BPS3051 Pharmaceutical product development
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
BPS3051 Pharmaceutical product development is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, offered in 2024 in Semester 1 at Parkville. It needs BPS2042.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 1
- Parkville
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
The 2027 handbook has no page for BPS3051. This is its 2024 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before BPS3051
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After BPS3051
No unit lists BPS3051 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Overview
The objective of this unit is to provide students with an opportunity to develop their employment-relevant critical thinking, teamwork and communication skills by producing scientifically sound solutions to an authentic complex pharmaceutical formulation problem. On successful completion of this unit, students will have developed a systematic approach to experimentation that includes the creation and application of their own suite of documents and scientific templates (assignments) that are relevant in all contexts involving new product development. They will also develop the critical thinking skills necessary in making professionally informed decisions about the design of a scientific investigation, evaluation, analysis as well as in the interpretation and communication of results.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Parkville | On campus |
Assessment
- In-semester problem solving presentationsIn class test5%
- Laboratory report submissionReport85%
- Laboratory performance and competence10%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Define a research strategy to find, evaluate and organise authoritative and relevant information needed to solve the problem.
- 2
Select relevant experimental factors to be studied to solve the problem and predict their impact on product performance (testing).
- 3
Construct a precise experimental protocol to investigate selected factors' effects.
- 4
Conduct experiments according to industry standards to produce and test products
- 5
Methodically and systematically evaluate and analyze, interpret observed phenomena and relate them to the initial hypotheses raised.
- 6
Communicate scientific findings and conclusions, and propose relevant solutions.
- 7
Work effectively in teams.
Workload and teaching
- Laboratories22 hours
- Workshops16 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Six 3-4 - hour laboratories
- Sixteen 1-hour workshops
Learning resources
Technology resources
For more information on Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) specifications and the technology systems and services available to students, review the Student Technology Essentials Handbook
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Enyuan Cao
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Enyuan Cao
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for BPS3051?
You need BPS2042 before you enrol.
When is BPS3051 offered?
In 2024, BPS3051 runs in Semester 1 at Parkville.
Does BPS3051 have an exam?
No. BPS3051 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.