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ASC 1058 - Biology of Addiction


Credits: 3

Students will explore how and why drugs of abuse impact the human body as well as society with an introduction to basic neurotransmission and understand how each class of psychoactive substance alters neurotransmission and homeostasis and examination of the consequences of short and long-term substance use, abuse, and addiction on all major systems of the body and the fetus.

Prerequisite: ENG 1010  
Previous: DAR* 158