PHARCHEM  PROGRAM


 

Program Description:

To serve the needs of the large population of pharmaceutical professionals in the greater New York metropolitan area, Fairleigh Dickinson University’s School of Natural Sciences offers a Master of Science in Chemistry with a concentration in Pharmaceutical Science.  This focused concentration is designed to fulfill the practical and intellectual needs of chemists pursuing research and development careers within the pharmaceutical industry.  For those without industrial experience, the program can help launch a career in the pharmaceutical industry.  It is also geared to current technologists aspiring to supervisory roles in the laboratory or plant.  To accommodate part-time students, already working in the industry, classes are offered on an evening schedule.

 

Admission Requirements:

Admission requirements include graduation from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree in an allied science (biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or pharmacy).  This baccalaureate degree must contain a minimum of 24 credits in chemistry including a two-semester sequence of Organic and Physical Chemistry.  The general Graduate Records Examination (GRE) scores must also be submitted along with three letters of recommendation.  A minimum of 500 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required for applicants whose native language is not English.

Please note that financial assistance in the form of teaching assistantships and research scholarships is not available.

 

Required & Elective Courses:

 

 

 

 

Chemistry Core Requirements (15 credits)

Credits

Total

CHEM 5242

Physical Chemistry

3

 

CHEM 7733

Instrumental Analysis

3

 

CHEM 7713

Structural Inorganic Chemistry

3

 

CHEM 6673

Physical Organic Chemistry

3

 

CHEM 6781

Biochemistry

3

 

 

 

Total Core

15

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceutical Concentration Requirements (9 credits)

 

 

CHEM 6755

Medicinal Chemistry

3

 

CHEM 7735

Pharmaceutical Analysis

3

 

CHEM 6753

Drug Delivery Systems

3

 

 

One of the following

 

 

COMM 6002

Effective Presentations

3

 

COMM 6005

Technical Writing

3

 

COMM 6007

Writing Proposals

3

 

COMM 6020

Health Communication

3

 

 

 

Concentration

12

 

 

 

Free Electives  (6 credits)

 

 

BIOL 6733

Enzymology

3

 

BIOL 6840

Cell Culture

3

 

CHEM 7810

Internship/Laboratory Work Experience:

3

 

PHAR 6605

The Pharmaceutical Industry: Structure and Government Regulations   

3

 

PHAR 6615

Pharmaceutical Marketing and Product Development

3

 

PHAR 6650 

Chemical Industries Management of Production, Purchasing and Quality Control in the Pharmaceutical

3

 

MATH 6738

Applied Statistics II

3

 

MATH 6729

Statistical Programming

3

 

MKTG 5532

Strategic Marketing

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Electives

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Credits

             

33

 

Program Coordinator:

Dr. James A. Dougherty

School of Natural Sciences

1000 River Road, H-DH4-03

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Teaneck, New Jersey 07666

Phone: 201-692-2487

e-mail: jdough@fdu.edu