Academic Calendar - 2024
Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024
Pharmacology
A course for students in the BSc in Nursing to provide a basic understanding of the fundamentals of drug action and the mechanisms of action and therapeutic use of the important classes of drugs.
Antirequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Registration in the BSc in Nursing.
Extra Information: 1 tutorial hour (optional). Only offered online (Distance Studies). Restricted to students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Course Weight: 0.50
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A systems-based pharmacology course surveying the range of drugs used to treat disease processes affecting various organs of the body (e.g. cardiovascular disease, neurological diseases, etc.) with emphasis on drug targets, mechanisms of drug action, and adverse effects.
Prerequisite(s): Biochemistry 2280A, Biology 2382A/B.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Physiology 3120 is strongly recommended.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Basic principles of cardiovascular pharmacology with particular emphasis on cellular mechanisms of drug action and mechanisms of therapeutic efficacy in disease states.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620 and Physiology and Pharmacology 3000E; or Physiology 3120; or Pharmacology 3620 and registration in Year 4 of a module in Pathology.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course explores how drugs and endogenous compounds mediate their biological effects through nuclear signalling pathways. The emphasis will be on aspects of gene regulation and signalling by nuclear hormone receptors - a family of ligand dependent transcription factors essential for normal metabolism, development and reproduction.
Prerequisite(s): Biochemistry 2280A and registration in Year 4, or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Clinical pharmacology is a scientific and medical discipline dedicated to the bench-to-bedside study of drug action through an in-depth knowledge of human pharmacology and therapeutics. This course in clinical pharmacology focuses on fundamental concepts highlighted with examples from clinical cases, therapeutic applications and relevance to drug discovery and development.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of the molecular pharmacology and therapeutic properties of anticancer agents. The focus is on molecular mechanisms of cancer chemotherapy, and will include drug resistance and the roles of receptor kinases and G protein-coupled receptors in existing and novel cancer therapies.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620, or Physiology 3140A, or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course will cover the pharmacological and pathophysiological effects of non-medicinal drug use including mechanisms of action, tolerance and addiction, long-term effects, side effects and toxicity, treatment of addictions and overdoses. Pharmacokinetics will also be examined including routes of administration, activation, deactivation, elimination, and drug-drug interactions.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620 or Physiology 3140A.
Extra Information: Blended course. 3 hours (lecture or equivalent online delivery plus in-person discussion).
Course Weight: 0.50
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This course will focus on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the actions of drugs on the central and peripheral nervous systems. The focus will be on recent developments in the field of neuroscience and their impact on our understanding of the actions, and development of, new drugs.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620; Physiology 3140A; or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Contemporary use of medicines derived from natural sources. Regulatory aspects of their use and the scientific basis for assessment of efficacy, quality, and safety of these products will be discussed. The mechanism(s) of beneficial and harmful effects of selected natural health products, including herb-drug interactions, will be included.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours per week, 1 tutorial hour.
Course Weight: 0.50
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An examination of how mechanisms that regulate cell proliferation affect normal tissue repair and cause abnormalities, such as tumour formation and poor regeneration after injury. The course explores the basic molecular and cellular processes of relevant human disorders and the clinically useful pharmacological and regenerative medical therapies.
Prerequisite(s): Physiology 3120; Physiology 3140A or Biology 3316A/B; Pharmacology 3620; or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2.0 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Drugs are designed to act on protein targets such as receptors, channels, exchangers and enzymes. This course explores the structures of these major targets and discusses how drugs are designed to treat dysfunction of the associated cell signaling pathways.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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A course dealing with the pharmacological and toxicological principles underlying the adverse effects of xenobiotics in humans. In addition to reviewing mechanisms of toxicity in humans, the course will include overviews of the principles of management of human poisoning, the principles of chronic toxicity and of drug safety in humans.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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Pharmacology
A course for students in the BSc in Nursing to provide a basic understanding of the fundamentals of drug action and the mechanisms of action and therapeutic use of the important classes of drugs.
Antirequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Registration in the BSc in Nursing.
Extra Information: 1 tutorial hour (optional). Only offered online (Distance Studies). Restricted to students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Course Weight: 0.50
Return to top
A systems-based pharmacology course surveying the range of drugs used to treat disease processes affecting various organs of the body (e.g. cardiovascular disease, neurological diseases, etc.) with emphasis on drug targets, mechanisms of drug action, and adverse effects.
Prerequisite(s): Biochemistry 2280A, Biology 2382A/B.
Pre-or Corequisite(s): Physiology 3120 is strongly recommended.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 1.00
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Basic principles of cardiovascular pharmacology with particular emphasis on cellular mechanisms of drug action and mechanisms of therapeutic efficacy in disease states.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620 and Physiology and Pharmacology 3000E; or Physiology 3120; or Pharmacology 3620 and registration in Year 4 of a module in Pathology.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
Return to top
This course explores how drugs and endogenous compounds mediate their biological effects through nuclear signalling pathways. The emphasis will be on aspects of gene regulation and signalling by nuclear hormone receptors - a family of ligand dependent transcription factors essential for normal metabolism, development and reproduction.
Prerequisite(s): Biochemistry 2280A and registration in Year 4, or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
Return to top
Clinical pharmacology is a scientific and medical discipline dedicated to the bench-to-bedside study of drug action through an in-depth knowledge of human pharmacology and therapeutics. This course in clinical pharmacology focuses on fundamental concepts highlighted with examples from clinical cases, therapeutic applications and relevance to drug discovery and development.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
Return to top
This course is designed to give students a basic understanding of the molecular pharmacology and therapeutic properties of anticancer agents. The focus is on molecular mechanisms of cancer chemotherapy, and will include drug resistance and the roles of receptor kinases and G protein-coupled receptors in existing and novel cancer therapies.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620, or Physiology 3140A, or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
Return to top
This course will cover the pharmacological and pathophysiological effects of non-medicinal drug use including mechanisms of action, tolerance and addiction, long-term effects, side effects and toxicity, treatment of addictions and overdoses. Pharmacokinetics will also be examined including routes of administration, activation, deactivation, elimination, and drug-drug interactions.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620 or Physiology 3140A.
Extra Information: Blended course. 3 hours (lecture or equivalent online delivery plus in-person discussion).
Course Weight: 0.50
Return to top
This course will focus on the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the actions of drugs on the central and peripheral nervous systems. The focus will be on recent developments in the field of neuroscience and their impact on our understanding of the actions, and development of, new drugs.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620; Physiology 3140A; or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
Return to top
Contemporary use of medicines derived from natural sources. Regulatory aspects of their use and the scientific basis for assessment of efficacy, quality, and safety of these products will be discussed. The mechanism(s) of beneficial and harmful effects of selected natural health products, including herb-drug interactions, will be included.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours per week, 1 tutorial hour.
Course Weight: 0.50
Return to top
An examination of how mechanisms that regulate cell proliferation affect normal tissue repair and cause abnormalities, such as tumour formation and poor regeneration after injury. The course explores the basic molecular and cellular processes of relevant human disorders and the clinically useful pharmacological and regenerative medical therapies.
Prerequisite(s): Physiology 3120; Physiology 3140A or Biology 3316A/B; Pharmacology 3620; or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2.0 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
Return to top
Drugs are designed to act on protein targets such as receptors, channels, exchangers and enzymes. This course explores the structures of these major targets and discusses how drugs are designed to treat dysfunction of the associated cell signaling pathways.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
Return to top
A course dealing with the pharmacological and toxicological principles underlying the adverse effects of xenobiotics in humans. In addition to reviewing mechanisms of toxicity in humans, the course will include overviews of the principles of management of human poisoning, the principles of chronic toxicity and of drug safety in humans.
Prerequisite(s): Pharmacology 3620 or permission of the Department.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.