Pharmacogenetics is the study of genetic variability influencing drugs responses in individuals. The course will discuss definite genetic mutations and polymorphisms in several genes encoding drug-metabolizing enzymes contributing to drug efficacy and toxicity. This course will focus on platform technologies utilized in genotyping and/or discovering new genetic variants such as microarray and next-generation sequencing. Understanding of the basics of pharmacogenomics, technologies utilized in drug development and drug treatment and practicing accessing to public databases such as the human genome, HapMap, 1000 genomes projects and PharmGKB will enable students to build up research interest in pharmacogenetics and prepare them for graduate study