Jun 28, 2024  
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Courses


 

Optometry

  
  • OPTO 6173 - Clinic Practicum III

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5171 , OPTO 5172 , OPTO 5271 , and OPTO 5272 .

    Advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. Continued practice in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques used in optometric practice with emphasis on preparation for the Pre-Clinic Credentialing Examination. Vision screenings.
  
  • OPTO 6174 - Contact Lens Lab

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: OPTO 6190 and concurrent enrollment in OPTO 6374 and OPTO 6291 .

    Modification of rigid lenses. Procedures for fitting and dispensing rigid and flexible contact lenses. Introduction to contact lens clinic policies and procedures for follow-up care and record-keeping.
  
  • OPTO 6176 - Sports Vision Enhancement

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 4
    Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor.

    Testing and training strategies to improve the visual efficiency of athletes.
  
  • OPTO 6190 - Ophthalmic Optics Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5194 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 6311 .

    Frame selection and ordering, dispensing, spectacle fabrication, and contact lens verification.
  
  • OPTO 6219 - Vision Science III

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5172 , OPTO 5272 , OPTO 5335 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 6163 , OPTO 6173 , and OPTO 6363 .

    Normal and abnormal eye movements, pupil responses, and accommodation.
  
  
  • OPTO 6230 - Contact Lens Pathology

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Contact lens-related problems covering symptomology, signs, etiology, histopathology, treatment, and patient management.
  
  • OPTO 6231 - Corneal Disease

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Corneal and conjunctival disorders unrelated to contact lens wear. Post-operative care for surgical refractive procedures. Clinical signs, symptoms, histopathology, emphasis on differential diagnosis, treatment and management.
  
  • OPTO 6233 - Ocular Pathology:Case Approach

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    Designed for third- and fourth-year students. Discussion of methodology for decision-making involved in management of common ocular pathological conditions, using a case presentation approach.
  
  • OPTO 6234 - Ocular Pathology I

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5315 , OPTO 5171 , OPTO 5234, OPTO 5331 , and OPTO 5335 .

    Development of logical diagnostic sequence for patients with disease presentations. Obtaining appropriate problem-focused history. Familiarization with various presentations of ocular disease, learning to isolate specific tissue(s) affected by the disease process, and identifying the main features of the condition. Management or referral of patients will be covered.
  
  • OPTO 6235 - Nutrition and the Eye

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Effects of nutrition on ocular tissue. Cofactors and vitamins as they relate to ocular physiologic pathways. Nutritional therapy for dry eye, glaucoma, ARMD, cataractogenesis.
  
  • OPTO 6250 - Decision Making:Optometrc Prac

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    Designed for third- and fourth-year students. Application of strategic thinking to optometric diagnosis and management.
  
  • OPTO 6251 - Spanish for Optometrists

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: must be second-, third-, or fourth-year optometry student.

    Basic Spanish grammar and general vocabulary of history, equipment and examination procedures for optometry. Practice of Spanish grammatical structures in conversation for comprehension of questions related to cases, procedures and treatments, and the ability to explain these to the patient.
  
  • OPTO 6253 - Practical Pharmacology

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    How to make therapeutic decisions in optometric clinical situations based on general pharmacologic principles.
  
  • OPTO 6254 - Optometry & Special Needs Children

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor.

    Students will increase their understanding about children with special needs in a manner useful for the primary eye care provider.  Students will interact with children who have special needs and learn techniques for examining these children.
  
  • OPTO 6260 - Orthokeratology

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    Designed for third- and fourth-year students. Familiarization with orthokeratology and CKR as alternatives to refractive surgery. Corneal topography, how it is measured and altered will be discussed in detail. Course will include hands-on experience with corneal topographers.
  
  • OPTO 6274 - Specialty Contact Lens Workshops

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor.

    Hands-on contact lens patient care experiences with special lens types including RGP multi-focals, sclerals, hybrids, and specialty soft lenses.
  
  
  • OPTO 6311 - Optics III

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5194 , OPTO 5314 , and OPTO 5315 .

    Physical and optical characteristics of ophthalmic lenses, including aberrations, lens design, aspherics, materials, impact resistance, and multifocals.
  
  • OPTO 6312 - Optics IV

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 6311 .

    Optics of contact lenses, vertical imbalance and its correction, absorptive lenses, prism, anisometropia, and aniseikonia.
  
  • OPTO 6333 - Ocular Pharm and Therapeutics

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5234, OPTO 5331 , OPTO 5335 , OPTO 6234 , and OPTO 6434 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 6335 .

    Ocular pharmacology and therapeutics, actions of ophthalmic drugs, clinical considerations including indications, contraindications, and side-effects.
  
  • OPTO 6335 - Ocular Pathology II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5135 , OPTO 5171 , OPTO 5234, OPTO 5331 , OPTO 5335 , OPTO 6173 , OPTO 6234 , and OPTO 6234 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 6333 .

    Etiological, histopathological, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, treatment and management (medical, surgical, and laser) of diseases of the anterior segment of the eye.
  
  
  • OPTO 6363 - Primary Optometry

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5172 and OPTO 5272 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 6163 , OPTO 6173 , and OPTO 6219 .

    Understanding of vision analysis data pertaining to binocular vision including: stereopsis, fixation disparity, accommodation and convergence relationships, and binocular refraction.
  
  • OPTO 6374 - Contact Lens I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5171 , OPTO 5172 , OPTO 5272 , OPTO 6173 , and OPTO 6190 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 6174 .

    Effects of contact lenses on corneal physiology, applied optical principles of contact lenses, rigid and flexible contact lens fitting, patient care of lenses, adverse effects of contact lenses.
  
  • OPTO 6434 - General Pharmacology

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5233 , OPTO 5331 , and OPTO 5334 .

    General principles of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and therapeutics. Fundamental biochemical and cellular sites and mechanisms of action of drugs.
  
  • OPTO 7120 - Opt III Rounds/Case Discussn

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 6291 , OPTO 7493 , and OPTO 7494 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 7495 .

    Clinical decision making through case discussions. Case presentations and discussions will be used to illustrate and integrate clinical diagnosis and management. Topics include binocular anomalies, refractive problems, low vision, and systemic and ocular pathology.
  
  • OPTO 7130 - Laser, Refract & Surg Lab

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 7330 .

    Hands on learning with several laser and surgical techniques. Lab exercises on appropriate use of Nd:YAG, argon, and Excimer lasers. Both nonliving tissue exercises as well as simulations with living tissue will be offered. Suturing techniques, injection techniques, miscellaneous minor surgical procedures and proper operating room protocol.
  
  • OPTO 7131 - Clinical Medicine

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5331 , 5383, and OPTO 6434 .

    Clinical manifestations of common disease processes of the major organ systems. Clinical history, signs, examination and treatment strategies will be covered.
  
  • OPTO 7150 - Developmental Optometry

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 6151 , and OPTO 6351 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 7493 .

    Role of the optometrist in diagnosis, remediation, and clinical management of enigmatic learning problems including visual and auditory perception skills, learning disabilities, dyslexia, and minimal brain damage.
  
  • OPTO 7152 - Pediatric Optometry II Lab

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: OPTO 6151 and OPTO 6351 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 7252 .

    Instrumentation and methods used to diagnose and treat strabismic binocular anomalies and amblyopia.
  
  • OPTO 7162 - Vision Rehabilitative Lab

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 2
    Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 7262 .

    Techniques for assisting visually impaired patients including trial frame refraction, fitting bioptic telescope systems, use and verification of telescopic, microscopic, and magnifier systems. Billing codes and strategies for payment from agencies will be discussed.
  
  • OPTO 7230 - Glaucoma

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 6234 , OPTO 6333 , OPTO 6335 , and OPTO 7493 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 7336 , OPTO 7361 , and OPTO 7494 .

    Review of anatomy and physiology of the eye pertinent to glaucoma mechanisms. Overview of the diagnostic process including photographic analysis, visual fields, gonioscopy, nerve fiber analysis, and patient examination. Secondary glaucomas discussed as they relate to differential diagnosis of primary open angle glaucoma. Treatment strategies for all forms of glaucoma, including acute glaucomas, POAG, and secondary glaucomas. Treatment strategies will include: topical medical, surgical, and systemic approaches, as well as advancements in therapeutic strategies as they occur.
  
  • OPTO 7252 - Pediatric Optometry II

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 6151 , OPTO 6351 , and OPTO 6363 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 7152 .

    Diagnosis and treatment strabismic binocular anomalies and amblyopia.
  
  • OPTO 7253 - Pediatric Optometry III

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 6151 , OPTO 6351 , OPTO 7152 , and OPTO 7252 .

    Clinical assessment and management of the young patient (birth through preschool) with emphasis on the modification of standard clinical procedures to accommodate the very young patient and how the development of various visual functions impacts treatment and management decisions.
  
  • OPTO 7262 - Rehabilitative Optometry

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5314 , OPTO 5315 , OPTO 6234 , and OPTO 6335 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 7162 .

    Concepts of management of patients with visual impairment, neurological injuries, and multiple handicaps. Includes examination strategies, the optics of low vision devices, and their use. Also includes the rehabilitation system and referral network.
  
  • OPTO 7330 - Lasers, Refract Proced, Surg

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 6234 , OPTO 6333 , OPTO 7230 , and OPTO 7336 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 7130 .

    Familiarization with ophthalmic laser instrumentation, surgical laser procedures, management of ocular conditions with lasers. Types of ophthalmic lasers, laser-tissue interactions, technical considerations associated with laser surgery, and pre- and post-operative considerations for ocular conditions commonly managed with lasers. Principles of refractive surgery including pre-operative, procedural, and post-operative and complication management of radial keratotomy, lamellar procedures, and laser procedures. Special consideration given to anatomy, wound healing, and wound healing modulators. Role of optometry in refractive surgery. Operating room protocols, injection, and suturing techniques.
  
  • OPTO 7336 - Ocular Pathology III

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 6234 , OPTO 6335 , OPTO 5134 , and OPTO 5334 .

    Congenital anomalies and diseases of the posterior segment and optic nerve. Differential diagnosis and interpretation of clinical data.
  
  • OPTO 7337 - Ocular Pathology IV

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 7336 .

    Neuro-optometry including the neurological assessment of the eye and visual system. Routine non-invasive assessment of the pupil, diplopia, nerve palsies, transient vision loss, optic nerve, nerve head and visual fields, and diagnostic imaging procedures.
  
  • OPTO 7361 - Geriatric Optometry

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 5221 , OPTO 6234 , OPTO 6312 , OPTO 6333 , OPTO 6335 , OPTO 6363 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 7494 .

    Psychological, physiological, social, and ocular problems of the elderly. Examination procedures in the care of geriatric patients. Special eye and vision problems of concern to the elderly patient. Special problems of the institutionalized and bedridden patient. Problems of therapy management and compliance.
  
  • OPTO 7375 - Contact Lens II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 6174 , OPTO 6374 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 7494 .

    Advanced contact lens fitting techniques. Special topics in contact lens fitting.
  
  • OPTO 7383 - Practice Management I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Beginning a practice. Issues in the analysis, purchase, and sale of an optometric practice. Office design and location. Personnel policies. Legal and financial aspects of various practice modes.
  
  • OPTO 7493 - General Clinic IIIA

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 12
    Prerequisite: OPTO 6151 , OPTO 6174 , OPTO 6291 , OPTO 6333 , OPTO 6335 , OPTO 6351 , and OPTO 6374 .

    Clinical practice under supervision of clinical faculty; emphasis on general care of children and the geriatric population; diagnosis of ocular disease; contact lenses; visual training and dispensing; laboratory in advanced diagnostic techniques.
  
  • OPTO 7494 - General Clinic IIIb

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 16
    Prerequisite: OPTO 7493 .

    Clinical practice under supervision of clinical faculty; emphasis on general care of children and geriatric population; diagnosis of ocular disease; contact lenses; visual training and dispensing.
  
  • OPTO 7495 - General Clinic IIIc

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 16
    Prerequisite: OPTO 7152 , OPTO 7230 , OPTO 7336 , OPTO 7352 , OPTO 7361 , OPTO 7375 , and OPTO 7494 

    Corequisite: Concurrent enrollment in OPTO 7120 .

    Clinical practice under supervision of clinical faculty; emphasis on general care of children and the geriatric population; diagnosis of ocular disease; contact lenses; visual training and dispensing.
  
  • OPTO 8338 - Recent Developments/Round

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Recent developments and case presentations with emphasis on integration of knowledge representing the full scope of optometry.
  
  • OPTO 8384 - Practice Management II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: OPTO 7383 .

    Practical applications of practice establishment, development, management, and administration. Specific consideration of day to day operation consistent with applied economic, business, and professional principles. Application of office design, preparation of business plans, and personnel management.
  
  • OPTO 8696 - General Clinic IV

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 30
    Prerequisite: Completion of all required elements of the first three years of the professional curriculum.

    Emphasis on total scope of primary and specialty optometric care.
  
  • OPTO 8990 - Community Health Clinic

    Credit Hours: 9.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 40
  
  • OPTO 8991 - Community Health Clinic

    Credit Hours: 9.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 40
    Prerequisite: Completion of all required elements of the first three years of the professional curriculum.

    Patient care in clinical facilities external to the campus in hospitals, health centers, prepaid care facilities, private practices, extended care centers, and ambulatory care centers.
  
  • OPTO 8992 - Community Health Clinic

    Credit Hours: 9.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 40
  
  • OPTO 8993 - Community Health Clinic

    Credit Hours: 9.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 40
    Prerequisite: Completion of all required elements of the first three years of the professional curriculum.

    Patient care provided in medical and surgical eye care settings.

Pharmacology

  
  • PCOL 6141 - Pharmacological Liter. Review

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    A critical review of the literature published in pharmacology, including an analysis and appraisal of the selected publications.
  
  • PCOL 6142 - Pharmacological Liter. Review

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    A critical review of the literature published in pharmacology, including an analysis and appraisal of the selected publications.
  
  • PCOL 6180 - Pharmacology Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 6181 - Pharmacology Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 6198 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 6199 - Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 6298 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 6340 - Medicinal Chemistry 2

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

    Principles of medicinal chemistry; survey of current therapeutics, including cholinergic/anticholinergics, sympathomimetics, antifungals, hypertension-diuretics, antihypertensives, antiarrhythmic, and neurotherapeutics.
  
  • PCOL 6345 - Drug Design and Discovery

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: None.

    Principles of medicinal chemistry and their application to drug discovery will be covered.  Foundational topics will initially be presented, followed by a survey of lead compound discovery and optimization strategies.
  
  • PCOL 6350 - Neurophysiology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    An in-depth coverage of the principles of physiology of excitable cells and pathophysiology of the central and peripheral nervous systems including etiology of neurological diseases as possible target sites for therapeutic agents.
  
  • PCOL 6363 - Advanced Immunopharmacology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Consent of instructor

    Principles of human immunology; immunopathologies and their treatment; immunobiologicals and their production; experimental approaches in immunology.
  
  • PCOL 6370 - Advanced Pharmacology I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Coverage of basic principles of drug action including in-depth assessments of drugs that influence the central and peripheral nervous systems and effector tissues. Specific emphases are the sites and mechanisms of drug action and current research procedures used to study those actions.
  
  • PCOL 6371 - Advanced Pharmacology II

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    An in-depth study of the site and mechanisms of actions of drugs which affect the kidneys, cardiovascular and endocrine systems, as well as current research procedures used to study those actions. Pathophysiologic states which justify the use of these agents are discussed.
  
  • PCOL 6397 - Sel Topics Pharmacol

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 6398 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 6399 - Masters Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 6451 - Organ Physiology

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Functions and mechanisms of various organ systems in the human body such as cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, hepatic, gastrointestinal, endocrine, and reproductive systems; pathogenic mechanisms leading to diseases such as hypertension, heart and renal failure, and target sites for drug action will be covered in detail.
  
  • PCOL 6462 - Cardiovasc. Renal Pharmacology

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 4   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    A detailed examination of the mechanisms of action of drugs which influence cardiovascular and renal function. Topics include interrelationship between fluid balance and blood pressure, natriuretic factors, contractile mechanisms in myocardium, and vascular smooth muscle.
  
  • PCOL 6498 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 6598 - Special Problems

    Credit Hours: 5.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 7141 - Pharmacological Liter. Review

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    A critical review of the literature published in pharmacology, including an analysis and appraisal of the selected publications.
  
  • PCOL 7142 - Pharmacological Lit Review

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    A critical review of the literature published in pharmacology, including an analysis and appraisal of the selected publications.
  
  • PCOL 7180 - Pharmacology Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 7181 - Pharmacology Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 7199 - Thesis

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 7260 - Advanced Medicinal Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: Drug Design and Discovery (PCOL 6345 ) and Medicinal Chemistry 2 (PCOL 6340 ).

    Topics include the role of natural products in antibiotic and anti-cancer therapies, NSAIDS for the treatment of inflammation and cardiovascular diseases, protein kinases as therapeutic targets, and new approaches for the treatment of diabetes and drug/alcohol addictions. Emphasis is on current research strategies in these areas, including a survey of current research literature.
  
  • PCOL 7297 - Sel Topics in Pharmacology

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 7330 - Biochemical Pharmacology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 7333 - Molecular Pharmacology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    DNA structure, function and replication. RNA structure, function and translation. Control of replication and translation as sites for drug action. Cloning and PCR techniques, transgenic models to study disease and drug action, methodology and theory of gene therapy.
  
  • PCOL 7341 - Experimental Design/Analysis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 2   Lab Contact Hours: 1
    Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor

    This course is designed to give practical experience in the statistical methods and experimental design used in health sciences. The course includes lectures, discussion and assignments using statistical programs.
  
  • PCOL 7350 - Cellular Pharmacology I

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Drug-receptor theory and analysis, membrane receptors and transporters; their structure, function and regulation as it relates to drug action.
  
  • PCOL 7362 - Neuropharmacology

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    Physiology and pharmacology of synaptic mechanisms in the central and peripheral nervous system with emphasis on mechanisms of drug and neurotransmitter action.
  
  • PCOL 7370 - Scientific Writing

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 3   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    Planning, preparation and evaluation of effective research manuscripts (articles) and grant proposals in the pharmaceutical sciences.
  
  • PCOL 7399 - Masters Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 8198 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 8199 - Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 8298 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 2.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 8398 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 8399 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 3.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 8498 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 4.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 8598 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 5.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 8698 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 8699 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 6.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 8798 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 7.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 8998 - Doctoral Research

    Credit Hours: 9.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0
  
  • PCOL 8999 - Doctoral Dissertation

    Credit Hours: 9.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 0   Lab Contact Hours: 0

Pharmaceutics

  
  • PCEU 6142 - Pharmaceutic Literature Review

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    A review and critical discussion of the recent literature in the pharmaceutics area. Discussions will center on papers dealing with innovative approaches to research problems and on analysis of data used to support project conclusions.
  
  • PCEU 6143 - Pharmaceutic Literature Review

    Credit Hours: 1.0
    Lecture Contact Hours: 1   Lab Contact Hours: 0
    Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

    A review and critical discussion of the recent literature in the pharmaceutics area. Discussions will center on papers dealing with innovative approaches to research problems and on analysis of data used to support project conclusions.
 

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