units

PSC3432

Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

18 September 2017 19 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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12 points, SCA Band 2, 0.250 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
OfferedParkville Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Ben Capuano

Notes

This unit is available to students studying the undergraduate degree Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science Advanced with Honours

Synopsis

This 12-credit point unit aims to provide students with an extensive foundation for the development of research skills in the area of medicinal chemistry in preparation for honours research. Students will conduct advanced medicinal chemistry research encompassing one or more of the core competencies that underpin the degree program, namely chemical synthesis, analysis, structural biology and computational chemistry.

Outcomes

At the end of this unit students will be able to:

  1. to demonstrate an enhanced understanding and ability to interpret aspects of the basic science concepts supporting medicinal chemistry.
  2. competently undertake a review of the literature and present a comprehensive evaluation of the literature.
  3. demonstrate some basic skills in developing and planning a research project.
  4. competently use relevant analytical instrumentation, design and conduct experimental procedures and methodologies.
  5. undertake data manipulation and analysis and have a detailed understanding of the results.
  6. communicate the outcomes of the project in the form of an oral presentation and a written scientific report in the form of a journal publication.

Assessment

Written report (mini-thesis): 60%; Laboratory work: 20%; Oral presentation: 20%

Workload requirements

Contact hours for on-campus students:

  • 160 hours of practical laboratories

Additional requirements:

  • 128 hours of independent study

See also Unit timetable information

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Ben Capuano

Prerequisites

PSC2021 Structural Organic Chemistry
PSC2031 Analytical methods
PSC2122 Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.monash.edu/pharm/current/