Course Catalog

This is a video-conference enabled course that connects clinical pharmacy translational research graduate students from several institutions. Students read and evaluate journal articles in relevant topic areas under the guidance of faculty.

Prerequisites: Graduate clinical pharmacy and MSIPS students or permission of the instructor

Terms: Fall

This is a video-conference enabled course that connects clinical pharmacy translational research graduate students from several institutions. Students read and evaluate journal articles in relevant topic areas under the guidance of faculty.

Prerequisites: Graduate clinical pharmacy and MSIPS students or permission of the instructor

Terms: Fall

Election for dissertation work by doctoral students not yet admitted to candidacy.

Prerequisites: Advanced Doctoral Student

Terms: Fall, Winter, Spr, SprSum, Sum

Election for dissertation work by doctoral student admitted to candidacy.

Terms: Fall/Winter

A practical work experience related to the field of Medicinal Chemistry and consultation with a faculty advisor. Students enrolled are participating in a work experience directly related to their academic studies during which they are consulting with a University professor in the field. At the end of the work experience, the student submits a paper which relates employment opportunity to the enhancement of his or her academic studies to the consulting professor to receive credit for the course.

Prerequisites: Permission Required

Terms: Fall, Winter, Spr, SprSum, Sum

The nature of viruses including replication, transmission, pathogenesis, pathology, antigenic relationships and preventive measures.

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or [BIOLOGY 207 and 305; (C- or better)]

The purpose of this course is to examine the legal context of the relationship the individual and the community, and to understand public health regulation in the context of a market-driven system. The goals of the course are for students to understand generally: constitutional authority and limits on governmental intervention in public health (i.e., individual rights vs. society's rights); the function of the interactions between courts, legislatures, and regulators; how law will affect students as strategic thinkers in public health positions; how to recognize legal result and communicate with attorneys; and the process of public health regulation and potential legal barriers to public health intervention strategies. Specific topics will vary, but will usually include; the nature and scope of public health authority; constitutional constraints on public health initiatives; tobacco control; youth violence; injury prevention; the spread of communicable disease; and regulating environmental risk.

Prerequisites: Graduate Standing

The experiences will vary depending on the specific faculty member's project but may include: conducting clinical or basic science research, performing an extensive review of the literature and preparing a summary report/manuscript, analyzing data that has previously been collected. Students may work on a single project or be exposed to several types of projects during the course. For specific details of the course, students should contact individual faculty.

Terms: Fall, Winter, Spr, SprSum, Sum

This course will provide an introduction to being a clinical research coordinator. This course will be offered to MSIPS students who are interested in serving as a clinical research coordinator during their MSIPS program and entering the field of clinical research coordination after graduation.

Prerequisites: Graduate Student Standing

Terms: Fall/Winter

This course is a continuation of INTPHARM 571. Students will be paired with a faculty researcher from the College of Pharmacy or Rogel Cancer Center as a part-time study coordinator. The assigned faculty member will also serve as the Capstone project advisor during the spring/summer term.

Prerequisites: MS Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences Program & completion of INTPHARM 571

Terms: Winter

This course is a conceptual introduction to Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences AND both conceptual and quantitative Pharmacokinetics offered to the graduate students in MSIPS program and Pharm Sci. It covers the concept of biopharmaceutics, drug molecule movement in the body, ADME (absorption, distribution/disposition, metabolism, elimination), and Pharmacokinetics.

Prerequisites: MS Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences Program & No credit in PharmSci 700

Terms: Fall

Flexible seminar program offering students in the Master of Science in Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences program the opportunity to attend a variety of graduate level seminars across the College and begin preparing for completion of their Capstone project in the Spring/Summer semester.

Prerequisites: Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences Masters program

Terms: Fall/Winter

Optional course for MS in Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences students who have been matched with a faculty mentor and who have begun research early for their capstone project (fall or winter term). Research may include drug discovery, drug delivery, or clinical pharmacy. Credit will not be counted towards the total credits required for the degree; this course is used to indicate when capstone research has begun.

Prerequisites: Current students enrolled in MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences program

Terms: Fall/Winter

Students in the Master of Science in Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences program will complete a capstone project under the guidance of a College of Pharmacy faculty member. The capstone project will be completed in spring/summer semester, unless otherwise approved, requiring a full-time commitment. The capstone project should be a research project, literature synthesis, or an approved on-campus or off-campus internship, including a presentation and final written report.

Prerequisites: Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences Masters program

Terms: Spring-Summer

This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the field of Medicinal Chemistry. Students will gain knowledge of how structural characteristics lead to the development of biologically active molecules for the development of new pharmaceuticals.

Prerequisites: Chemistry 210 with a C- grade or higher

Terms: Fall/Winter

Students will learn about techniques researchers in pharmaceutical sciences use to understand the chemical structures of drugs and biologics. The course focuses on fundamental chemical and physical phenomena crucial for helping scientists identify unknown substances and verify structure characteristics of chemical matter in drug discovery settings.

Prerequisites: Junior or Senior academic level and Chemistry 210 with a C- grade or higher

Terms: Fall

This course builds on fundamentals examined in the Basics of Drug Analysis by presenting strategies and examples of chemical and physical analysis tools used to identify and verify drugs and biologics. Students will learn about instrumentation used in modern laboratory settings and gain an applied knowledge related to interpreting real data sets.

Prerequisites: Junior or Senior academic level and completion of MedChem 308, or permission of the instructor

Terms: Fall

This course is designed to help you gain a comprehensive understanding of the basic concepts related to drug actions, their physicochemical properties and interactions with their targets in bacterial, viral and malignant diseases. The class will discuss clinically available drugs used to treat infectious agents and cancer. In order to achieve the course outcomes, a basic understanding of related topics is required. While knowledge of these topics is an absolute necessity, this course is directed towards teaching you to think critically and apply higher thought processes. Thus you will encounter a variety of activities designed with this purpose in mind and active learning will play an important role in this course.

Prerequisites: Biolchem 415 OR Chem 351 OR MCDB 310. Minimum grade requirement: C-

Terms: Winter

An introduction to the multi-parameter optimization process of drug discovery and development. Students learn how to optimize and measure drug properties such as selectivity, solubility, and metabolic stability. Techniques covered include biochemistry, chemical analysis, and chemoinformatics.

Prerequisites: Senior standing in the BSPS program. Course is to be completed during final winter semester of enrollment. Completion of MedChem 310 recommended prior to enrollment in MedChem 410.

Terms: Winter

Search for new drugs while learning about algae in the field.

Prerequisites: Chem 130; Biology 171 or Biology 195; or equivalent

Terms: Fall/Summer