Undergraduate Science

‌‌‌2nd Year Pharmacology

• Pharmacology is taught to 2nd-year science students from undenominated science as well as denominated programs such as biomedical science, biotechnology, and biopharmaceutical chemistry.
• Two 5 ECTS modules are available to students as elective modules in the first semester.
• Students can also take a 10 ECTS module in the second semester, which contains laboratory practicals.
• 2nd-year modules introduce students to the fundamental concepts of what drugs are, how they work, how they interact within the body, how they are developed and how they interact at a molecular level to cure disease.

Semester I:

• Fundamentals of Pharmacology (PM208 - 5 ECTS - Available as elective)‌
• Applied Concepts in Pharmacology (PM209 - 5 ECTS - Available as elective)‌

Semester II:

• Molecular Pharmacology & Signalling (PM210 - 10 ECTS - Can only be taken by Pharmacology pathway students)

2nd Year Course Coordinator PM208

Prof. John Kelly
Email: john.kelly@nuigalway.ie

Tel: + 353 91 493268

2nd Year Course Coordinator PM209 + PM210

Prof. Eilis Dowd
Email: eilis.dowd@nuigalway.ie

Tel: + 353 91 492776

3rd Year Pharmacology 

• Pharmacology is taught to 3rd year science students from undenominated science as well as the denominated biomedical science degree programme.
• Two modules are taken in the first semester worth 15 ECTS in total (a 10 ECTS + a 5 ECTS module) while 15 ECTS (3 x 5 ECTS modules) are also taken in the second semester to give a total of 30 ECTS.
• The 3rd year modules focus on specific diseases and the drugs used to treat them as well as an introduction to toxicology and some applied aspects of pharmacology.

Semester I:

• Drugs & Disease (PM309 - 10 ECTS) ‌
• Introduction to Toxicology (PM311 - 5 ECTS - Available as elective)

Semester II:     ‌

• Applied Pharmacology (PM3101 - 5 ECTS) 
• Neuropharmacology (PM3102 – 5 ECTS)
• Advanced Pharmacology (PM3103 – 5 ECTS)

3rd Year Course Coordinator

Prof. David Finn
Email: david.finn@nuigalway.ie
Tel: + 353 91 495280 (outside); Ext. 5280 (inside)

4th Year Pharmacology 

1. To provide the students with a sound theoretical knowledge of advanced aspects of pharmacology.
2. To encourage the students to approach scientific reading and writing in a critical and unbiased manner.
3. To develop their written, verbal and visual scientific presentation skills.
4. To expose the students to a “real” research environment through a 12-week independent research project.

Additional information on modules is available here: ‌4th Year Pharmacology Course Overview

Course Coordinator   

Prof. Eilís Dowd 
Email: eilis.dowd@nuigalway.ie 
Tel: + 353 91 492776.