PHARMACEUTICAL GENETICS AND IMMUNOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Doctor of Pharmacy program Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain how genotypes relate to human disease. Audience: Graduate 2. Explain how model organism research underpins our knowledge of human genetic diseases. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe how genetic/genomic technologies are used in research and can be applied to pharmacy. Audience: Graduate 4. Explain how pharmacogenomics can identify and be used as markers for drug response. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe how the immune system both causes and fights disease. Audience: Graduate 6. Describe how biotechnology can be used to develop and produce drugs. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain how genotypes relate to human disease. Audience: Graduate 2. Explain how model organism research underpins our knowledge of human genetic diseases. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe how genetic/genomic technologies are used in research and can be applied to pharmacy. Audience: Graduate 4. Explain how pharmacogenomics can identify and be used as markers for drug response. Audience: Graduate 5. Describe how the immune system both causes and fights disease. Audience: Graduate 6. Describe how biotechnology can be used to develop and produce drugs. Audience: Graduate