INQ-110 | Pharmaceuticals in the USA

Full Title: Pharmaceuticals in the USA

Topic Description:

Where do drugs come from and how are they evaluated? Are newer drugs better than old drugs? Why are drug costs “out of control”? Students in this course will work individually and in groups to use a combination of popular press and scientific sources to study drugs and the drug industry through careful, rigorous analysis of the published claims and evidence provided by both the drug industry and its critics. The course also includes a five-hour service-learning requirement in which students will gain some first-hand experience with the healthcare field.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: March 2011