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USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [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.
 

Removable Prosthodontics
  

  • RPRO 521 Preclinical Removable Complete Prosthodontics Laboratory

    Units: 1
    Fundamental theory for the fabrication of removable complete dentures.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RPRO 523a Preclinical Removable Prosthodontics and Implants Laboratory

    Units: 1
    Laboratory experience in the fabrication of removable complete and partial dentures and implants.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RPRO 523b Preclinical Removable Prosthodontics and Implants Laboratory

    Units: 1
    Laboratory experience in the fabrication of removable complete and partial dentures and implants.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RPRO 532 Preclinical Removable Partial Prosthodontics Laboratory II

    Units: 1
    Laboratory experience in fabrication of removable partial dentures.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RPRO 550 Removable Complete Prosthodontics Clinic I

    Units: 1
    Clinical demonstration with supervised clinic experience in construction, repair, and evaluation of the removable complete denture.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RPRO 561a Clinic: Removable Complete Prosthodontics I

    Units: 0
    Diagnosis, treatment planning, and care of edentulous patients. Complex cases involving temporo-mandibular joint dysfunction, surgical and congenital defects; seminars on clinical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • RPRO 561b Clinic: Removable Complete Prosthodontics I

    Units: 0
    Diagnosis, treatment planning, and care of edentulous patients. Complex cases involving temporo-mandibular joint dysfunction, surgical and congenital defects; seminars on clinical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • RPRO 561c Clinic: Removable Complete Prosthodontics I

    Units: 0
    Diagnosis, treatment planning, and care of edentulous patients. Complex cases involving temporo-mandibular joint dysfunction, surgical and congenital defects; seminars on clinical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • RPRO 561d Clinic: Removable Complete Prosthodontics I

    Units: 2
    Diagnosis, treatment planning, and care of edentulous patients. Complex cases involving temporo-mandibular joint dysfunction, surgical and congenital defects; seminars on clinical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RPRO 562a Clinic: Removable Complete Prosthodontics II

    Units: 0, 1, 2, 3
    Diagnosis, treatment planning, and care of edentulous patients. Complex cases involving temporomandibular joint dysfunction, surgical and congenital defects; seminars on clinical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • RPRO 562b Clinic: Removable Complete Prosthodontics II

    Units: 0, 1, 2, 3
    Diagnosis, treatment planning, and care of edentulous patients. Complex cases involving temporomandibular joint dysfunction, surgical and congenital defects; seminars on clinical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RPRO 571a Clinic: Removable Partial Prosthodontics

    Units: 0
    Clinical experience in diagnosis, treatment planning, and laboratory procedures necessary for the treatment of the partially edentulous patient. Includes seminars related to clinical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • RPRO 571b Clinic: Removable Partial Prosthodontics

    Units: 0
    Clinical experience in diagnosis, treatment planning, and laboratory procedures necessary for the treatment of the partially edentulous patient. Includes seminars related to clinical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • RPRO 571c Clinic: Removable Partial Prosthodontics

    Units: 0
    Clinical experience in diagnosis, treatment planning, and laboratory procedures necessary for the treatment of the partially edentulous patient. Includes seminars related to clinical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • RPRO 571d Clinic: Removable Partial Prosthodontics

    Units: 0
    Clinical experience in diagnosis, treatment planning, and laboratory procedures necessary for the treatment of the partially edentulous patient. Includes seminars related to clinical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • RPRO 571e Clinic: Removable Partial Prosthodontics

    Units: 0
    Clinical experience in diagnosis, treatment planning, and laboratory procedures necessary for the treatment of the partially edentulous patient. Includes seminars related to clinical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • RPRO 571f Clinic: Removable Partial Prosthodontics

    Units: 2
    Clinical experience in diagnosis, treatment planning, and laboratory procedures necessary for the treatment of the partially edentulous patient. Includes seminars related to clinical treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RPRO 602 Advanced Removable Prosthodontics

    Units: 4
    Critical review and evaluation of the removable prosthodontic literature; guided experience in the laboratory and clinical phases of removable prosthodontic therapy.
    Duplicates Credit in RPRO 604a, RPRO 604b, RPRO 604c.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RPRO 603 The Edentulous Patient — Conventional or Implant Prosthesis

    Units: 1
    Effective management of the edentulous patient who is unable to adapt to a prosthesis; includes a review of implant dentistry with a hands-on session.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RPRO 604a Advanced Removable Prosthodontics

    Units: 0
    Critical review and evaluation of the removable prosthodontic literature; guided experience in the laboratory and clinical phases of removable prosthodontic therapy.
    Duplicates Credit in RPRO 602.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • RPRO 604b Advanced Removable Prosthodontics

    Units: 0
    Critical review and evaluation of the removable prosthodontic literature; guided experience in the laboratory and clinical phases of removable prosthodontic therapy.
    Duplicates Credit in RPRO 602.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • RPRO 604c Advanced Removable Prosthodontics

    Units: 4
    Critical review and evaluation of the removable prosthodontic literature; guided experience in the laboratory and clinical phases of removable prosthodontic therapy.
    Duplicates Credit in RPRO 602.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RPRO 605 Prosthodontic Seminar: Removable Partial Prosthodontics

    Units: 1
    Provides fourth year dental students with an advanced didactic foundation for treating the partially edentulous patient with a removable partial.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


Regulatory Science
  

  • RSCI 504 Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)

    Units: 2
    Introduction to Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), including the design, implementation and monitoring of non-clinical GLP studies, and GLP studies in an academic environment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 506 Auditing Principles

    Units: 3
    Audit requirements mandated by the FDA and other international regulatory agencies including internal, external, regulatory agency, third party, GMP, GLP, ISO 13485/QSR and supplier audits.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 507 Quality Systems and Statistical Process Control

    Units: 2
    Fundamentals and applications of Statistical Process Control (SPC) in development and monitoring of manufacturing processes; includes SPC in root cause analysis and CAPA.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 508 Quality Assurance for Drugs and Biologics

    Units: 3
    Design and implementation of a quality system to assure quality and safety of pharmaceuticals and biologics, according to relevant FDA and international regulations and guidance documents.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 509 Quality Assurance, Medical Devices and Combination Products

    Units: 3
    Design of systems according to FDA and international regulations and guidelines to ensure the quality and safety of medical devices and combination products.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 520 Introduction to Risk Management for Health Care Products

    Units: 2
    Historical development, formal language and theoretical approaches to risk management in health care and medical product environment; policies, regulations, standards; liability prevention and loss control.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medical or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience.
    Duplicates Credit in former MPTX 520.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 521 Seminars in Regulatory Science

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 6.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Current problems in regulatory affairs, legal management, preclinical and clinical testing, scientific evaluation and quality assurance.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medical or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post secondary training and industry experience; enrollment in MS, Regulatory Science program.
    Duplicates Credit in former MPTX 521.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • RSCI 523 Advanced Concepts in Risk Management for Medical Products

    Units: 3
    Managing risk in demanding health-care and medical-product situations: clinical trials, emerging technologies, counterfeit prevention, hard-to-reach populations.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate or professional degree in pharmacy, medicine or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience; enrollment in M.S. (Regulatory Science), Certificate in Patient and Product Safety, or permission of instructor.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 525 Introduction to Drug and Food Toxicology

    Units: 3
    Factors affecting toxic responses to foods and drugs: dose-response relationships, absorption, distribution, biotransformation, elimination of toxicants; target organ toxicity, teratogenesis, mutagenesis, carcinogenesis, food allergies, risk assessment.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medical or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 527 Medical Product Safety

    Units: 3
    Management of medical product safety by manufacturers/suppliers including: safe manufacturing, labeling, packaging; pharmacovigilance, field observations, complaint handling; record-keeping, safety issues documentation; crisis management/recalls.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medical or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 529 Application of Risk Management Tools and Techniques

    Units: 2
    Use of risk management tools in the medical products arena: functional analysis, fault-tree analysis, failure modes and effects analysis, HACCP and six sigma methods.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medical or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 531 Industrial Approaches to Drug Discovery

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Examines the process of drug discovery from selection of disease and therapeutic target to characterization and validation of lead drug candidates.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medical or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience; enrollment in MS, Regulatory Science, Certificate in Preclinical Drug Development and MS, Management of Drug Development.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 532 Early Stage Drug Development

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Explores the activities involved in transforming an early drug or biological candidate to a drug approved for marketing by regulatory authorities.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medical or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience; enrollment in MS, Regulatory Science, Certificate in Preclinical Drug Development and MS, Management of Drug Development.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 533 Safety Evaluation during Drug Development

    Units: 3
    Safety pharmacology/toxicology requirements mandated by FDA and other regulatory agencies to move a new chemical entity from discovery stage to market approval.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 534 Drug Development in CNS Disorders

    Units: 4
    Successes and challenges related to central nervous system therapeutics. Major brain disorders, current and future therapeutic targets and clinical trial designs.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 535 Methods Development and Validation

    Units: 3
    Foundation in the process of developing and validating analytical methodology for purposes of pharmaceutical, biological and medical device development.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 540 Analysis of Food and Dietary Supplement Regulations

    Units: 3
    Changes and interpretation of regulations affecting food supply and dietary supplements impacting global markets. Product development, health-claim positioning, advertising, media messaging, consumer choices, personal health outcomes.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 541 Drug Development, Reimbursement, and Marketing

    Units: 3
    Survey of drug development strategies; health economics and outcomes researches and reimbursements; emphasis on coverage determination process and FDA and CMS parallel review process.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Max Units: 12.0
    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

  

  • RSCI 596 Internship for Curricular Practical Training in Regulatory Science

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Part-time or full-time practical work experience in Regulatory Science. The internship must be located at an offcampus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate or professional degree in pharmacy, medicine or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience; enrollment in MS (Regulatory Science).
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • RSCI 601 Biomedical Commerce

    Units: 4
    Introduction to business principles appropriate to medical products, including: supply and demand, product entry-exit strategies, financing, reimbursement, marketing and pricing in global marketplace.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate degree in pharmacy, medical or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience; enrollment in MS, Regulatory Science.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 603 Managing Complex Projects

    Units: 3
    Theory and methods to manage complex projects in medical products sectors; timelines, intellectual property, security, contracts, budgets, review activities, reports, electronic tools, cross-cultural communication.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate or professional degree in pharmacy, medical or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 604 Regulatory Strategy in Asia

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Regulatory policy, standards and practices in different Asian markets: product licensing, import/export management, materials sourcing, quality systems compliance, reimbursement, prescribing practices. Travel may be required.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate or professional degree in pharmacy, medical or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of postsecondary training and industry experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 605 Managing Organizations and Human Resources

    Units: 3
    Theory and practice of personnel management, organizational structure and industrial relations in small, growing enterprises and large global companies typical of pharmaceutical and medical device sectors.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate or professional degree in pharmacy, medical or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of postsecondary training and industry experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 606 Regulation of Emerging Technologies and Biological Products

    Units: 3
    Policies, testing and regulatory requirements affecting commercialization of biologics and novel medical technologies. Focus on biologics, blood and tissue products, radiopharmaceuticals and nanotechnology.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 607 Theory, Methods and Practice of Medical Products Research

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Statistical and research design methods, data analysis, survey and interview techniques laying the foundation for the dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 608 Regulatory Strategy in Europe and the Americas

    Units: 4
    Regulatory strategy in EU, Canada, Mexico and South America; culture, health-care practices, reimbursement, product registration, quality systems, trade restrictions, import/export requirements. Travel may be required.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate or professional degree in pharmacy, medical or independent health sciences, engineering or equivalent mix of post-secondary training and industry experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RSCI 790 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied towards the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • RSCI 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Dissertation research required for completion of doctoral degree in regulatory science.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • RSCI 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Dissertation research required for completion of doctoral degree in regulatory science.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • RSCI 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Dissertation research required for completion of doctoral degree in regulatory science.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • RSCI 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Dissertation research required for completion of doctoral degree in regulatory science.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  

  • RSCI 794z Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 0
    Dissertation research required for completion of doctoral degree in regulatory science.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress & Credit/No Credit

  

  • RSCI 800 Studies for the Qualifying Exam

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Preparation for the qualifying exam.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit


Pharmaceutical and Regulatory Science
  

  • RXRS 201p The History and Geography of Drugs

    Units: 4
    Global perspectives; discovery and use of drugs (legal/illegal); poisons. How they helped shape, modify or change history as described in classical literature through present day.
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 209 Mysterious Deaths: Poisons in Literature and History

    Units: 2
    Poisons as described in classical literature that shaped, modified or changed the course of history presented in the context of pharmacological/toxicological principles of drug action.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 302 Pharmacology and Drug Development

    Units: 4
    Introduction to drug development. Drug/Receptor interactions, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, toxicology, therapeutic interventions, biotransformation, pharmacogenomics, FDA, regulatory requirements and challenges, intellectual property, global challenges of drug development.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 304 Mysterious Deaths: Toxicology, Poisons, Literature, History

    Units: 4
    Poisons in classical literature helped shape, modify or change history. Presented in the context of pharmacological/toxicological principles of drug action.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 402 Human Pharmacology: Challenge of Therapeutics in Society

    Units: 4
    Principles of human pharmacology/toxicology related to prescription, over the counter medications; nutraceuticals; drug-drug interactions; polypharmacy; hot topics related to recently approved drugs.
    Recommended Preparation: Students should have at completed at least one year of undergraduate biology and/or chemistry
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 403 Neuropharmacology in Health and Disease

    Units: 4
    Neuropharmacological treatments of brain disorders including neurodegenerative disorders, injury, and disease; influence of environment and experiences on neuroplasticity and brain development; drug discovery.
    Prerequisite: BISC 220Lg  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 404 Neuroimmunity in Health and Disease

    Units: 2
    Social, psychological, economical, biological reasons associated with drug use/abuse; prevention strategies; Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy successes/ challenges; current trends; case studies; roles of health care professionals.
    Recommended Preparation: background in or completion of a year of biological science course work
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 405 Pharmacology and Sociology of Drug Abuse

    Units: 4
    Social, psychological, economical, biological reasons associated with drug use/abuse; prevention strategies; pharmacology and pharmacotherapy successes/ challenges; current trends; case studies; roles of health care professionals.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 406 Clinical Pharmacology and Medication Management

    Units: 4
    Comprehensive Medication Management Applications in Pharmacotherapy; evidence-based, pharmacist driven medication selection; improved and/or optimized medication therapy; patient compliance; better and safer health outcomes.
    Recommended Preparation: clinical pharmacology course
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 407 The Discovery, Development and Marketing of Medicines

    Units: 4
    Principles, concepts, challenges and short comings of modern day drug discovery and development of medicines. Inter-relationships with regulatory, ethical and societal sectors presented. 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 408 Immunology and Immunotherapeutics

    Units: 4
    Principles of human immunological responses to maintain wellness and perturbation in disease. Focus on discovery, development and use of pharmacological therapeutic strategies targeting immune mechanisms.
    Prerequisite: (BISC 120Lg  and BISC 220Lg ) or (CHEM 105aLg  and CHEM 105bL )
    Recommended Preparation: Introductory Immunology
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 409 Neuroimmunology: Focus on Disease and Therapy

    Units: 4
    Newly evolving science focusing on the role of neuroimmune communication in the pathophysiology of the central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Neuroinflammation as a target for novel therapeutic approaches.
    Prerequisite: RXRS 408  or BISC 450L 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 410 Cancer Biology and Pharmacotherapy

    Units: 4
    Cancer and the complex molecular basis leading to tumor oncogenesis, invasion and metastasis; current therapeutic strategies and strategies on the horizon.
    Prerequisite: BISC 120Lg  and BISC 220Lg ) or (CHEM 105aLg  and CHEM 105bL )
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 411 Innovations in Medical Product Development

    Units: 4
    Developing new medical technologies; political, regulatory, financing and reimbursement issues that may be associated; case studies looking at the newest medical technologies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 412 Twenty-First Century Medical Issues and the Law

    Units: 4
    Difficult issues in the law are examined regarding medical and healthcare controversies such as euthanasia, abortion, embryonic stem cells, human experimentation, and the death penalty.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 413w Globalization of the Biomedical Industry

    Units: 4
    Globalization; pharmaceuticals, biologics, medical devices, and combination products in advanced, emerging, and developing markets; regional and national regulations, global and regional harmonization efforts, ethical considerations.
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 416 Medical Products: From Idea to Market

    Units: 4
    Progress of medical product development through intellectual property, animal and clinical trials  and commercialization. Emphasis on safety, quality systems and efficacy.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 417 Food Safety: The Good, The Bad and The Deadly

    Units: 4
    Critical thinking, science translation, effective communications, personal health, and public policy development are at the interface of food safety, nutrition intervention and health controversies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 418 Plant Medicines in Modern Medicine

    Units: 4
    Plant medicines; how discovered; activity; pharmacology, toxicity and human benefit; emphasis on the US, Europe and China.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 420 Organ Physiology, Drug Delivery, and Drug Action

    Units: 4
    Principles of cellular and organ physiology. Interplay between the physiology of these organ systems, drug delivery, and drug action.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • RXRS 490x Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 12
    Individual research, reading, writing and project development.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


Systems Architecting and Engineering
  

  • SAE 496 Systems Engineering Through Motorsports

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Applied systems architecting, engineering and management to motorsports from design to validation and verification; venues include drag racing, grand prix Formula SAE racing, DARPA Challenges.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SAE 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Course content to be selected each semester from recent developments in Systems Architecting and Engineering and related fields.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SAE 515 Sustainable Infrastructure Systems

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Explores broad issues and mitigation measures involved in the analysis and design of complex, uncertain, interacting infrastructure systems needing to be resilient and sustainable.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SAE 541 Systems Engineering Theory and Practice

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Integration of engineering problem solving methodologies based on systems concepts. Application to complex, large scale technical systems and problems faced by engineering managers. Case studies.
    Duplicates Credit in former ISE 541.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SAE 542 Advanced Topics in Systems Engineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Probability theory in systems engineering: test design and performance, reliability and maintainability, quantitative decision models. Constraint theory to manage and de-conflict complex requirements. Complexity theory.
    Prerequisite: SAE 541 
    Recommended Preparation: Calculus, linear algebra and multivariate probability
    Duplicates Credit in former ISE 542
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SAE 543 Case Studies in Systems Engineering and Management

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Real-world case studies in DoD, NASA, and commercial arenas, employing new methodologies to cover the fundamental positive and negative development learning principles of systems engineering.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SAE 546 Engineered Resilient Systems and System-of-Systems

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
     Formal methods for the design and analysis of resilient systems and system-of-systems (SoS); Disruption risks as a function of system scale and complexity, management, and architectures.
    Recommended Preparation: SAE 549 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SAE 547 Model-Based Systems Architecting and Engineering

    Units: 3
    Approaches for modeling systems using software such as SySML; modeling system, requirements, structure, behavior, and parametrics; mapping to hardware description language and behavioral code generation.
    Recommended Preparation: Modeling and simulation courses.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SAE 548 Systems/System-of-Systems Integration and Communication

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Essentials of systems and system-of-systems integration from the perspectives of business, programs, and technology. Process, legacy, and systems-of-systems integration. Verification and validation methods. Case studies.
    Recommended Preparation: bachelor’s degree in engineering or physical sciences.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SAE 549 Systems Architecting

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to systems architecture in aerospace, electrical, computer, and manufacturing systems emphasizing the conceptual and acceptance phases and using heuristics.
    Prerequisite: BS degree in a related field of engineering.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as AME-549
  

  • SAE 550 Systems Architecting and the Political Process

    Units: 3
    Analysis of risks inherent in managing hightech/ high-cost government-funded engineering programs; tools and techniques for coping with the impacts of politically-driven budgets on the engineering design process.
    Recommended Preparation: two years of work experience.
    Duplicates Credit in former ISE 550.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SAE 551 Lean Operations

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in ISE 506 )
  

  • SAE 560 Economic Considerations for Systems Engineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Impact of economic factors for systems architects and engineers, tools for understanding these factors, fundamental quantitative analysis of cash flow, life-cost estimating for systems and software engineering.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SAE 574 Net-Centric Systems Architecting and Engineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    In-depth examination of the technical design approaches, tools, and processes to enable the benefits of net-centric operations in a networked systems-of-systems.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SAE 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

  

  • SAE 594a Master’s Thesis

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

  

  • SAE 594b Master’s Thesis

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

  

  • SAE 594z Master’s Thesis

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

  

  • SAE 599 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Course content will be selected each semester to reflect current trends and developments in the field of systems architecting and engineering.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


Screen Scoring
  

  • SCOR 403 Introduction to Scoring Movies and Television

    Units: 2
    Practical composition course covering the unique art, craft, and technology involved in writing and integrating music for animated and live-action visual media.
    Prerequisite: MUCO 133b 
    Recommended Preparation: Composition background, MTEC 443  or MTEC 445 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SCOR 405 Introduction to Scoring Video Games

    Units: 2
    Practical composition course covering the unique art, craft, and technology involved in composing and integrating video-game music. 
    Prerequisite: MUCO 133b 
    Recommended Preparation: Composition background, MTEC 443  or MTEC 445 
    Duplicates Credit in former MUCO 445
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • SCOR 490x Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: max 12
    Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to juniors and seniors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

 

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