Faculty of Arts & Science · St. George

PCL200H1

Drugs & the Brain

PrerequisiteNone listed

Total contact hours24 lecture

Evidence3 terms

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What was the average?

B+

3.2 GPA across 3 observed terms. Most recent: Fall 2025.

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Official source · Faculty of Arts & Science

Lectures introduce students to prescribed and illicit drugs that affect the brain. Lectures cover drug pharmacology and explain how drugs alter mood, perception, cognition, and arousal by affecting different aspects of brain function. The societal impact of these prescribed and illicit drugs is also discussed. Note: This course is not intended for upper-year students in Life Sciences. Upper-year Life Science students interested in this content should look into PCL475H1 and/or PCL476H1 as the more appropriate choice.

Prerequisite: None listed
Exclusions: PSY396H1PSYC62H3
Contact hours: 24 lecture; Total scheduled hours for the course, not per week.

What people actually got

Last observed Fall 2025

B+

3.2 GPA

3 terms observed

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Course description, prerequisites, exclusions, contact hours	Faculty of Arts & Science	2026-07-25	public fact
Historical average across 3 terms	Student contributions, consented	2026-07-25	user contributed aggregate

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