PHAR4204W
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PHAR 4204W - Drugs and the U.S. Healthcare System (3 Cr.) Civic Life and Ethics, Writing Intensive, Online may be available
Course description
Being an empowered patient is important when discussing ethics-driven issues within the U.S. healthcare system. This course will expose students to current controversial issues surrounding medications and national healthcare and help students examine their own role as a participant in this system. Students will learn to draw comparisons between medication use systems around the world and analyze other controversies related to access, choice, and quality of healthcare. During this course, students will explore how their choices, ethics, and behavior affect societal decisions surrounding the availability of medications in the U.S. and what their rights are as a citizen-participant during the healthcare debate.
Students are expected to have completed the first-year writing requirement (https://cla.umn.edu/writing-studies/first-year-writing), or equivalent, prior to registering for this class.
This is a completely online course with weekly due dates and is offered each Fall and Spring term. For more information, contact phar4204@umn.edu or 612-624-7976.
Students are expected to have completed the first-year writing requirement (https://cla.umn.edu/writing-studies/first-year-writing), or equivalent, prior to registering for this class.
This is a completely online course with weekly due dates and is offered each Fall and Spring term. For more information, contact phar4204@umn.edu or 612-624-7976.
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
OPN - Student Option No Audit
Independent Study
Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:
01248
This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)
Civic Life and Ethics
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
Yes
Typically offered term(s)
Every Fall & Spring