FARMA2120 Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Science Course description

The course focuses on the characteristic properties of different types of active ingredients, formulations and routes of administration, as well as theory on and practical execution of sterile pharmaceutical production.

Subjects covered by the course, with credits specified:

• Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Science 10 credits

Hjemmeeksamen, individuell, syv dager.

• Alle tilgjengelige.
• Kunnskapsløftet med relevante læreplaner.
• Læreplan i grunnleggende norsk for språklige minoriteter.
• Norsk med samfunnskunnskap for voksne innvandrere.

Students who complete the course are expected to have the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

On successful completion of the course, the student:

• knows how mathematical models can be derived from facts and first principles.
• has a repertoire of methods to solve and/or analyse both ordinary differential equation (ODE) systems and certain partial differential equations (PDEs).
• is able to apply analytical and/or numerical solution methods for PDEs to models of heat transfer, wave propagation and diffusion-convection and discuss the relevance of these models to real-world phenomena.
• is able to construct and develop relevant models and discuss the validity of the models.

Skills

On successful completion of the course, the student can:

• can determine steady states of ODE systems and use linear approximation to elucidate the stability properties of these states.
• can solve and/or analyse selected PDE models.
• is able to implement and use some numerical methods for solving relevant PDEs.
• can devise the solution of certain composite quantitative problems.
• can disseminate results and findings in an accessible manner – both orally and in writing.

General competence

• is aware of the usefulness and limitations of mathematical modelling as well as of pitfalls frequently encountered in modelling and simulation.
• is able to discuss properties of a system using the equations of the mathematical model that describes the system.
• can explain and use numerical methods, know their strengths and weaknesses and interpret results of numerical simulations.

The teaching is organised as sessions where the subject material is presented, and as sessions where the students solve problems using analytical and/or numerical methods. Between these sessions, the students should work individually with literature studies and problem solving.

In the last, specialised part, the students are required to complete and present a rather extensive individual project involving theoretical and practical/implementational aspects.

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• Completion of an extensive individual project in the specialised module.

• Tospråklighet og språkinnlæring; barn, ungdom og voksne.
• Tospråklighet og styringsdokumenter.
• Ord og begrepslære.
• Leseteorier og lesing av fagtekster.
• Arbeid med skjønnlitterære tekster i det flerkulturelle klasserommet.
• Organisering av tospråklig opplæring og lesing i kontekst.

Grade scale A-F

Pass or fail.