What do Pharmaceutical Chemistry majors do?

Pharmaceutical Chemistry majors earn skills to find cures and remedies for disease through an understanding of analytical techniques, pharmacology, metabolism, quality assurance and drug chemistry. These skills help them to succeed in the many different areas of pharmaceutical industry and health sciences. Pharmaceutical chemistry majors have the opportunity to contribute to life-saving remedies, enhance the speed of delivery of new medications, and help others. Students will also learn pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and drug metabolism — al of which are very important for learning the effects that drugs have on the human body.