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Department of Applied Science<br />
LC266<br />
Code: LC266<br />
Programme Level: 8<br />
CAO Points 2016: 300<br />
Duration: 4 yrs (with 6 month Work Placement)<br />
Class Contact Hours: 24 hours per week<br />
Location: Moylish Campus, Limerick<br />
Minimum Entry Requirements:<br />
Leaving Certificate: A minimum of 2 H5<br />
& 4 O6/H7 grades in six Leaving<br />
Certificate subjects, including<br />
Mathematics and English or Irish.<br />
QQI FET/FETAC Applicants & Mature<br />
Applicants: Refer to section ‘Entry<br />
Requirements’ for further information.<br />
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION<br />
Contact: Ms. Marie Walsh,<br />
Programme Leader<br />
Tel: 061 293338<br />
Email: marie.walsh@lit.ie<br />
Web: www.lit.ie/Courses/LC266<br />
AppliedScience<strong>LIT</strong><br />
Drug & Medicinal Product<br />
Analysis<br />
Bachelor of Science (Honours) Ab Initio<br />
What is the programme about?<br />
The programme team worked with industrial specialists to develop a programme to produce graduates who<br />
understand how medicines and healthcare products are manufactured and checked to make sure they are safe,<br />
effective and high quality. Students who graduate from the programme are ready to work in one of Ireland’s<br />
most valuable industries.<br />
This Honours Degree allows students to develop the analytical laboratory skills necessary to work in the highly<br />
regulated industries that manufacture medicines, medical devices and healthcare products. It also offers<br />
students the chance to study quality control and management in those industries.<br />
It takes a detailed look at every aspect of manufacture in Ireland’s most successful sector and develops the<br />
students’ skills in the areas most required to obtain good, well-paid jobs in the industry. There is a six-month<br />
work placement in Year 3 of the programme to provide valuable work experience.<br />
Who is the programme suited to?<br />
Drug and Medicinal Product Analysis is for people who like biology, chemistry and practical laboratory work<br />
and who want to learn about the process of making safe, high quality medicines and healthcare products. It is<br />
not necessary to have studied Chemistry at Leaving Certificate. Fundamentals of all science subjects are<br />
studied in Year 1.<br />
Modules<br />
Year 1: Introduction to Drug and Medicinal Products, Biology, Chemistry, Introductory Physics Concepts,<br />
and Mathematics for Scientists.<br />
Year 2: Drug and Medicinal Product Technology, Analytical Techniques, Statistical Process Control,<br />
Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Introduction to Molecules in Medicine, and Pharmaceutical Biosciences.<br />
Year 3: Medicinal Products and Good Manufacturing Practices, GMP and Validation, Biotoxicology,<br />
Molecular & Immuno Biology, Instrumental Analysis, Molecules in Medicine, Quality Assurance, Six-month<br />
Work Placement/Research Project.<br />
Year 4: Advanced Drug and Medicinal Product Analysis, Project, Chromatographic Methods and Validation,<br />
Spectroscopic and Complementary Methods, Quality Management & Data Analytics, and Special Topics.<br />
What can I do after the programme?<br />
Graduates from this programme will be employed in Quality Control and Quality Assurance roles in state-ofthe-art<br />
pharmaceutical or medical device industries.<br />
> 66 Undergraduate Prospectus 2018/2019
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