Fall 2026

Drugs and Their Actions

PHMSCI 310 introduces the biological effects of drugs on human health, emphasizing mechanisms of action for major disease treatments and abused substances.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Lara Collier: Lectures are easy to follow, and students report that exam content is explicitly provided the day before the test.

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Prerequisites

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Not open to students declared in the Nursing, Physician Assistant, or Doctor of Pharmacy programs

    • declared in the Nursing, Physician Assistant, or Doctor of Pharmacy programs
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    • declared in the Nursing, Physician Assistant, or Doctor of Pharmacy programs

Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews of Lara Collier: Lara Collier taught PHMSCI 310 with high quality ratings, offering straightforward exams and interesting material. Reviewers noted her lectures were easy to follow and paced well, with helpful exam preparation guidance provided to attentive students.

LARA COLLIER is recorded teaching in Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of Lara Collier: Lara Collier's PHMSCI 310 sections feature interesting material and straightforward exams, making the course accessible even to non-science majors.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 3.57 GPA, 70.1% A/AB (n=197 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.35 GPA, 63.8% A/AB (n=196 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.29 GPA, 55.8% A/AB (n=199 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Lara Collier: Lectures are easy to follow, and students report that exam content is explicitly provided the day before the test.

Historical reviews of Lara Collier: Attendance is important for accessing helpful guidance, as the instructor provides necessary exam information directly during lectures.

Topics

  • Biological effects of drugs
  • Drug mechanisms of action
  • Drugs for major human health diseases
  • Abused drugs

Skills

  • Understanding biological effects of drugs on human health
  • Analyzing how drugs act in the body

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1241 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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