Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery, MS (Boston)
Graduatemajor2027 catalogHealth SciencesBoston33 semester hours totalverified parse
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Required Core
- PHSC 5100 — Concepts in Pharmaceutical Science
- PHSC 5102 — Concepts in Pharmaceutical Science 2
- One of:
Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Discovery
- CHEM 5626 — Organic Synthesis 1
- CHEM 5628 — Principles of Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds
- CHEM 5672 — Organic Synthesis 2
- CHEM 5676 — Bioorganic Chemistry
- PHSC 5400 — Principles of Drug Design
- PHSC 6222 — The Chemistry and Biology of Drugs of Abuse
- PHSC 6224 — Behavioral Pharmacology and Drug Discovery
- PHSC 6290 — Biophysical Methods in Drug Discovery
Electives
6 semester hours.
From the catalog
Complete 6 semester hours in the following subject areas:
BIOL, BIOT, CHEM, NNMD, PHSC, PMCL, PMST
Thesis Option
From the catalog
Thesis research should be taken twice.
- PHSC 6990 — Thesis
From the catalog
Thesis continuation may be taken if additional time is needed to complete the thesis.
- One of:
- PHSC 6996 — Thesis Continuation
GPA requirements
- 33 total semester hours required Minimum 3.000 GPA required
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