Medicinal Chemistry Concentration
Students can pursue a concentration in medicinal chemistry that will prepare them for the complex and multidisciplinary approach needed for discovery of the next generation of therapeutics to fight acute and chronic disease. Full course requirements are listed in the SIUC Graduate Catalog.
Required Courses
(4) PHPS 420 Principles of Pharmacology
(3) PHPS 500 Current Targets for Drug Discovery
(3) PHPS 501 Principles of Rational Drug Discovery
(3) CHEM 541 Advanced Organic Chemistry
(3) CHEM 551 Advanced Biochemistry
(1) MBBS 500 or 501 (each semester, SIU School of Medicine)
Research Tools
PhD students are required to take two of these courses, but can take more if they choose. MBBS 540 is required for all students, CHEM 531 is required for synthetic chemistry students while CHEM 561 is required for computational chemistry students.
(1) MBBS 540 Responsible Conduct of Research (SIU School of Medicine)
and
(3) CHEM 531 Advanced Analytical Chemistry
or
(3) CHEM 561 Advanced Physical Chemistry
The concentration requires a total 24 hours of graduate credit on campus as a PhD student to meet the residency requirement for the PhD. Students are admitted to PhD candidacy after having completed the residency requirement, completing all required courses, the research tools requirement, and the comprehensive written preliminary examination. After admission to candidacy, students must complete 24 hours of PHRM 600 (dissertation research) to complete the dissertation research project and prepare the dissertation document. 12 of the 24 credit hours of dissertation research for residency at SIUC and for the remaining 12 credit hours at SIUE. Only six hours of dissertation research credit may be applied to the 24 hour requirement prior to entering candidacy.
Additional credit hours should be fulfilled with electives from SIUE or the SIU School of Medicine. The student and the research supervisor(s), in consultation with the student's graduate committee, will determine specific courses. The multi-disciplinary curriculum for each concentration is customized to meet the student's individual interests and career goals.
