Drug Discovery

 

Drug Discovery Degree Requirements

The purpose of this certificate is to prepare students who are interested in drug discovery and need the skills and knowledge in medicinal chemistry and biology. This program focuses on key areas in medicinal chemistry and biochemistry including protein structure and property interaction, ligand and receptor interactions and modification of ligands and compounds to better-fit receptors and other targets. The program builds on a foundation of chemistry and biology and provides a complement of skills and knowledge essential for drug early preclinical discovery.

 

Required Courses:

BIO 690	Cellular Signal Transduction	3
CH 685	Medicinal Chemistry	3

And two courses from the following list:

BIO 682	Biochemical Laboratory Techniques	3
BIO 684	Molecular Biology Laboratory Techniques	3
BIO 800	Special Research Problems in Chemical Biology	1 - 6
CH 582	Biophysical Chemistry	3
CH 800	Special Research Problems in Chemistry	1 - 6