Bachelor of Science (BSc), majoring in Medicinal Chemistry, for students enrolled prior to 2019

If you are enrolling for the first time this year, visit Bachelor of Science (BSc) majoring in Medicinal Chemistry.

Some courses offered prior to 2019 may no longer be available. If you began your degree prior to 2019 we strongly recommend you seek advice from the Science Student Centre to ensure you are taking the correct courses – scifac@auckland.ac.nz

Year I

• Semester One:
  • BIOSCI 101 Essential Biology: From Genomes to Organisms
  • BIOSCI 107 Biology from Biomedical Science: Cellular Processes and Development
  • CHEM 110 Chemistry of the Living World
  • 15 points from: COMPSCI 111 An Introduction to Practical Programming, STATS 101 Introduction to Statistics, PHYSICS 120 Advancing Physics 1, or PHYSICS 160 Physics for the Life Sciences
• Semester Two:
  • BIOSCI 106 Foundations of Biochemistry
  • MEDSCI 142 Biology for Biomedical Science: Organ Systems
  • CHEM 120 Chemistry of the Material World
  • 15 points from a General Education course

Year II

• 90 points:
  • BIOSCI 201 Cellular and Molecular Biology
  • BIOSCI 203 Biochemistry
  • CHEM 230 Molecules for Life: Synthesis and Reactivity
  • CHEM 240 Measurement and Analysis in Chemistry and Health Sciences
  • MEDSCI 204 Pharmacology and Toxicology
  • MEDSCI 205 The Physiology of Human Organ Systems
• At least 15 points from:
  • BIOSCI 202 Genetics
  • BIOSCI 204 Principles of Microbiology
  • CHEM 210 Physical and Materials Chemistry
  • CHEM 220 Inorganic Compounds: Structure, Bonding and Reactivity
  • MEDSCI 202 Microbiology and Immunology
  • MEDSCI 203 Mechanisms of Disease
  • PHARMACY 202

Year III

• 60 points:
  • CHEM 330 Contemporary Organic Chemistry
  • CHEM 390 Medicinal Chemistry
  • CHEM 392 Issues in Drug Design and Development
  • MEDSCI 303 Drug Disposition and Kinetics
• At least 30 points from:
  • CHEM 320 Design and Reactivity of Inorganic Compounds
  • CHEM 340 Advanced Analytical Chemistry
  • CHEM 350A and 350B Topics in Chemistry
  • BIOSCI 349 Biomedical Microbiology
  • BIOSCI 350 Protein Structure and Function
  • BIOSCI 351 Molecular Genetics
  • BIOSCI 353 Molecular and Cellular Regulation
  • BIOSCI 354 Gene Expression and Gene Transfer
  • BIOSCI 356 Developmental Biology and Cancer
  • MEDSCI 206 Principles of Neuroscience
  • MEDSCI 305 Systems Pharmacology
  • MEDSCI 306 Principles of Toxicology

For further information and advice, please contact the Science Student Centre.

Science Student Centre

Room G20, Level G
(Beside the entrance to the Large Chemistry Lecture Theatre)
Building 301
23 Symonds Street
Auckland 1010

Phone: +64 9 923 7020
Email: scifac@auckland.ac.nz
Web: www.chemistry.auckland.ac.nz