Fundamentals of Pharmacology

2 credits

PHARM 1000

Course Director: Charles T. Stier, Ph.D.

Course Objective: To introduce the underlying principles of pharmacology and provide a perspective of the historical, regulatory (FDA) and industrial aspects of pharmacological sciences. This will include overviews of the physiological, biochemical and anatomical foundations for the interactions of drugs and chemicals with biological systems. This course is intended to orient new graduate students to the general scope of pharmacologic science.

Statistics for Basic Medical Sciences

2 credits

BMS 1200

Course Director: Carl I. Thompson, Ph.D.

Course Description: The course is directed toward students involved in scientific data analysis in the basic science disciplines. The techniques presented will be those currently in use throughout the basic medical sciences departments. While no prerequisite statistics is required, some basic familiarity with statistics is expected and can be achieved from any elementary statistic text. Statistics for Basic Medical Sciences is open to all students in the PhD program. All others wishing to register must do so with the permission of the course director.

Computers in Health Sciences

3 credits self-study

BMS 1300

Course Director: Donald Shapiro, Ph.D.