PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN DISEASES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151 , ZOOLOGY 153 , or BIOCORE 381 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the pathophysiologic processes highlighted in the course. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and prognosis of some common conditions are related to underlying pathophysiologic principles. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe how treatments of some common conditions are based on these same pathophysiologic principles. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Consider how severe consequences of diseases may be prevented by screening, early diagnosis, modification of risk factors, and mitigation of environmental/occupational exposures. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Establish a vocabulary of medical terms used by healthcare professionals Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the pathophysiologic processes highlighted in the course. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and prognosis of some common conditions are related to underlying pathophysiologic principles. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe how treatments of some common conditions are based on these same pathophysiologic principles. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Consider how severe consequences of diseases may be prevented by screening, early diagnosis, modification of risk factors, and mitigation of environmental/occupational exposures. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Establish a vocabulary of medical terms used by healthcare professionals Audience: Undergraduate