INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences: Applied Drug Development Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe how different dosage forms of drugs are used to deliver drugs to specific organs and sites of action and how drugs are removed from the body. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify how drugs interact with specific target receptors to produce physiological responses, including desired and undesired effects. Audience: Graduate 3. Analyze how microbes such as viruses and bacteria evade drug treatment. Audience: Graduate 4. Specify how drugs are used to affect the cardiovascular system. Audience: Graduate 5. Specify how drugs are used to treat disorders of the CNS. Audience: Graduate 6. Explain how “drugable targets” have been used to create new drugs. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe how different dosage forms of drugs are used to deliver drugs to specific organs and sites of action and how drugs are removed from the body. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify how drugs interact with specific target receptors to produce physiological responses, including desired and undesired effects. Audience: Graduate 3. Analyze how microbes such as viruses and bacteria evade drug treatment. Audience: Graduate 4. Specify how drugs are used to affect the cardiovascular system. Audience: Graduate 5. Specify how drugs are used to treat disorders of the CNS. Audience: Graduate 6. Explain how “drugable targets” have been used to create new drugs. Audience: Graduate