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PHAR 7227 Pharmacy Practice Skills Laboratory 2
2 SCH. The first in a series of laboratories designed to teach and reinforce various skills, attitudes, behaviors and values needed for pharmacy practice. Included are principles of patient assessment, pharmacy calculations and the Top 200 Drugs. Includes some interprofessional experiences.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Fall semester of P1 year of PharmD program.
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7228 Patient Advocacy Across Cultures
2 SCH. The course will be a series of pre-work assignments and didactic class sessions. The course will emphasize concepts of cultural competence, communication, and application to lifestyle health focused patient cases. Students will work either independently or in groups to build their knowledge, skills, and abilities as a patient advocate.
Prerequisite: Current standing as a professional year 2 or 3 student
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7232 Principles of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology
2 SCH. The pre-requisite principles needed for the integrated pharmacotherapy sequence including terminology, chemical properties influencing ADME, pharmacophores, SAR, receptor theory, drug receptor and transporter interactions, mechanisms of action, dose-response and time-response relationships, and drug discovery and development.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7234 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Dermatology, Ears/Eyes/Nose/Throat
2 SCH. This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn about pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology of disorders related to dermatology and ears/eyes/nose/throat. The course will contain a mixture of lecture-based didactic teaching and active student learning.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7235 Applied Health Outcomes Research Capstone
2 SCH. This course is the culmination of Applied Health Outcomes Research Certificate program. In this course, students will independently work under the guidance of a mentor to demonstrate the command of AHOR. The students will deliver a project that can be a journal article or report or project proposal that is of high academic and professional quality applying knowledge and skills gained from developing evidence-base for healthcare, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacovigilance,
patient-reported outcomes, economic evaluation, and policy.
Prerequisite: Second year PharmD or enrollment in AHOR certificate program
Offered Spring
Pass/No Pass
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PHAR 7236 Patient-Reported Outcomes
2 SCH. This course is an introduction to outcomes, end-results of healthcare practices, treatments, and interventions as reported by patients. The topics include definitions of patient-reported outcomes (PROs), patient-experiences, patient preferences, PRO perspectives, measurement, evaluation, implementation, and interpretation.
Prerequisite: Second year PharmD enrollment and enrollment in AHOR Certificate Program
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7237 Pharmacoepidemiology
2 SCH. PHAR 7237 course is designed to provide an an overview of application of epidemiological principles to medication effectiveness, safety, and outcomes. Determine beneficial or adverse effects of medications in large populations and making relevant inferences from essential analytical research designs; establish causality in observational studies; and pharmacovigilance, adverse drug event reporting, and risk evaluation and mitigation strategies. This course provides a broad introduction to the principles of pharmacoepidemiology used in decision making and discusses the concept of and role of pharmacovigilance.
Prerequisite: Second year PharmD or or enrollment in Applied Health Outcomes Research (AHOR)
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7260 Post-Graduate Preparatory Seminar
2 SCH. This course will assist students in developing skills and materials needed to secure a position in a post-graduate training program. To meet course learning outcomes, students will participate in small group discussions, complete in-class activities, and develop and refine professional portfolio materials. Evaluation of student performance will be based on attendance, class session participation, and activity-specific rubrics.
Prerequisite: Student must complete professional year 2 of Pharmacy curriculum.
Offered Spring
Pass/No Pass
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PHAR 7262 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Musculoskeletal & Connective Tissue Disorders
2 SCH. This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn about pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology of disorders related to musculoskeletal and connective tissues. The course will contain a mixture of lecture-based didactic teaching and active student learning.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of first and second years of PharmD program.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7263 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Special Populations
2 SCH. A continuation of 7534 concentrating on pharmacotherapy issues in special populations i.e. pediatric, geriatric, obese etc. patients.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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PHAR 7310 Comprehensive Reviews of FDA Approved New Drugs
3 SCH. This elective course provides PharmD students the opportunity to participate in comprehensive review of FDA-approved new drugs and to gain a broad understanding of how new drugs are discovered, developed, approved and used in clinics. A seminar/presentation describing their drug review outcomes is the capstone. Students from other healthcare professions (DO, MD, MS, PhD, etc.) are also welcome to enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the first year pharmacy curriculum or equivalent curriculum.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7311 Adv CV Pharmacotherapy
3 SCH. PHAR 7311 is a 3 credit hour course covering advanced cardiovascular disease pharmacotherapy such as heart failure, acute coronary syndromes, arrhythmias, etc. The course is a blend of didactic teaching and student led projects and will further explore concepts from Cardiovascular Integrated Pharmacotherapy. Course topics will include both acute and chronic management, however, inpatient cardiovascular disease management will be emphasized. Approximately 2 hours a week will be spent in class and 1 hour will be spent on assignments such as a journal club and presentation.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the P2 year
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7312 Advanced Compounding; Human and Veterinary Opportunities
3 SCH. This course will cover advanced non-sterile compounding opportunities for humans and veterinary patients. The course will employ a hybrid of distance learning activities, lecture, and lab. Students will learn useful techniques, product preparation, packaging, dispensing, drug monograph, and patient counseling. Guest lectures from the compounding pharmacist community, veterinarians, ranches, or wildlife parks will be invited.
Prerequisite: Completion of Skills Lab 1 and 2
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7313 Pharmaceutics 1
3 SCH. An introduction to dosage forms and their physiochemical properties to optimize stability, absorption and distribution to target tissues. Includes solubility, crystalline and amorphous solids, oral drug delivery systems, dissolution versus disintegration, drug solutions and drug solids, polymers and macromolecules, emulsions and suspensions, micelles, colloids, and excipients.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7315 Pharmacy Practice 1: The Profession
3 SCH. An introduction to pharmacy practice including prescription components and who can prescribe, evolution of practice, history, career pathways, basic ethics and professionalism, education, basic legal issues and responsibilities for interns, health care delivery systems, medication safety, basic drug information, and advocacy/leadership.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7316 Non-Prescription Therapies 1, Immunizations and IPPE
3 SCH. This course prepares the student to utilize the Pharmacist Patient Care Process (PPCP) to make recommendations regarding over-the-counter (OTC) products in order to prevent and/or treat limited and related specific disorders.The student will focus on improving patient understanding and adherence to treatment with proper referrals to the physician. This course prepares the student to triage the patient to determine immunization needs, prepare and administer appropriate vaccines and provide appropriate after care documentation. This course includes Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) that requires direct patient care service learning.
Prerequisite: P1 Entry into College of Pharmacy
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7320 Overview of Modern Drug Discovery and Development
3 SCH. This new elective course will be taught by multiple faculty with a broad range of expertise and interests and provide a broad, foundational overview of the modern process of drug discovery and development. Topics will include target dentification and validation, hit and lead identification, lead optimization, animal models of efficacy, formulation development, clinical development, clinical trials, and related activities. Variable mixtures of online videos (voice over slides), group discussion boards, and independent study activities will be employed throughout the course. The course is a three semester credit hour course and will be delivered online in an asynchronous format with periodic deadlines for assignments and assessments. Three remotely proctored non-comprehensive exams and a final exam will be scheduled that will be taken at specific, designated dates and times.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the fall and spring semesters of the P1 curriculum.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7321 Pharmacology of Infectious Diseases
3 SCH. PHAR 7321 is a PY2, 3-hours credit, classroom-based course that through engaging exercises helps students understand: a) fundamental concepts regarding microbiological agents known to cause human diseases b) core principles for use of anti-infective agents and c) implementation of anti-infective agents into patients and health systems. PHAR 7321 builds on selected concepts introduced in PHAR 7411, PHAR 7313, and PHAR 7412 pertaining to infectious conditions and their prevention and management. Comprehension of concepts, principles, and agents is the principal learning outcome for this course. Integration of this course with PHAR 7451 will lead to application of this understanding using techniques and tools reflective of today’s interdisciplinary approach and emerging trends in optimizing patient and population outcomes.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of first year of PharmD program.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7322 Pharmacogenetics, Pharmacogenomics, and Personalized Medicine
3 SCH. The principles of pharmacogenetics and genomics and how they relate to personalized medicine including nomenclature; the genetic basis of diseases, drug response and metabolism; biomarkers for adverse drug reactions; toxicogenetics; legal/ethical and economic issues; and implications for managing drug therapy.
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7323 Pharmaceutics 2
3 SCH. The factors influencing absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs in contemporary and investigational dosage forms. Includes modified release oral and parenteral, topical, nasal, buccal, rectal, vaginal, ophthalmic and pulmonary delivery systems; prodrugs; bioequivalence determinations and ratings; and official compendia.
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7324 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Cardiovascular and Renal I
3 SCH. This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn about pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology of disorders related to the cardiovascular and renal systems. The course will contain a mixture of lecture-based didactic teaching and active student learning.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the first year of the PharmD program.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7325 Pharmacy Practice 2: Communications
3 SCH. An introduction to factors and methods involved in interpersonal communication. Exposure to verbal, written and electronic communication with patients and between health care providers; verbal cues; strategies to facilitate communication with difficult patients and sensitive health situations are included.
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7326 Non-Prescription Therapies 2 and IPPE
3 SCH. This course prepares the student to utilize the Pharmacist Patient Care Process (PPCP) to make recommendations regarding over-the-counter (OTC) products in order to prevent and/or treat limited and related specific disorders. The student will focus on improving patient understanding and adherence to treatment with proper referrals to the physician. Students complete Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) to simulate a patient consultation prior to completing actual patient consults in the community the setting. This course includes Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE) that requires direct patient care service learning and patient consults.
Prerequisite: P1 Successful Completion of PHAR 7214 and registration as intern trainee
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7329 Community Pharmacy Operations & Clinical Practice
3 SCH. PHAR 7229 is an IPPE course for 3-hour credit that introduces the student to the community practice setting. Under the supervision of a pharmacist preceptor, the student participates in operations of a community pharmacy, with focus on the medication use system and distributive functions as well as an introduction to outpatient clinical pharmacy practice. The course is a 3 week on-site rotation in a community pharmacy and includes an on-campus debrief (120 hours total). This course introduces students to community pharmacy operations and clinical practice. It is also designed to facilitate development of skills that will be utilized widely in Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of first professional year
Offered Summer
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PHAR 7331 Immune Based Diseases and Immunotherapy
3 SCH. A study of the immune system, immunopathologies, select autoimmune disease and their treatment. Includes a discussion of the basis for immunizations, the immunology of cancer, biotechnology and its application to the production and use of pharmaceuticals, diagnostic agents and advanced therapies.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7335 Economic Evaluation and Policy
3 SCH. This course involves an introduction to economic evaluation, determinants of health, and health policy. Topics include issues of economic evaluation of pharmacological and other treatments, access to and disparities in healthcare and pharmaceuticals, health and disease indicators, health promotion, emergency preparedness and the involvement of health care professionals in addressing the determinants of health as well as perspectives in health policy decision-making.
Prerequisite: Completion of the Spring Semester in the first-year professional pharmacy curriculum
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7341 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Endocrine/Men & Women’s Health
3 SCH. A continuation of 7534 concentrating on diseases and treatments involving the endocrine system and male/female health.
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7343 Pharmacokinetics
3 SCH. The mathematical models and the theoretical/practical considerations of drug absorption, distribution and excretion including the models that describe those events in the calculation of dosage regimens for patients with problems ranging from simple to complex and concentrating on dosage calculations for drugs with narrow therapeutic indices.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of first professioanal year of program.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7345 Evidence-Based Healthcare
3 SCH. PHAR 7345 is intended to provide a comprehensive view of building evidence base for improving health outcomes, identifying best practices, and critically evaluate published information to provide robust evidence for decision making. Enable the student to develop an understanding of research design and
literature evaluation procedures and terms such that clinical studies in the medical and pharmaceutical literature may be objectively evaluated. In addition, the student is provided with the necessary tools such that he or she will be able to effectively describe, summarize, analyze and make valid conclusions from
data collected through his or her own research endeavors. Make valid conclusions from hierarchy of evidence.
Prerequisite: Second year PharmD or or enrollment in Applied Health Outcomes Research (AHOR)
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7349 Hospital Pharmacy Operations & Clinical Practice
3 SCH. PHAR 7249 is an IPPE course for 3-hour credit that introduces the student to the hospital practice setting. Under the supervision of a pharmacist preceptor, the student participates in operations of an institutional pharmacy, with focus on the medication use system and distributive functions as well as an introduction to inpatient clinical pharmacy practice. The course is a 3-week on-site rotation in a hospital pharmacy and includes an on-campus debrief (120 hours total). This course introduces students to hospital pharmacy operations and clinical practice. It is also designed to facilitate development of skills that will be utilized widely in Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of second professional year.
Offered Summer
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PHAR 7355 Pharmacy Management & Drug Safety
3 SCH. Pharmacy practice management in both community and health system practice settings including general business, human, financial and operations management; marketing clinical services; persuasion and organization transformation; national patient safety goals related to medication; and quality assurance/risk reduction.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7361 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Hematology, Oncology and Transplant
3 SCH. This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn about pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology of disorders related to hematology, oncology and transplant. The course will contain a mixture of lecture-based didactic teaching and active student learning.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of first and second years of PharmD program.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7364 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Critical Care
3 SCH. This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn about pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology of disorders related to the renal system. The course will contain a mixture of lecture-based didactic teaching and active student learning. A continuation of 7534 concentrating on treatment of pharmacotherapy of critically ill patients.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of fall semester of third year curriculum of PharmD program.
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7365 Pharmacy Law and Ethics
3 SCH. The legal, ethical and access issues affecting the practice of pharmacy and regulating pharmacy practitioners. Included are discussions of ethical dilemmas, issues involving team based health care, health insurance and mandates, pharmacy benefit and management programs, and health maintenance organizations.
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7370 Special Topics in Pharmacy
1-3 SCH. Didactic training in biomedical, pharmaceutical, social/behavioral/administrative or clinical sciences.
Offered On Demand
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PHAR 7375 Special Topics in Pharmacy Research
1-3 SCH. Laboratory or literature based research that is conducted by a student under the direction of a faculty member.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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PHAR 7380 Quantitative Aspects of Drug Action
3 SCH. This course is designed to acquaint the student with the quantitative basis and operational characteristics of the models of pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) that determine exposure-response relationships after single and chronic dosing. This course is delivered in an interactive format that students will be using general statistical software R to understand and evaluate various PK-PD models and their assumptions. Students will apply these PK-PD concepts to understand the role of PK-PD models in drug development research.
Prerequisite: PHAR 7343 or equivalent course.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7381 Statistics for Pharmacometricians
3 SCH. This course is designed to aquatint the student with statistical principles related to pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) modeling and simulation activities.
Prerequisite: Calculus. Students need to contact the course director before registration.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7382 Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Development
3 SCH. This course is designed to acquaint the student with the applications of clinical pharmacology principles in drug development process. Students will be able to critically assess various applications of pharmacometrics in conducting clinical pharmacology studies in drug development.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of P2 curriculum of PharmD program.
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7383 Pharmacometrics Techniques 1
3 SCH. This course is designed to acquaint the student with various software tools to develop pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) models.
Prerequisite: STATPMX, PHAR 7343 or equivalent.
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7384 Pharmacometrics Techniques 2
3 SCH. This course is designed to familiarize the student with the various software tools to develop pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) models by pooling various clinical pharmacology studies. Major part of the course involve a realistic drug development case with several analysis to inform dosing decisions at various phases of development.
Prerequisite: PMX1. Students need to contact course director for ensuring pre-requisites are met.
Offered Summer
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PHAR 7410 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Cardiovascular and Renal II
4 SCH. This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn about pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology of disorders related to the cardiovascular and renal systems. This course is a continuation of the previous cardiovascular and renal course. The course will contain a mixture of lecture-based didactic teaching and active student learning.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of the first year of the PharmD program.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7411 Physiologic Basis for Pharmacotherapy
4 SCH. The fundamental aspects of the physiologic basis for pharmacotherapy covering the physiology of the major organ systems of the body including both molecular and organismic function and interrelationships. Physiologic processes that underlie disease process and/or targets of drug therapy are emphasized.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7412 Metabolic Basis for Pharmacotherapy
4 SCH. The fundamental aspects of the metabolic basis for pharmacotherapy covering the molecular basis of cellular function and control mechanisms, key structural and functional relationships of biomolecules, energy metabolism, and inter-organ relationships in living systems with an emphasis on processes that underlie disease and/or are targets of drug therapy.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7451 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Infectious Disease
4 SCH. A continuation of 7534 concentrating on the treatment of infectious diseases.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7452 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Respiratory, GI & Nutrition
4 SCH. This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn about pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology of disorders related to the respiratory and gastrointestinal systems and nutrition. The course will contain a mixture of lecture-based didactic teaching and active student learning.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of first year and fall of second year of PharmD program.
Offered Spring
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PHAR 7453 Integrated Pharmacotherapy: Neurology, Psychiatry, Addiction/Abuse and Pain
4 SCH. This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn about pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacology of disorders related to neurology, psychiatry, addiction/abuse and pain. The course will contain a mixture of lecture-based didactic teaching and active student learning.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of first and second years of PharmD program.
Offered Fall
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PHAR 7680 APPE: Elective
6 SCH. Students may choose elective rotations from the specialized patient care areas such as infectious diseases, psychiatry, oncology, neurology, geriatrics, palliative care, pediatrics, rural pharmacy, or critical care or from the non-direct patient care areas such as state or federal regulatory agencies, state or national organizations, research, managed care, nuclear pharmacy, academia, poison center or drug information. Each student will complete two APPE elective courses.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
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PHAR 7681 APPE: Required Rotation: Inpatient/Acute General Care Medicine
6 SCH. Students are involved in direct care of hospitalized patients in concert with other healthcare providers. This is a required course.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
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PHAR 7682 APPE: Community Pharmacy
6 SCH. Students participate in all operations of a community pharmacy. Students provide pharmaceutical care to community pharmacy patients under the supervision of a pharmacist preceptor.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
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PHAR 7683 Management APPE Selective
6 SCH. Students are required to complete 240 experiential hours in either community pharmacy practice management or hospital pharmacy practice administration. Students will be assigned a preceptor that is in a supervisory, managerial, or administrative role. Students will actively participate in process improvement, policy review, patient satisfaction, financial monitoring and management, personnel management, and strategic planning. This course fulfills part of the APPE portion of the curriculum.
Prerequisite: Successful Completion of APPE: Hospital/Health-system Pharmacy Practice
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
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PHAR 7684 APPE: Required Rotation: Ambulatory Care
6 SCH. Students are involved in the direct care of clinic patients in concert with other healthcare providers. This is a required course.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
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PHAR 7685 APPE: Hospital or Health System Pharmacy
6 SCH. Students participate in all operations of a hospital or health system pharmacy. Students perform clinical duties for hospitalized patients under the supervision of a pharmacist preceptor.
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
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PHAR 7686 APPE Elective - Pharmacy Compounding
6 SCH. This course allows for a student to complete an APPE Elective rotation in compounding pharmacy.
Prerequisite: Completion of Professional Year 3
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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PHAR 7690 APPE: Critical Care
6 SCH. PHAR 7690 is an Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) course for 6 hours of credit that allows students to provide pharmaceutical care to critically ill patients in the hospital pharmacy setting as part of a inter-professional team.
Prerequisite: PHAR 7681 General Medicine Inpatient Care APPE
Offered Fall, Spring and Summer
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PHED 5000 CPH Comprehensive Examination
0 SCH. In this course, students will take the Certified in Public Health (CPH) Exam. The Certified in Public Health (CPH) Exam covers the five core areas of knowledge offered in CEPH-accredited schools and programs as well as crosscutting areas relevant to contemporary public health. The examination was crafted to assess a person’s knowledge of these competencies, regardless of his or her academic concentration.
Offered Spring
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PHED 5099 Application Based Learning
0 SCH. This course is designed to complement the student’s curricular experience with application-based learning that is acquired in a professional setting.
Offered Fall, Spring, and Summer
Non-Graded
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PHED 5197 Professional and Academic Development
1 SCH. The Professional and Academic Development course is designed to enhance the professional development skills and opportunities for our students through various workshops, sessions, and activities. This course will assist students in defining their career goals, build competency within their profession, and increase their knowledge and skills to excel academically and professionally. Similarly, activities in this course are designed to prepare the student professionally for the MPH Practice Experience in Public Health. Student is required to fulfill certain Professional and Academic Development activities prior to enrollment in MPH Practice Experience in Public Health.
Offered Summer
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PHED 5297 Practice Experience
1 SCH. This course provides students with experience in public health practice through directed work in practice settings. The public health practice experience involves different goals and activities aimed at providing opportunities for the student to gain hands-on experience addressing the MPH foundation and concentration competencies. Students are required to commit to a minimum of 600 cumulative hours total over three semesters, earning a minimum of 100 hours each semester of enrollment. Students are required to complete a project that is specific and beneficial to the organization, produce a poster presentation of their and practice experience, complete weekly reflection assignments, and other assignments as detailed in the course. Placements and practice activities are selected to complement the students’ academic and professional goals. Students must attend all required practice experience sessions and obtain approval of their placement before enrolling in the course.
Prerequisite: Students must be in good academic standing with the university and have completed all required courses during the first year cohort program or have completed at least 21 SCH as an online student.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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PHED 5302 MPH-PO Capstone
3 SCH. This capstone course is designed to allow students the opportunity to apply principles, methods and techniques learned in the MPH-PO program to a practical public health problem. All students will participate as members of a team to conduct a project in partnership with a local public health organization that is focused on a public health problem or need. This course is designed to meet the culminating experience requirement for students in the MPH-PO program in addition to the CPH examination.
Prerequisite: Students must have completed the core and required courses (25 SCH) or permission of the instructor.
Offered Fall and Spring
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PHED 5330 Foundations of Public Health
3 SCH. This course provides an introduction to the field of public health. The course examines the history, philosophy, values, core functions, and essential services of the field. Attention is given to scientific methods used to describe and assess a population’s health, health promotion and disease prevention strategies, and the use of evidence in advancing public health knowledge. The many determinants of population health are reviewed, including the effects of globalization. In addition, students are exposed to ecological perspectives that connect human health, animal health, and ecosystem health such as One Health.
Offered Spring
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PHED 5338 Discovery Based Paper: Literature Review and Proposal Development
2 SCH. In consultation with their faculty advisor, the student will identify a topic, conduct a comprehensive literature review, and develop a brief research proposal for their discovery-based paper. The research proposal will briefly summarize the literature, identify a research question and/or hypothesis, describe research methods and data analyses, and review journals that may be possible outlets for their paper. This course is the first of a sequence of three courses devoted to the preparation and submission of a paper for peer review.
Offered Summer
Pass/No Pass
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PHED 5340 Discover-Based Paper: Data Analysis and Interpretation
3 SCH. The student will analyze data to address the research question of their discovery-based paper. The student will subsequently complete first drafts of the Methods and Results sections of their paper. The work will be guided by the course instructor. This course is the second of a sequence of three courses devoted to the preparation and submission of a paper for peer review.
Prerequisite: PHED 5338
Offered Fall
Pass/No Pass
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PHED 5350 Discover-Based Paper: Manuscript Preparation and Submission
3 SCH. The student will complete all sections of their discovery-based paper in preparation for it submission for peer review. The work will be guided by the course instructor. The paper will adhere to the SPH’s Principles and Guidelines for Research Collaboration and Authorship. This course is the third of a sequence of three courses devoted to the preparation and submission of a paper for peer review.
Prerequisite: PHED 5338 and PHED 5340
Offered Spring
Pass/No Pass
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PHED 5391 Topics for Public Health
3 SCH. This course is designed to give students up-to-date and important information on topics in public health. Topics will vary and be relevant to the master degree program’s competencies. Examples include: public health program development, public health trends, and emerging public health issues. Activities are included to promote reflection, application, exploration, analysis and experimentation. May be taken more than once.
Offered Fall and Spring
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PHED 5395 Thesis
3 SCH. The thesis requires the student to conduct and prepare the written thesis under the supervision of a faculty committee. The student must complete an oral defense of the thesis. The student must maintain continuous enrollment in the thesis hours until the requirements are completed and the thesis is approved by the faculty committee.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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PHED 5397 MPH Practice Experience
2 SCH. This course provides students with experience in public health practice through directed work in practice settings. The public health practice experience involves different goals and activities aimed at providing opportunities for the student to expand and practice MPH core and concentration-specific competencies. Students are required to commit 200 hours to the practice experience, complete a special project that demonstrates their ability to define and issue, apply methods appropriate to their concentration, and produce results. Students are expected to produce a written report of project(s) undertaken in the site placement, and prepare a poster presentation of their practice experience. Placements and practice activities are selected to complement the students’ academic and professional goals. Students must obtain approval of their choice of practice placement and plan for the practice experience in the semester prior to registering in PHED 5397. The student must maintain continuous enrollment in PHED 5397 until all the requirements are completed.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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PHED 6000 Preliminary Examination
0 SCH. After completion of the first two semesters of the DrPH program, students undergo a Preliminary Examination. The purpose of the Examination is to determine the extent to which the student has mastered DrPH competencies in seven domains: leadership, advocacy, communication, coalition building, professionalism, cultural orientation, and ethics. Examination responses are evaluated by faculty members serving on the DrPH Committee. Findings from the preliminary Examination are used to identify areas in which the student may require more focused scholarly preparation in coursework, supplemental readings, or supervised practice in the community or a health system.
Offered Summer
Pass/No Pass
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PHED 6117 Seminar in Public Health Practice
1 SCH. This seminar course provides students an opportunity to link academic work in public health leadership, management, and ethics with application to public health practice and to prepare the learner for a leadership role in public health. The course will address numerous aspects of public health practice, including innovative interventions aimed at improving the health of the community, the integration and application of new knowledge and theory, analytical and critical thinking, problem solving skills and proper implementation strategies. This will be accomplished through directed readings, presentation by faculty and invited guests, case analysis. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: Students must complete PHED 6314 or get the permission of the chair of the PhD Program Committee or the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (via an override in the system, not a permission number).
Offered Fall
Pass/No Pass
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PHED 6118 Methods for Public Health Studies 2
1 SCH. This course is the sequel to PHED 6314. The students will complete the project proposed in PHED 6314 culminating in a manuscript submitted to a peer-reviewed journal for publication. The focus will be on data analysis and writing of the Results, Discussion, and Conclusion sections for the manuscript.
Prerequisite: Students must complete PHED 6314 or get the permission of the chair of the PhD Program Committee or the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (via an override in the system, not a permission number).
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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PHED 6122 Professional Development in Public Health Practice 1
1 SCH. This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to effectively integrate science into public health practice, address important public health issues, and demonstrate leadership in working with public health teams and community partners. Improvement in key DrPH program competencies are addressed, with a particular focus on the following skills: professional interaction, oral and written communication, team building, negotiation and conflict resolution, consensus building, collaboration, organizational learning, persuasion, and meeting facilitation. Professional Development 1 must be completed in the first fall semester of the DrPH program. Enrollment requires permission of the DrPH Program Director.
Offered Fall
Pass/No Pass
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PHED 6124 Professional Development in Public Health Practice 2
1 SCH. This course must be completed in the semester immediately prior to enrolling in the Doctor of Public Health Residency. The primary aims of the course are to prepare for the Doctor in Public Health Residency and the completion of the Integrated Competency Evaluation (ICE). Enrollment requires permission of the DrPH Program Director.
Offered Spring
Pass/No Pass
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PHED 6314 Methods for Public Health Studies 1
3 SCH. This course is the first part of a two-course sequence in doctoral research methods for both the PhD and DrPH students culminating in the submission of a scientific manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal by the end of the second part. This first part prepares students to critically evaluate scientific literature, conduct a comprehensive literature review, form a research question, apply for IRB approval, and write the Introduction and Methods sections for a manuscript.
Prerequisite: Student must complete BIOS 5300 or BIOS 5301and EPID 5300.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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PHED 6320 Grant Writing & Grantsmanship
3 SCH. Students will demonstrate competence in a specific area of public health science as evidenced by writing, presenting and defending a research grant proposal. This course address key aspects of grant writing including these key skills: developing specific aims, writing research plans, creating budgets, and obtaining IRB approval. This is accomplished by a variety of activities, including, but not limited to: review of literature, presentations and discussions of grant writing strategies, and individual mentoring.
Prerequisite: PHED 5340, PHED 5350
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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PHED 6321 College Teaching in Academic Public Health
3 SCH. This course provides advanced doctoral students with skills and theory for successful teaching at the University level. This course is to develop students for the faculty role. We will explore philosophical and practical issues related to course preparation, delivery, and evaluation. The course includes readings, class discussions, and student teaching performance in outside classes. Online module development and delivery is also required. At the completion of the course, students will have a portfolio that highlights skills with basic components including: a detailed set of plans for a specific course, online modules, and a statement of teaching philosophy.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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PHED 6325 Evidence Based Public Health
3 SCH. This course focuses on critical analysis and communication of scientific evidence in public health practice. Students will demonstrate their ability to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of evidence in specific practice areas through assigned readings, writing projects, and oral defenses. Course activities will require students to persuasively defend their appraisals of research literature and associated public health practice strategies.
Prerequisite: Student must complete BACH 5300, BIOS 5300, EPID 5300, EOHS 5300, HMAP 5300, PHED 6118 or obtain permission of instructor.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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PHED 6391 Advanced Topics for Public Health
1-3 SCH. This course is designed to give students up-to-date and advanced information on topics in public health. Topics will vary and be relevant to the doctoral programs competencies. Examples include: public health program development, research and/or practice trends, and the translation and dissemination of public health research. Activities are included to promote reflection, application, exploration, analysis, and experimentation. May be taken more than once. Enrollment requires permission of Academic Advisor and Instructor.
Offered Fall and Spring
Letter Grade
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PHED 6399 Doctoral Independent Study in Public Health
1-3 SCH. This academic activity includes research and other scholarly projects carried out by the student under supervision of a School of Public Health faculty member (instructor). A brief proposal should be written and approved by the academic advisor and a final report should be submitted to the supervising instructor for credit. Topical or project work is chosen by the student with the consent of the supervising instructor and approval from the academic advisor. This course may be repeated for credit. Offered each semester.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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PSPT 5150 Current Topics in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacotherapy
1 SCH. This course provides training of graduate students to present their research using various oral communication skills and techniques in broad scientific audiences.
Offered Fall
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
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PSPT 6100 Journal Club in Pharmaceutical Sciences
1 SCH. This elective course will be a journal club offered only in the spring semester for a given school year. In consultation with the course director, each student will select, present and lead the discussion about a recently published research paper that represents a major scientific advancement in the fields of pharmaceutical sciences or pharmacotherapy.
Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
Offered Spring
Pass/No Pass
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PSPT 6400 Principles of Drug Discovery and Development
4 SCH. This course is designed to provide graduate students and professional students with a broad knowledge about the processes of drug discovery and development. We blend multiple disciplines to cover researches from preclinical to clinical. Topics covered include therapeutic target identification, drug lead identification and optimization, drug ADME, drug formulation development, preclinical animal studies and clinical research.
Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
Offered Spring
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PHRM 5120 Visual Sciences Seminar
1 SCH. A monthly presentation by a visiting distinguished visual scientist. The seminar will be preceded by a journal check where articles relating to the seminar will be discussed.
Offered Fall, Spring
Letter Grade
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PHRM 5140 Pharmacology & Neuroscience Seminar Series
1 SCH. Specialized seminars on current topics in Pharmacology and Neuroscience given by invited speakers.
Offered Fall, and Spring
Letter Grade
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PHRM 5150 Pharmacology & Neuroscience Works in Progress
1 SCH. This course provides training to graduate students on effective communication to broad scientific audiences. May be repeated for credit. Offered Fall and Spring.
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PHRM 5220 Journal Club in Visual Sciences
1 SCH. This course reviews and emphasizes current research in vision-related sciences. Students are required to participate in presentations and discussion of current articles. Faculty and research staff members may participate in presentations.
Offered Fall, Spring
Pass/No Pass
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PHRM 5300 Neurobiology of Aging
3 SCH. This course will serve as an introduction to the aging nervous system and age-related nervous system diseases. The course will include lectures by experts in the field of neurobiology of aging and discussion of selected topics in the field. By the completion of the course, the student should have a working knowledge of major issues that drive research in the neurobiology of aging.
Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
Offered Every other Spring - Even Years
Letter Grade
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PHRM 5390 Special Problems
1-3 SCH. For students capable of developing a problem independently through conferences and activities directed by the instructor. Problem chosen by the student with the consent of the instructor and department. May be repeated for credit.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Letter Grade
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PHRM 5391 Special Problems 2
1-3 SCH. For students capable of developing a problem independently through conferences and activities directed by the instructor. Problem chosen by the student with the consent of the instructor and department. May be repeated for credit.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Letter Grade
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PHRM 5470 Neuropharmacology
4 SCH. In-depth presentations on: 1) mechanisms of neurotransmitter synthesis, storage and release; 2) mechanisms of neuropharmacological agents; 3) molecular and behavioral aspects of Alzheimer’s and aging; and 4) drugs and neurodegenerative diseases.
Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
Offered Every other Fall - Odd Years
Letter Grade
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PHRM 6100 Botanical Medicines and Biotechnology
1 SCH. This advanced course will focus on the use of chemicals isolated from plants and other natural sources for medicinal purposes. A primary goal of the course is to integrate basic research and clinical/industrial findings. Each lecture, following the historical introduction will focus on a specific aspect of natural products research: identification of botanicals, isolation and characterization of chemical components, methods of testing, industry regulations and market barriers and uses. A college level knowledge of basic biology, chemistry, physiology and pharmacology is recommended. The format of the course will be a formal lecture for the first half hour followed by an information discussion for the last half hour. Participation in class discussion is an essential part of the course. Reading assignments will vary from week to week but can include textbook chapters, review articles, journal articles, and seminal or current peer-reviewed research reports.
Offered On Demand
Letter Grade
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PHRM 6140 Pharmacology & Neuroscience Journal Club
1 SCH. Review and discussion of current topics in Pharmacology & Neuroscience.
Offered Fall, and Spring
Letter Grade
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PHRM 6200 Mitochondria and Complex Diseases
2 SCH. Lecture Topics: basic mitochondrial genetics, bioenergetics, and biogenesis; the Warburg Phenomenon and other metabolic alternations of cancer cells; mitochondrial control of apoptosis and cancer; mitochondrial ROS in cancer, mitochondrial genetic alternation in cancer; known mitochondrial diseases; laboratory techniques used in mitochondrial research. Workshop and laboratory: mitochondrial function assays; mitochondrial genetic assays to include quantification and mutation detection.
Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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PHRM 6270 Drug Discovery and Design
2 SCH. Introduction to combinatorial chemistry, multi-compound based technologies, and their use in screening bioassays to discover lead compounds. Concepts of design and synthesis of compound libraries, pharmacological assay development, instrumentation, data interpretation, biological target selection, lead optimization, structure-based drug design and drug-likeness will be discussed. Student must have completed undergraduate general and organic chemistry or equivalent (instructor approved.)
Offered Every other Fall - Even Years
Letter Grade
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PHRM 6280 Current Strategies and Challenges in Drug Discovery
2 SCH. Students will acquire up-to-date knowledge of the real world challenges and solutions in therapeutic drug discovery and development from early stages of basic research ideas to market. The course offers innovative direct and informative interaction between students and experts at the frontiers of development of novel therapies for challenging diseases and disorders such as cancer, stroke, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury and other neurological disorders. A key strength of the course is course instructors who will include an unprecedentedly broad spectrum of acting and former academic and industrial researchers, physicians, business owners and professionals supporting medical research through private funds and organizations as well as experts in intellectual property rights, patent laws and applications patent officers and attorneys independent of their location in the world. The course will include both live classroom- and skype-based lectures, pre-recorded video conferences and self-learning sessions. A specific emphasis will be given to hidden and common traps, errors and missteps in the drug development process, lessons from failed pre-clinical and clinical trials and unmaterialized potentials that make promising scientific concepts and business initiatives fail irreversibly. An important driving force for this course is a common lack of understanding that a sound confirmed scientific proof-of¬ principle only takes drug developers to the start line from which the marathon of drug development begins. Thus, the course will help students to gain a comprehensive understanding of scientific, fiscal and legal challenges and solutions associated with development of novel therapies.
Prerequisite: Student must successfully complete BMSC 6201, 6202, 6203, AND 6204 prior to enrolling in this course.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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PHRM 6361 Biomedical Mass Spectrometry
1-2 SCH. Course addresses biochemical methods, qualitative and quantitative bioanalysis, drug discovery and development, biotechnology, pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics and forensics. Special attention will be given to skeletal muscle.
Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
Offered Every other Spring - Odd Years
Letter Grade
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PHRM 6391 Special Problems in Ocular Research
1-3 SCH. For students capable of developing a problem independently through conferences and activities directed by the faculty in the areas of visual sciences. Problem chosen by the student with consent of the instructor and department chair.
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
Letter Grade
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PHRM 6400 Functional Neuroscience
4 SCH. This course is intended for second year and more senior graduate students, and will cover all major areas of neuroscience research. By the completion of the course, students will have a working knowledge of all major disciplines of neuroscience providing the basis for advanced courses.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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PHRM 6401 Visual Sciences I
4 SCH. Visual Sciences I is designed to provide a broad understanding of the many aspects of visual sciences biology. The course is required for graduate students in the Visual Sciences Program, but the course will also be useful to other graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows interested in learning more about the eye, physiology of the visual system, ocular pharmacology, ocular immunology, ocular microbiology and infection, and ocular pathology. Visual Sciences I will mainly cover the anterior segment of the eye. Each lecture/discussion will be 2 hours, and the course will be taught two days a week. The course will consist of a combination of didactic lectures, classroom discussions, student presentations, and team based learning sessions.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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PHRM 6402 Visual Sciences II
4 SCH. Visual Sciences II is designed to provide a broad understanding of the many aspects of visual sciences biology. The course is required for graduate students in the Visual Sciences Program, but the course will also be useful to other graduate students as well as postdoctoral fellows interested in learning more about the eye and vision. Topics covered include embryology and anatomy of the eye, genetics. biochemistry and cell biology of the eye, physiology of the visual system, ocular pharmacology. ocular immunology, ocular microbiology, and infection, and ocular pathology. Visual Sciences II will mainly cover the posterior segment of the eye. Each lecture/discussion will be 2 hours, and the course will be taught two days a week. The course will consist of a combination of didactic lectures, classroom discussions, student presentations, and team-based learning sessions.
Offered Fall
Letter Grade
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PHRM 6410 Basic and Clinical Pharmacology
4 SCH. This course presents and introduction to major drugs used for the treatment and prevention of disease. The course begins with an overview of the general principles of pharmacology, including major concepts of pharmacodynamics (drug action) and pharmacokinetics (drug time course, dosing.) The remainder of the course examines the major classes of drugs that modify the functioning of the autonomic, cardiovascular, central nervous, hematopoietic, and endocrine systems; antibiotics and NSAIDs are also covered. Emphasis is placed on the therapeutic use and mechanism of action of major drugs by class. The format of the course is student self-directed study supported by interactive sessions with faculty.
Offered Spring
Letter Grade
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