Bachelors in Pharmacy (B.Pharma)
B.Pharma or Bachelors in Pharmacy at Aryans College of Pharmacy is a Four years undergraduate course with eight Semesters, approved by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) New Delhi and Affiliated to Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University(MRSPTU), Bathinda. It is a versatile interdisciplinary program preparing graduates with a sound knowledge and understanding of the science, technology, and practice of pharmacy
The core subjects of B. Pharmacy include the following:
PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY
Study of Pharmaceutical Chemistry enables the student to understand and perform the synthesize, purification and identification of various medicinal agents and the Pharmaceutical analysis look after the quality control and quality assurance aspects of medicines
PHARMACEUTICS
The subject deals with the various aspects of formulation, preparation and analysis of various pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. A graduate shall be able to formulate, dispense, preserve and analyse the medicines of a prescription and scale up the manufacture of the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics at the commercial level. This need a strong knowledge of the physiochemical properties of drug, need of various additives, selection of solvent, pharmacokinetic parameters of the drug and so on. It also helps the student acquire knowledge and skill to apply quality assurance principles, including legal and ethical aspects involving drugs, delivering a quality assured product as per the pharmacopoeial, WHO and ISO standards including their mechanism of action, therapeutic indications, adverse effects etc.
PHARMACOLOGY
This helps the student gain knowledge and scientific information regarding pharmacology of drugs, including the practical aspects of pharmacological screening for various medicinal agents using the appropriate animal model, pharmacology calculations, biological standardisation, and in-vivo drug interactions and toxicity studies are also covered under this subject.
PHARMACOGNOSY
The subject of Pharmacognosy deals with drugs of natural sources viz. herbal drugs, their cultivation methods, bio-technological methods, production of pharmaceutical herbal products and their evaluation. The students will develop adequate skill to extract, purify, identify, and know the therapeutic value of herbal/crude/natural products
Eligibility
Selection in B.Pharma in Aryans College of Pharmacy is based on the marks secured in +2 in science stream (minimum 50% marks general candidates and 45% for SC/ST/OBC candidates)with English as one of the subjects and Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (P.C.M) or Biology (P.C.M.B) as optional subjects individually .
Career Prospects
B.Pharma is a job oriented course among the science students after class 12th. This course provides a large no. of job opportunities in both the public and private sector. The students can practice as a Pharmacist. Pharmacists can work in a range of industries related to the prescription, manufacture & provision of medicines. The students can go for higher studies in the Pharmacy i.e. Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharma).
