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detail-title margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>Supervised Study</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-hours_html margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>(1-6 Units)</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-offering margin--span text--big"><span class="label"></span>Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer</span>聽聽</h3><div class="noindent notinpdf"><p class="courseblockextra noindent"><span class="skip-makebubbles"><span class="label"><i>Instructor(s):</i></span> Staff</span></p></div><div hidden="true" class="noindent"><p class="courseblockextra noindent"><span><i>Instructor(s):</i> Staff</span></p></div><div><p class="text detail-prerequisite_s_ margin--default"><span class="label">Prerequisite(s): </span>Approval of instructor</p></div><div><p class="text detail-restrictions margin--default"><span class="label">Restrictions: </span>None</p></div><div><p class="text detail-activities margin--default"><span class="label">Activities: </span>Independent Study</p></div><div class="noindent"><p class="courseblockextra">Library research and directed reading under supervision of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department.</p></div><div class="noindent bubble-hidden notinpdf"><div class="courseblockextra noindent"><h4 class="toggle bubble-hide">View full course details:</h4> <ul> <li>School: Medicine</li> <li>Department: Cellular And Molecular Pharmacology</li> <li>May the student choose the instructor for this course? Yes</li> <li>Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? Yes</li> <li>Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)</li> <li>Graduate Division course: No</li> <li>Is this a web-based online course? No</li> <li>Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No</li> <li>May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? No</li> <li>Repeat course for credit? No</li></ul> </div></div><div hidden="true" class="noindent"><div class="courseblockextra"><div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-school"><strong>School: </strong>Medicine</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-department"><strong>Department: </strong>Cellular And Molecular Pharmacology</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-instructor_choice"><strong>May the student choose the instructor for this course? </strong>Yes</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-consent"><strong>Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? </strong>Yes</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grade_mode"><strong>Course Grading Convention: </strong>P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grad_division"><strong>Graduate Division course: </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-web_based"><strong>Is this a web-based online course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-ipe"><strong>Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grad_enrollment"><strong>May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-repeatability"><strong>Repeat course for credit? </strong>No</span></div></div></div><div class="noindent bubble-only notinpdf"><div class="text detail-coursedetails_link"><span class="noeco"><a href="/search/?q=PHARMACOL+198">More details</a></span></div>聽聽</div></div><div class="courseblock"><h3 class="cols noindent"><span class="text detail-code margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>PHARMACOL 274</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-title margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>Special Topics in Pharmacology</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-hours_html margin--span text--semibold text--big"><b>(2.5 Units)</b></span>聽聽<span class="text detail-offering margin--span text--big"><span class="label"></span>Winter</span>聽聽</h3><div class="noindent notinpdf"><p class="courseblockextra noindent"><span class="skip-makebubbles"><span class="label"><i>Instructor(s):</i></span> Staff</span></p></div><div hidden="true" class="noindent"><p class="courseblockextra noindent"><span><i>Instructor(s):</i> Staff</span></p></div><div><p class="text detail-prerequisite_s_ margin--default"><span class="label">Prerequisite(s): </span>none</p></div><div><p class="text detail-restrictions margin--default"><span class="label">Restrictions: </span>none</p></div><div><p class="text detail-activities margin--default"><span class="label">Activities: </span>Lecture, Project, Workshop</p></div><div class="noindent"><p class="courseblockextra">What is pharmacology? How are drugs discovered? How do they work? How is it determined whether a drug is safe and effective? In this course, we explore these questions, at molecular, cellular and systems levels, by looking at drugs that target key genes/pathways in several major organs/systems or diseases, including neurological, cardiovascular, endocrine, pulmonary, and infectious microbes/viruses.</p></div><div class="noindent bubble-hidden notinpdf"><div class="courseblockextra noindent"><h4 class="toggle bubble-hide">View full course details:</h4> <ul> <li>School: Graduate Division</li> <li>Department: Pharmaceutical Science And Pharmacogenomics Prog</li> <li>May the student choose the instructor for this course? Yes</li> <li>Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No</li> <li>Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)</li> <li>Graduate Division course: Yes</li> <li>Is this a web-based online course? No</li> <li>Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No</li> <li>May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes</li> <li>Repeat course for credit? No</li></ul> </div></div><div hidden="true" class="noindent"><div class="courseblockextra"><div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-school"><strong>School: </strong>Graduate Division</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-department"><strong>Department: </strong>Pharmaceutical Science And Pharmacogenomics Prog</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-instructor_choice"><strong>May the student choose the instructor for this course? </strong>Yes</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-consent"><strong>Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? </strong>No</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grade_mode"><strong>Course Grading Convention: </strong>P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text detail-grad_division"><strong>Graduate Division course: </strong>Yes</span></div> <div class="noindent"><span class="text 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