The M.S. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry will provide advanced training to students interested in the pharmaceutical and health sciences. The program will train students in quantitative methods that are especially relevant to New Jersey’s high concentration of medical, pharmaceutical, environmental, and biotechnology industries.

The goal of the M.S. program is to prepare students for a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry with strong skills in modern chemical techniques, as well as an understanding of issues such as drug action, drug design, and drug development.

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