This course is designed to provide graduate students with a foundational understanding and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of temporomandibular disorders. This course will provide basic clinical knowledge and experiences in the assessment, treatment planning and treatment execution for patients with various temporomandibular disorders. Emphasis will be placed upon basic history taking and clinical examination of patients with common temporomandibular disorders and employ clinical procedures.

The purpose of this course is to expose the student to a wide variety of orofacial pain problems, to identify and discuss important aspects of history taking and examinations and to critically assess the need for additional information. Each student will present his/her new patient seen that morning to fellow students, orofacial pain faculty and psychology faculty. The student will formally present the detail findings in the case and defend a treatment strategy. The student will learn to provide alternative treatment options.

This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of basic pain neurophysiology and pain pathophysiology. This course provides the student with basic neurofunction of the peripheral and autonomic nervous system and how these systems influence the human pain experience. Central neuromechanisms and neuroplasticity are presented on the cellular level and the clinical significance is related to understanding masticatory and non-masticatory orofacial pain. The etiology and differential diagnosis of head and neck pain is emphasized.

This course is designed to provide student with a basic understanding of and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of common orofacial pain disorders and sleep disordered breathing disorders. Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to identify and assess common orofacial pain disorders and present a treatment plan to the attending clinician. The student should also be able to assess common sleep disorders and present treatment suggestions to the attending clinician.

This course is designed to provide the student with an advanced understanding of pain neurophysiology and pain pathophysiology. This course provides the student with advanced insights to chronic pain mechanism that result from central neuroplasticity. Specifically, the etiologic mechanisms of orofacial pain conditions will be discussed in detail, such as trigeminal neuralgia, persistent neuropathic pain and neuritis. The mechanisms of many primary headaches, such a migraine, trigeminal autonomic cephalgia and tension headache will also be discussed.

This course is designed to provide the student with an advanced understanding of and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic complex orofacial pain disorders and sleep disordered breathing disorders. Upon completion of the course, the student should be proficient in the assessment, treatment planning and treatment execution for patients with chronic complex orofacial pain disorders and sleep disordered breathing disorders.

This is the second course of two that covers additional general pathology, which will prepare the student dentist to concentrate on the specialized area of oral pathology. Emphasis is placed on cell damage, inflammation and repair, neoplasia and hemostasis, as well as the in- depth study of selected systemic diseases that may affect dental patient management.

This is a required course for the Ph.D. in Public Policy program and is designed to be taken during the first year of the program. The course broadly surveys the intellectual history of public policy and public administration, the enduring issues that have animated research in the field, as well as contemporary research addressing these themes. The course also emphasizes the wide scope of policy problems, how they are framed, and how they in turn influence organizational structures, policy implementation, and performance.

The objective of this course is to examine in-depth the various functions of the cardiovascular system and their proposed mechanisms.

Designed as an introduction to philosophical inquiry by way of conspiracy theories, "A Philosopher's Guide to Conspiracy Theories" will aim to equip students with the tools they need to seek out the truth in a "post-truth" world. The course will include a survey the basics of epistemology (the study of knowledge), philosophical argumentation, and good research practices. Over the course of the semester, we will address the following questions:  (How) do my beliefs affect others?