Unit Code: PHM511

Unit Name: Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Description: Pharmaceutical chemistry encompasses all the major areas of chemistry at undergraduate level relevant to equip students with knowledge and skills needed in fields such as Pharmaceutics, Medicinal Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Pharmacology and Biochemistry. Course content include but are not limited to: error calculations and reaction aspects of organic chemistry, kinetics, thermodynamics and introduction to drug design. The importance of this unit apart from it being the backbone to Medicinal chemistry, is that students learn the major reactions which helps them better understand the consequences of mixing chemicals/drugs, helps them understand about different bonds and their stability in different media to reactions with other functional groups. Hence providing them with better understanding on importance aspects of drug design and drug metabolism.

Learning Target Outcomes:

Prerequisite: Pass in Year 13 examination (or equivalent) and as per Minimum Entry Requirement (MER).

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 30

Offered In: Semester 1,2