The graduate level course is intended to provide students with a broad background in the pharmacology of anti-neoplastic drugs and drugs for diseases of the cardiovascular system. It is designed to integrate both lecture-based material and primary source material to give the student both a comprehensive as well as an in-depth understanding of pharmacology. Lectures in both cancer and cardiovascular pharmacology will cover topics including background of the targeted disease, drug classes, mechanisms, clinical uses and pharmacokinetics/toxicity. Lectures will have a strong emphasis on mechanism of action.