Pharmacy & Healthcare Related Course Options (Undergraduate Level)

Nursing 105 – Healthcare Systems: Interdisciplinary Approach

2 cr.

Introduction to health care systems. Factors affecting health and the value placed on health, the delivery of health care in different settings, the roles of various health workers, and the sociological and economic aspects of health care.

Pharmacy 225: Pharmacy Exploration Seminar

2 cr., SPRING ONLY

Seminar format with guest speakers, readings, videos, discussions, participation and reflective assignments related to the following topics:  pharmacy education process from admission to advanced training, contemporary pharmacy practice, career pathways, and postgraduate opportunities, medical terminology, common drugs, and diseases, public health, health literacy, and communication, inter-professional health provider practice, pharmacist impact on patient care.  No exams or papers.

Pharmaceutical Science 310 – Drugs and Their Actions

2 cr., SPRING ONLY

Introduces students to the biological effects of drugs on human health. Emphasis on how drugs, especially those used in diseases of major human health significance, act in the body. Drugs that are abused also will be covered. This course is not intended for medical, nursing, pharmacy, and physician assistant students.

Prerequisites: High school or college chemistry & biology or consent of instructor.

Pharmacy 125 – Exploring Pharmacy: part of “Pharmacy and You” FIG

2 cr.

Are you considering a possible career in pharmacy? Would you like to learn more about the wide variety of pharmacy career paths? Are you curious about how medications prevent and treat diseases and improve human health? Explore pharmacist roles and responsibilities, pharmacy education and admissions process, medical terminology, inter-professional healthcare, and more in this seminar-based course. No exams or papers.  Learn more »

First Year Interest Group students pose on the stairs of Rennebohm Hall