Would you like to understand what the doctors on Grey's Anatomy are talking about? Want to have a better understanding of the terminology used in your anatomy or physiology course?

Phar 1002 is an introductory 1000-level course with a focus on analyzing and building words.

Phar 5201 is an advanced course presuming a basic knowledge of human anatomy and physiology. In addition to analyzing and building words, you will learn to apply them when documenting and reporting patient care procedures. You will also learn about the various health care fields.

Self-study/partially internet-delivered
Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
2 credits

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Course description
These courses are designed to increase your medical vocabulary by over 2500 words! Don’t be intimidated—you won’t be memorizing that many new words. These courses are self-study, have no prerequisites, and use programmed learning textbooks that are accompanied with supplemental online study aids (available via WebCT Vista). Both of the courses are two credits and include only five exams (one being the final exam) that you can take during our flexible testing times over an eight week period.

What do students think?
These popular courses have been offered by our office since spring 2001.

Phar 1002
98% of the students in the Fall 2007 course stated that they would recommend this course to a friend!

Fall 2007 students made the following comments

• I loved the course and content, I learned a lot more than expected and liked the pace and set-up.
• I was so excited every time I studied because it made me think more and more about getting into medical school.
• I truly enjoyed taking this course, and I learned so much more than I had ever anticipated. Now I can understand what they are saying on the medical shows such as Grey's Anatomy. Also learning the prefixes, roots, and suffixes allowed me to apply the learned terminology to words outside the medical field and figure out words I didn't recognize.

Phar 5201
88% of the students in the Fall 2007 course stating that they would recommend this course to a friend!

Fall 2007 students made the following comments:

• A good review of many terms that we will encounter daily.
• Thank you for the great experience!  I enjoyed the course. 

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