Graduate Courses
Adding and Dropping Courses
Course add/drop requests can be made through ACORN.
For course add and drop deadlines, please refer to the SGS Sessional Dates website.
For 0.25 FCE modular courses offered in the Fall and/or Winter sessions, the deadlines are:
- Add Deadline: Before the first day of class
- Drop Deadline: No more than 50% of the course has passed
For 0.25 FCE courses running in the Spring/Summer sessions, the add/drop deadlines follow those outlined in the SGS Sessional Dates website.
If you miss the add/drop deadline, you will need to submit an Add/Drop Course Request Form.
Course Listing
PCL3120H: Diabetes Pharmacology: Treatments and Complications
Coordinators: Dr. Natasha Anita and Dr. Walter Swardfager
This diabetes pharmacology course explores the underlying causes of type 2 diabetes, focusing on the role of key hormones and receptors such as insulin, glucagon, and GLUT transporters, as well as risk factors like genetics, obesity, and lifestyle. Students will examine the history of diabetes, the development of pharmacological treatments—including insulin, oral hypoglycemics, and emerging therapies—and their mechanisms of action. The course also covers disease complications, including neuropathy, nephropathy, and cardiovascular risks, while addressing variations in insulin resistance and diabetes presentation across populations to emphasize personalized and inclusive treatment approaches.
Grade Scale: CR/NCR
Credits: 0.25 FCE
Pre-requisites
- Open to Pharmacology graduate students only
PCL3301H: Introductory Concepts in Clinical Pharmacology
Coordinator: Dr. Cindy Woodland
This course is aimed at learners with no prior background in pharmacology. It will provide participants with an appreciation for the scope and value of pharmacology, as well as principles and basic concepts.
*Terminology and mechanisms will be described in sufficient detail to prepare students for PCL1004Y Clinical Pharmacology.
Grade Scale: Letter Grade
Credits: 0.25 FCE
Pre-requisites
- This course will serve as a co-requisite for students with no pharmacology background taking PCL1004Y Clinical Pharmacology.
- Exclusion: PCL3000H
- Pharmacology graduate students will require permission from the course instructor to enroll.
- Non-Pharmacology graduate students may request this course via an Add/Drop Course form.
PCL3302H: Ethical Considerations and Regulatory Affairs in Drug Development
Coordinator: Dr. Cindy Woodland
This course provides an overview of the ethical considerations and regulatory frameworks governing drug development. Topics include ethical research principles in drug development, appropriate communication of drug-related information, the role of bioethics in shaping pharmaceutical policy, and Canadian and international regulatory requirements for drug development.
Grade Scale: Letter Grade
Credits: 0.25 FCE
Pre-requisites
- Open to first year students in the Applied Clinical Pharmacology program
PCL3303H: Statistics, Bioinformatics, and AI in Clinical Pharmacology
Coordinator: Dr. Cindy Woodland
This course emphasizes the roles of new methodologies, appropriate statistical approaches and analyses, critical thinking, bioinformatics and artificial intelligence in advancing drug development, clinical research, and patient care. Concepts from this course will be applied throughout the ACP program.
Grade Scale: Letter Grade
Credits: 0.25 FCE
Pre-requisites
Open to first year students in the Applied Clinical Pharmacology program
PSL1445H: Mechanistic Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience
Coordinator: Dr. Jesse Gillis
The purpose of this course is to give undergraduate students an overview and grounding in the fundamentals of neuroscience. The main emphasis is on the cellular and molecular aspects of brain function. The lecturers, all experts in their respective topics, are drawn from the different university departments and associated research institutes. Each year the course is updated to reflect the rapid evolution of ideas in neuroscience.
Pre-requisites
- Permission from the Physiology Department is required
PSL1446H: Molecular & Cellular Aspects of Neural Disorders
Coordinator: Dr. Chirag Manoj Vaswani
The purpose of this course is to give graduate students an overview and grounding in the fundamentals of neuroscience. The main emphasis is on the cellular and molecular aspects of neurological disorders. The lecturers, all experts in their respective topics, are drawn from the different University departments and associated research institutes. Each year, the course is updated to reflect the rapid evolution of ideas in neuroscience.
Pre-requisites
- Permission from the Physiology Department is required