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1st Yr Elect:Prev Med & Env Hlth

With the advice and approval of his or her faculty adviser, the first-year student may choose approved electives offered by the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health. The intent is to provide the student an opportunity for exploration and study in an area which supplements and/or complements required course work in the first-year curriculum. PASS-FAIL ONLY.

Fda And Drug Development

A broad overview of the regulatory and scientific principles employed in pharmaceutical development including the regulatory framework and pre- clinical experimentation necessary to initiate a first time in human (Phase 1) trial through the objectives, principles, study designs, methods and reporting to evaluate a new pharmaceutical in a human. Students will develop an understanding of how certain forms of translational, or "bench to bedside" research must be organized and executed.

Prosthodontics Elective

Elective courses offered by the Department of Prosthodontics provide opportunities for further study of or experience in various aspects of prosthodontics. Topics may include treatment of patients who require complete dentures, removable partial dentures and overdentures; maxillofacial prosthodontics; and other prosthodontic treatment procedures. Hours variable, ranging from a minimum of 16 hours lecture/discussion to a maximum of 10 weeks clinical experience. May be repeated to a maximum of 10 credits.

Prosem Non-Inst Pol Beha

Focuses on literature with implications for individual-level political behavior, particularly mass behavior. Major works in such fields as politi- cal socialization, biopolitics, political communica- tion, and political games and coalitions. Specific content may vary in response to current demands. Readings in a substantive field such as voting be- havior are also examined as examples of the appli- cation of listed areas.

Comparative Political Behavior

This survey of major topics in comparative political behavior considers works of theoretical importance dealing with political behavior in the developed and developing world. Among topics included are: the relative explanatory value of cultural vs. rational choice models of political behavior, the importance of political context and other macro-level systemic variables in shaping elite and mass behavior, and the logic and methods of comparative analysis.

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