UNSW - School of Chemistry - Undergraduate Study

Medical Chemistry (Advanced Science 3972)

Note: this program is no longer accepting new enrolments

Stage 1

CHEM1031 UOC 6 Higher Chemistry C¹
CHEM1041 UOC 6 Higher Chemistry D¹
BIOS1101 UOC 6 Evolutionary and Functional Biology
BIOS1201 UOC 6 Molecules, Cells and Genes

MATH1031 UOC 6 Mathematics for Life Sciences
MATH1041 UOC 6 Statistics for Life and Social Sciences
OR one of
MATH1131 UOC 6 Mathematics 1A
MATH1141 UOC 6 Higher Mathematics 1A
AND one of
MATH1231 UOC 6 Mathematics 1B
MATH1241 UOC 6 Higher Mathematics 1B

One course from: CHEM1000, PHYS1000, MATH1000 or LIFE1000² UOC 3
Gen. Ed.² UOC 3
Elective courses totalling 6 UOC³

Notes:
¹(CHEM1011 + CHEM1021 can be substituted for CHEM1031, CHEM1041, by students not having the assumed knowledge for CHEM1031)
²(may be taken at stage 2)
³(Physics courses are recommended as level 1 electives)

Stage 2

CHEM2011 UOC 6 Physical Chemistry
CHEM2021 UOC 6 Organic Chemistry
CHEM2031 UOC 6 Inorganic Chemistry and Structure¹
CHEM2041 UOC 6 Chemical and Spectroscopic Analysis

BIOC2101 UOC 6 Biochemistry
or
BIOC2181 UOC 6 Fundamentals of Biochemistry

Choose further specialisation in either physiology and pharmacology or molecular biology:

BIOC2201 UOC 6 Molecular Biology
or
BIOC2291 UOC 6 Fundamentals of Molecular Biology
and UOC 6 Elective courses

PHPH2101 UOC 6 Physiology 1A
and
PHPH2201 UOC 6 Physiology 1B

One course from: CHEM1000, PHYS1000, MATH1000, LIFE1000 or LIFE2001 UOC 3
Gen. Ed. UOC 3

Note:
¹CHEM2839 may be substituted for CHEM2031.

Stage 3

CHEM3021 UOC 6 Organic Chemistry
CHEM3041 UOC 6 Analytical Chemistry

Further specialisation in either physiology, pharmacology, biochemistry/molecular biology as follows.

UOC 12 from level 3 PHPH courses*

*Note that PHPH3551 (S1) is a prerequisite for PHPH3651 (S2) Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology

UOC 12 from :
level III BIOC courses and MICR3041 UOC 6 Immunology 1

Gen. Ed. UOC 6
Elective courses UOC 18

Stage 4