General description of the course: • This course deals with basic language skills, especially at the syntactic level: construction and parsing, original, estimated and local parsing, and the Arabic sentence in its two forms and its complements; based on the texts studied by reading them, extracting grammatical rules from them, and discussing them. 5- Prerequisites for this course (if any) There are no prerequisites 6- Requirements concurrent with this course (if any) There are no concurrent requirements 7. Main objective of the course • The course aims to achieve a main objective, which is to overcome grammatical and stylistic errors, achieve linguistic integrity in writing, and enable students to master basic language skills in reading, understanding, writing and speaking correctly.

This course focuses on the study of Islamic creed in general, explaining the ranks of faith, belief in God, prophethood, the unseen, and warning against the nullifiers and deficiencies of faith. It also covers the rights of the Ahl al-Bayt, the companions, and the ruler, as well as clarifying the meanings of loyalty and disavowal. The course further addresses the concept of family in Islam, its pillars, characteristics, and how to build it, highlighting the honor Islam bestows upon women, including marriage. It also clarifies the rights and duties that arise from forming a family, the role of the family in building society, and how to resolve family issues. Additionally, it discusses the types of marriage contracts in Islam, responds to some objections raised by opponents regarding the Islamic family system, and addresses contemporary issues and challenges.

The course presents an interpretive study of Juz' Amma from the prescribed reference in an accessible manner, focusing on explaining the words and ensuring the overall meaning of each verse is understood. It also guides the student to recognize the teachings and guidance provided by the verses and chapters of the Qur'an being studied.

Technological advancements have a profound impact on all aspects of life globally. It is crucial to develop the next generation of leaders who are well-versed in the latest digital trends and equipped with a rich understanding of their applications across various industries, as well as their societal benefits and potential challenges. This course addresses a range of skills and competencies essential for utilizing devices in digital applications, aiming to optimize information access and management, create and share digital content effectively, and communicate and collaborate with others to solve diverse problems.

This course introduces the basic principles governing living organisms with emphasis on the molecular and cellular basis of life. This course covers Enzymes, Metabolism, Cell respiration, tissue, Circulation, Immunity, Cell reproduction, Genetics, and DNA Structure and Function.

This course involves the recitation of Surah Al-Fatiha and Juz' Thirty of the Qur'an, along with memorizing some surahs and applying the rules of Tajweed to the prescribed portions.

This course is an introductory chemistry course designed to prepare students who have an interest in engineering and health- related professions. So it provides an introduction to thegeneral principles and concepts of chemistry. The course introduces the following: - Interesting examples of how chemistry applies to life. - The matter and its classification, states, physical and chemical properties. - Study of atoms and periodic table. - Ionic and covalent compounds. - The mass relationships in chemical reactions. - Solutions. - Acids and bases. - Chemical reaction. -Electrochemistry. - Chemical equilibrium. - Thermochemistry. - Functional groups of organic compounds, organic reactions and polymers -Carbohydrates, Lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids The content of this course is designed for an introductory chemistry course with no chemistry prerequisite, and it is suitable for either a two-semester sequence or a one- semester course

The course addresses concepts and knowledge related to financial matters to support sound decision-making in the field of business. It explains how to utilize financial data to assess financial health and understand the organization's overall strategy for budgeting purposes. The course also covers methods of cost-benefit analysis for investment projects, in addition to exploring techniques for monitoring and evaluating their performance.

This course systematically introduces medical students to medical terminology related to anatomy and physiology of body systems. It covers detailed study of medical terms for each system, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, diagnostics, treatments, and pharmacology. Students learn how to extensively construct medical vocabularies pertaining to the whole-body using prefixes, root words, and suffixes. The course spans various body systems, such as integumentary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, cardiovascular, digestive, respiratory, lymphatic, immune, urinary, and reproductive. Additionally, it covers oncology, nuclear pharmacy, psychiatry, and pharmacology. Students will apply this knowledge to diseases, surgical procedures, and medical specialties.

This course introduces topics in the principles of project management, with a specific focus on the fundamentals of project management, including the concept of organizational influences, the project life cycle, and its various theories, as well as project scope management. The course also provides essential skills in cost and quality management, aiming to enhance students' awareness of managerial, creative, analytical, and interpersonal skills relevant to the establishment and management of a specific project. Furthermore, the course seeks to develop business project success and manage project communications effectively.

Roadmap is a general English course for adults which recognises that every class is different, and every learner is unique. Built on Global Scale of English learning objectives, Roadmap gives learners the specific language training they need to progress. Engaging, relevant content and extensive support materials make lessons enjoyable for both learners and teachers.

This course introduces students to entrepreneurship, focusing specifically on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, including its concept, various theories, entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurial ideas. It also provides essential skills needed to become an entrepreneur, aiming to enhance students' awareness of legal, business, managerial, creative, analytical, and interpersonal skills related to establishing and managing an entrepreneurial organization. Furthermore, the course highlights the role of the entrepreneur in developing and ensuring the success of a business venture.

The course enables students to acquire effective communication skills with themselves and others, whether on a personal level or within their social and professional environments. It emphasizes practicing these skills in daily life while focusing on the positive utilization of technological applications for modern electronic communication. This approach aims to enhance the student's life skills and overall proficiency in communication.

This course focuses on introducing the concept of national identity through a conceptual and methodological approach to identity. It addresses the relationship between identity, development, sustainability, and innovation. The course then defines Saudi national identity, its essence, foundations, and the values of citizenship, loyalty, and belonging. It also emphasizes the importance of understanding national history by providing historical and cultural information that contributes to raising students' awareness of their country's history and its status.

Roadmap is a general English course for adults which recognises that every class is different, and every learner is unique. Built on Global Scale of English learning objectives, Roadmap gives learners the specific language training they need to progress. Engaging, relevant content and extensive support materials make lessons enjoyable for both learners and teachers

The course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the organic chemistry principles essential for pharmaceutical science. Through this course, students will delve into the intricate world of organic compounds, focusing on their synthesis, properties, 3D structures and applications in the pharmaceutical industry. The curriculum begins by exploring the fundamentals of aliphatic organic chemistry, covering topics such as functional group classification, physical and chemical properties, and synthesis methods. Students will gain proficiency in identifying and manipulating various aliphatic compounds, laying the groundwork for advanced pharmaceutical studies. In addition, the course delves into the complexities of aromatic chemistry, where students will learn about the unique properties and reactions of aromatic compounds. Emphasis will be placed on understanding aromaticity and its significance in drug design and synthesis. Furthermore, students will explore heterocyclic chemistry, uncovering the diverse structures and functionalities of heterocyclic compounds. Through this exploration, students will gain insight into the crucial role played by heterocycles in medicinal chemistry, drug discovery, and development. Throughout the course, practical applications will be emphasized, with hands-on laboratory sessions focusing on the synthesis, analysis, and characterization of organic compounds relevant to pharmaceutical science. By the end of the course, students will have acquired the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and manipulate organic molecules in the context of pharmaceutical research and development.

This course deals with basic knowledge of biostatistics which includes methods of bio data collection, Descriptive Statistics, Quantitative and Qualitative data, Graphic presentation. Measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion. Basic concepts of probability rules, Bayes' rule, discrete distributions: Binomial distribution. Poisson distribution, Continuous distributions: Normal distribution, Standard normal and t distributions and its applications. Confidence intervals of one and two population means and proportions. Tests of Hypothesis about means and proportions and paired data.

This is an introductory course in the principles of medical physics, oriented primarily towards students pursuing a health and medical academic track. This course provides the students with the needed information about many topics such as the measurement, the pressure and blood flow, gassed diffusion, forces, nerve conduction, light and sound in medicine, and radiation in medicine, which help them understand the physics of the body and theories of the medical tools.

This course is designed to provide students with a broad perspective on pharmacy as a profession in a constantly changing health care environment. Students will be introduced to the origins of the profession. They will also be introduced to the evolving trends in pharmaceutical education, associations, and evolution towards patient focused care up to the present day.

This course is an introductory study of pharmaceutical microbiology. It mainly emphasizes the classification, morphology, function, multiplication, culture characteristics, physiology and basic structure of bacteria, fungi, parasites and viruses. It describes the requirements of microbial growth and measurements, and microbial classes.

This course aims at developing of students’ knowledge and skills in mathematical calculations related to pharmaceutical formulations design and prescription compounding, Dose calculation and accurate measurements using pharmaceutical glassware

This course aims to provide primary knowledge about natural product drugs to pharmacy students and give some practical guidance in the process of identification and uses of medicinal plants. It will cover history, importance, botanical characters as well as cell structure and cell contents of medicinal plants. The course will deal with the production of natural products, different methods of extraction, cultivation, collection, storage conditions, and their preparation for use either in the crude form or as extracts. The course will briefly discuss the chemistry of natural products as carbohydrates, glycosides, alkaloids, volatile oils, tannins, and plant lipids. It will also cover the study of morphological (macroscopical) and microscopical characters as well as the active constituents and uses of different plant organs such as leaves, flowers, and barks that have medicinal importance.

This course is dealing with the electro-physiological properties of the cell membrane, the physiology of muscle and nerve, the autonomic nervous system, the blood and the cardiovascular system. The practical part will be devoted to physiological experiments cover the different body organs in each system that is mentioned above.

This course aims to provide the students with knowledge about the anatomical and histological structures of different human body systems as well as the embryonic development.

This course mainly deals with the study the classical methods of analysis and their application in pharmaceutical monitoring focusing on the following topics: The different concentration units – Chemical analysis different steps – Basic concept of volumetric analysis – Neutralization titrations – Different Indicators – Precipitation titrations –Complexation titrations; and validation techniques too.

This course describes the most common infectious agents that cause common diseases and control measures. The course also deals with different techniques used destroy microorganisms including sterilization, disinfection, antisepsis, preservation of pharmaceuticals, chemotherapeutics and their mechanism of action and the rational for their prescription.

This course aims to complete the study of the morphological (macroscopical characters), histological (microscopical examination), main active constituents, uses, chemical tests for identification, and adulteration of different plant organs including seeds, fruits, herbs, subterranean organs (roots and rhizomes) as well as unorganized drugs and animal drugs. It will also cover the contraindications of use and drug-herb interaction.

The course highlights all scientific concepts of metabolic energy in human through advanced topics in carbohydrate, lipid and nitrogen metabolisms. In addition, selected topics in molecular biology and antioxidants are also emphasized.

This course deals with the physiological functions of the respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal and the central nervous system together with discussion of pain pathways. The structures comprising each system will be described together with the relation between each other and the methods of control and regulation of each system. Furthermore, in the respiratory system attention will be given to the chemical and nervous control of the respiration. The renal system, the mechanisms of reabsorption of electrolytes and water will be covered. In the gastrointestinal tract, the mechanisms of food digestion and the absorption of nutrients will be discussed.

This course mainly deals with the study the Instrumental methods of analysis and their application in pharmaceutical monitoring focusing on the following topics: introduction to spectral methods of analysis, the interaction between different kinds of electromagnetic radiation and matter and its importance of in qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis. Quantitative analysis using ultraviolet and visible absorption spectroscopy and its pharmaceutical applications, fluorescence spectroscopy, IR, NMR spectroscopy Introduction to electroanalytical methods of analysis. General basics for different separation techniques – Separation by migration of electrons -principles and theories of chromatographic separation - thin layer chromatography, High performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) -Ion Exchange Chromatography (IEC) and its pharmaceutical applications.

This course is concerned with definition of liquid dosage forms either aqueous or non-aqueous, suspension and semisolid preparations including creams, ointments and gels advantages, disadvantages, and preparation methods.

This course deals with basics of physical pharmacy including rheology, drug solubility, properties of solutions, interfacial phenomena, pharmaceutical buffers and their application, colloid’s types and properties, isotonicity, surface active agents types and applications, factors affecting product stability and shelf-life calculations.

This course describes solid dosage form design and testing, provides the students with various main operations involved in pharmaceutical manufacturing of various types of solid dosage forms such as Tablets, capsules, suppositories, Modified release drug delivery systems and aerosols.

The course of pharmacology I is dealing with basic principles of pharmacology, routes of drug administration, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. In addition, the course demonstrates drugs acting on the autonomic nervous, drugs with important actions on smooth muscles (Histamine, leukotriene's, vasoactive peptides, serotonin, prostaglandins etc., and drugs used in the treatment of Asthma and COPD). The experimental part of the course will deal with experimental illustrations of the actions of drugs.

This course includes a blend of chemical and pharmacological principles necessary for understanding the biomembranes and their importance in relation to the ability of the drug to cross the biomembranes, the chemistry of drug-receptor interactions, the factors affecting drug action - related to the structure of the drug and cellular structure of the body, the factors affecting drug pharmacokinetics, and the relation between the molecular structure of drugs with both the pharmaceutical dosage forms and their stability.

The course highlights the cutting-edge knowledge of clinical Biochemistry through clinical case-based understanding of electrolyte, water and pH homeostasis, metabolic & organ disorders, malignancy, and molecular biological diagnosis of diseases.

This course describes the most common infectious agents that cause common diseases, mechanism of infection and pathogenesis. It illustrates the transmission process, symptoms and disease manifestation, virulence, diagnosis, prophylaxis and the management of infectious diseases.

This course deals with the administrative and professional principles, concepts and trends affecting community pharmacy setup.

This course covers sterile products including parenteral and ophthalmic preparations, composition of sterile dosage form, principle of sterilization, method of sterilization of pharmaceutical products. Manufacturing of sterile preparation such parenteral and ophthalmic, treatment with sterile preparation, compatibility, sterile nutrient and distribution in the body are also emphasized.

The course will deal with the study of chemistry of natural products, different biosynthetic pathways of natural compounds as well as their classification including the following classes; Carbohydrates, Glycosides, Alkaloids, Volatile oils, Bitter principles. It will also cover their natural sources, different types, medicinal uses, mechanisms of action and methods of analysis (qualitative and quantitative).

This course discusses the drug actions on the blood cardiovascular system, including the diuretics, gastrointestinal tract - where they act, what they do, how they are metabolized, and their side effects. The course outcomes include the clinical uses of the drugs, their interactions and various clinical applications.

The course is designed to provide the students with all possible essential knowledge about the medicinal chemistry of Autonomic Nervous System acting drugs (Adrenergic and cholinergic agents). Moreover, this course delivers a comprehensive view of drugs acting on the Cardiovascular system. The course is focused on drug chemical structure, SAR, synthesis, and some details about the pharmacokinetics and stability studies. However, the practical part is designed to cover three different chemical titrations including acid-base, complexometric, and argentometric titrations. Moreover, limit tests for some pharmaceutical impurities and synthesis of some drugs are also included in the practical syllabus. Moreover, the practical part will address the synthesis of autonomic nervous system (ANS) and cardiovascular system (CVS) drugs.

This course emphasizes the development and application of advanced pharmacy practice skills and pharmaceutical knowledge through experiential hours in diverse settings, including community pharmacies, hospitals, and primary healthcare facilities.

This course is intended to introduce pharmacy students to the discipline of pharmacy practice and its different activities, providing a brief historical background about the development of the practice. Importance of drug information to the clinical pharmacists, different drug information resources, critical appraisal of studies and resources, development of drug information centers, and their functions and responsibilities. Good pharmacy practice guidelines set by FIP/WHO are also discussed with the students. Preparation of a drug monograph, formulary, and policies. Primary, secondary, and tertiary Literature resources will also be covered

This course is concerned with the mechanism of diseases (Pathogenesis) including different 4 pathological topics of general pathology as response of cells to stress either physiological or pathological. Also the course will cover some topics of systemic pathology as hemodynamic disorders, hematological disorders, neoplastic diseases and diseases of blood vessels.

This course deals with the administrative and professional principles, concepts and trends affecting a hospital pharmacy.

This course will introduce the students to the different types of research designs and data collection techniques. In addition, it allows students to prepare a research proposal and design a survey questionnaire. Therefore, by the end of this course, students should be able to conduct their graduation research project.

This course is formulated to integrate the pathophysiologic abnormalities of disease states (Cardiovascularand hematological Disorders) with concepts of drug action and therapy. Emphasis will be placed on drug selection dosing regimen design and therapeutic drug monitoring to assess the attainment of therapeutic efficacy and avoidance of adverse reactions.

This course provides fundamental knowledge and skills that are necessary for pharmaceutical care practice. This practice methodology is divided into five major components: data collection, clinical Assessment, care plan development, follow-up of the patient and documentation of all the process.

This course aims to encourage students to apply medicinal herbs to treat and prevent various diseases. The main constituents, mechanisms of action, contraindications, adverse effects, and drug interactions will be studied. It will deal with medicinal herbs affecting the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, digestive system, hepatic disorders, and immune system; it will also deal with herbs possessing antioxidant, anticancer, antidiabetic, and other activities.

This course covers the basics of immunology, immune system, innate and adaptive immunity. The course also deals with antigen-antibody reactions, hypersensitivity reactions, immune deficiency and tumor immunology, as well as immune-therapeutics and vaccines.

This course is dealing with introduction to central nervous system, pharmacology of drugs acting on central nervous system disorders, analgesics and anesthetics.

The course describes the medicinal chemistry of drugs acting on the CNS. The therapeutic agents that are used to treat many of the CNS-based disorders shall be studied. The course also includes other topics like antihistamines and antiulcer agents. Medicinal chemistry of opioids, Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NASIDs), and steroid drugs will be explained. The course will also expose the students to the study of SAR, mechanism of actions and metabolism of these agents.

This course aims to provide students with updated knowledge of endocrine pharmacology and potential treatments. This course is also intended to learn the diverse treatments used in infections (antibiotics, antimycobacterial, antifungals, antiprotozoals and anthelmintics). The course will discuss the different classes of anti-infective agents, mechanism of action and side effects. The course will educate how to prescribe the appropriate treatment for the efficient cure of microbial infection.

The course covers the medicinal chemistry of different chemotherapeutic agents such as antimicrobial agents, antiprotozoal and anthelmintic. A special section will be assigned for cancer and anticancer chemotherapy. Agents to be studied, will include steroids, oral hypoglycemic, thyroid and antithyroid drugs. Emphasis is given to the mechanism of action, SAR and metabolism of these agents

This course focuses on developing and applying advanced pharmacy practice skills and pharmaceutical knowledge through experiential hours in various settings, including community pharmacies, hospitals, and primary healthcare facilities.

This course deals with the pathophysiology and therapeutic approach to various infectious diseases and cancer to make the students able to make justifiable judgment regarding the proper pharmacotherapeutic approach to these diseases.

This course is the third in a sequence of four courses that will introduce the student to the professional practice of pharmaceutical care, the student will learn what knowledge and experience is necessary to provide patient-centered pharmaceutical care in various pharmacy practice settings.This course an introduction to role of pharmacist in medication therapy management using simulated MTM encounters

Pharmaceutical biotechnology course provides the student knowledge of molecular biology and biotechnology principles and the application of these principles in the design, large-scale manufacturing, and use of biotechnology-based therapeutics such as recombinant proteins. The course contents will cover the central dogma of molecular biology, recombinant DNA technology, DNA analysis, proteomics, genomics, hybridoma technology, gene therapy, and the production of recombinant proteins at an industrial scale.

This course introduces students to the basic concepts of pharmacokinetics and biopharmaceutics with a special emphasis on drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion processes; different pharmacokinetic models; calculation of pharmacokinetic parameters of these processes and models; effects of drug physicochemical properties, formulation factors, and route of administration on the rate and extent of systemic drug absorption; drug clearance; bioavailability and bioequivalence. Graphical and mathematical data analysis will be employed throughout the course using on appropriate computer software.

This course is designed to introduce knowledge of toxicity, fundamentals of toxicokinetic, clinical manifestations and management of poisoning. Effects of toxicants on different human body systems will also be covered in this course.

The course equips the students with thorough knowledge of basic and clinical nutrition.

Advanced pharmaceutical biotechnology course is designed to provide the advanced knowledge understanding biopharmaceutical design, development, and application. The course content covers the formulation of biopharmaceuticals, nanobiotechnology, stem cell technology, and case studies of the development of some clinical biopharmaceuticals and biopharmaceutical products according to FDA.

Advanced biostatistics course delineates the basic concepts of experimental design, quantitative analysis of data, and statistical inferences. The course also introduces appropriate ways of statistical analysis tests for evaluation of scientific data in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences. The course also confers major knowledge and understanding about research objectives and different patterns of data presentation and interpretation in experimental and clinical trials.

This course aims to study nutraceuticals which are the hybridization of ‘Nutrition’ and ‘Pharmaceutical’. Nutraceuticals are food or an element of food or a nutrient, which gives health profits comprising advancement of health and prevention of diseases. It also explains the importance of the dietary fibers, probiotics, prebiotics, antioxidants, polyunsaturated fatty acids and other types of herbal/natural foods as nutraceuticals. The course encourages the students to use different nutraceuticals to treat several diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular, obesity, cancer, Arthritis etc. and know how nutraceuticals performs an essential role in disease prevention. Additionally, the course aims to understand the difference between nutraceuticals and dietary supplements and know that dietary supplement is a preparation intended to supplement the diet and provide nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, fiber, fatty acids, amino acids that may be missing or may not be consumed in sufficient quantities in person’s diet.

The course of drug interactions focuses on assessment and application of drug interaction information. This course covers in advanced manner the interactions between diverse therapeutic drugs, proprietary medicines, herbal medicines, foods and drugs of abuse. The course provides also real clinical evidences for the interactions under discussion, an assessment of their clinical importance, and clear guidance on managing the interaction in practice

The course deals with methods of drug design. It combines knowledge and skills from the fields of Protein structure determination for their use in designing drugs for a particular target. The course puts emphasis on computational methods of drug design and uses cheminformatics, molecular modeling and structural bioinformatics for a three-dimensional molecule. The course displays the different and new methods of drug design through several case studies to highlight the role of medicinal chemists and to understand the field of drug design.

This course is designed to provide a historical perspective of pharmacovigilance and to explore the principles of causality. Understanding of basic terminology and definitions of key concepts, current key regulatory requirements both local and international, concept of benefit risk in pre-marketing development and an awareness of the evolution of systems of reporting are also covered in this course. Ethics and transparency in pharmacovigilance and new developments in pharmacovigilance will be explained.

This course provides a comprehensive view about how to come up with research ideas. How to think, create, deal, apply and implement a scientific research notion. The course provides to the student, as new researcher, the best way to generate ideas, some guidance on the way to perform an assigned research idea. The students are classified into groups according to their department courses’ GPA and the options for change of the specialty are provided to the student if they qualify for the desired specialty (department courses).

Pharmacogenomics is the study of how the genome affects the body's response to drugs. Pharmacogenomics combines traditional pharmaceutical sciences, such as biochemistry with specific knowledge of genes, proteins, and single nucleotide polymorphisms. This course will provide the basis to understand the current state and literature in pharmacogenomics, including the methods used in research and the current issues in discovery and implementation of pharmacogenomics.

This course will provide knowledge on major classes of chemicals of environmental concern, the properties of these chemicals, how they are released and transported in the environment, how they interact with living systems to cause a toxic response. The course will involve other topics like drug abuse, Toxidromes, Antidotes, food poisoning, teratogenicity, chemical carcinogens, heavy metal poisoning and first aid measures.

This course deals with pathophysiology and therapeutic approach to various gastrointestinal, bone, joint, neurological, and psychiatric disorders to make the students able to make justifiable judgments regarding the proper pharmacotherapeutic approach toward these diseases.

This course provides an in-depth understanding of the principles and application of pharmacokinetics in clinical settings. Students will learn how drugs are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body and how these processes are quantitatively described. The course emphasizes the clinical relevance of pharmacokinetics in optimizing drug therapy for individual patients, covering concepts such as therapeutic drug monitoring, dosage regimen design, and interpatient variability in drug response.