Subject: Biomedical Sciences
Course Number: 117
Course Title: Infection and Host Response; Cell Physiology
Units: 8
School: Dentistry
Department: Cell And Tissue Biology

Course Description: This course will provide a foundation in the microbiologic, immunologic, and pharmacologic therapies used to treat and prevent infectious diseases, which rank among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality world-wide. Additionally, to better understand how medications like local anesthetics work, this course will provide a foundation in membrane structure, membrane transport, signaling, neurophysiology, and local anesthetics. This latter material will dovetail with the subsequent courses.
Prerequisites: none
Restrictions: D1
Activities: Direct - Lecture, Direct - Seminar, Direct - Lab-Skills, Direct - Project, Direct - Independent Study, Student - Lecture, Student - Seminar

Instructor of Record: E. Joyce
Additional Instructor(s): Z. Knight
May the student choose the instructor for this course? No
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Winter
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: No
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? No
Repeat course for credit? No