Capstone Experience in Pharmaceutical Sciences I.

Catalog description

Semester course; 2 field experience hours. 2 credits. Prerequisite: PSCI 330 . Corequisite: PSCI 493 . Enrollment is restricted to students in the B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences program or by permission of the instructor. The course will provide opportunities and facilitation for students to participate in mentored experiential learning in pharmaceutical sciences while on campus. The capstone course sequence serves to immerse senior student teams in hands-on learning experiences to solve real-world problems in pharmaceutical sciences. Real-world problems will be presented to student teams by community, industry and VCU research partners. Student teams will be assigned a faculty mentor expert. The faculty expert and a sponsor will coach student teams as they use resources in the School of Pharmacy and at VCU to come up with viable strategies to develop suitable solutions to problems. This hands-on experience spans two semesters, providing student teams ample opportunity to develop real-world solutions to the problems, adding an additional dimension to what can be achieved in traditional didactic courses and laboratories. The capstone course sequence requires a total of four credits and a minimum of 180 experiential hours for graduation. Grades for courses in the sequence will be assigned upon completion of both courses.