Courses
CHEM 4470/5470: Principles of Medicinal Chemistry
Course Description
This course will provide the students with a comprehensive introduction to medicinal chemistry. Topics will include drug discovery, biological targets, drug-target interactions, structure optimization, drug metabolism, structure-based drug design, drug synthesis, and specific drug classes. Case studies will be used to illustrate these and related topics. Offered every Spring on Wednesday evenings.
Course Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
This course will provide the students with a comprehensive introduction to medicinal chemistry. Topics will include drug discovery, biological targets, drug-target interactions, structure optimization, drug metabolism, structure-based drug design, drug synthesis, and specific drug classes. Case studies will be used to illustrate these and related topics. Offered every Spring on Wednesday evenings.
Course Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to:
- Understand and analyze the principles that govern the interactions between a drug molecule, its physicochemical environment, its biological target and the organism.
- Understand the drug discovery and optimization process
- Understand how major classes of drugs work
- Apply the principals and tools of medicinal chemistry towards solving real world problems encountered in drug discovery.
CHEM 3100: The Chemical Literature
Course Description
CHEM 3100 is an introduction to accessing, analyzing, presenting, and publishing chemical research. In this class, we will discuss: (i) methods to search the scientific literature, (ii) ethical issues with conducting and publishing scientific research, (iii) patents and intellectual property law, (iv) how to prepare a critical review of the literature on a particular area of research, and (v) how to deliver an effective scientific presentation. Offered every Fall.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Find properties of chemical substances using the Internet.
2. Search electronic databases for articles on a given topic.
3. Organize the content of articles on a given topic.
4. Give an oral presentation on a given topic.
5. Develop scientific writing skills by preparing an outline and abstract for an oral presentation and by evaluating departmental seminars.
Students will demonstrate mastery of the concepts through a set of assignments, participation, and an oral presentation on a chemistry topic and and an associated scientific paper.
CHEM 3100 is an introduction to accessing, analyzing, presenting, and publishing chemical research. In this class, we will discuss: (i) methods to search the scientific literature, (ii) ethical issues with conducting and publishing scientific research, (iii) patents and intellectual property law, (iv) how to prepare a critical review of the literature on a particular area of research, and (v) how to deliver an effective scientific presentation. Offered every Fall.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Find properties of chemical substances using the Internet.
2. Search electronic databases for articles on a given topic.
3. Organize the content of articles on a given topic.
4. Give an oral presentation on a given topic.
5. Develop scientific writing skills by preparing an outline and abstract for an oral presentation and by evaluating departmental seminars.
Students will demonstrate mastery of the concepts through a set of assignments, participation, and an oral presentation on a chemistry topic and and an associated scientific paper.
