Fall 2026

Current Trends in Drug Discovery and Development

CURRENT TRENDS IN DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT teaches students to find, read, and critically analyze scientific and regulatory literature in drug discovery and development.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Leslie Dickmann

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 93.1% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.63 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

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Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences or Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation

    • Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation
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    • Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 93.1% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.63 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

LESLIE DICKMANN is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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LEC 001Online Only30 / 500

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 93.1% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.63 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.85 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=26 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Current trends in drug discovery and development
  • Scientific and regulatory literature

Skills

  • Literature search and critical analysis of scientific and regulatory documents

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PHMSCI 759 · Fall 2026

Current Trends in Drug Discovery and Development

Recorded 2026-09-07
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