Program Overview

Medical researchers are a lot like detectives. As they search for leads, uncover clues and ultimately solve mysteries, they also have the thrill of knowing that each scientific discovery they make may turn into a real-world medical treatment. Many current and emerging global challenges are connected to health and medicine, and with health a fast-growing job market, demand is high for those skilled in this field.

The interdisciplinary Bachelor of Medical Sciences will provide you with a broad background in biological, chemical, biomolecular and biomedical sciences – the knowledge and skills you’ll need for a career in health and medical science fields. Whether that be unravelling the molecular building blocks that underpin disease, developing new drugs to treat or cure disease, implementing biosecurity procedures to overcome emerging disease threats, or applying your scientific knowledge to help solve crimes.

Major: Medicinal Chemistry
Medicinal chemistry embodies the application of molecular sciences to the discovery, design and synthesis of new medicines. It combines a solid foundation of chemistry with contemporary biology, biochemistry and pharmacology.

In the Medicinal Chemistry major, you’ll explore the interaction of drugs or drug leads with biological targets at a molecular level, methods of drug discovery, rational drug design and development, and the mechanisms of action of specific classes of drugs, including antibacterial, anticancer and neuroactive drugs. You’ll be equipped to design new potent and selective pharmaceutical agents to address global health issues with independent research skills, and you’ll develop capabilities to analyse how drugs work at a molecular level. And you’ll boost your future career possibilities with the ability to communicate all of these medicinal chemistry concepts competently in a range of modes.