Through their advanced coursework and research opportunities, we aim for our students of the Pharmaceutical Chemistry M.S. program to meet the following learning outcomes:

• Discuss newer methods for the stereoselective formation of carbon-carbon double bonds, with particular emphasis on the synthesis of natural products
• Determine which strategic bond constructions are most effective in obtaining synthetic targets with high selectivity
• 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
• Apply knowledge of chemical kinetics in understanding enzyme catalysis and mechanism
• 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.
• Display an understanding of how drug metabolism controls the excretion, target concentration, dosing, and efficacy of drugs
• Understand how genetic polymorphisms and drug metabolizing genes, diet, and drug-drug interactions impact their metabolism
• Display an ability to link drug structure with mechanism of action, ADME properties, and therapeutic use of drugs acting on the eicosanoid, histaminergic, cholinergic, and adrenergic systems