Curriculum: MS in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 30 credits

Options:

1. 30 credits of course work,
2. 27 credits of course work, 3 credits research project,
3. 24 credits of course work, 6 credits of master’s thesis

(Note:  All courses are 3-credits each)

REQUIRED CORE COURSES (15 credits):

• CHEM 605: Advanced Organic Chemistry: Structures
• CHEM 673: Biochemistry
• CHEM 777: Principles of Medicinal Chemistry
• CHEM 714: Pharmaceutical Analysis
• PHEN 601: Principles of Pharmaceutical Engineering

ELECTIVE COURSES (15 credits):

• CHEM 661: Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
• CHEM 664: Advanced Analytical Chemistry
• CHEM 737: Computational Chemistry & Molecular Modeling
• CHEM 610: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
• CHEM 736: Inorganic Biological Chemistry
• CHEM 658: Advanced Physical Chemistry
• CHEM 748: Nanomaterials
• EVSC 616: Toxicology for Scientists & Engineers
• MATH 663: Introduction to Biostatistics
• MATH 664: Regression Analysis
• PHEN 500: Pharmaceutical Engineering Fundamentals I (fundamentals of calculus, differential equations, probability and statistics, and finance business mathematics)
• PHEN 604: Validation & Regulatory Issues in the Pharmaceutical Industry
• PHEN 618: Principles of Pharmacokinetics & Drug Delivery
• PHEN 635/EM635 Management of Pharmaceutical Technology R & D (*)
• 26:120:572 Concepts in Pharmaceutical Drug Development (Rutgers)
• 26:120:584 Enzyme Kinetics & Mechanism (Rutgers)
• 26:160:515 Chemical Structure Determination (Rutgers)
• PATH-N5209 Business of Science: From Molecules to Medicine (UMD)
• GSND-N5310 Clinical Trials Overview: Methodology & Practices (UMD)
• PHPY-N5021 Principles of Pharmacology (UMD)
• CHEM 700B: Masters Project (3 credits)
• CHEM 701C: Masters Thesis (6 credits)

(*) course to be developed by the Industrial Engineering Department for a new MS degree