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Pharmacognosy

Important Note: This is the archived version of the 2012–2014 Graduate Catalog. The information on these pages was archived on August 22, 2012 and will not be updated as requirement and/or program changes are approved.

Admission Requirements Degree Requirements

Mailing Address:
Pharmacognosy Program (MC 781)
College of Pharmacy
833 South Wood Street
Chicago, IL 60612-7231

Campus Location: 539 PHARM
Program Codes: 20FS1563MS (MS); 20FS1563PHD (PhD)
Telephone: (312) 996-7253
E-mail: Pharmacognosy@uic.edu
Web Site: http://pcog.pharm.uic.edu; http://go.uic.edu/pharmacognosy
Head of the Graduate Program: Chun-Tao Che
Director of Graduate Studies: Jimmy Orjala

The Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy (MCP) in the College of Pharmacy offers a program of study leading to degrees in Pharmacognosy at the doctoral (primarily) and master's levels. Major research areas concern the isolation, structure elucidation, and biological assessment of natural products; plant and microbial constituents from terrestrial and marine sources, having biological activity; the use and conservation of plants employed in traditional medicine; the fundamental mechanisms of biological activity of potential drugs and their targets both in vitro and in vivo; structure and function of cellular enzymes, microbial genomics; and drug discovery. Pharmacognosy participates in a joint PharmD/PhD program; see the Joint PharmD/PhD section of the catalog for more information. In parallel to but separately from the pharmacognosy graduate program, MCP also offers work leading to graduate degrees in Medicinal Chemistry; consult the Medicinal Chemistry section of the catalog for more information. Applicants should apply to their specific program of choice within MCP and are encouraged to contact the program for clarification.

Admission Requirements

Applicants are considered on an individual basis. In addition to the Graduate College minimum requirements, applicants must meet the following program requirements:

Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Requirements

In addition to the Graduate College minimum requirements, students must meet the following program requirements:

Master of Science

Doctor of Philosophy