CHEM346-23S1 (C) Semester One 2023

Contemporary Medicinal Chemistry

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2023
End Date: Sunday, 25 June 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 May 2023

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 2023

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00 A7
20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 10:00 A7
20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 Jack Erskine 446 (21/2-7/3)
Jack Erskine 121 (14/3-28/3)
F1 Lectorial (25/4-30/5)
 20 Feb - 2 Apr
24 Apr - 4 Jun

Examination and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 18:30 - 20:00 Ernest Rutherford 465
8 May - 14 May

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Christopher Fitchett

Lecturers

Jodie Johnston , Daniel Foley and Rudi Marquez-Mazlin

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 30%
Exam 40%
Test 30%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $951.00

International fee $4,750.00

* 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 on the departments and faculties page .

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