicology of Oxidants and Free Radicals
- MPTX 602, Sciences, Research and Ethics
Scholarships and Funding
Financial Aid
Students accepted into the USC Mann Master of Science program are not eligible for institutional financial aid. Students are not permitted to be paid for working in a lab while enrolled in research or thesis units. During the summer, faculty advisors may provide a stipend, arranged on an individual basis.
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