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USC Catalogue 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction

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Keck School of Medicine of USC

Courses

Academic Medicine

  • ACMD 501 Introduction to Academic Medicine Worldwide

    Units: 3
    Introduces the master’s program; includes historical development of training in the health professions; current issues, challenges and opportunities in academic medicine and health worldwide.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 502 Becoming a Leader in Academic Medicine Worldwide

    Units: 3
    Current approaches to leadership within the context of global academic medicine and health professions education; individual applications, group dynamics, teamwork, and interpersonal skill enhancement.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 503 Leading Change in Academic Medical Centers

    Units: 3
    Exploration and practice of skills for promoting programs within academic medicine and health professions’ education; building trust, organizational change, conflict resolution, negotiation, and managing resources.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 511 Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health I

    Units: 3
    Acquisition of cognitive knowledge and problem-solving skills in health professions worldwide; instructional methods, assessment techniques, designing curricula for health professions education.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 512 Competencies in Academic Medicine and Health II

    Units: 3
    Learning theory, teaching methods, assessment techniques related to acquisition and reinforcement of competencies related to patient care, practice based learning and improvement and systems-based practice.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 513 Professionalism in Academic Medicine and Health

    Units: 3
    Acquisition and evaluation of interpersonal and communication skills and professionalism including ethics and cultural competence; within the context of health care disparities and health initiatives.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 514 Accreditation and Program Evaluation in Academic Medicine

    Units: 3
    Evaluating health professions training programs within guidelines of relevant accreditation organizations; models of evaluation, designing plans and tools for evaluation of program elements.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 591 Designing Research on Innovations in Academic Medicine

    Units: 2
    Introduction to design and scholarly review of innovations in health professions education; needs assessment, problem selection, use of research methods to study an innovation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 592 Implementing Research on Innovation in Academic Medicine

    Units: 2
    Mentored research on an innovation in academic medicine leading to the master’s degree. The project will result in a formal written research report.
    Prerequisite: ACMD 591 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 593 Foundations of Academic Writing

    Units: 1
    Academic writing for conference papers, grant proposals and journal articles.
    Recommended Preparation: A completed study of an innovation in academic medicine or other health-related field that is ready to move to publication.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 598 Fieldwork: Designing Innovations for the Health Professions

    Units: 1, 2, 3
    Max Units: 3.0
    Individual projects designing curricular or other innovations for the home program as an application of Year 1 concepts and as part of the capstone experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • ACMD 604 Supporting the Educational Enterprise in Academic Medicine

    Units: 3
    Explores support functions in academic medical centers and health professions schools; financial, scientific, educational, faculty and student affairs departments, and offices of medical education.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 605 Faculty Development for Health Sciences Faculty Educators

    Units: 2
    Role of faculty development programs in health professions schools; tools for delivering effective continuing education and faculty development; models for mentoring clinical faculty.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 615 Maintenance of Competence in the Health Professions

    Units: 2
    Maintenance of competence and continuing professional development (CPD) of physicians and other health care professionals; trends, needs, strategies, assessing outcomes, examining effectiveness of CPD programs.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • ACMD 621 Capstone Portfolio for the Master of Academic Medicine

    Units: 1
    Role of portfolios for teachers and learners; develop a personal capstone portfolio that represents each learner’s accomplishment of the core competencies of the MACM program.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

Cancer Biology and Genomics

  • CBG 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer

    Units: 4, 2 years
    Terms Offered: Sp
    (Enroll in INTD 504 )

  • CBG 580 Topics in Cancer (Epi)Genomics

    Units: 1.0
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Selected topics in Cancer Biology and Genomics including review of contemporary literature and research.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • CBG 790 Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • CBG 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • CBG 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • CBG 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • CBG 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • CBG 794z Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

Interdepartmental Medicine

  • INTD 500 Ethics and Accountability in Biomedical Research

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Sm
    The purpose of this course is to engage current (and potential) research trainees in discussions about the responsible conduct of science. The course is designed as an option for meeting current federal regulations which require that all predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows paid from federal contracts and grants have a component of ethical training.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • INTD 501 Recent Advances in Vision Science

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Recent advances in the understanding of the ocular surface are reported and discussed; students will learn how to read papers critically, develop speaking skills to explain a research paper and attend a three-day workshop on NIH proposal development and scientific manuscript preparation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • INTD 504 Molecular Biology of Cancer

    Units: 4, 2 years
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Epidemiology, pathobiology, carcinogenesis, tumor biology and heterogeneity; retroviruses, oncogenes, cell cycle control, genetics of cancer, tumor immunology; treatment strategies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as BIOC 504, CBG 504, MICB 504

  • INTD 522 Infection and Host Responses

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Overview of microbes, their life cycles and the host response they elicit, evade or exploit, including the manipulation and the malfunction of the immune system.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as MICB-522

  • INTD 531 Cell Biology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Current perspectives on major research areas in cell biology. Emphasis will be on in-depth examination of cellular structures, regulatory processes, intra-cellular routing and targeting, and cell/environmental interactions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as BIOC-531, CNB-531, MICB-531, MPTX-531, PATH-531, PHBI-531, PSCI-531

  • INTD 535 Continuing Introduction to Clinical Medicine for MD/PhD Students

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Course for MD/PhD students in PhD years designed to allow maintenance and improvement of clinical skills prior to re-entry in clinical rotations in the Year III medical curriculum.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • INTD 537 The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in Molecular Biology

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    A course in how scientists make breakthrough discoveries and whether there are predictable ingredients for significant changes in perception of the living system.
    Recommended Preparation: one year in cell and molecular biology.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate-level students in any of the biological sciences.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • INTD 549 Protein Chemistry — Structure and Function

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Chemistry of peptides and proteins; protein structure and folding; molecular basis of protein action.
    Recommended Preparation: general biochemistry.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as BIOC-549

  • INTD 550 Introduction to Pathology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Normal histology and introduction to basic pathological concepts. Provides a solid and basic understanding of normal structures and how they relate to function.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as PATH-550

  • INTD 551 Pathobiology of Disease

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Relationship between histopathological and clinical manifestations of disease and their underlying molecular mechanisms. Topics include inflammatory, developmental, environmental, degenerative, and neoplastic disease processes.
    Prerequisite: INTD 550 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as PATH-551

  • INTD 555 Biochemical and Molecular Bases of Disease

    Units: 4
    Biochemical and molecular abnormalities in disease states.
    Prerequisite: general biochemistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as BIOC-555, PATH-555

  • INTD 561 Molecular Biology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Biochemistry and molecular biology of replication, transcription, RNA processing, translation, and regulation of gene expression with emphasis on multicellular eukaryotic organisms and comparisons to prokaryotes.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as BIOC-561, CBY-561, CNB-561, MICB-561, MPTX-561, PATH-561, PHBI-561, PSCI-561

  • INTD 567 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology

    Units: 4
    (Enroll in NSCI 531 )

  • INTD 571 Biochemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Physical-chemical basis of life processes: protein structure and enzyme function; synthesis and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, and nucleotides.
    Prerequisite: open to qualified students.
    Duplicates Credit in former BIOC 441.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as BIOC-571, CBY-571, CNB-571, MICB-571, MPTX-571, PATH-571, PHBI-571, PSCI-571

  • INTD 572 Systems Physiology and Disease I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Mammalian organ systems operation during health, and pathophysiologic analysis of related diseases with focus on muscle, respiratory, cardiovascular and renal systems. Faculty from basic and clinical sciences. Open to graduate students in biomedical science only.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as BIOC-572, CNB-572, MICB-572, MPHY-572, MPTX-572, PATH-572, PHBI-572, PM-572

  • INTD 573 Systems Physiology and Disease II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Mammalian organ systems operation during health, and pathophysiologic analysis of related diseases with focus on neuroscience, immunology, metabolism, endocrine, reproduction, GI and liver. Faculty from basic and clinical sciences. Open to graduate students in biomedical science only.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as BIOC-574, CNB-573, MPHY-573, MPTX-573, PATH-573, PHBI-573, PM-573

  • INTD 574 Systems Biology and Disease Seminar

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 16.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Selected topics in systems biology and disease.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Systems Biology and Disease Ph.D. students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • INTD 575 Interdisciplinary Research Presentations

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Broad Topics on Biomedical Research, Human Diseases and Career Development. Open only to doctoral students.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • INTD 577 Writing in the Biomedical and Biological Sciences

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Writing instruction for graduate students focusing on grant proposals and scientific papers. Includes both writing and providing critiques of classmates’ work. Lectures and discussion. Open only to doctoral students in the school of Medicine.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students in the school of Medicine.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • INTD 600 Student Research Presentation

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Students prepare and present their own research to an audience of faculty and peers.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • INTD 620 Medical Students Elective Program

    Units: 0
    Opportunities for medical students as preceptors in research laboratories or in field medical service under guidance of sponsors approved by faculty committees.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • INTD 621a Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) for THE

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A strongly patient centered course in which both PhD engineering and MD students experience how doctors handle communications, basic diagnostic thinking and engineering perspectives. Open only to Health, Technology and Engineering students.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Health, Technology and Engineering students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • INTD 621b Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) for THE

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A strongly patient centered course in which both PhD engineering and MD students experience how doctors handle communications, basic diagnostic thinking and engineering perspectives. Open only to Health, Technology and Engineering students.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Health, Technology and Engineering students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • INTD 622L Pre-clinical System Block for Health, Technology and Engineering

    Units: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A three to- nine week block of lectures and laboratories focused on particular body system (e.g., cardiovascular, renal, etc.). Open only to Health, Technology and Engineering students.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Health, Technology and Engineering students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • INTD 630 Viral Oncology

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Broad aspects of RNA and DNA viral oncology from epidemiology to molecular genetics.
    Duplicates Credit in former PATH 630.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as PATH-631

  • INTD 650 Stem Cell Biology and Medicine

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Basic principles, available embryonic and adult stem cells, principles of organogenesis and regeneration, animal models, delivery of engineered tissues to patients, promise and limitations of stem cells. Open to master’s and PhD students on the Health Sciences Campus and to medical and post-doctoral fellow trainees only.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as PATH-650

  • INTD 685 Bioinformatics in Genome Analysis

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Basic programming concepts for computational genomic analysis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • INTD 790 Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Open only to doctoral students.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

Medical Biology

  • MEDB 790 Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • MEDB 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • MEDB 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • MEDB 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • MEDB 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  • MEDB 794z Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

Medical Sciences (200–400)

  • MEDS 220 Preparation for the Clinical Experience

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Discussion and exercises in clinically relevant topics (professional behavior, patient privacy, medical ethics, cultural competency, teamwork, etc.) in preparation for experience in the clinical setting.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 260 Challenges in the Forefront of Biomedical Ethics

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Examination of fundamental ethical concepts and principles in clinical health care and biomedical research. Use of film, case studies and discussion.
    Recommended Preparation: MDA 110   or MEDS 220 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 280 The History of Medicine: a Doctor’s Perspective

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Explores the role of medicine/surgery in society, whose ideas about health and disease have undergone enormous changes from antiquity to the present day.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 300g Statistical Methods for Biomedical Research

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Fundamental basis for various statistical tests, underlying assumptions, and statistical analyses used in biomedical and clinical research.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 315 Human Anatomy, Physiology, and the Technology of Medicine

    Units: 2
    Introduction to human anatomy and physiology in relation to common disease processes, and an examination of how technology has transformed western medicine throughout history.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg  or BISC 221Lg  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 320 Human Cadaveric Anatomy

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Anatomical structure and function of the major regions of the human body as related to health and disease, using clinical cases, lectures and cadaveric demonstrations.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 330 Bionics: Solutions to Enable the Disabled

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Focused examination of medical bionics with emphasis on solutions that enable the disabled and detailed discussions and evaluations of the social and technological aspects of bionic medical devices.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 335 Human Development: From Stem to Sternum

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An introduction to transformation of a single cell into a mature organism.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 .
    Recommended Preparation: BISC 320 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 340 The Brain in Health and Disease

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Study of the human brain with emphasis on structure-functional relationships, illustrative case studies, current imaging techniques, with illustrative laboratory exercises using specimens and slides.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 ; and CHEM 103  or CHEM 105a  or CHEM 115a ;
    Recommended Preparation: MEDS 310.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 350 Neurochemistry of Addiction: Drugs, Brain, and Behavior

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The neurochemistry of psychiatric illness and addiction, introduction to brain and nervous system biochemistry, anatomy and disease states. Covers prescribed medications and drugs of abuse.
    Prerequisite: (BISC 220Lg  or BISC 221Lg ) and (CHEM 103Lgx  or CHEM 105aLg  or CHEM 115aLg )
    Recommended Preparation: BISC 320L  or BISC 330L  and MEDS 330 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 355 Skeletal Biology and Pathology: No Bones About It

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Overview of the cellular make-up of the human skeleton, the functions of bones, clinical application of this knowledge towards bone-related diseases, and introduction to technological advances in orthopedic surgery.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg  or BISC 221Lg 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 360 From Bench to Bedside: New Frontiers in Biomedical Research

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    A theoretical basis of laboratory approaches that help the biomedical or physician scientist in understanding the etiology of disease and targeting disease processes.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 ; and CHEM 103  or CHEM 105a  or CHEM 115a ;
    Recommended Preparation: BISC 320  or BISC 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 370 Organ Failure: Non-Communicable Chronic Disease

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    An examination of frequently treated diseases with the greatest impact on society. Involvement of medical specialists and actual patients as guests.
    Prerequisite: MEDS 220  and BISC 220  or BISC 221 ; and CHEM 103  or CHEM 105a  or CHEM 115a ;
    Recommended Preparation: MEDS 320  or EXSC 301L.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 380 Stem Cells: Fact and Fiction

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Exploring how stem cells and regenerative medicine are portrayed in culture, the scientific underpinnings of what is currently possible, and visions into the future.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 390 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4
    Max Units: 4
    Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only. 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 420 Clinical Pediatrics

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Explores enduring and fascinating topics in Pediatrics through a modern lens, incorporating first hand patient-care experiences in clinics and hospitals, and didactic case-based discussions. 
    Prerequisite: BISC 220 Lg  or BISC BISC 221 Lg  and MEDS 220 Lg 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 425 Medical Examiner-Coroner: Investigating Death

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Emphasizes the team-based approach used by forensic scientists, medical examiners and coroners to investigate the circumstances and determine the cause/manner of death.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 ; and MEDS 220  
    Registration Restriction: Open only to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 440 Introduction to Surgical Principles

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Introduction to the spectrum of surgical care, taught by surgeons, with the goal of developing an appreciation of the role that surgery plays in society.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 ; and CHEM 103  or CHEM 105a  or CHEM 115a ; and MEDS 220 .
    Registration Restriction: Open only to juniors and seniors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 445 Cancer: Introduction to Oncology in the Modern Era

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to the spectrum of clinical and scientific issues surrounding contemporary cancer care – molecular diagnostics, genomic medicine, modern therapeutics, and community/patient engagement.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 ; and MEDS 220 .
    Registration Restriction: Open only to juniors and seniors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 450 OB/GYN: The Medicine and Surgery of Reproduction

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    An introduction to the practical realities of modern obstetric and gynecology practice from the point of view of practicing surgeon scientists at USC.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 ; and MEDS 220 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 460 Emergency Health Care

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Principles of emergency medical services, ranging from prehospital care and advanced life-saving, to minor injuries and illnesses. Interactive experience with ER physicians/emergency health care providers.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 ; and MEDS 220 .
    Recommended Preparation: MEDS 260 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 465 Wilderness and Survival Medicine

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Medical physiology principles of people under “extreme” wilderness conditions, factors affecting remote medical care, and basic survival strategies, led by Emergency Medicine physicians.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221 ; and MEDS 220 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 490x Directed Research in Biomedical Science

    Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual research and readings.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220  or BISC 221  and CHEM 103  or CHEM 105a  or CHEM 115a ;
    Recommended Preparation: MEDS 300 , MEDS 360 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

Medical Sciences (500)

  • MEDS 500 Basic Concepts in Global Health

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Exploration of global health issues facing resource-poor societies; emphasizes contributing factors including behavioral and physiological bases, economic, social, and political context.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 501 Critical Issues in Global Health

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Evaluation of government and non-government organizations’ new global health responses, and critical issues affecting global health including: environment, workforce conditions, obesity, nutrition, drugs, poverty.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 502 Global Epidemiology of Diseases and Risk Factors

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Survey of major populations’ crises and risk factors accounting for global health challenges. Evaluation of case studies of global health interventions and effective methodologies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 503L Core Principles System I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Introduction to basic medical concepts and biological system functions; examination of core principles of science and medical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 504L Core Principles System II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Continuation of concepts from MEDS 503 . Basic medical concepts and biological system functions; examination of core principles of science and medical treatment.
    Prerequisite: MEDS 503 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 510 Global Health Modules, Malaria

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Critical issues in international control and treatment of malaria. Exploration of biological and epidemiological fundamentals of human-parasite interaction, including dynamics of transmission among populations.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 511 Global Health Modules, Tuberculosis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Exploration of biological and epidemiological fundamentals of tuberculosis including dynamics of transmission among populations. Overview of clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of infections.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 512 Global Health Modules, Maternal and Child Health I

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Biopsychosocial, cultural and economic aspects of women’s health: pregnancy, childbirth, marriage. Examination of health promotion and policy efforts to improve women’s health globally.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 513 Global Health Modules, Maternal and Child Health II

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    In-depth examination of women’s health issues; health promotion and policy efforts to improve women’s health globally.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 514 Global Health Modules, Tropical Disease

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Examination of prevalent tropical diseases: epidemiology, clinical manifestations, treatment, impact on economies of tropical countries. Key issues related to these diseases; World Health Organization responses.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 515 Global Health Modules, HIV/AIDS

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    HIV epidemiology, basic biology of transmission and pathophysiology, associated opportunistic infections, and challenges to providing care in the developing world, including government responses.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 516 Cultural Competence in Health and Medicine

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Practical approach to the development of professional skills for providing culturally sensitive clinical health services to ethnically and linguistically diverse patients.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 517 Health and Human Rights

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    The relationship between health and human rights, and the study of human rights issues relevant to health care professionals.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 518 Children in Emergency Situations: Global Policies and Programs

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Focuses on children in emergency situations, including natural and man-made disasters, such as floods, earthquakes, conflicts, or war, with an emphasis on the poorest and most vulnerable children.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Global Medicine majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 519 Global Oral Health

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Better understand the key issues impacting global oral health, how better care can help reduce the disease prevalence, and ways to prepare the next generation of global health leaders to address the key issues.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Global Medicine majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 520 Medical Spanish for the Health Professions

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Spanish language course for students planning to enter the health professions.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to digital social media majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • MEDS 521 Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Exploration of the threat of major worldwide epidemics and diseases with a focus on the recent emergence of new plagues.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 522 Human Hepatitis Viruses

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Human hepatitis and the viruses that cause them, how they are spread, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 523 Global Toxicity and Carcinogenesis

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Covers the occurrences of toxic substances and the toxicity/diseases they cause, and chemical carcinogens and the types of cancer they cause worldwide.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • MEDS 524 Grantwriting for Non-Government Organizations

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Instruction on the process and methods of writing effective grants from identifying appropriate funders to implementing project upon receipt of funding award.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

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