Professional Electives Search
This search tool is designed to help you identify professional electives that may align with your interests. You can search by any/all of the fields provided. This tool is not intended as an exhaustive list of all possible professional electives; rather, it includes electives offered through the college of pharmacy, professional electives approved by the Curriculum and Assessment Committee, and electives that have been taken by students at some of the other schools on campus. Term offered is only provided for College of Pharmacy courses; a link to the appropriate course guide is provided for all other courses.
As a reminder, graduate courses (>500 level) that are relevant to biomedical, human health, and/or the practice of pharmacy which are offered through the U-M health-science schools (Pharmacy, Nursing, Social Work, Public Health, Medicine, and Dentistry) qualify as professional electives provided they are not attendance-only courses. Attendance-only courses offered through the health-science schools (e.g., seminars or journal clubs that do not require a rigorous form of student assessment) are not accepted for professional elective credit. Courses offered through U-M non-health-science schools must be reviewed and approved by the Curriculum and Assessment Committee.
Science of Cancer (Credits: 4)
This course is an intensive, action participation-based course covering the molecular and cellular biology of cancer (e.g. the 10 hallmarks of cancer). Teaching approaches include faculty lectures, student presentations on key concepts, and student analyses of important research papers. Grades are based on student participation and students ability to independently compose two Nature 'News and Views' type articles on assigned research papers.
Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.Global Quality Systems and Regulatory Innovation (Credits: 2)
This course is for scientists, engineers, and clinicians to understand and interpret various relevant global and regional quality systems for traditional and cutting edge global health technologies, solutions and their implementation. Speakers from academia, the FDA, and biomedical related industries will be invited to participate in teaching this course.
Cross-listed with Biomedical Engineering 588.
Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.Research and Clinical Translation in Pharmacogenomics (Credits: 3)
Embark on a fascinating journey into the cutting-edge world of pharmacogenomics. Dive into DNA (genetics and epigenetics) and RNA (transcriptomics) research, unlocking the secrets of precision pharmacotherapy. Uncover the magic of genomic data and the real-world application of these data in clinical trials and clinical practice. Join us to shape the future of medicine!
Prerequisites: Graduate standing/Permission of the instructorWinter
Pharmacoproteomics and Pharmacometabolomics (Credits: 3)
Pharmacoproteomics and pharmacometabolomics are critical to understanding pharmacokinetics and drug response and are important for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for precision pharmacotherapy. This course will introduce students to the basic theories, analytical methods, and data analysis approaches in pharmacoproteomics and pharmacometabolomics.
Prerequisites: Graduate student/permission of instructorFall
Pharmacy Informatics Research (Credits: 3)
The goal of this course is to learn medication data abstraction, effective communication of analytics insights, and the design and evaluation of informatics technology. Gain expertise in clinical data management, clinical decision systems, relational databases, and API integration to shape the future of healthcare with informatics from a human-centered perspective.
Prerequisites: Graduate or Graduate Professional academic levelFall
Financing Research Commercialization (Credits: 3)
This course is a practicum, offering an opportunity to apply collective team work of a student/mentor alliance to building a launch pad for a technology-based venture. This course is open to Ross School MBA and BBA students as well as all UM graduate students. Student teams will work with mentors and principal investigators (PI) from UM faculty in the Medical School, College of Engineering and other divisions to build a business and marketing plan for a new technology or invention. Projects are based upon disclosures made to UM Office of Technology Transfer, other universities and industrial companies.
This course is cross-listed with FIN 329/629.
Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.Introduction to Entrepreneurship (Credits: 1.5)
Targeted toward graduate students of business as well as those in engineering and scientific disciplines, this elective course is designed to provide students with an introductory overview of the world of venturing - that is, to give students a broad sense of the business fundamentals needed to plan, launch and grow a new startup business. Taught by a veteran entrepreneur and comprised of six (6) weekly, 3-hour evening sessions, this course employs a mix of class discussions, readings, lectures, group exercises, homework assignments and guest speakers to expose students to key models, concepts and terminology that together will provide both business students and technologists/scientists with a conceptual framework to better understand the entrepreneurial world, how it works, and how to navigate it and succeed in it.
Commercialization of Biomedicine (Credits: 1.5)
This interdisciplinary course introduces graduate students to the key issues faced by companies attempting to bring science and technology innovations in biomedical therapeutics, devices and diagnostics to market. Because the details of doing this change, the course will present not just current practices but also the rationales behind those practices and more general, analytic frameworks that students will be able use when specific industry conditions change. Issues include understanding and reaching biomedical markets, regulation, financing, risk, organizational configurations, and alliances. Students will understand the various ways commercialization is done and the reasons why it is done those ways.
Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.An Introduction to Innovation: Tools for Career Success (Credits: 3)
Students will learn a wide range of concepts and skills to successfully navigate innovation-focused careers in small, medium, and large businesses and institutions. Students will study intellectual property, market and industry analysis, product-market fit, equity and stock options, program and project management, and communication, securing investment and government funding and more.
Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.Innovation and Intellectual Property Strategy (Credits: 3)
The course examines intellectual property (IP) strategies for new ideas and startups, including barriers to entry for competitors and infringement risk reduction. Topics include IP procurement, technology transfer, due diligence, and preparing for and avoiding litigation. Students should have their own research to apply what's learned in the class.
Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.
