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Twin Cities Campus
Medicinal Chemistry M.S.Graduate Studies in Medicinal Chemistry
College of Pharmacy
Link to a list of faculty for this program.
Contact Information
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, 8-101 Weaver-Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-9919; fax: 612-626-3114)
Email:
medchem@umn.edu
Website: http://z.umn.edu/medchemgrad
Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the
General Information section of
this
website for requirements that apply to all major fields.
Note: Students are not admitted directly to the MS program. See the Medicinal Chemistry PhD or contact the director of graduate studies for more information.
The medicinal chemistry program emphasizes the application of chemical principles to research on the action of drugs on biological systems. Courses offered by the program focus on general principles of medicinal chemistry, drug design and synthesis, chemical aspects of drug metabolism, chemical mechanisms of drug toxicity and carcinogenicity, computer-assisted drug design and receptor modeling, and combinatorial chemistry.
Students must complete a core curriculum of advanced courses in organic and medicinal chemistry, as well as credits in a minor or related field.
Program Delivery
Prerequisites for Admission
The preferred undergraduate GPA for admittance to the program
is 3.00.
Special Application Requirements:
Note: Students are not admitted directly to the M.S. program. See the Medicinal Chemistry Ph.D.
For an online application or for more information about graduate education admissions, see the
General Information section of this
website.
Program Requirements
Plan A: Plan A requires
14
major credits,
6
credits outside the major,
and
10
thesis credits.
The final exam is oral.
This program may be completed with a minor.
Use of 4xxx courses toward program requirements is permitted under certain conditions with adviser approval.
A minimum GPA of 3.00
is required for students to remain in good standing.
At least 1 semesters must be completed
before filing a Degree Program Form.
Students complete a 14-credit core curriculum of advanced courses in organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry. In addition, students take 6 credits of coursework, chosen in consultation with the advisor, which supports the course of study.
Required Courses
MEDC 8001 - General Principles of Medicinal Chemistry
(3.0 cr)
MEDC 8002 - General Principles of Medicinal Chemistry
(3.0 cr)
MEDC 8050 - Physical and Mechanistic Organic Chemistry
(2.0 cr)
MEDC 8100 - Medicinal Chemistry Seminar
(1.0 cr)
MEDC 8435 - BioAssay & Data Analysis
(1.0 cr)
CHEM 8321 - Organic Synthesis
(4.0 cr)
Additional Courses
Take at least 1 course from the following list. Choose remaining coursework to meet the 6-credit minimum in consultation with the advisor.
MEDC 5185 - Principles of Biomolecular Simulation
(3.0 cr)
MEDC 5494 - Advanced Methods in Quantitative Drug Analysis
(2.0 cr)
MEDC 8500 - Design of Chemotherapeutic Agents
(2.0 cr)
MEDC 8753 - MOLECULAR TARGETS OF DRUG DISCOVERY
(3.0 cr)
MEDC 8420 - Natural Products Chemistry
(3.0 cr)
MEDC 8471 - High Throughput Drug Discovery
(3.0 cr)
MEDC 8413 - Chemistry of Nucleic Acids
(3.0 cr)
MEDC 8700 - Advanced Concepts in Drug Design
(2.0 cr)
Thesis Credits
Take at least 10 master’s thesis credits.
MEDC 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's
(1.0-18.0 cr)
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