Professional Electives are courses approved by the School’s Curriculum Committee as directly contributing to a student pharmacist’s learning as a healthcare provider. A diverse mix of Professional Electives are offered by the School of Pharmacy and there are also many offered by other health sciences disciplines. PharmD students are required to take at least 19 quarter credits of Professional Electives and at least 26 elective credits in total.
Current students are encouraged to use the database to search for professional electives of interest, and are welcome to contact their advisor (requires UW NetID) for help with elective planning, registration, and more.
Prospective students are encouraged to use this tool to gain an understanding of the elective courses offered. For further information regarding PharmD admission or curriculum, please email uwpharmd@uw.edu.
| Academic Department | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Title | Course Description | Course Credits | Professional Year | Add Code/Faculty Code/Faculty Permission Needed? | Area of Emphasis | Course Prerequisites | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Arts & Sciences | ECON | 300 | Intermediate Microeconomics | Analysis of decisions by individuals and by firms and of outcomes in factor and product markets. Policy issues and applications. | 5 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | ECON 200; MATH 112, MATH 124, MATH 127, MATH 134, OR MATH 145 | Aut,Win,Spr,Sum |
| Foster School of Business | B CMU | 301 | Strategic Business Communication | Strategic approach to communications as a management tool. Analysis of the psychology, semantics, planning, and principles of effective business writing, presenting, and interpersonal and team communication. Practical applications include written and oral messages, inform and persuade, individual and team presentations, and tools and processes to increase collaboration among members of a team. | 4 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Aut |
| Foster School of Business | OPMGT | 301 | Principles of Operations Management | Examines problems encountered in planning, operating, and controlling production of goods and services. Topics include: waiting-line management, quality assurance, production systems, project management, and inventory management. Computer and quantitative models used in formulating managerial problems. | 4 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | ACCTG 225; ECON 200; EITHER MATH 112, MATH 124, MATH 125, MATH 134, OR QSCI 291; EITHER ECON 311, INDE 315, QMETH 201, QSCI 381, PSYCH 315, PSYCH 318, STAT 220, STAT 301, STAT 221/SOC 221, CS&SS 221, STAT 311, OR STAT 390. | Aut |
| Global Health | G H | 501 | Core Topics in Global Health | Examines a variety of foundational global health topics including maternal, adolescent, and child health; nutrition; infectious diseases; environmental health; non-communicable diseases; and mental health. Within each topic area, we will define the problems, complexities, and context, and establish the need for multidisciplinary approaches. | 1 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Aut |
| Global Health | G H | 522 | Project Menagement in Global Health | Covers the fundamentals of project management, including conducting needs assessments, creating planning and implementation documents, managing resources, transitioning projects, and monitoring and evaluating projects. Discusses practical tips, tools, and techniques for how to address unexpected challenges that inevitably arise in international and other low resource settings. | 3 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Win |
| Global Health | G H | 561 | Tropical Medicine | Intended for professional health science students interested in learning the pathophysiology, epidemiology, and clinical presentation of disease conditions that are more commonly seen in less-developed countries, resource-limited settings, or tropical climates, and how to diagnose, treat, and follow the resolution of these diseases with commonly limited resources. | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Spr |
| Global Health | G H | 562 | A Multidisciplinary Approach | Comprehensive overview of the public health, clinical, and laboratory aspects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and disease. Topics include the pathogenesis, natural history, and management of HIV infections; the impact of HIV/AIDS on community and global healthcare; and prospects for prevention and control. | 2 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Spr |
| Global Health | G H | 563 | HIV/STI Prevention Research Methods | Focuses on current research and implementation of HIV/STI prevention including biomedical, behavioral, and public health interventions. Includes analyzing strength of research evidence to support novel interviews, understanding key features of study design, and applying interventions that are most appropriate and feasible for specific settings and populations. | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Spr |
| School of Public Health | ENV H | 405 | Toxic Chemicals and Human Health | Examines the basic principles of toxicology and the effects of chemicals on human health. Includes mechanisms; dose/response relationships; toxicity testing, disposition in the body; modifiers of response; chemicals and cancer; birth defects; exposures in the home, workplace, and environment; and risk assessment and government regulation. | 3 | 1,2,3,4 | No | N/A | Minimum grade 2.0 in BIO 220, and minimum grade of 2.0 in CHEM 220, 224, 238, or 336 | Spr |
| School of Public Health | EPI | 511 | Introduction to Epidemiology | Epidemiologic methods for non-epidemiology majors. Focuses on research designs and methods to describe distribution and determinants of disease and health events in populations; uses quantitative and biomedical information to infer whether causal relationships exist between potential causes and disease in populations. | 4 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Public Health | EPI | 512 | Epidemiologic Methods | Considers principles and methods of epidemiology. Covers measures of disease frequency, descriptive epidemiology, overview of study designs, measures of excess risk, causal inference, screening, measurement error, misclassification, effect modification, and confounding. First in a two course sequence. | 4 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | BIOST 511 or BIOST 517, which can be taken concurrently or equivalent. Must also enroll in EPI 513 in Winter Quarter. | Aut |
| School of Public Health | EPI | 513 | Epidemiologic Methods | Considers how epidemiologic studies may be designed to maximize etiologic inference. Covers infectious disease epidemiologic studies, randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, ecological and multilevel studies, and selected topics such as meta-analysis. Second in a two course sequence. | 4 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | Either EPI 512 or PHI 512 | Win |
| School of Medicine | BH | 474 | Justice in Health Care | Examination of the ethical problem of allocating scarce medical resources. Emphasizes the fundamental principles of justice that support alternative health policies. | 5 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | PHIL 411 | Win |
| School of Medicine | BH | 502 | Ethical Theory | Studies the major normative ethical theories, including both teleological and deontological approaches. Emphasizes moral philosophy during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as well as contemporary commentary. | 5 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Medicine | BH | 535 | Medical Ethics and Jursprudence | Examines the relationship between bioethics and law. Reviews the basic concepts of both disciplines; their theoretical and practical connections. Analysis of principle legal cases and statutes illustrating such issues as informed consent to treatment, foregoing life support, research with human subjects, confidentiality, and allocation of health care resources. | 3 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Win |
| School of Medicine | BH | 556 | Social Justice and Health | Examines the moral grounds for the view that social inequalities in health are unjust, using contemporary literature from moral philosophy and bioethics, case studies, and film. Explores basic questions integral to determinations of social injustice as well as moral constraints on the pursuit of health equity. | 5 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Medicine | CONJ | 515 | Introduction to Team Based Care in Rural and Underserved Setting | Provides opportunities for students in health professional programs to learn about inter-professional education, practice transformation, behavioral health integration, social determinants of health, cultural humility, and current emerging healthcare topics that concern rural and urban underserved communities. Addresses demographics, economics, community structure, culture, and professional/personal issues. | 1 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Win |
| School of Medicine | CONJ | 550 | P-Clinical Infectious Diseases | Lecture series by faculty members from various departments, authorities in the field of clinically important infectious diseases. Lectures, reading assignments, and handouts emphasize epidemiology, clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Win |
| School of Medicine | CONJ | 570 | Introduction to The Clincial Management of Transgender Patients | Covers the steps and protocols providers need to know to provide culturally proficient care for trans-identified patients. | 1 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | Must be a health sciences graduate student or by permission of instructor. Prior completion of FAMED 561 highly recommended. | Win |
| School of Medicine | FAMED | 516 | Team Based Care in Rural/Underserved Settings | An interdisciplinary, non-clinical elective for all health profession students. Fulfills part of the didactic requirements for the AHEC Scholars Program. | 1 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | CONJ 515 | Aut |
| School of Medicine | FAMED | 525 | African American Health and Health Care Discrepancy | Examines the most pressing health issues facing African Americans. Provides a forum to examine the root causes of health disparity in African descendants. Explores strategies to remedy problems in public health and healthcare delivery systems. | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Aut,Spr |
| School of Medicine | FAMED | 530 | Primary Care | Introduces primary care, the foundation of medical care and cornerstone of healthcare reform. Addresses history, clinical content, practitioner workforce, delivery models, research methods, and policy issues. Explores the role of primary care in personal and population health. Includes lectures, discussions, student presentations, and practice observation. | 1 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Win |
| School of Medicine | FAMED | 535 | Medical Chinese Terminology | For healthcare professions students interested in expanding cultural understanding and improving communication with patients whose primary language is Mandarin Chinese. Includes common Mandarin Chinese medical terminology used during medical visits; Chinese culture and beliefs toward health and sickness; and cross cultural comparison of healthcare delivery in China and the United States. Recommended: Some conversational level Chinese will be helpful and basic training in medical history taking. | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | No | N/A | Recommended: Some conversational level Chinese will be helpful and basic training in medical history taking. | Spr |
| School of Medicine | FAMED | 556 | Spanish for Health Professionals | Instruction in interviewing/history taking Spanish-speaking patient. | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | Spanish fluency at intermediate level. | Spr |
| School of Medicine | FAMED | 561 | LGBTQ Health and Health Disparities | Covers the history and health status of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQ) community in the United States; effective strategies and skills for working with the LGBTQ community; designed to help the learner understand and respond better to healthcare needs of the LGBTQ community. | 1 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Medicine | MED | 557 | Hispanic Health and Healthcare Disparities | Covers Hispanic culture and language, history of Hispanics in the United States, Hispanic health status issues, and effective strategies for working across cultures and linguistic barriers. Designed to help the learner understand and respond better to the healthcare needs of the Hispanic community. | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Medicine | MED | 561 | Tropical Medicine | Intended for professional health science students interested in learning the pathophysiology, epidemiology, and clinical presentation of disease conditions that are more commonly seen in less-developed countries, resource-limited settings, or tropical climates, and how to diagnose, treat, and follow the resolution of these diseases with commonly limited resources. | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Spr |
| School of Medicine | MED | 569 | Addiction Medicine | Themes relevant to treatment of substance-using patients. Designed to build curiosity and increase familiarity with individual and societal factors that impact such patients, including various forms of bias and discrimination. Students develop and practice skills in order to become competent future providers for drug-using patients. | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Medicine | MED | 573 | Clinical Management of HIV | Provides in-depth case-based training on the diagnosis and clinical management of HIV and associated conditions. Includes interactive format with speakers who have experience in both resource-rich and resource-limited settings. | 2 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Spr |
| School of Medicine | MED | 600 | Independent Study or Research | Independent Study or Research | Variable | 1,2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | Permission from instructor | Aut,Win,Spr,Sum |
| School of Medicine | MICROM | 460 | Medical Mycology and Parasitology | Examines medically important fungi and parasites in terms of the symptoms, diagnosis, epidemiology, and therapy of the diseases they cause as well as their mechanisms of pathogenesis. The laboratory course MICROM 461 complements this lecture course but is not required. | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | BIOL 200 or MICROM 301 | Spr |
| School of Medicine | PATH | 544 | General and Systemic Pathology | Basic pathologic processes that underlie disease, including cell alterations, genetic and developmental pathology, environmental pathology, neoplasia, immunopathology, inflammation, infection, and systemic diseases. Correlates gross, functional, and biochemical alterations. For first-year dental students and graduate students. Requires reasonable grounding in biological and chemical sciences. | Variable | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | Permission from instructor | Win |
| School of Nursing | IECMH | 433 | Trauma in Early Childhood: Resilience in Relationship | Focuses on early childhood trauma and on resilience through relationships. Uses an infant and early childhood mental health lens to explore adversity, resilience, historical trauma, and trauma-informed care. | 5 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Nursing | IECMH | 537 | Development and Psychopathology: Parents and Infants | Provides an overview of typical social and emotional development and psychopathology in children ages three and younger. Demonstrates attachment relationships with parents and family to infant's development and psychopathology. | 3 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | Recommended: IECMH 548 | Win |
| School of Nursing | IECMH | 548 | Frameworks in Infant an Early Childhood Mental Health | Review infant mental health (IMH) and early development from a developmental interdisciplinary perspective. Pays special attention to brain development, sensory integration, early communication, and emotion regulation. | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Spr |
| School of Nursing | IECMH | 555 | Relationship Based Mental Health Assessment of Young Children | Focuses on multi-disciplinary, diagnostic mental health observation and assessment of infants, toddlers, and preschoolers within the context of their primary relationships. | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Nursing | NMETH | 524 | Health Care Information Systems & the Electronic Health Record (HER) | This course provides an overview and analysis of health care informatics issues, including patient safety and information technology, infrastructure, clinical systems, definitions and functions of EHR systems, IT leadership in health care organizations, and informatics change management, with an emphasis on key user roles evaluating EHR and workflow changes. | 3 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Win |
| School of Nursing | NMETH | 526 | Patient-Centered Technologies | This web-based course offers an overview of current and emerging consumer-centric eHealth technologies. It emphasizes theories and principles of health, communication, information, cognitive processing and human-technology interaction. Experts from multiple disciplines and patients/consumers will lead seminar presentations and discussions on select topics. This course also addresses the ethical implications of eHealth technologies, including health disparities. | 3 | 1,2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Spr |
| School of Nursing | NMETH | 527 | Introduction to Clincial Informatics | Overview of the history, current efforts, and future challenges in designing, developing, and implementing information and communication technologies for healthcare. Examines how these technologies fulfill the Quadruple Aim: enhancing the patient experience, improving population health, reducing the overall cost of care, and improving the work life of health care providers. | 3 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Nursing | NMETH | 528 | Computing Fundamentals for Health Professionals | This course provides a survey of applied computing concepts, including computer algorithms, operating systems, networking, databases, digital privacy and security, applied programming principles to enhance productivity, and data science opportunities and pitfalls in health care. | 3 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Win |
| School of Nursing | NMETH | 529 | Database Concepts & Application in Clinical Informatics | This course provides an introduction to relational database theory and technology from a clinical informatics perspective. Content focuses on transactional database theory, architecture and implementation in a socio-technical context and analyzes database applications used in clinical environments. You’ll be introduced to knowledge bases and data warehouses. | 3 | 1,2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Spr |
| School of Nursing | NMETH | 600 | Independent Study or Research | Independent Study or Research | Variable | 1,2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Aut,Win,Spr,Sum |
| School of Nursing | NSG | 432 | Infants and Children: Risk and Resilience | Provides a survey of infant and early childhood development, including prenatal and neonatal factors, and social/societal influences, using an infant mental health framework. Emphasizes how risk and protective factors can impact social-emotional, physical, and cognitive growth. Includes research-based principles and approaches to supporting families, teachers, and caregivers of young children. | 5 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Aut,Win,Spr,Sum |
| School of Nursing | NSG | 516 | Physiological Aspects of Aging | Focuses on biological theories of aging, major physiological and pathophysiological changes that occur in human body systems with aging. Also addresses health considerations and individual adaptations based on current research. | 3 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Nursing | NSG | 572 | Collaborating for Health Equity | Focuses on developing the skills necessary for critically evaluating current psychological theories of aging, research findings in this area, and the implications of findings on the aging person. Special consideration given to the effects of socioeconomic, sex, and ethnic differences in the psychology of aging. Open to upper-division undergraduates and beginning graduate students interested in the field of gerontology. | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Nursing | NURS | 499 | Special Electives | Seminars on selected nursing issues of clinical problems, with independent study option, under supervision of nursing faculty. | Variable | 1,2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Aut,Win,Spr,Sum |
| School of Nursing | NURS | 507 | Older Adult Mental Health Assessment and Intervention | Examines the dynamics of mental health research and practice in normal, optimal and pathological aging. Focuses on psychosocial and environmental influences on mental health of older adults. Major topics include: models of aging, cognitive impairment, depression, severe mental illness and successful strategies to enhance mental health in older adults. | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | Graduate standing, NURS 547, or permission from the instructor | Aut |
| School of Nursing | NURS | 524 | Cenceptual Foundations for Healthcare Systems: Organizational Structures and Effectiveness | Examines the healthcare delivery system and systems of care within it, including evolution and structure of organized healthcare in the United States, key drivers of organizational effectiveness, components of care systems, and Innovations in care system design and adoption. Explores use of various types of information technology to monitor and increase organizational effectiveness. | 4 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | Graduate standing | Aut |
| School of Nursing | NURS | 599 | Selected Readings in Nursing Science | Analysis of synthesis of selected readings with faculty mentor. | Variable | 1,2,3,4 | No | N/A | Permission from instructor | Aut,Win,Spr,Sum |
| School of Pharmacy | HEOR | 500 | Introduction to Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research | Provides an introduction to economic evaluation and outcomes research related to pharmaceuticals and other healthcare technologies. Covers the methods of cost-effectiveness analysis and quality of life evaluation, and their use in real-world decision-making. | 2 | 1,2,3,4 | No | Research Methods; Biotech/Industry; Managed Care; Health Economics and Outcomes Research | None | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | HEOR | 505 | Managed Care Pharmacy: Principles and Practice | Surveys the activities, tactics, and strategies used by managed care to deliver pharmacy services to their members. Includes: formulary development, clinical improvement programs, quality improvement measures, regulatory activities, contracting with pharmaceutical manufacturers, network management, financial issues, sales and marketing, and provider relations. | 2 | 2,3,4 | No | Managed Care | None | Aut |
| School of Pharmacy | HEOR | 510 | Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis | Provides students an overview of best practices to conduct a systematic review of an intervention; then analyzing data through meta-analytic methods. Classroom activities solidify topics covered in lectures and readings. Collaboration with another student to complete a systematic review. Recommended: a basic understanding of statistics and a background in evidence-based medicine. | 2 | 2 | No | Research Methods; Health Economics | None | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | HEOR | 530 | Economic Evaluation in Health and Medicine | This course explores the current state-of-the-art in the economic evaluation of health care technologies. Attention is focused on cost-effectiveness, cost-utility, and cost-benefit analyses, preference-based measures of health-related quality of life, budget-impact and economic modeling, and resource allocation for medical decision-making. This course is intended to be a rigorous analysis of the literature and contemporary methodological issues, hands-on application of economic evaluation methods, as well as an exploration of future directions in cost and outcomes research in health and medicine. The course is run as a lecture/seminar with substantial student input throughout. Student responsibilities are to arrive at class on time having read the assigned readings, participate in the literature session as co-presenters, participate in class discussions, and start, advance or complete a major project at the end of the quarter. Participants are expected to take this course for credit. | 3 | 3 | Yes | Health Economics; Economic Evaluation of Pharmaceuticals | HEOR 500 and Permission of Instructor | Aut |
| School of Pharmacy | HEOR | 531 | Assessing Outcomes in Health and Medicine | Survey of theory, concepts and methods for assessing health and quality of life outcomes; test theories; generic and condition-specific instruments; established and emerging methods (measurement, analysis, psychometrics, preference assessment, item-response theory); productivity; cross-cultural applications; design of studies; applications to clinical trials emphasized, but applications to health policy, clinical practice, and cost-effectiveness addressed. | 3 | 3,4 | Yes | Health Economics; Research Methods | Permission of instructor after completion of course application form. Completion or concurrent enrollment in Biostat 511/512/513 or 517/518 and Epi 512/513, or equivalent. | Win |
| School of Pharmacy | HEOR | 532 | Advanced Methods in Economic and Outcomes Evaluation in Health and Medicine | This is an advanced course in economic and outcomes evaluation in healthcare offered by the UW School of Pharmacy’s CHOICE Institute. Covers advanced methods and techniques for evaluating costs, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of health, medical, and pharmaceutical interventions. Topics include: network meta-analysis, Markov modeling, probabilistic sensitivity analysis, value of information analysis, utility mapping, conjoint analysis, and budget impact analysis. | 3 | 4 | Yes | Managed Care; Research Methods; Health Economics and Outcomes Research | Either HEOR 530 or PHARM 534; and either HEOR 531/HSERV 584 or PHARM 535/HSERV 584, or permission of instructor. | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | HEOR | 540 | Health Economics | This course explores the application of microeconomic principles to understand the nature of healthcare markets and systems. The economic models and analytic tools are used to explore a wide range of health sector activities and policy issues. | 3 | 2,3,4 | Health Economics | Introductory coursework in microeconomic principles and basic statistics | Win | |
| School of Pharmacy | HEOR | 545 | Methods in Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis | Pharmaceutical and Medical Policy Evaluation introduces the health care system’s relationships, incentives, and policies along with the tools used in pharmaceutical policy development and analysis. This course is delivered in three distinct but interconnected modules and actively engages students in health policy literature, leading them to performing their own policy analyses. | 4 | 2 | Yes | Health Economics; Managed Care; Research Methods; Advocacy and Policy | None | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | HEOR | 552 | Application of Machine Learning in Health Economics and Outcomes Research | Provides students with a general understanding of the application of machine learning methods to health economics and outcomes research (HEOR). | 3 | 2,3 | No | N/A | Either PHRMCY 514, or BIOST 511; BIOST 512; and BIOST 513, or BIOST 517 and BIOST 518. | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | MEDCH | 499 | Independent Study/Research | Research problems in medicinal chemistry. | Variable | 2,3,4 | Yes | Various | None | Aut,Win,Spr,Sum |
| School of Pharmacy | PCEUT | 501 | Pharmacometrics | Compartmental (rich and sparse data) pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic and physiologically-based pharmacokinetic models. Evaluates how well models fit data. Advantages and disadvantages of various modeling and simulation approaches. Offered even years. | 3 | 4 | Yes | Research Methods | PCEUT 506 and PCEUT 532 | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PCEUT | 502 | Drug Disposition Science | Introduction to drug metabolism and transport pharmacokinetics. Topics include basic processes of drug absorption, distribution and elimination, enzyme/transporter kinetics, associated experimental methodologies for generating kinetic parameter estimates, and principles of drug-drug interactions and other sources of inter-individual variability. Covers experimental rigor and reproducibility and research ethics. | 2 | 2,3 | No | Research Methods; Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use | None | Aut |
| School of Pharmacy | PCEUT | 503 | Drug Transport and Delivery | Provides an advanced understanding of major solute carrier (SLC) and ATP-binding cassette (ABC) drug transporters and their roles in drug absorption, distribution and excretion. Topics include major drug transporter families, transport processes in drug disposition organs, experimental approaches to study transporters, and application of drug transporter research in drug development and drug-drug interaction evaluation. Offered odd years. | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | Research Methods; Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use | Either PCEUT 502, PCEUT 532, or permission of the instructor | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PCEUT | 505 | Concepts in Pharmaceutical Sciences | Provides the student with foundational knowledge of drug properties and interaction with physiology upon administration in vivo, and an understanding of pharmaceutical formulation which is a key disciplinary area within the pharmaceutical sciences and its application to small molecules and protein-based therapeutics. | 2 | 2,3,4 | No | Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use | None | Aut |
| School of Pharmacy | PCEUT | 506 | Concepts in Pharmacokinetics | Theory and practice. Includes principles of physiological basis of pharmacokinetics, a mechanistic understanding of pharmacokinetic parameters, and the ability to derive basic pharmacokinetic equations and concepts. | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | Drug/Device Development | PCEUT 532, which may be taken concurrently | Win |
| School of Pharmacy | PCEUT | 520 | Seminar | Graduate students attend seminars and make one formal presentation per year while in residence; maximum of three presentations. | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | Yes | Various | None | Aut,Win,Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PCEUT | 570 | Advanced Research Topics | Combines a discussion of the practical aspects and experimental techniques used to address the questions relating to drug disposition with comprehensive theoretical treatment of pharmacokinetic principles. | 1 | 2,3,4 | No | Drug/Device Development | None | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PCEUT | 583 | Topics in Pharmacuetics | Discussion of pertinent articles from current literature and recent laboratory results. | 1 | 2,3,4 | No | Various | None | Aut,Win,Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PCEUT | 586 | Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutics | Current topics in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology focusing on transforming small molecules, proteins, and genes into therapeutic products. Includes new drug therapies, drug design, pharmacogenomics, molecular modeling, high throughput screen, production and stability considerations, and delivery systems of protein and gene therapeutics in relation to pharmacokinetic and therapeutic responses. | 2 | 2,3,4 | No | Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use; Biotech/Industry | None | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PCEUT | 598 | Independent Research | Basic and clinical research problems in drug disposition and effect. | Variable | 2,3,4 | Yes | Various | Minimum grade of 2.50 GPA and permission of instructor. | Aut,Win,Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PCEUT | 600 | Independent Study or Research | Credit/No Credit. | Variable | 2,3,4 | Yes | Various | None | Aut,Win,Spr,Sum |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 499 | Undergraduate Research | Research problems in clinical pharmacy or pharmaceutical sciences, including preclinical and/or clinical drug development and effectiveness research, and participate in departmental research projects. | Variable | 2,3 | Yes | Various | Permission of instructor | Aut,Win,Spr,Sum |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 501 | Alternative and Complementary Medicine | Studies popular alternative and complementary medicines used in the United States. Focuses on herbal products with some coverage of other non-nutritional dietary supplements. | 2 | 2,3,4 | No | Therapeutic Area-Focused (Critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc) | None | Win |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 508 | Philosophy of Drug Interactions | Draws on the wisdom of philosophers, scientists, and other thinkers, to discuss the nature and limitations of scientific truth, common reasoning errors in science, and the importance of a philosophical perspective in clinical decision making when science alone is insufficient to assess the clinical importance and management of drug interactions. | 1 | 1,2 | No | Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use | None | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 510 | Contemporary Concepts in Clinical Nutrition Support | Addresses current topics and concepts in clinical nutrition support. Topics include assessment and management of patients requiring specialized nutrition support, enteral nutrition, and parental nutrition. | 2 | 2,3 | No | Therapeutic Area-Focused (Critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc) | None | Aut |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 512 | Timely Topics for Health Professionals | Explores timely & inter-professionally relevant topics on social justice, health disparities, & health care; including the annual UW Health Sciences "Common Book". Involves active learning methods & group discussion where students & faculty can share thoughts & perspectives. | 1 | 1,2 | No | Various | None | Win,Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 513 | Medical Devices for Home Healthcare | Study of medical devices commonly provided by pharmacists to their patients, including their selection and adaptation for specific patient needs. Lectures include display and demonstration of actual devices | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | Community Practice; Drug/Device Safety and Use; Geriatric Pharmacy; Pharmacy Ownership | None | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 516 | Introduction to Biomedical Regulatory Affairs | Surveys government oversight of drugs, devices, and biotechnology derived products; laws and regulations that apply to development, testing, and production; and responsibilities of a regulatory affairs specialist in the regulatory setting. | 3 | 2 | Yes | Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use; Biotech/Industry | None | Aut |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 517 | Product Development and Manufacturing Systems | Surveys government oversight of drugs, devices, and biotechnology derived products; laws and regulations that apply to development, testing, and production. | 3 | 2,3 | Yes | Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use; Biotech/Industry | None | Win |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 518 | Product Testing, Evaluation, and Post-Market Issues | Medical product post-marketing requirements; reporting and enforcement actions; inspections (internal and by regulators) preparation, conduct, and follow-up actions; surveillance and studies, reimbursement, and economics. | 3 | 2,3 | Yes | Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use; Health Economics | None | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 522 | Introduction to Opportunities in Industry for PharmDs | Introduces students to career opportunities for pharmacists in industry, including drug development, regulatory affairs, drug information, health economics, sales, and marketing. | 1 | 2,3,4 | No | Biotech/Industry; Drug/Device Development | None | Aut |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 523 | Insights into Community Practice Transformation | Insights into Community Pharmacy Practice Transformation is a one-credit elective course designed to introduce student pharmacists to practice transformation concepts, innovative patient care services, and state and national leaders in community pharmacy practice. The course builds on the 3 components of practice – philosophy, patient care process, and practice management systems – and focuses on the unique practice managements systems that support efficient, effective, and sustainable patient care delivery in community pharmacy practice. Students will have the opportunity to learn about innovative patient care services and the skills necessary to be an innovator and change agent from national and state leaders in community pharmacy practice through engaging, in-class “fireside chat” style discussions. | 1 | 1,2 | Yes | Community Practice | None | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 524 | Topics in Infectious Disease Pharmacotherapy | Discussion of specialized topics in infectious disease pharmacotherapy not covered in the core pharmacotherapeutics series. Expansion of student knowledge regarding the role of pharmacists in antimicrobial stewardship. | 2 | 3 | Yes | Therapeutic Area-Focused (Critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc) | None | Win |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 531 | Advances in the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Management of Epilepsy | Complexity of epilepsy pathophysiology, classification, diagnosis, and treatment. Introduces principles of anti-seizure drug discovery and emerging opportunities for epilepsy research at UW. Five week condensed survey. | 2 | 2,3,4 | No | Community Practice; Global Health; Research Methods; Therapeutic Area-Focused (critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc.) | Permission of instructor | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 548 | Current Topics in Geriatrics | Case-based approach to principles of geriatric pharmacotherapy and medications commonly prescribed for older adults. Utilizes a "layered-learning model" in which more experienced students teach junior students under guidance of a faculty mentor. | 1 | 2 | Geriatric Pharmacy; Therapeutic Area-Focused (critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc.); | None | Win | |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 549 | Pharmacotherapeutics for Older Adults | Applies pharmacologic knowledge to the assessment, individualized selection of therapy, and monitoring of treatment in older adults with multiple comorbidities; and age-related changes in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics with emphasis on problem solving, using case examples. | Variable | 3 | Yes | Community Practice;Geriatric Pharmacy;Health System Practice | PHRMCY 536, or permission of the coursemaster | Win |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 550 | Seminar in Geriatrics | Students facilitate a discussion with students/faculty about the management of an older adult with complex medication regimen. In addition, students critically review and appraise primary literature relevant to contemporary issues related to geriatric pharmacotherapy. | 1 | 4 | Yes | Geriatric Pharmacy | PHARM 549 and permission of instructor | Aut,Win |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 567 | Cancer Pharmacotherapeutics | Pharmacotherapy of cancer, covering supportive care therapeutics (antibiotics, antiemetics, analgesics,) to the antineoplastic agents. The pathophysiology, staging, and treatment of different cancers is discussed. Specialists from the different oncology practice areas serve as guest lecturers. | 2 | 2,3 | No | Therapeutic Area-Focused (Critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc) | May not enroll before Spring PY2 | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 569 | Fluid and Electrolytes and Parenteral Nutrition | Focuses on the principles of fluid electrolyte and nutritional management in patients requiring parenteral nutrition (PN) and infusion therapy. Topics include acid-base balance, macro- and micro-nutrient requirements, nutritional assessment, complications of PN and compounding and compatibility of PN solutions. Discusses consideration in special populations (e.g., ICU). | 2 | 2 | No | Therapeutic Area-Focused (Critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc) | TBD | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 570 | Critical Care in Pharmacotherapeutics | Overviews pharmacotherapeutic topics for patients in the critical care setting. Discusses principles in hemodynamic monitoring, respiratory management, concepts in pathophysiology related to critical illnesses, and other timely topics reflecting current clinical practice. | 2 | 2 | No | Therapeutic Area-Focused (Critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc) | Third-year PharmD student, or approval of instructor | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 571 | Current Topics in Acute Care Pharmacotherapy | Increases understanding and stimulates discussion in current topics related to acute care pharmacotherapy. Reviews the management of patients in the acute care setting through current cases presented by instructors. May be taken alone or concurrently with PHARM 570. | 1 | 3 | No | Therapeutic Area-Focused (Critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc) | TBD | Win |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 572 | Pharmacist Advocacy I: Legislative and Grassroots Affairs | Increases student awareness and knowledge of local, state, and national healthcare issues that affect pharmacists and their patients. Prepares pharmacy students to knowledgably represent their school, profession, and their patients during individual and organized-group pharmacy legislative and other advocacy activities. | 1 | 2,3 | No | Advocacy and Policy; Health Equity | None | Aut |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 573 | Pharmacist Advocacy II: Legislative and Grassroots Affairs | Prepares pharmacy students to knowledgably represent their school, profession, and their patients during individual and organized-group pharmacy legislative and other advocacy activities. Students actively participate in off-campus legislative and advocacy activities while the Washington State legislature is in session. | 1 | 2,3 | No | Advocacy and Policy; Health Equity | None | Win |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 579 | Current Topics in Pharmacy | Provides a forum for discussing late-breaking topics that impact current and future pharmacy research and practice. | 1 | 2,3 | No | Various | None | Aut |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 581 | Global Health Pharmacy: Medicines, Practice, and Policy | Introduces the critical role of pharmaceutical in addressing major diseases (such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis) affecting persons in resource-limited settings. Addresses the wide range of relevant issues, including burden of disease, human resource capacity, regulation, drug safety/pharmacovigilance, drug distribution, pharmacoeconomics, financing, intellectual property, and drug trade policies. | 2 | 2,3 | No | Global Health | None | Win |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 588 | Diabetes Care | Further develops foundations in the principles of diabetes management and provides practice in application of diabetes-care principles. Develops knowledge and ability to assess, manage, educate, and monitor patients with diabetes. | 2 | 2 | No | Therapeutic Area-Focused (Critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc) | Open to students in their PY2 Year | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 595 | Special Studies in Pharmacy | Special studies of professional topics in pharmacy. An opportunity to expand the breadth and depth of understanding in specific pharmaceutical areas. Students may undertake independent study under the individual direction of a faculty member. | Variable | 1,2,3 | Yes | Various | None | Aut,Win,Spr,Sum |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 596 | Seminars in Pediatric Pharmacy | Explores therapeutic topics pertinent to the pediatric population. Emphasizes ambulatory pediatrics. | 2 | 2,3 | No | Therapeutic Area-Focused (Critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc) | None | Win |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 598 | Seminar in Current Pharmacy Practice Topics | This is a seminar-format elective course. The structure and organization of each seminar will be similar to that used in continuing education programs for clinicians. Each presentation is followed by a post-test with a few assessment questions to be completed by the attendees. The seminar presenters will mainly comprise of current pharmacy practice residents and clinician faculty, who will address current pharmacotherapeutic and pharmacy practice topics. | 2 | 2,3 | No | Therapeutic Area-Focused (critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc.) | None | Aut |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARM | 599 | Independent Study/Research | Applied pharmaceutical research problems. | Variable | 1,2,3 | Yes | Various | None | Aut,Win,Spr,Sum |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARMP | 580 | Preparation for Global Health Experience in Low-resource Countries | Prepares students to safely and fully engage in clinical healthcare experiences in low-resource countries. Helps students understand common barriers to healthcare access and to appreciate the communicable and non-communicable health issues that individuals and communities experience in these countries. | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use; Research Methods | None | Spr | |
| School of Pharmacy | PHRMCY | 580 | Current Trends in Pharmacy Science and Practice | Current Trends in Pharmacy Science and Practice explores current topic areas pertinent to professional pharmacy practice. Emphasizes use of applied knowledge in pharmaceutical sciences for professional development in critical thinking, data analysis, and in-depth expertise in pharmacy-related research sciences and practice areas. | 1 | 2,3,4 | No | Advocacy and Policy; Biotech/Industry; Community Practice; Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use; Geriatric Pharmacy; Global Health; Health Equity; Health System Practice; Managed Care; Research Methods; Therapeutic Area-Focused (critical care, diabetes care, epilepsy, pediatrics, etc.); Veterinary Therapy; Career planning | PHRMCY 580, PCEUT 580, MEDCHEM 580 series | Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PHRMRA | 524 | Introduction to Clinical Trials | Introduces the major concepts under which clinical trials are designed to run. Focuses on the phases of clinical trials, the role of the Food and Drug Administration, Institutional Review Boards, the Code of Federal Regulations and ethical principles. Addresses study design and statistical concepts. | 3 | 2,3 | Yes | Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use; Research Methods | None | Aut |
| School of Pharmacy | PHRMRA | 525 | Implementation and Conduct of Clinical Trials | Outlines the work of carrying out a clinical trial including the complex work of study initiation, issues of site and data managements, preparation of the final report and study close out, as well as the details that control the study conduct. | 3 | 2,3 | Yes | Drug/Device Development;Drug/Device Safety and Use; Biotech/Industry | None | Win |
| School of Pharmacy | PHRMRA | 526 | Project Management and the Business of Clinical Trials | Addresses the business dimension of clinical trials, including the principles of project management, planning, analysis, contingency and follow-up within the context of clinical trials that involve a large number of tasks and people responsible for parts of the overall study. | 3 | 2,3 | Yes | Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use; Biotech/Industry | None | Spr |
| School of Public Health | HSERV | 507 | Health Communication and Marketing for Health Promotion: Theory and Practice | Discuss and evaluate health communications theories and applications at the individual level (i.e., persuasion), interpersonal level (i.e. doctor/patient communication), and societal level (i.e., mass media). Investigate intercultural communication cutting across all levels of health communication. Examines the steps involved in the design of a health communication intervention. | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Spr |
| School of Public Health | HSERV | 553 | Health Policy Development and Advocacy in the United States | Practice-oriented course designed to enhance knowledge and cultivate skills for U.S. health policy development. Students learn effective policy analysis, research, and communications skills. | 4 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Public Health | HSERV | 556 | Tobacco-Related Health Disparities | Integrates multiple disciplinary perspectives to address the pressing issue of disproportionate tobacco use and related diseases among marginalized populations, including those defined by socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Explores links between, and intervention strategies for, smoking and mental illness, social stress, acculturation processes, and genetics. | Variable | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Public Health | NUTR | 511 | Survey of Advanced Nutrition | Advanced introduction to nutritional sciences. Topics include macronutrient and micronutrient metabolism, energy balance and obesity, nutrient utilization in physical activity, nutritional needs and recommendations throughout the lifecycle, and the relationships between nutrition and atherosclerosis, diabetes, and cancer risk. | 2 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Aut |
| School of Public Health | NUTR | 521 | Nutrition and Metabolism II | Discussion of normal lipid components of animal tissues, with review of their metabolism and physiological functions. Topics include digestion, absorption, transport, and utilization of dietary fats, cholesterol, and fat-soluble vitamins. Discusses in-depth the roles played by lipids and various micronutrients in altering risk of atherosclerosis. | 4 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | Biochemistry | Win |
| School of Public Health | NUTR | 562 | Nutrition and Chronic Disease II | Epidemiology/pathophysiology of chronic disease related to nutrition (e.g., obesity, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, hypertension, diabetes). Examines nutritional risk/protective factors in relation to public health, individual nutrition, and clinical intervention. | 4 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | Physiology, Biochemistry | Spr |
| School of Public Health | PHG | 513 | Basic Concepts In Pharmacogenetics and Toxicogenomics | Addresses current technologies for DNA sequencing, genotyping, RNA and epigenetic analysis and basic concepts of pharmacogenetics and toxicogenomics. Emphasis placed on applications of genomic technologies to the understanding of "gene-environment interactions" that cause variability in drug treatment responses, as well as diseases of public health importance, including cancer, chronic neurological diseases, and adverse drug reactions. | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Win |
| UCONJOINT | UCONJ | 442 | Social and Cultural Aspects of Aging | Involves faculty members from the various social science fields examining the range and variation of relationships among age-linked attitudes and cultural values related to aging; the social and economic factors that influence the elderly in contemporary society; the effects of ethnic and sex differences in sociocultural aging. Open to upper-division undergraduates and beginning graduate students interested in gerontology. | 3 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Spr |
| UCONJOINT | UCONJ | 530 | Issues in Indian Helath | Surveys historical and contemporary issues in Indian health. Covers Indian contributions to health, traditional Indian medicine, current disease epidemiology, development of federal Indian health policy, the Indian Health Service, tribal health programs, and consequences of major legislation on Indian health. | 2 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Win |
| UCONJOINT | UCONJ | 531 | Introduction to Mind Body Medicine-An Experimental Elective | Sessions contain a didactic component followed by an experiential component and cover a variety of self-care techniques including meditation, exercise, and nutrition. Goals are to promote personal well being, a healthy lifestyle, reduce burnout, and reduce academic difficulties. | 2 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | Permission from instructor | Aut,Win |
| UCONJOINT | UCONJ | 550 | Healthcare in the Underserved Community | Gives graduate/professional students in health sciences an introduction to health related issues faced by underserved populations. | 1 | 2,3,4 | No | N/A | None | Win |
| UCONJOINT | UCONJ | 624 | Health and Equity and Community Organizing | Equips students with tools to organize themselves and others to address social and structural injustices that perpetuate health disparities. Didactic coursework complemented with opportunities to apply skills and gain confidence through hands-on collaboration with local leaders and engagement in community-driven listening and advocacy campaigns. | 1 | 2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Aut,Spr |
| UCONJOINT | UCONJ | 646 | Introduction to Advocacy for the Health Professions | Learn from advocacy and topic specific experts about fundamental elements of health advocacy. Develop hands-on skills for moving beyond witnessing health disparities to upstream action rooted in community-centered advocacy. | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Aut,Win,Spr,Sum |
| UCONJOINT | UCONJ | 647 | Antiracism in Action for Health Professionals | Provides health sciences students opportunity to reflect and build skills necessary to become an anti-racist health care professional. Examines racism at the individual, institutional and societal level, and provides opportunities for a diverse group of health professions to share ideas and perspectives about collective action. | 1 | 1,2,3,4 | Yes | N/A | None | Aut,Win,Spr |
| School of Pharmacy | PHARMP | 580 | Preparation for Global Health Experience in Low-resource Countries | Prepares students to safely and fully engage in clinical healthcare experiences in low-resource countries. Helps students understand common barriers to healthcare access and to appreciate the communicable and non-communicable health issues that individuals and communities experience in these countries. | 3 | 2 | Drug/Device Development; Drug/Device Safety and Use; Research | Spr |