A total of thirty-six (36) semester credit hours, three of which are dedicated to thesis and another three of which are dedicated to graduate research, are required for graduation. A maximum of six credit hours of graduate level coursework completed with a grade of “B” or better can be transferred towards the M.S. program.

Curriculum requirements include:

Eighteen (18) credit hours of core courses:

• Advanced Biochemistry
• Drug Discovery
• Drug Manufacturing/Process Development
• Enzyme Kinetics
• Pharmacology
• Advanced Protein Chemistry

Twelve (12) credit hours of elective courses. Electives should be selected based on specific research interest and with the input of student research advisors.

• Drug Design
• Cheminformatics and Bioinformatics
• Biosensor
• Physiology
• Bioanalytical Chemistry
• Physical Biochemistry
• Cloning and Expression
• Cancer Biology
• Developmental Biology
• Neurodegeneration
• Metabolic Diseases
• Chemical Library Design
• Assay Technologies
• Plant Genomics

Three (3) credit hours of thesis

Three (3) credit hours of graduate research