Master of Science in Medicinal Chemistry
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Key Information
Campus location
Boston, USA
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
USD 19,875 / per year
Application deadline
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Introduction
The work of developing new drugs to treat diseases begins with the medicinal chemist. In this program, you’ll build on your undergraduate degree in pharmacy, chemistry, biology, or related field with thorough knowledge of the behavior of chemical substances at the molecular level.
During this two-year program, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside professional experts in modern laboratories and learn how to design, synthesize, and analytically examine drug compounds. You’ll study how chemical substances behave at a molecular level, and how the chemical properties affect drug kinetics, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. And you’ll participate in research directed toward a fuller understanding of pharmacological actions, leading to improved drug design. All so you can begin or advance your career with confidence. Students may elect to complete a minor concentration in drug metabolism, integrating the knowledge of drug metabolism, analysis of pharmaceuticals in biological fluids and incubation mixtures, enzyme kinetics, and animal care and use.
Admissions
Curriculum
Year I-Fall
- Spectroscopic Analysis (w/ lab)
- Advanced Organic Chemistry
- Principles of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Laboratory Rotations
- Graduate Seminar
Year I-Spring
- Laboratory Rotations
- Graduate Seminar
- Advanced Medicinal Chemistry I
- Bio-Organic Chemistry
Year II-Fall
- Heterocyclic Chemistry
- Graduate Seminar
- Research
- Elective
Year II-Spring
- Chemistry of Macromolecules
- Graduate Seminar
- Research
Suggested Elective Courses
- Instrumental Analysis (w/ lab)
- Synthetic Preparations (w/ lab)
- Stereochemistry
- Advanced Statistics
- Drug Metabolism
- Chromatography
- Chromatography Laboratory
- Special Problems (Ph.D. programs only)
English Language Requirements
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