Designing new medicinal drugs, evaluating existing drugs, or improving upon pharmaceutical manufacturing processes are just some of the activities performed by a pharmaceutical engineer. 

The Master of  at the  requires a minimum of 30 credit hours. Students must take four core courses. The remaining credit hours are electives and may be selected from the elective courses listed below. Other elective classes can be approved on a case by case basis by consultation with the advisor and approval of program curriculum committee.