Chemistry is offered as a concentration within the professional science master's program described under Business and Science 137.
The chemistry concentration prepares
students to work in a variety of industries which utilize chemical sciences
and processes. This concentration is further subdivided into the
following areas: catalysis, drug discovery synthesis, materials
chemistry, and general chemistry.
Catalysis
The fraction of chemical processes in industry that are based on catalysis is
currently over 80% and increasing. These range across virtually all
manufacturing industries, from fuels to pharmaceuticals. The preparation of new
chemical catalytic systems is the most challenging dimension of the manufacturing
process, because at this step our understanding of catalysis can create new
catalysts, new catalytic process, or new products. There is an increasing
demand for leaders with knowledge of both the science of catalysis and the
fields related to the business of custom and commodity chemical catalysis and
process chemistry, including regulatory processes (e.g., GMP) and intellectual
property.
Drug Discovery Synthesis
Along with our competitors in the Boston area, the New Jersey pharmaceutical industry
represents the single largest group of scientists focused on drug discovery in
the world. The synthesis of new chemical entities remains the most demanding
step of the drug discovery process: it is the point at which theories become
real compounds that become medicines. There is an increasing demand for leaders
with knowledge of both the science of synthesis and the fields related to the
business of medicine, including regulatory processes and intellectual property.
Materials Chemistry
The most promising and fastest-growing area in the nanotechnology sector is the
development of new functional materials. The synthesis of new materials remains
the most demanding step of the discovery process, for it is the transition from
the conceptual to the material, the conversion of a hypothesis into new
substances with new properties. There is an increasing demand for leaders with
knowledge of both the science of materials chemistry and the fields related to
the business of materials application, including regulatory processes and intellectual
property.
Chemistry
There is an increasing demand for leaders with a broad knowledge of
both chemical science and the many areas in businesses that the science
of chemistry impacts, including regulatory processes and intellectual
property.
The chemistry concentration includes subconcentrations in catalysis, materials, and drug discovery synthesis, in addition to the broader
concentration in chemistry from which a diverse mixture of courses in each of
the other subconcentrations is accessible. Students are required to
select four courses from four areas, one seminar, and three elective courses.
Core Courses (Select four courses from the following areas)
Inorganic/Physical Organic Chemistry
16:160:511 Advanced Organic I (3)
16:160:512 Advanced Organic II (3)
16:160:515 Interpretation of Organic Spectra (3)
16:160:571 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (3)
Chemical Synthesis
16:160:504 Principles of Organic Synthesis (3)
16:160:503 Modern Synthetic Organic Chemistry (3)
Physical Chemistry
16:160:525 Chemical Thermodynamics (3)
16:160:542 Computational Chemistry (3)
Chemical Biology
16:160:537 Biophysical Chemistry (3)
16:160:544 Special Topics in Biological Chemistry (3)
Required Seminar Course (2)
16:160:607,608 Research Colloquium in Chemistry (1,1) or the equivalent
Course
descriptions can be found at http://mbs.rutgers.edu.
Concentration Coordinator:
Professor Ralf Warmuth
warmuth@rutgers.edu
Programs, Faculty, and Courses 
