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Postgraduate Handbook 2015-2016 (archived)
Module CHEM40615: Medicinal Chemistry
Department: Chemistry
CHEM40615: Medicinal Chemistry
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 4 | 15 | Not available in 2015/2016 | None. | Durham |
Pre-requisites
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Corequisites
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Excluded Combinations
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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 | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 18 | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
| Self Study | 132 | ||||
| Total | 150 |
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examination | 100% | Examination | 1.5 | 100% | Y |
Formative Assessment
Formative assessment, in the form of feedback, will be given in a problem-solving revision session.
Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods
and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative
assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress
procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be
required to leave the University.