DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
David A. Taylor, Chairperson
PHAR: PHARMACOLOGY
7601. Medical Pharmacology for Health Sciences I (3) Lectures only. P: Bachelor’s or master’s degree
in science or health profession; or consent of chair. Survey of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics,
adverse effects, and pharmacotherapeutic principles of drugs affecting autonomic, cardiovascular,
respiratory, renal, and central nervous systems.
7602. Medical Pharmacology for Health Sciences II (3) Lectures only. P: Bachelor’s or master’s degree
in science or health profession; or consent of chair. Survey of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics,
adverse effects, and pharmacotherapeutic principles of anesthetic, antimicrobial, antineoplastic,
endocrine, and other therapeutic agents. Includes toxicology and treatment of poisonings.
7603. Pharmacology for Health Sciences (4) Lectures. P: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in science or
health professions or consent of chair: Survey of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and adverse
effects of drugs in various categories including: autonomic, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, anesthetic,
CNS, chemotherapy, endocrine, toxicology.
7604. Pharmacology for Health-Related Sciences (5) Lectures, small group conferences. P:
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in science or health professions or consent of chair: Survey of
pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and clinical aspects of drugs in various categories including:
autonomic, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, anesthetic, CNS, chemotherapy, endocrine, toxicology.
6605. 7605 Seminar* (1) Formerly PHAR 6605 May be repeated. P: Consent of chair. Formal
presentation and exchange of research ideas by faculty, distinguished guest speakers, and students.
Scientific journal articles will also be periodically critiqued.
6609. 7609 Introduction to Pharmacology* (3) Formerly PHAR 6609 P: Previous admission to
graduate program in biomedical sciences in School of Medicine and concurrent registration in graduate
biochemistry and physiology; or consent of chair. History and scope of pharmacology; pharmacokinetics
including the quantitative principles of uptake, distribution, biotransformation and elimination of drugs; and
pharmacodynamics including dose and time-response relationships, pharmacokinetics, and factors
modifying cellular mechanisms of drug actions.
6610. 7610 Basic Mechanisms of Drug Action* (3) Formerly PHAR 6610 P: BIOC 7300 PHAR 7609;
BIOL 5800 or equivalent; PHLY 7702; or equivalent; or consent of chair. Fundamental mechanisms by
which drugs affect physiology and biochemistry of living systems at macromolecular, cellular, organ,
systemic, and multisystemic levels.
7614. Research Procedures I (2) P: Consent of chair; admission to graduate program in the Department
of Pharmacology and Toxicology. Scheduled, fixed time assignment of new graduate students to the
research laboratories of various department faculty members. Introduces new students to research
programs of each department faculty member, prepares them for selection of an appropriate dissertation
advisor and also develops and assesses basic research skills.
6615. 7615 Research Procedures*II (2) Formerly PHAR 6615 May be repeated. P: PHAR 7614;
Admission to the graduate program in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology or consent of
chair. Assigned to faculty preceptors. May precede beginning of thesis research. May be repeated. P:
Consent of chair. Design of experimental protocol and collaboration in some aspect of preceptor’s
program. Graduate students conduct directed research in the laboratory of faculty members assigned for
direction of preliminary studies for dissertation research.
6640. 7640 Pharmacology of the Central Nervous System (3) Formerly PHAR 6640 P: BIOC 7300;
BIOL 5800; PHLY 7702; or consent of chair. Basic neuropharmacological principles. Theories dealing
with mechanisms of action of CNS drugs. Causes and treatment of major psychiatric and neurological
disorders and basis of drug abuse taught through directed literature readings and class presentations and
discussions.
6660. 7660 Cardiovascular Pharmacology (3) Formerly PHAR 6660 P: Admission to the graduate
program in any of the basic science departments or consent of chair. The course enables students to
understand the pathophysiology and pharmacotherapeutics of cardiovascular diseases through directed
literature readings, class presentations and discussions.
7665. Pedagogy in Pharmacology (2) P: Successful completion of doctoral candidacy exam in Dept. of
Pharmacology; consent of chair. Instruction, mentoring, and supervision in teaching of topics in
pharmacology to health science, doctoral, and/or medical students.
6670. 7670 Research Techniques (3) Formerly PHAR 6670 P: PHAR 6609 or equivalent; or consent of
course director. Advanced lab techniques in biomedical research. Molecular cloning, protein methods,
equilibrium binding analysis, enzyme assays, microscopy, isolated tissue preparations, anesthesia,
stereotaxic surgery, and behavioral paradigms. Each lab preceded by lecture covering relevant material.
7680. Toxicology (3) P: PHLY 6700; BIOL 5800 or equivalent; consent of chair. Principles of toxicology
and the mechanisms that underlie toxic effects from the subcellular to the organism level will be
discovered. In addition, patterns of toxicity of specific chemicals will be discussed, as well as how those
results can be employed in risk assessment.
7777. Practical Problems in Biometry (3) P: College algebra; consent of chair or course director.
Provides working knowledge of experimental design, analysis of variance, and other techniques.
8601. Medical Pharmacology I* (5) Lectures, small-group conferences, and computer-assisted labs. P:
BIOC 7300; PHLY 7702; consent of chair. Survey of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, adverse
effects, and pharmacotherapeutic principles of drugs affecting autonomic, cardiovascular, respiratory,
renal, and central nervous systems.
8602. Medical Pharmacology II (5) Lectures, small-group conferences, and clinical practicum. P: BIOC
7300; PHLY 7702; consent of chair. Survey of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, adverse effects,
and pharmacotherapeutic principles of anesthetic, antimicrobial, antineoplastic, endocrine, and other
therapeutic agents. Includes toxicology and treatment of poisonings.
9000. Dissertation (3-12) May be repeated. May count maximum of 18 s.h.
9001. Dissertation: Summer Research (1) May be repeated. No credit may count toward degree.
Students conducting dissertation research may only register for this course during the summer.
PHAR Banked Courses
6650. Advanced Topics in Pharmacology (2)
6655. Pharmacological Regulation and Identification of Receptors (3)