Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• demonstrate general knowledge and understanding of some of the basic facts, concepts and principles relating to the development of medicines

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the science behind the development of some drugs to achieve particular tasks

• demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how chemical bonding determines the properties of compounds and provides an explanation for the mode of action of drugs

• apply this knowledge and understanding to address familiar and unfamiliar situations

• express unit concepts in an objective and factually correct way.