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USC Catalogue 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction

The terms indicated are expected, but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.
 

Biological Sciences
  

  • BISC 539 Race and Racism in Evolutionary Biology

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Advanced seminar discussing biological concepts of race and ancestry, the history of eugenics, race and intelligence/aptitude tests, race-based medicine, strategies for increasing diversity in STEM.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 542 Seminar in Molecular Biology

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 6.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BISC 544 Advanced Reading in Molecular Biology

    Units: 1, 2
    Max Units: 04
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Advanced training for molecular biology graduate students in reading primary journal articles. Emphasis on critical analyses of primary scientific literature.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master and doctoral students in Computational Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 545 Modeling and Numerical Techniques for Marine Scientists

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Statistical analyses of data sets, development of modeling frameworks, numerical models of varying complexity, and techniques for analyzing model results.
    Recommended Preparation: Suggested reading MATLAB Primer (Timothy Davis)
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as GEOL 545, OS 545, QBIO 545
  

  • BISC 549 Seminar in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 6.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Current topics in integrative and evolutionary biology.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 550a Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Molecular mechanisms affected by environmental factors that may predispose individuals to many adult diseases and have pre-/peri-natal origins with multigenerational effects.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 550b Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Molecular mechanisms affected by environmental factors that may predispose individuals to many adult diseases and have pre-/peri-natal origins with multigenerational effects.
    Prerequisite: BISC 550a  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 552 Bioethics, Health Policy and Human Development

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Examination of human development utilizing bioethics, health policy and social justice frameworks; maternal-fetal health care, epigenetics/genomics privacy, environmental influences and social determinants of health.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 555 Epidemiology of Developmental Origins of Disease

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Epidemiology terminology and use; analysis and interpretation of raw data; communication of results to the general public; applications to developmental origins of health and disease.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 556 Developmental Nutrition and Lifelong Health

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The role of nutrition at various stages of the human life cycle and the effect of nutritional concerns on disease etiology/pathogenesis in adulthood.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 557 Emerging Technologies for the Study of Health and Disease

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Provides students with a conceptual and practical understanding of advanced techniques in molecular and imaging science and research.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 558a Capstone Research Project

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Develop skills in analyzing and discussing complex, intersectional problems in the developmental origins of human health and disease with ethical and policy implications.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 558b Capstone Research Project

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Develop skills in analyzing and discussing complex, intersectional problems in the developmental origins of human health and disease with ethical and policy implications.
    Prerequisite: BISC 558a  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 558c Capstone Research Project

    Units: 8
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Modern, innovative techniques in molecular and imaging science to solve challenging interdisciplinary problems in the developmental origins of health and disease; laboratory-based instruction.
    Prerequisite: BISC 558b  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 559 DOOHD Seminar Series

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 04
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Seminars discussing the complex interplay in human development and aging, (epi)genetics and environment, racial and socioeconomic disparities, local and global health, climate change and pollution.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 572 Medical Physiology I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    (Enroll in INTD 572 )
  

  • BISC 574 Systems Physiology and Disease II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    (Enroll in INTD 573 )
  

  • BISC 576 Practical Statistics and Bioinformatics

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Practical experience in statistics and bioinformatics methods, software packages applicable to molecular biology, genomics analysis, and structural bioinformatics and their underlying principles.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 581L Current Problems in Marine Sciences

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 16.0
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    In-depth studies on selected problems of current interest in the marine sciences.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 582 Advanced Biological Oceanography

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Aspects of physics and chemistry of the oceans. Qualitative and quantitative considerations of the ecology of pelagic and benthic communities.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as OS-582
  

  • BISC 583 Evolution and Adaptation of Marine Organisms

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Fundamentals of evolutionary patterns and processes in the marine environment, with emphasis on rates of adaptation to a changing ocean.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 584 Faculty Lecture Series

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Multi- instructor course designed to introduce students to the breadth and depth of faculty interests within the Marine Environmental Biology section of Biological Sciences and the Natural History Museum.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 585 Scientific Writing and Reviewing

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Hands-on experience writing and reviewing scientific literature. The review process and participation in writing and reviewing their own proposals.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 586 Biological Oceanographic Instrumentation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Survey of analytical principles, theory and application behind commonly used methodologies in biological oceanography.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 587 Communicating Ocean Science

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Multi-instructor, interdisciplinary course focused on student awareness and improvement of cognitive processes used in research development, and communication of ocean literacy in the public sector.
    Recommended Preparation: Graduate level understanding of oceanographic principles.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 588 Introduction to Bioinformatics

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Hands-on introduction to basic bioinformatics skills, software and analysis pipelines for biologists with minimal to no prior command line experience.
    Registration Restriction: Registration open only to MBBO and OCS graduate students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 590 Directed Research

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

  

  • BISC 593 Practicum in Teaching the Biological Sciences

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Practical principles for the long-term development of effective teaching within college disciplines. Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife College.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BISC 596 Internship for Curricular Practical Training

    Units: 1, 2, 3
    Max Units: 03
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Part-time or full-time, practical work experience in the student’s field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty. May not be taken until the student has completed at least one semester of enrollment in the graduate program with a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BISC 599 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BISC 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

  

  • BISC 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BISC 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BISC 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BISC 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BISC 794z Doctoral Dissertation

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


Biokinesiology
  

  • BKN 504 Neuromuscular Systems

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    (Enroll in BME 504 )
  

  • BKN 510 Sports Science Statistics - Introduction to Statistical Analysis

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Apply statistical methods for hypotheses testing sports science using commonly used methods and statistical software.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 550 Neurobehavioral Basis of Movement

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Introduction to the neurobehavioral and neurobiological basis of movement. Review of information processing, neural basis of perception/action, motor systems, and higher cognitive function and behavior.
    Recommended Preparation: biology and physiology.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 551 Musculoskeletal and Biomechanical Basis of Movement

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to the mechanical properties of the musculoskeletal system. Review of connective tissue and muscle mechanics, arthrology, anatomical design and statics. Laboratory dissections illustrate biomechanical concepts.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 552 Physiological Basis of Voluntary Movement

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Consideration of the neuromuscular and musculoskeletal physiology of voluntary movement.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 553 Experimental Methods for the Analysis of Human Movement

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduces students to the techniques and hardware used to record movement, measure movement-related variables, and analyze those variables to address hypotheses.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 557L Functional Neuroanatomy with Lab Dissection

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Comprehensive survey of regional neuroanatomy covered in lecture and laboratory format with dissection. In-depth consideration is given to neuroanatomical basis of sensory and motor function. Topics include neuroanatomical basis of cellular function, somatosensation, special senses, movement and distributed motor control, and homeostasis regulation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 559 Readings in Biokinesiology

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Independent review and synthesis of papers appearing in the current literature.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 560 Movement Analysis for Sport

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Perform systematic quantitative biomechanical analyses of common movements in sport and exercise using a variety of motion analysis techniques.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 563 Biomechanics

    Units: 2, 2 years
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Advanced study of the kinematics of human motion. Emphasis on the inverse dynamics solution to qualify forces and moments of force.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 566 Neurobiology of Locomotion

    Units: 2
    Topics include developmental biology of embryonic motility, central pattern generators, descending neural regulation, sensory modulation, and perception/action influences on the motor control of locomotion.
    Prerequisite: BISC 524, BISC 525;
    Recommended Preparation: BKN 550 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 567 Advanced Topics in Biomechanics

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Advanced examination of motion-analysis techniques, applications and data interpretation. Magnetic tracking techniques, upper-extremity kinematics, energy/work/impulse concepts, intersegmental dynamics, and EMG muscle modeling are examined.
    Prerequisite: BKN 563 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 573a Advanced Dissection Anatomy

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Advanced analysis of systems or structures with dissection. Emphasis on correlations with function.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 573b Advanced Dissection Anatomy

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Advanced analysis of systems or structures with dissection. Emphasis on correlations with function.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 575 Principles of Musculoskeletal Imaging

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Basic principles of musculoskeletal imaging as it relates to biomechanics research. Topics include MRI physics, variable imaging parameters and selection of pulse sequences.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 578 Classic Readings in Biokinesiology

    Units: 2
    A seminar course in which students read and discuss classic scientific papers that have shaped the development of the movement sciences over the past 150 years.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 585 Systematic Research Writing

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Development of analytical journal reading skills and proficiency in scientific writing. Lecture and tutorial format.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 587a Physiological Correlates of Therapeutic Exercise

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Responses of the physically handicapped to exercise. Emphasis on muscle, energy metabolism, body temperature, environment, endocrine considerations. Strengthening, training, endurance, and evaluation of performance.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 587b Physiological Correlates of Therapeutic Exercise

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Responses of the physically handicapped to exercise, with emphasis on cardiovascular and respiratory adaptations and pathology.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 588 Physiology and Biomechanics of Resistance Exercise

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Science of resistance-exercise prescription, adaptation, and outcome assessment. Topics include periodization, neuromuscular and connective tissue adaptation, special populations, and biomechanical considerations.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 590 Directed Research

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

  

  • BKN 593 Behavioral Basis of Motor Control and Learning

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Seminar in movement science dealing with the behavioral basis of motor control and learning from an information processing perspective.
    Recommended Preparation: statistics; psychology.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 594a Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BKN 594b Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BKN 594z Master’s Thesis

    Units: 0
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BKN 596 Internship for Curricular Practical Training

    Units: 1, 2, 3
    Max Units: 03
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Part-time or full-time, practical work experience in the student’s field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty. May not be taken until the student has completed at least one semester of enrollment in the graduate program with a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BKN 599 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Studies of scientific theory in physical therapy.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 600 Sports Science Internship

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    A combination of observation, participation (testing/assessments, training) and analysis and interpretation of data. Supervision and guidance from the internship mentor will vary depending on the setting and credit hours. Allows students a progressively increasing amount of responsibility with respect to athlete/subject and/or data involvement.
    Prerequisite: BKN 551  and BKN 552  and BKN 550  and BKN 553 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • BKN 610L Technology in Sport: Field Assessment of Athlete Performance

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Introduction of topics related to assessments of athlete performance on the field or in the sports setting. Focus on understanding and applying available technology to athlete field assessments. Overview of the techniques and hardware used to assess athlete performance outside of a laboratory setting.
    Prerequisite: BKN 551  and BKN 552  and BKN 553 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 611L Technology in Sport: Physiological Assessments

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Introduction to the physiological assessment of athlete performance. Focus on understanding, performing and interpreting physiological assessments such as metabolic testing (VO2max), hydration, oxygen saturation, body composition, lactate threshold, heart rate, core body temperature.
    Prerequisite: BKN 551  and BKN 552  and BKN 553 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 615 Principles of Skeletal Adaptation

    Units: 4, 2 years
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Introduction to the integrative physiology of skeletal adaptation to mechanical loading. Emphasis on mechanical and chemical regulation of bone mass.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 617 Modeling the Motor System: An Introduction

    Units: 2, 2 years
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Introduction of basic principles and models of the primate motor system. Emphasis on arm control.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 618L Modeling the Motor System: Laboratory

    Units: 1, 2 years
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Introduction of computer programming and implementation of computational models in a laboratory setting.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 621 Electromyography in Research and Practice

    Units: 3, 2 years
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Physiology and electrophysiology of muscular contraction, how it is collected, quantified and processed. Uses of electromyographic information for research and clinical assessments.
    Recommended Preparation: human anatomy, skeletal muscle physiology.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 623 Neuroplasticity and Neural Repair

    Units: 3, 2 years
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Integration of basic research on neuroplasticity and clinical research on central nervous system reorganization after brain injury. Implication for neurorecovery and rehabilitation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 630 Resistance Training Techniques for High Performance Athletes

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Introduction to training methods and techniques as they pertain to high performance athletes with a focus on advanced resistance training programs and periodization schemes.
    Prerequisite: BKN 551  and BKN 552  and BKN 550  and BKN 553  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 672 Advanced Independent Study in Biokinesiology

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Examination of selected mechanisms underlying normal movement and pathological movement.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 680 Introduction to Data Science for Biomedical and Movement Research

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    For students in biomedical, biological and movement sciences who want to learn modern advanced statistical learning methods and to improve R programming.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BKN 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

  

  • BKN 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BKN 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BKN 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BKN 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BKN 794z Doctoral Dissertation

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


Biopharmaceutical Marketing
  

  • BPMK 500 Biopharmaceutical Marketing Management

    Units: 3
    Gain fundamental analytic skills and insights of medical trends directly from global payers, industry and government policy leaders covering healthcare reform, access and future therapies.
    Recommended Preparation: Graduate degree in pharmacy, medicine, or related MS or PhD program
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BPMK 501 Healthcare Payers, Insurance and Coverage Policy

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Review evolution, design, forecasting future healthcare and coverage policies. Actuarial costs impact and controls on insurance premiums. Master and design successful formulary and reimbursement tactics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BPMK 502 Biopharmaceutical Product Development and Marketing

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Portfolio role of clinical trials, regulatory and government agencies in product development. Winning through strategy! Planning profiles for novel products R&D vs. unmet medical needs.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BPMK 503 Biopharmaceutical Advertising and Communication

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Understand product positioning, timing and market opportunities. Key message development and communication pathways, budgets, quantitative measures for Grab and Growth! Integrated launch and market planning.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BPMK 504 Market Access and Reimbursement Strategy

    Units: 3
    Profile insurance categories, controls and public demands. Aligning formulary and value measures and research. Play to Win! Quantitative assessment of market segmentation and evidence generation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BPMK 505 Product Health Economics and Valuation

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Applied microeconomic tools, health technology assessment, cost effectiveness and commercial utility research. Practical understanding data sets and applications of real-world outcomes research and innovative modeling.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BPMK 506 Biopharmaceutical Product Pricing and Competition

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Design risk maps, methods and processes for competitive intelligence. War Games! Pricing tools and revenue models.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BPMK 508 Biopharmaceutical Marketing Research and Analytics

    Units: 3
    Research and analytical methods for synthesizing data-driven insights informing marketing decisions of biopharmaceutical products. Apply systematic frameworks of marketing research to assess a drug’s commercial opportunities.
    Registration Restriction: Not open to GSBA Business Administration students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BPMK 509 Seminars in Biopharmaceutical Marketing

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 03
    Weekly seminar and literature series to review and discuss policy of biopharmaceutical and healthcare access issues. Student-led discussions, expert guest speakers, group projects, critical thinking.
    Registration Restriction: Not open to GSBA Business Administration students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BPMK 510 Capstone I: Biopharmaceutical Management Project

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Program directed basic research and topics to develop student core skills surrounding research design, execution, planning, presentation and defense, consistent with BP industry standards.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BPMK 511 Capstone II: Biopharmaceutical Management Project

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Student directed advanced research and topics to develop student individual skills surrounding research design, execution, planning, presentation and defense, consistent with BP industry standards.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BPMK 599 Special Topics

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 08
    Special Topics in Biopharmaceutical Marketing.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


Biomaterials and Digital Dentistry
  

  • BMDD 588a Digital Technology Applied to Dentistry

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Weekly seminar devoted to critically review, analyze, and discuss digital technologies applied to dentistry.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BMDD 588b Digital Technology Applied to Dentistry

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Weekly seminar devoted to critically review, analyze, and discuss digital technologies applied to dentistry.
    Prerequisite: BMDD 588a 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BMDD 590 Directed Research

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

  

  • BMDD 594a Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BMDD 594b Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Prerequisite: BMDD 594a 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • BMDD 594z Master’s Thesis

    Units: 0
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Prerequisite: BMDD 594b 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit


Biomedical Engineering
  

  • BME 101 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Historical development and survey of major areas comprising biomedical engineering: theoretical neurobiology and systems physiology, biomedical instrumentation, artificial organ and prosthetic devices, biomedical computer applications.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • BME 201 Biomedical Engineering Practice

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Examination of the technical and practical challenges involved in the development of medical devices, including neural implants, in industry and the clinical setting.
    Recommended Preparation: BME 101 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

 

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