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2026-2027 Academic Calendar Mount Royal University

PSYC 3302 - Psychopharmacology and Addiction


Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 3
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Lecture
This course focuses on the relationship between drugs, the brain, behaviour, and addiction. Students will learn how psychoactive drugs act on neurons and neurotransmitter systems to influence our thoughts, perceptions, motivations, and behaviours including addiction.  A wide range of drugs and their actions in the brain will be covered including, but not limited to: alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, psychedelics, opioids, cannabinoids, antidepressants, and anxiolytics.

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 2275  with a minimum grade of C or higher.