Restricted to Biological Sciences majors.

Prerequisite: C- or better in BSCI207, BSCI330, and MATH140; and permission of BSCI (email bscique@umd.edu). Credit only granted for: BSCI439I or BIOE462.

The ultimate purpose of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries is the development and delivery of therapeutics. This course covers fundamentals of engineering and the pharmaceutical sciences related to therapeutics, including basic pharmaceutics/drug delivery, pharmacokinetics, biomolecular kinetics, and regulatory issues. (Please see BIOE462 for full course description.)

(Sponsoring Dept.: BSCI). Acceptable toward BSCI Area credits of CEBG and PHNB; Enrichment for ECEV and MICB; and the Cell Biology category of GENB. Only one course of the following can be applied to a BSCI degree: BSCI439E, BSCI439G, BSCI439I, BSCI439J, and BSCI439K.