Because of the wide diversity of beneficial as well as harmful microbial life forms, there is an increasing demand in pharmaceutical fields including drug industry for employees with experience and skills related to microbial biology. Moreover, understanding the microbial world is necessary to maintain the health of the biosphere. Therefore, The Department of Microbiology and Immunology contributes knowledge in the fields of basic, molecular, pharmaceutical, environmental, and applied biology of microbes in addition to host-microbe interactions and infection control. Most of the studies in the department are accompanied by laboratory and/or tutorial classes that lead to graduation of qualified, creative and internationally competitive human resources. 

Pharm-D (Clinical Pharmacy) – (New Bylaw 2019):

Required Courses
Course Title	General Microbiology and Immunology
Course Code	PMC 201	Credit Hours	3	Lecture	2	Tutorial	0	Practical	2
Course description:
The course will cover the introduction to bacterial structure, metabolism and genetics. It will also include classification of bacteria, viruses and fungi implicated in human infections. It will also include the basic fundamentals of the innate and adaptive immune system, including their cells and functions, hypersensitivity reactions in addition to immunization. The course also includes structures and functions of genetic material and the different basics of classical and molecular genetics.
Course Title	Parasitology and Virology
Course Code	PMC 202	Credit Hours	2	Lecture	1	Tutorial	0	Practical	2
Course description:
The course comprises the structural components, life cycles, transmission, immune response, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis and treatment of viral and parasitic infections in humans and their relevance for human health and control.
Course Title	Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Course Code	PMC 301	Credit Hours	3	Lecture	2	Tutorial	0	Practical	2
Course description:
The course covers chemotherapeutic agents along with structure activity relationship and bacterial resistance, control of microbial growth through sterilization, disinfectants antiseptics and preservatives. It also comprises an introduction to industrial microbiological quality control, the hazards of microbial contamination of pharmaceuticals. In addition to fermentation processes and their applications in the pharmaceutical industry.
Course Title	Medical Microbiology
Course Code	PMC 302	Credit Hours	3	Lecture	2	Tutorial	0	Practical	2
Course description:
This course comprises the study of different bacteria implicated in human infections along with their underlying pathogenesis and etiology with special emphasis on host microbe interaction. pathogenic fungi along with some human fungal diseases.
Course Title	Advanced scientific language
Course Code	PMC 303	Credit Hours	2	Lecture	0	Tutorial	2	Practical	2
Course description:
On successful completion of this course the student should be able to: (I). Listening and Speaking
Organization/sequencing of information.
(II). Reading
(III).Writing
date, in the future, final achievements.
conclusions and recommendations.
(IV).Grammatical Accuracy
so, or.
a, an, the, this, that, those and these, accurately.
(V). Study Skills
relevant information.
Course Title	Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Course Code	PMC 401	Credit Hours	2	Lecture	2	Tutorial	1	Practical	0
Course description:
The course covers the standard precautions and the preventive measures for communicable and non- communicable diseases, as well as the employee safety measures that are required in healthcare settings. It also includes the fundamentals of environmental and sanitary microbiology as well as the means of sustaining the environment and the means of maintaining a healthy lifestyle for a healthy community.
Course Title	Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Course Code	PMC 501	Credit Hours	2	Lecture	2	Tutorial	1	Practical	0
Course description:
The course comprises in-depth the fundamentals of the rapidly developing areas of pharmaceutical and molecular biotechnology as well as the pharmacist’s role in biotechnology. It includes the techniques of drug production by different biological systems and the methods for production of commercial products including recombinant proteins.
Elective Courses
Course Title	Environment and sustainability
Course Code	PMC E01	Credit Hours	2	Lecture	1	Tutorial	2	Practical	0
Course description:
This course focuses on the environment and its relation to the society where it covers several environmental issues as the ecosystem as well as its hazards; as pollution, carcinogens, global warming; extending to cover the different aspects of sustainable development.
Course Title	Clinical immmunology
Course Code	PMC E02	Credit Hours	2	Lecture	1	Tutorial	2	Practical	0
Course description:
This course addresses the clinical aspects of immunology including; immune mediated disorders as autoimmunity, cancer immunodeficiency, as well as their underlying mechanisms , laboratory diagnosis and their possible  immunotherapeutic treatment strategies.
Course Title	Mycology
Course Code	PMC E03	Credit Hours	2	Lecture	1	Tutorial	2	Practical	0
Course description:
This course comprises the basic fundamentals of clinical mycology that includes the basic features of medically important fungi, their disease spectrum, and toxins they produce. It also extends to cover the identification of the fungal infections, their laboratory diagnosis and treatment.
Course Title	Advanced microbiological techniques
Course Code	PMC E04	Credit Hours	2	Lecture	1	Tutorial	2	Practical	0
Course description:
The course will cover the basic , conventional  as well as the new laboratory diagnostic  methods required for both clinical and research studies  in Microbiology.