Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Language Type Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Pahrmaceutical Technology III Practic ECZ497 Turkish Compulsory 7. Semester 0 + 4 2.0 3.0
Prerequisite Courses
Course Level Undergraduate
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Uzman Eda GÖKBULUT
Instructor(s) Uzman Eda GÖKBULUT (Güz)
Assistants Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Didem ORAL (Güz)
Goals Teaching of formulations design, production technologies and quality control tests of solid dosage forms to students, Teaching the formulation strategies of new drug delivery systems, Instruction of stability studies and shelf life calculation
Course Content Micromeritic, Powder Preparations (Package, Granule, Effervescent Granule, Granule Controls), Capsule (Hard and Soft), Lozenges (Hard/Soft/Chewable Lozenges), Tablet Formulations Prepared by Direct Pressing, Tablet Formulations Prepared by Wet Granulation, Effervescent Tablet, Chewable Tablet, Coating of Tablets - Dragee Manufacturing, Controls on Tablets (Dissolution Test), Particulate Drug Delivery Systems (Microcapsule, Bead Type Formulations and Nanoparticle Type Formulations), Stability Studies
Learning Outcomes
# Öğrenme Kazanımı
1 Controls the dosage of drugs
2 Makes pharmaceutical calculations about solid dosage forms, design, produce and carry out product improvement studies.
3 Makes the necessary quality control processes in solid dosage forms.
4 Prepares the formulation of particulate drug delivery systems.
5 Labels drugs in a warning / informative way.
6 Performs accelerated stability studies and calculates the shelf life with Arrhenius equation.
Lesson Plan (Weekly Topics)
Week Topics/Applications Method
1. Week Powder Technology and Micromeritics
2. Week Powder Preparations (Package, Granules, Effervescent Granules, Granule Controls)
3. Week Capsules (Hard and Soft)
4. Week Pastilles (Hard / Soft / Chewable Pastilles)
5. Week Tablet Formulations Prepared by Direct Compression
6. Week Tablet Formulations Prepared with Wet Granulation
7. Week Tablet Formulations Prepared with Wet Granulation
8. Week Midterm exam
9. Week Effervescent Tablet, Chewable Tablet
10. Week Tablet Coating - Dragee Manufacturing
11. Week Controls Made on Tablets (Dissolution Test)
12. Week Particulate Drug Delivery Systems (Microcapsule, Bead and Nanoparticle Type Formulations)
13. Week Stability Tests
14. Week Practice
15. Week Practice
*Midterm and final exam dates are not specified in the 14-week course operation plan. Midterm and final exam dates are held on the dates specified in the academic calendar with the decision of the University Senate.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6
Recommended Sources
Ders Kitabı veya Notu Ders Kitabı veya Ders Notu bulunmamaktadır.
Diğer Kaynaklar
  • Asuman Bozkır, Ayşegül Karataş, Canan Hasçiçek, Kandemir Canefe, Müge Kılıçarslan, Nilüfer Tarımcı, Nilüfer Yüksel, Nurşin Gönül, Nurten Özdemir, Tamer Baykara, Tangül Kılınç-Şen, Tansel Çomoğlu, Farmasötik Teknoloji Deneysel Uygulamalar Kitabı, Ankara Üniversitesi Basımevi, 2007.
  • Modern Farmasötik Teknoloji, F. Acartürk, İ. Ağabeyoğlu, N. Çelebi, T. Değim, Z. Değim, T. Doğanay, S. Takka, F. Tırnaksız, Türk Eczacılar Birliği, Eczacılık Akademisi Yayını Yayın No: 1, Ankara, 2007.
  • Farmasötik Teknoloji, Temel Konular ve Dozaj Şekilleri, Ed.: Ayla Z. Gürsoy, Kontrollü Salım Sistemleri Derneği Yayını No: 2, İstanbul, 2004.
  • Encyclopedia of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Six Volume Set, Ed.: James Swarbrick, CRC Press, Tayor and Francis Group, USA, 2013.
ECTS credits and course workload
ECTS credits and course workload Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Sınavlar
Midterm 1 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Classroom Activities 14 4 56
Total Workload 58
*AKTS = (Total Workload) / 25,5 ECTS Credit of the Course 3.0