PHS-574. LITERATURE EVALUATION IN PHS. PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY SCIENCES (III) Credits: 1 BIO-347. BIOSTATISTICS AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Terms Offered: Not Currently Offered Credits: 4 This course is a traditional scientific journal club. Students will This course reviews the statistical paradigms and techniques present the background, content, and implications of a paper involved in analyzing biological phenomena. Frequentist of their choosing to the audience. and Bayesian methods are employed when appropriate with an emphasis on applied statistics and experimental Pre-Requisites design. Laboratory exercises include designing, analyzing, Enrollment in MSPS or instructor permission. and communicating experiments. Computation and computer coding is employed in laboratory exercises. Offered in PHS-575. INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH STUDY DESIGN alternate years. AND PROPOSAL WRITINGS Click here for course fee. Credits: 1 Terms Offered: Not Currently Offered Pre-Requisites This is an introductory course in research methods and [[BIO-225]], [[MTH-150]], or permission of the instructor. proposal writing. The course is designed to give students experience in hypothesis and specific aims development and PHS-571. RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT IN BIOMEDICAL an overview of the use of the scientific study design for solving RESEARCH basic science problems. Credits: 1 Terms Offered: Not Currently Offered Pre-Requisites This is an introductory course in ethics of science and Enrolled in the MSPS program, or instructor permission scientific research. The course is designed to provide a foundation for thinking about and recognizing the ethical PHS-576. PHARMACODYNAMICS AND MEDICINAL dimensions of a variety of issues. CHEMISTRY OF MAJOR DRUG CLASSES Credits: 3 Pre-Requisites Terms Offered: Not Currently Offered Enrolled in the MS program, or instructor permission The objectives of the course is to prepare students with the knowledge of pharmacological agents. The main focus is on PHS-572. LITERATURE EVALUATION IN the pharmacology of agents used in the treatment of different PHARMACEUTICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ailments. SCIENCES (II) Credits: 1 Pre-Requisites Terms Offered: Spring,Not Currently Offered Enrolled in the MSPS program, or instructor permission This course is a traditional scientific journal club. Students will present the background, content, and implications of a paper PHS-577. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN of their choosing to the audience. PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY Credits: 2 Pre-Requisites Terms Offered: Not Currently Offered Enrolled in the MSPS program, or instructor permission The objective of this course is to introduce students to scientific research tools and techniques that are widely used PHS-573. LITERATURE EVALUATION IN in the fields of pharmacology and toxicology. Portions of PHARMACEUTICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL the course will focus on regulatory requirements in drug SCIENCES (I) development. Credits: 1 Terms Offered: Not Currently Offered Pre-Requisites This course is a traditional scientific journal club. Students will Enrolled in the MSPS program, or instructor permission present the background, content, and implications of a paper of their choosing to the audience. PHS-578. RESEARCH Credits: 3 Pre-Requisites Terms Offered: Not Currently Offered Enrollment in MSPS or instructor permission. This course targets the developments of students’ research skills with specific goals to 1) Provide research experience through participation in supervised research project prior to the thesis, 2) Involve students in doing research early in their master studies, 3) Increase students’ research skills.
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PHS-579. PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY & FUNDAMENTALS OF DRUG DISPOSITION Credits: 3 Terms Offered: Not Currently Offered This course is an introductory course that will integrate pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, and pharmacokinetics fundamentals. This particular course will emphasize the most fundamental concepts central to drug therapy.
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PHS-581. RESEARCH ORIENTATION Credits: 1 Terms Offered: Not Currently Offered This course orients students to pharmaceutical and pharmacological bench research. Students will spend up to 3 weeks at each participating faculty’s research group to gain exposure of the respective research topics.
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PHS-583. THESIS RESEARCH I Credits: 3 Terms Offered: Not Currently Offered All MS students are required to complete a thesis. The thesis should make an original contribution to knowledge in the field of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences. There is no predetermined length, but the most theses range between 70 to 100 pages.
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PHS-584. THESIS RESEARCH II Credits: 3 Terms Offered: Not Currently Offered All MS students are required to complete a thesis. The thesis should make an original contribution to knowledge in the field of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences. There is no predetermined length, but the most theses range between 70 to 100 pages.
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