Medicine

College of Medicine

For a complete description of the courses offered by the College of Medicine, see the catalog of the College of Medicine and the Graduate School catalog.

BMS 3023 Epidemiology and Public Health Issues of Tobacco Addiction.
Credits: 3.
Epidemiology and Health Issues of Tobacco Addiction will be offered as an asynchronous web-based distance education course. It will use the WebCT program supported by the OIR and include steaming media didactic sessions, projects and assignments, on-line quizzes and learning aids, and moderated chat rooms focused on selected topics.

BMS 4012 Cell Biology Seminar.
Credits: 4.
Cellular functions in health and disease. The structure and molecular biology of mammalian cells are stressed, including virus-cell interactions, inborn errors of metabolisms and bacterial growth. Identical to PCB 4903.

BMS 4029 The Neurobiology of Addiction.
Credits: 3.
Studies of drug, sex, gambling and other addictions has led to an appreciation of the brain structures, genes and environmental influences that underlie compulsive behaviors. This course examines addiction as a medical disease through the presentation of the latest research in medicine and neuroscience. It is intended for students in the health related professions seeking state-of-the-art knowledge in the process and treatment of addiction.

BMS 4905 Medical Sciences Senior Research.
Credits: 1 to 5; Prereq: consent of instructor. May be repeated with a change of content up to a maximum of 15 credits.
Laboratory or literature investigations of problems of current interest in the medical sciences.

BMS 5005 Introduction to the Professions of Medicine.
Credits: 3
The history, current status and future of the science and practice of medicine are surveyed from the perspectives of the major medical disciplines. Topics range from surgery, pediatrics, psychiatry and other clinical areas of medicine to topics on pharmacology, immunology and cell biology. The course is designed for preprofessional and graduate students with an interest in medicine.

For well-qualified undergraduates who receive departmental permission, two programs for individual interdisciplinary majors exist within the College of Medicine: one in neurobiological sciences and the other in biochemistry and molecular biology. Both of these programs are offered in cooperation with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The former involves course work in the Department of Neuroscience and related disciplines and the latter involves course work in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Both programs involve independent laboratory research and additional elective courses. Applications should be made to the concerned departments in the sophomore or early junior year.