University - Medicine

Abnormal Psychology

A standard undergraduate abnormal psychology course: defining abnormality, classification systems (DSM-5-TR), research methods, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, trauma/stress disorders, depressive and bipolar disorders, schizophrenia spectrum, personality disorders, substance use disorders, eating disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and treatment approaches (psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy).

Biochemistry

An introductory undergraduate biochemistry course: amino acids and protein structure, enzyme kinetics and mechanisms, carbohydrate structure and metabolism (glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, glycogen metabolism, pentose phosphate pathway), citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, lipid metabolism (fatty acid oxidation and synthesis), nitrogen metabolism and amino acid catabolism, nucleotide metabolism, and metabolic integration and regulation.

Genetics

A standard undergraduate genetics course: Mendelian genetics and extensions (incomplete dominance, codominance, epistasis, pleiotropy, polygenic inheritance), chromosomal basis of inheritance, linkage and recombination, molecular biology of the gene (DNA replication, transcription, translation), gene regulation (prokaryotic and eukaryotic), mutation and DNA repair, genomics and bioinformatics, population genetics, and quantitative genetics.

Human Anatomy & Physiology I

The first semester of a college human anatomy and physiology sequence: cells and tissues, integumentary system, skeletal system, muscular system, nervous system, and sensory systems.

Human Anatomy & Physiology II

The second semester of a college human anatomy and physiology sequence: the endocrine system, cardiovascular system (heart and blood vessels), lymphatic system and immunity, respiratory system, digestive system, urinary system, fluid/electrolyte/acid-base balance, and the reproductive system.

Organic Chemistry I

The first semester of a two-semester undergraduate organic chemistry sequence: structure and bonding (hybridization, Lewis structures, resonance, formal charge), functional groups, nomenclature (IUPAC), stereochemistry (chirality, R/S configuration, optical activity, meso compounds), conformational analysis, acids and bases in organic chemistry, substitution reactions (SN1, SN2), elimination reactions (E1, E2), and an introduction to addition reactions of alkenes.

Organic Chemistry II

The second semester of a two-semester undergraduate organic chemistry sequence: conjugated systems and aromaticity, electrophilic aromatic substitution, reactions of alcohols and ethers, oxidation and reduction, aldehydes and ketones (nucleophilic addition), carboxylic acids and derivatives (acyl substitution), enolate chemistry, amines, multi-step synthesis design, spectroscopy (IR, NMR, mass spec), and an introduction to biological molecules.

Pharmacology

An introductory pharmacology course for health-science students: pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion), pharmacodynamics (receptors, dose-response, agonists/antagonists), autonomic pharmacology, cardiovascular drugs, CNS pharmacology, antimicrobial agents, anti-inflammatory drugs, endocrine pharmacology, and principles of safe medication administration.