The College of Pharmacy offers the Doctor of Philosophy and the Master of Science in Pharmacy degrees in pharmaceutical sciences with specialization in medicinal chemistry.
Medicinal chemistry is a unique blend of the physical and biological sciences.
The scope of the field is sufficiently broad to give students with many different science backgrounds a rewarding and challenging program of study. Areas of active organic synthesis of medicinal agents, metal chelate design, drug metabolism, molecular toxicology, molecular biology, antisense technology, analytical and forensic chemistry, molecular modeling and drug discovery. The applicant should have an undergraduate degree in pharmacy, chemistry, biology, or premedical sciences. A background in calculus and physical and organic chemistry is required. In addition to graduate medicinal chemistry courses in the College of Pharmacy, graduate courses in chemistry and biochemistry are required for the program.