Fall 2012 Student Orientation Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy (MCP)
The week before classes is a busy week. All new graduate students should arrive in Chicago in the week of August 13-17.
The following orientations will give the new graduate students a head start. Please note: if you are supported by a Teaching
Assistantship (TA), there are some mandatory orientations!
Online schedules and instructions can be found here:
http://grad.uic.edu/cms/?pid=1000671
http://grad.uic.edu/cms/?pid=1000592
http://www.ois.uic.edu/calendars/orientations/
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/cetl/taenrichment/index.html
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/spec_prog/ita/index.html
At this point all dates and times are tentative. Check regularly the websites below to obtain most up-to-date information. We will send
the most updated schedule as soon as the dates/times are finalized by the University, the Graduate College, and the Department.
When
What
Who
SPEAK Test
All international
graduate
students
Required for
TAs
See the link for location
and time
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/spec_prog/ita/index.html
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/spec_prog/ita/speak_sch
edule.html
MCP orientation
All new MCP
graduate
students
8:30-12:30
PHARM 204/208
8:30 Meet the new class
9:00 Orientation starts
Aug 21, 2012,
Tuesday,
Afternoon, Starts
at 1 PM
new International
TAs orientation
All new
international
TAs
Lecture Center A in the
heart of the East
Campus
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/cetl/taenrichment/index.h
tml
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/cetl/taenrichment/2010_t
entative_TAO_agenda.pdf
Aug 22, 2012,
Wednesday,
9:30am-1:30pm
Aug 22, 2012,
Wednesday,
New Graduate
Student
orientation
all new TA
orientation
All graduate
students
Illinois Room of Student
Center East (3rd Floor)
http://grad.uic.edu/cms/?pid=1000592
All TAs,
international
Lecture Center A in the
heart of the East
http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/cetl/taenrichment/index.h
tml
Aug 20, 2012,
Monday, see the
link for location
and time // Other
dates in August
also available!
Aug 21, 2012,
Tuesday, Morning
Starts at 8:30AM
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year locations. Check
the link for the most
updated locations of
the orientations
Link // Make sure to check this link to find out the
most updated information
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Afternoon
and native
speaker
Campus
Aug 23, 2012,
Thursday, 8 am-7
pm
New International
Student
Orientation
All international
students
UIC Forum – 725 W
Roosevelt, Chicago, IL,
60607
http://www.ois.uic.edu/calendars/orientations/
Aug 24, 2012,
Friday
Entrance exam in
graduate program
in Medicinal
Chemistry
All new
graduate
students in
Medicinal
Chemistry
9AM – 5PM
PHARM Class 570-598
9AM – 5PM (ACS Organic Chemistry and
Biochemistry exams)
PHARM Class 570-598
Aug 27, 2012
Monday
First day of
classes
TBD
College of
Pharmacy picnic
Graduate College Academic Calendar
http://grad.uic.edu/cms/?pid=1000222
graduate
students,
postdocs, and
faculty
The Field Station
Buses will be provided from College of Pharmacy to
the Field station and back. More details will be
available later.
Entrance Exam/Placement Test (Medicinal Chemistry Only)
Please note that there will be an entrance exam (placement test) in the Medicinal Chemistry graduate program on two topics: (1) Organic
Chemistry (morning of Aug 24th) and (2) Biochemistry (afternoon of Aug 24th).
The entrance exam is required, no exceptions, and no "re-takes". The test will be administered only ONE TIME on Friday, Aug 24th.
The purpose of the entrance exam/placement test is to evaluate the overall academic level so that the DGS can recommend an appropriate set of
classes for the Fall and Spring semesters of the first year.
Essential Web-sites
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Graduate College: http://grad.uic.edu/cms/
Graduate Funding 101: http://grad.uic.edu/cms/?pid=1000723
Funding your education: http://grad.uic.edu/cms/?pid=1000078
Academic Calendar: http://grad.uic.edu/cms/?pid=1000222
Medicinal Chemistry Handbook
The program described in this document is subject to continuous review and does not constitute an actual or implied contract between
any graduate student and the university or the department or the program. Given in this handbook are the rules that the DGS in
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Medicinal Chemistry will likely to use to make decisions. It is highly recommended to comply with the requirements and rules described
in this booklet. The latest version is located at http://medchem.pharm.uic.edu/DGS/mc_handbook_v1.11.docx
Required classes for the first year students in Medicinal Chemistry
MDCH 461 or MDCH 560
MDCH 561
MDCH 592
MDCH 593
MDCH 595
General information regarding the MDCH classes is posted at: http://www.uic.edu/ucat/courses/MDCH.html
Textbooks for students enrolled in Medicinal Chemistry
MDCH 461/560 – (1) Advanced Organic Chemistry, Carey and Sunberg, Parts A and B. (2) Any undergraduate organic chemistry
textbook for chemistry majors or Solomons & Fryhle Organic Chemistry 8th Edition (editions after 8th are also fine) and Solomons &
Fryhle Study guide and solutions manual.
MDCH561 - The course in large part follows the text book: “The Organic Chemistry of Drug Design and Drug Action” 2nd ed., by
Richard Silverman, Elsevier. Familiarize yourself with the material in this book! You must be able to draw the mechanisms – draw
intermediates, push electrons, arrive to conclusions discussed in the book, be able to connect the reactions with the biological
outcomes.
Pharmacognosy Handbook/Information/Guidelines
Track-specific materials will be provided at the MCP orientation.
Guidelines and general information
Guidelines and general information is posted at: http://lab.pharm.uic.edu/connect/20FS1454PHD/
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