Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2012-2013 (archived)

Module CHEM40615: Medicinal Chemistry

Department: Chemistry

CHEM40615: Medicinal Chemistry

Type	Open	Level	4	Credits	15	Availability	Available in 2012/13

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Prerequisites

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Corequisites

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Excluded Combination of Modules

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Aims

To provide students with an overview of key aspects of medicinal chemistry.

Content

Drug classifications.
Molecular targets for drug action.
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
Drug discovery and development.
QSAR.
Molecular modelling and 3D QSAR.
Clinical trials.
Formulations.
Patenting.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

Classify drugs according to their site and mode of action and critically discuss the relationships between structure and activity.
Explain how computational chemistry techniques, such as molecular modelling, are used to predict the effectiveness of drugs.

Subject-specific Skills:

Understanding of the process of drug discovery.
Understanding of quantitative structure-activity relationships in drug action.
Understanding the process of bringing a drug to market.

Key Skills:

Problem solving.
Developing the ability to learn independently within broad guidelines.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Lectures will provide the means to give concise, focussed presentation of the relevant subject matter of the module. They will be supported by reference to suitable text books and where appropriate by the distribution of written material or through links on DUO (on-line learning resource).
Student performance will be assessed summatively through examination.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Lectures	18	1	1	18
Self Study				132
Total				150

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Examination	1.5	100%	Y

Formative Assessment:

Formative assessment, in the form of feedback, will be given in a problem-solving revision session.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University