CHEM346-24S1 (C) Semester One 2024

Contemporary Medicinal Chemistry

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2024
End Date: Sunday, 23 June 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 3 March 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 May 2024

Description

This course covers several topics in modern medicinal chemistry, focusing on a range of important disease states that have been the focus of attention of medicinal chemists and the pharmaceutical industry. These include: antimicrobial drugs, anti-cancer drugs, neurochemical and cardiovascular drugs, and bioactive natural products from NZ and the Pacific regions, including their uses in Rongoa, and modes of action.

Prerequisites

Recommended Preparation

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00 Ernest Rutherford 260
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 10:00 Jack Erskine 441
19 Feb - 31 Mar
22 Apr - 2 Jun
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 15:00 - 16:00 Jack Erskine 441
19 Feb - 31 Mar
29 Apr - 2 Jun
Presentation A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 16:00 - 18:00 Jack Erskine 445
18 Mar - 24 Mar

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 19:00 - 20:30 Psychology - Sociology 252 Lecture Theatre
22 Apr - 28 Apr

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Daniel Foley

Lecturers

Jodie Johnston and Rudi Marquez-Mazlin

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Group presentation and personal report 30%
Test 30%
Exam 40%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $978.00

International fee $4,988.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Physical & Chemical Sciences .

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