Certificate of Undergraduate Study in Pharmaceutical Sciences

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The Certificate of Undergraduate Study (CUGS) in Pharmaceutical Sciences provides a sequence of courses that combine chemistry and biochemistry topics of relevance to the study of pharmaceutical design, synthesis, testing, and analysis. These courses will provide a strong foundation for students interested in pursuing employment within the local pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries and for those wishing to pursue chemistry and biomedically oriented graduate education (e.g., Ph.D., M.D., D.O., and Pharm.D.).

Program Requirements

Required Courses:

The requirements include the following three courses:

CHEM 07407 - Advanced Biochemistry Lecture Credits: 3
CHEM 07490 - General Aspects of Pharmacology Credits: 3
CHEM 07492 - Pharmaceutical Chemistry Credits: 3

And one of the following courses:

CHEM 07357 - Chemical Biology Credits: 3
CHEM 07410 - Medicinal Chemistry Credits: 3
CHEM 07464 - Advanced Organic Chemistry I- WI Credits: 3
CHEM 07465 - Physical Organic Chemistry Credits: 3
CHEM 08410 - Survey of Molecular Modeling Methods Credits: 3
CHEM 09322 - Bioanalytical Chemistry Credits: 3
CHEM 05430 - Advanced Topics in Chemistry Credits: 3 *
CHEM 07431 - Advanced Topics in Biochemistry Credits: *

Total Required Credits for the Program: 12 s.h.

*Advanced Topics in Chemistry (CHEM 05430 ) and Advanced Topics in Biochemistry (CHEM 07431 ) cover special topics in individual areas of chemistry and biochemistry, respectively. In order to apply this course to this CUGS, the topics covered in a taken Advanced Topics course must be related to Pharmaceutical Science and be pre-approved by the CUGS coordinator.

To be awarded the CUGS in Pharmaceutical Sciences, students must complete all courses required for the CUGS in Pharmaceutical Science with at least a 2.0 average. All required and optional courses in this CUGS require Organic Chemistry II (CHEM 07201 ) as a prerequisite. Required course Advanced Biochemistry Lecture requires Biochemistry (CHEM 07348 or BIOL 14348) as a prerequisite. As such, these prerequisites will largely limit this CUGS to those majoring in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Bioinformatics, Biophysics, Translational Biomedical Sciences, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering.

Subash Jonnalagadda
Department Head
Science Hall 130C
856-256-5452

jonnalagadda@rowan.edu