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In Pharmacy practice experiences, students are introduced to a variety of practice settings to allow application of their knowledge and skills. Professional coursework  explores many diversities such as ph as, Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacokinetics, Human diseases and other areas

Pharmacognosy is one of the five major divisions of the pharmaceutical curriculum, represents the oldest branch of the profession of pharmacy .

Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with all facets of the process of turning a new chemical entity (NCE) into a medication able to be safely and effectively used by patients in the community. Pharmaceutics is the science of dosage form design. There are many chemicals with known pharmacological properties but a raw chemical is of no use to a patient. Pharmaceutics deals with the formulation of a pure drug substance into a dosage form.

Pharmacology is the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of drugs, drug substances or potential drugs or drug substances of natural origin as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources ."

Pharmaceutical Chemistry is the study of the molecular and mechanistic aspects Of pharmaceuticals. The discipline emphasizes the chemistry of drug design and development, drug action, drug transport, drug delivery, and targeting. The development of new pharmaceuticals is critically dependent on a molecular-level understanding of biological processes and mechanisms of drug action .