DRUGS AND THEIR ACTIONS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Not open to students declared in the Nursing, Physician Assistant, or Doctor of Pharmacy programs Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Biological Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Define basic principles of pharmacology including pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics Audience: Undergraduate 2. Memorize examples of drugs, drug classes, and pharmacology of drugs used to treat various disease states including anxiety, depression, pain, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and infectious diseases Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe examples of drugs, drug classes, and pharmacology of drugs used for non-medical purposes including alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, barbiturates, amphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, and opiates Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe examples of drugs, drug classes, and pharmacology of drugs used as PEDs including anabolic steroids and blood doping drugs Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Define basic principles of pharmacology including pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics Audience: Undergraduate 2. Memorize examples of drugs, drug classes, and pharmacology of drugs used to treat various disease states including anxiety, depression, pain, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and infectious diseases Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe examples of drugs, drug classes, and pharmacology of drugs used for non-medical purposes including alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, barbiturates, amphetamine, marijuana, cocaine, and opiates Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe examples of drugs, drug classes, and pharmacology of drugs used as PEDs including anabolic steroids and blood doping drugs Audience: Undergraduate