PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

The goal of this specialty is to cultivate the advanced pharmaceutical talents who develop themselves in an all-around way of morality, intelligence, physique and art. To master the basic theories, knowledge and technique skills of pharmacy and know the basic theories, knowledge and technique skills of biological medicine. To possess the proper professional ethics and professional, cultural and psychological literacy; be capable of practicing pharmaceutical professional skills in research and development, manufacture, inspection, distribution, usage and management. The graduates will be the special experts who engage themselves in drug discovery, evaluation, pharmaceutical design and preparation, standard research of pharmaceutical quality and quality control, drug management and pharmaceutical education.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

A. requirements of morality and occupational qualities

1. Possess good scientific literacy in humanities and social science; possess strong sense of social responsibility and good medical professional ethics.

2. Possess good communication skills, interpersonal communication ability and teamwork spirit.

3. Possess the spirits of analysis and criticism, and innovation; develop scientific attitude of “seek truth from facts”, be capable of analyze and solve problems correctly.

4. Possess healthy physical quality, psychological quality, and optimistic and inclusive literacy.

5. Establish correct understanding of lifelong study, and possess the ability of self-study.

B. requirements of knowledge objectives

1. Master the basic theories and methods of pharmacy related mathematics, physics, chemistry, life sciences, medicine and other disciplines.

2. Master the basic theories, methods and skills of pharmaceutical chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, pharmaceutical analysis and other disciplines.

3. Master the chemical structure, properties, and therapeutic effects of drugs.

4. Master the basic principles of drug design, synthesis, preparation, analysis.

5. Master the relationships between pharmacological intervention and disease occurrence, development, prognosis. Possess the knowledge of biology, basic medicine, drug quality control, and clinical rational drug use.

6. Be familiar with the use of pharmaceutical related equipment, and receive trainings of various disciplines experimental skills, and scientific research.

7. Possess the basic abilities in drug research and development, manufacture, distribution, quality control, management, and pharmaceutical care.

C. requirements of practical skill and ability

1. Master technologies of principle drug preparation, quality control, interactions of drug and organism, and basic abilities of pharmacodynamics and drug safety evaluation.

2. Possess the preliminary ability of designing pharmaceutical preparations, the ability of selecting pharmaceutical analysis method, the ability of conducting pharmacology experiments and evaluating a new drug, and the ability of participating in clinical rational drug use.

3. Be familiar with basic knowledge of laws and regulations, policies and marketing of pharmaceutical affairs management.

4. Possess strong ability of computer operation, be able to obtain relevant information by using modern information technology, and be familiar with dynamic and cutting-edge information of the development of modern pharmacy.

5. Possess certain abilities of scientific research and practical work.

6. Proficiently use at least one foreign language.

PRIMARY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES

Primary discipline: Pharmacy, Chemistry.

Related disciplines: Biology, Biological Medicine

YEARS OF STUDY, DEGREE GRANTING AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

4 years with a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy Science.

Minimum credit requirements: 160 credits for in-class learning, and 8 credits for extracurricular activities. In addition, the students are required to complete the military training, pass the national CET-4 exam, and meet the National Standard for College Students’ Physique Health before graduation.

SUB-BRANCHING SCHEME

Sub-branching time: at the end of the first academic year.
Specialty directions of distribution: Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Engineering.

Specialty plan of distribution: In principle, above the two majors are divided into half of the total number of students enrolled in the pharmacy class in that year.
 Scheme of distribution: follow the principles of students voluntarily choosing and school selection.

1. Students apply for the specialty according to individual interest at the end of the first semester for preliminarily choosing.

2. The school confirms the student’s specialties according to their applications. If applicants of one specialty exceed the planned number, then the applicants are sorted according to their compulsory course credits and average scores in first academic year, those who ranking beyond the scheme are adjusted to another specialty. The students whose score ranking exceed the scheduled will be adjusted to other specialty.

BASIC COURSES FOR THE PRIMARY DISCIPLINE

Introduction to Pharmacy, Cell Biology, Molecular biology, Human Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, etc.

PROFESSIONAL CORE COURSES FOR THE PRIMARY DISCIPLINE

Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Pharmacology, Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Spectra Analysis, Pharmaceutical Botany, Pharmaceutical Affairs Management, etc.

PRACTICE TRAINING

Main practice training include: pharmaceutical field practice, hospital and pharmaceutical factory practice, graduation thesis (design), social practice, etc. Specific requirements see “COURSE SELECTION REQUIREMENTS”.

COURSE SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

A. The course module Settings

The courses include 3 modules: general education courses, general platform courses and specialized courses. Among them:

General education curriculum module includes: public course for 24 credits (ideological and political theory course 13 credits, Military Theory 1 credit, College English 8 credits, and Physical Education 2 credits), general core courses and general elective courses each have 6 credits.

General platform courses and specialized courses both set corresponding compulsory and optional courses according to their specialty characteristics.

B. Requirements of optional courses in each module

Medical students majoring in general education are limited to 6 credits in 4 categories: natural science and technology, world civilization, society and art, and cultural inheritance

The selection requirements of general core courses are natural science and technology, world civilization, society and art, and cultural inheritance, medical students must choose 6 credits courses in 4 course modules (must not repeat in the same course module).

In general optional course, medical students can freely choose 6 credits within whole university optional courses; the course categories are not limited.

Classification teaching method is carried out in English courses, which include a 4 credits compulsory course and a 4 credits optional course. The students are required to take part in the English intensive training summer camp in summer session of their first academic year; this is a compulsory part. Public English courses include three parts: they are theoretical course, practice course and self-study. Students must choose all the three parts and complete the related teaching requirements to obtain corresponding credit. Students must take Public Debate as optional course before taking English Debate.

Physical Education is a compulsory course in semester 1 to 4. In semester 5 to 8, the Special Education of P.E. do not set credit, of which it is limited optional course in 5 and 6 semester, and is freedom optional course in 7 and 8 semester.

In specialty optional course module, students are required to complete 14 credits, which is the minimum credit requirements, students can choose more courses on their own. The recommended course selection scheme is as follows: choose either Medical Practical Software (SPSS) or Pharmacoeconomics for 1.5 credits; choose Introduction to Clinical Medicine, 3 credits; choose one of Pathophysiology, Chemical Pharmaceutical Technology and Drug Marketing for 2 credits; choose other optional courses and complete the remaining 7.5 credits.

C. The explanations and requirements of Centralized Practical Teaching

The main practical settings of this specialty include: pharmaceutical field practice, hospital and pharmaceutical factory practice, graduation thesis (design), etc. Among them, pharmaceutical field practice and hospital and pharmaceutical factory practice are planned to complete in the fourth and the sixth semester, respectively.

Encourage students to participate in practical activity like overseas short-term exchanges, which based on “summer camp”.

D. The requirements about extracurricular 8 credits are performed according to the arrangements of University Students’ Affairs Division.