Time and Location: MWF, 1:30 – 2:20, SPRING 2019; Bagley 154
Prerequisites: CHEM 223, CHEM 237, or instructor permission
Course coordinator: Libin Xu, Ph.D.
Course Description: An undergraduate elective course that will introduce students to medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences. Geared towards sophomore, junior and senior students majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, bioengineering, chemical engineering, public health and other health sciences, and related fields. Science elective for chemistry, biochemistry, and related majors.
Students completing this course will be able to do the following:
- Briefly summarize the history of medicine and some of the drugs that changed the world
- Apply Organic chemistry concepts to drug development process
- Explain the drug discovery to drug approval processes
- Describe various drug classes, and routes of drug interactions and toxicity
- Understand how the body affects drug absorption and routes of metabolism
- Describe what factors define the exposure to drugs and the duration of drug action
- Describe how genetic factors change individual response to drugs
For additional info contact Professor Xu (libinxu@uw.edu)
