Professional Science Master’s Cell and Gene Therapy Sciences Option in MS Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Through their advanced coursework and research opportunities, we aim for students of the program to meet the following learning outcomes:

• Become adept at identifying strengths and weaknesses of particular methods, and determining which one are optimal for particular synthetic operations
• Become familiar with cellular digestion, absorption and metabolism, including regulatory processes and pathology-induced interruptions
• Explain the basic elements of structure of amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids
• Describe higher-order structure in proteins and relate it to function
• Demonstrate the role of the intermolecular forces in macromolecular structure and function
• Interpret kinetic data and identify types of enzyme inhibition
• Write and describe the key biosynthetic pathways in living systems
• Apply thermodynamic principles to understand energy production in biological systems
• Discuss electron transport and energy production
• Discuss biochemical processes: replication, transcription, and translation
• Explain biosynthesis of proteins
• Demonstrate an understanding of the role of medicinal chemistry plays in drug discovery, drug action, and pharmacy practice.
• Become familiar with cellular digestion, absorption, and metabolism, including regulatory processes and pathology-induced interruptions
• Apply knowledge of cell and molecular biology to identify the causes of disease, effects of existing drugs, and the development of new modes of treatment
• Become familiar with cellular digestion, absorption, and metabolism, including regulatory processes and pathology-induced interruptions
• Understand the role of the pharmaceutical industry in the global market and its implications
• Learn the fundamentals of the drug development cycle and the investment required to bring a drug to market
• Learn the most important drug manufacturing processes and the key elements of dosage formulation