Exploratory Courses
Summer 2025 Course Offerings
Consider these courses when building your schedule to further explore health and healthcare as a field of study and vocation.
Consult with your Academic Advisor when registering for courses to ensure your progress toward the completion of degree requirements.
If you’re considering a career in clinical patient care (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, etc.), consider starting with courses in Biology and/or Chemistry depending on your placement in those courses. These sequenced courses are prerequisites for many professional health programs.
Visit our Pre-Health Advising page on Coursework for more on program prerequisites.
If you’re considering a career in health, but not sure exactly what or where, consider Health Studies or Health Elective courses.
URBAN 498 B/598 B: Environmental Values Reading Seminar – Seattle campus – cross-campus enrollment required
Summer B Term (July 24-August 21), 3 credits; Monday and Thursday 12pm to 1:20pm, in person
This discussion-based course will survey different perspectives on how people understand, value, and relate to nature. This course may be of interest to students studying or practicing on the interface between people and nature, including but not limited to designers, planners, architects, policymakers, resource managers, and natural scientists.
Despite the course code, it will not be limited to urban-specific issues.
Please contact annanm@uw.edu for additional information!
Autumn 2025 Course Offerings
Consider these courses when building your schedule to further explore health and healthcare as a field of study and vocation.
Consult with your Academic Advisor when registering for courses to ensure your progress toward the completion of degree requirements.
If you’re considering a career in clinical patient care (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, etc.), consider starting with courses in Biology and/or Chemistry depending on your placement in those courses. These sequenced courses are prerequisites for many professional health programs.
Visit our Pre-Health Advising page on Coursework for more on program prerequisites.
If you’re considering a career in health, but not sure exactly what or where, consider Health Studies or Health Elective courses.
UW Seattle courses require cross-campus enrollment.
PHARM 301 Medications and Health: It’s Not All About Drugs (3) SSc/NSc
Covers personal health promotion, treatment of illness, and health care. Explores several medication-related topics, provides insight on drug development and efficacy, and serves as an introduction to students contemplating careers in health sciences, especially pharmacy.
- Instructor Dr. Steve White
- SLN 20224
- MWF 330-420
- HSEB 325
PHRMSC 313 Drug Disposition and Delivery (3) NSc
Introduces the principles of pharmaceutics, drug disposition, drug delivery, and related concepts in the pharmaceutical sciences. Prerequisite: MEDCH 327/PHRMSC 312. Offered: A.
- Instructor Dr. Swayam Prabha
- SLN 23162
- T TH 0230-0350
- HSEB 325
PHRMSC 401 / PHARM 401: Principles of Pharmacology (2) NSc
Dive into the world of pharmacology in this small-group, hands-on course where you’ll uncover how therapeutics work in the body and apply that knowledge to real clinical cases and research problems. With active learning at its core, you’ll sharpen your critical thinking skills as you explore therapeutic exposures, drug interactions, and mechanisms of action across a wide range of real-world disease states and treatment strategies. Prerequisite: either CHEM 223, CHEM 237, or CHEM 257. Recommended: BIOC 405 and 406; or BIOC 440, 441, and 442; or BIOL 355; or cell biology
- Instructor Dr. Michelle Guignet
- 23349
- Th 9:30 – 11:20
- HSEB 125