Basic Sciences

This series explores the pathogenesis of diseases from a microscopic and macroscopic level.  In depth review of systemic pathology surveying the principal disorders of each organ system.

BS311
Pathology I    3 units / 30 hrs

Study of general pathology including cellular dynamics, inflammation and repair, environmental and genetic disorders, hemodynamic and hematological disorders, immunopathology and neoplasia.  This course also covers microbiology including communicable and infectious diseases such as  bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites.

BS312
Pathology II    3 units / 30 hrs

Continuation of BS311 with emphasis on systematic pathology including respiratory, digestive, cardiovascular, genitourinary, endocrine and reproductive systems.

BS313
Pathology III     3 units / 30 hrs

Continuation of BS312 with emphasis on systematic pathology, including musculoskeletal, integumentary, nervous hematopoietic and lymphatic systems.  Disorders of the sensory organs.

Prerequisite: BS221-224.  BS312 & BS313：BS311