MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PRINCIPLES IN PHARMACOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Pharmacology and Toxicology BS, BIOCHEM 508 , PATH 404 , and ( ANAT&PHY 335 , 435 , or BIOCORE 486 ) Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize the fundamental principles of drug actions at their target sites (e.g. receptors, enzymes, etc.) Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the various mechanisms by which drugs can mediate their pharmacological effect. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe how drugs mimic or modify physiological function, including the various actions and clinical uses. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the major classes of therapeutic drugs that affect the primary systems within the body. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Choose a relevant experimental system to test experimental hypotheses (e.g. in vitro or in vivo; animal species, etc.) Audience: Undergraduate 6. Design experiments which are properly controlled and which use appropriate statistical methods of data analysis. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize the fundamental principles of drug actions at their target sites (e.g. receptors, enzymes, etc.) Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recognize the various mechanisms by which drugs can mediate their pharmacological effect. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Describe how drugs mimic or modify physiological function, including the various actions and clinical uses. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the major classes of therapeutic drugs that affect the primary systems within the body. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Choose a relevant experimental system to test experimental hypotheses (e.g. in vitro or in vivo; animal species, etc.) Audience: Undergraduate 6. Design experiments which are properly controlled and which use appropriate statistical methods of data analysis. Audience: Undergraduate