IPPH Graduate Program - Non-Thesis Master of Science in Industrial and Physical Pharmacy with Specialization in Nuclear Pharmacy
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Introduction
The Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy offers a non-thesis Master of Science degree with specialization in nuclear pharmacy. This program is intended primarily for pharmacists seeking advanced training to enhance their professional specialization in the practice of nuclear pharmacy. The program requires a minimum of 32 credit hours, including completion of six required courses - NUPH 530 - Applied Nuclear Pharmacy; NUPH 550 - Introduction to Positron Emission Tomography; NUPH 690 - Special Problems; NUPH 696 - Seminar in Nuclear Pharmacy; IPPH 580 - Physical Chemical Principles; and CHM 605 - Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory.
The graduate advisory committee will work with the individual student to complete the graduate Plan-of-Study, based on the student's background, experience, and professional objectives. Areas of possible emphasis within the elective choices include: pharmaceutical quality assurance and regulatory affairs; health physics; pharmacy administration ("management"), and analytical, inorganic, or organic chemistry.
The Division of Nuclear Pharmacy is an organizational unit within the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy. Students in this non-thesis Master's program are subject to the rules of the Department, School and University governing graduate study.
Program Objectives
The purpose of this Master's degree program is to provide graduate level education for pharmacists or scientists with career interests related to the manufacture, compounding, and dispensing of radiopharmaceutical drug products. The program is intended primarily for pharmacists seeking advanced training to enhance their professional specialization in the practice of nuclear pharmacy. The program provides advanced specialty training; it does not substitute for the professional degree independently required to practice pharmacy.
Areas of possible emphasis within the elective choices of this M.S. specialization include: pharmaceutical quality assurance and regulatory affairs; health physics; pharmacy administration ("management"), and analytical, inorganic, or organic chemistry.
Pharmacists simply seeking basic entry-level training for the practice of nuclear pharmacy may have their basic needs better met via the Purdue Nuclear Pharmacy Certificate Program.