PCOL196D

040267

This seminar will offer students who may be unfamiliar with the breadth and reach of pharmaceutical sciences as a discipline a timely and entertaining overview of this field. Topics will include an introduction to drug discovery and development, drug pricing and advertising, drug dosage forms and delivery vehicles, the science of drug efficacy and toxicity, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, a review of common drug classes (mechanism of action, indication, side effects), and the most problematic human diseases for which we have no cures (and why!). The series will conclude with hilarious stories about impromptu drug re-purposing when crazy side effects emerged. Taught using plain language and current cultural references, this course proves that you don't have to be a scientist to understand science.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate