Compulsory Courses:

Course: ECF227 Pharmacology I
Semester and Year: Fall, Second Year
Type and Credit: Compulsory, 1-0-1
Content: Introduction to pharmacology, drug absorption, distribution, biotransformation and excretion, drug administration routes, dose-concentration and effect relationship, mechanisms of drug action, receptors and drug-receptor interactions, factors influencing drug effects, drug-drug interactions, and pharmacogenetics.

Course: ECF228 Pharmacology II
Semester and Year: Spring, Second Year
Type and Credit: Compulsory, 2-0-2
Content: Drugs affecting the central nervous system.

Course: ECF333 Pharmacology III
Semester and Year: Fall, Third Year
Type and Credit: Compulsory, 2-0-2
Content: Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system and cardiovascular system, drugs affecting water, salt, and acid-base balance.

Course: ECF338 Pharmacology IV
Semester and Year: Spring, Third Year
Type and Credit: Compulsory, 2-0-2
Content: Antibiotics and other chemotherapeutics.

Course: ECF449 Pharmacology V
Semester and Year: Fall, Fourth Year
Type and Credit: Compulsory, 2-0-2
Content: Autacoids, vitamins; pharmacology of respiratory, endocrine, and digestive systems.

Course: ECF459 Rational Drug Use Practices
Semester and Year: Spring, Fourth Year
Type and Credit: Compulsory, 1-3-2
Content: Concepts of efficacy, safety, appropriateness, and cost in drug therapy applications, considerations for drug use in special patient groups (e.g., pregnancy, pediatrics, geriatrics, liver and kidney failure), drug interactions, and the role of the pharmacist in rational drug use. Training includes practical (applied) pharmacotherapy education using simulation and prescription examples in a computer-aided laboratory environment.

Elective Courses:

Course: ECF411 Applied Pharmacology I
Semester and Year: Fall, Fourth Year
Type and Credit: Elective, 2-0-2
Content: Pharmacological approaches in the treatment of certain infectious, allergic, hormonal, neurological, autoimmune, and metabolic diseases, common infections, sleep and sports physiology, doping, hair and skin diseases, and diseases associated with vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Also includes considerations for safe drug use in pregnancy and pediatrics.

Course: ECF412 Applied Pharmacology II
Semester and Year: Spring, Fourth Year
Type and Credit: Elective, 2-0-2
Content: Pharmacological approaches in the treatment of certain cardiovascular, respiratory, central nervous system, geriatric, and gynecological diseases.

Course: ECF444 Pharmacological Methods in Drug Research I
Semester and Year: Spring, Fourth Year
Type and Credit: Elective, 1-0-2
Content: Investigation of pharmacological effects and interactions of drugs acting on the enteric nervous system, autonomic nervous system, cardiovascular system, ion channels, endocrine system, and respiratory system using cell cultures, experimental animals, and computer simulation programs.

Course: ECF488 Pharmaceutical Knowledge I
Semester and Year: Spring, Fourth Year
Type and Credit: Elective, 2-0-2
Content: Basic information on pharmaceutical preparations and bioequivalence, preparations used in cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and central nervous system diseases, as well as preparations used in infections and malignant diseases, including prescription examples.

Course: ECF529 Pharmaceutical Knowledge II
Semester and Year: Fall, Fifth Year
Type and Credit: Elective, 2-0-2
Content: Basic information on pharmaceutical preparations and bioequivalence, preparations used in endocrine, respiratory, genitourinary, immunological, gastrointestinal system diseases, obstetrics, and diseases of the skin, eyes, ears, nose, and oropharynx, including prescription examples.

Course: ECF539 Rational Drug Use Practices
Semester and Year: Spring, Fourth Year
Type and Credit: Elective, 1-2-2
Content: Concepts of efficacy, safety, appropriateness, and cost in drug therapy applications, considerations for drug use in special patient groups (e.g., pregnancy, pediatrics, geriatrics, liver and kidney failure), drug interactions, and the role of the pharmacist in rational drug use. Includes practical (applied) pharmacotherapy education using simulation and prescription examples in a computer-aided laboratory environment.

Course: ECF555 Pharmacological Methods in Drug Research II
Semester and Year: Fall, Fifth Year
Type and Credit: Elective, 1-0-2
Content: Investigation of pharmacological effects and interactions of central nervous system drugs, anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, and neuromuscular drugs using experimental animals and computer simulation programs.

Department of Pharmacology also coordinates the Anatomy-Physiology courses:

Course: TIP104 Anatomy-Physiology I
Semester and Year: Spring, First Year
Type and Credit: Compulsory, 5-0-5
Content: Anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, endocrine, reproductive, and nervous systems, as well as sensory organs.

Course: TIP204 Anatomy-Physiology II
Semester and Year: Spring, Second Year
Type and Credit: Compulsory, 1-0-1
Content: Diseases of the central nervous system, psychiatric disorders, pain, and rheumatic diseases.

Course: TIP305 Anatomy-Physiology III
Semester and Year: Fall, Third Year
Type and Credit: Compulsory, 1-0-1
Content: Cardiovascular system diseases.

Course: TIP306 Anatomy-Physiology IV
Semester and Year: Spring, Third Year
Type and Credit: Compulsory, 1-0-1
Content: Respiratory, urinary, and central nervous system infections, tuberculosis, fungal infections, malaria, protozoan and helminth infections, ectoparasitic and viral infections, skin diseases, and cancer.

Course: TIP405 Anatomy-Physiology V
Semester and Year: Fall, Fourth Year
Type and Credit: Compulsory, 2-0-2
Content: Respiratory, gastrointestinal, and endocrine system diseases, hearing, balance, and vision disorders.

The Undergraduate Pharmacy Course Program and detailed information about the courses can be found on the Hacettepe University Bologna Information Package Page.
The Department of Pharmacology also offers the Medical Terminology and Drug Information I-II courses within the Pharmacy Services Program of the Vocational School of Health Services, as well as the Pharmacology course within the Electroneurophysiology Program.
    •    Pharmacy Services Program
    •    Electroneurophysiology Program