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Graduate Courses

221 Medical Microbiology . 9 credits
Five or six hours of lecture and six or ten hours of laboratory. A comprehensive course covering the principles of bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, immunology, and the application of these principles to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases. In illustration of these principles, a series of clinical correlations is included in the lecture time.

222 Medical Immunology. 2 credits
A comprehensive course covering the principles of immunology and the application of these principles to the diagnosis and control of immunologic and infectious diseases. Lecture and laboratory are the same as the immunology portions of Microbiology 221 - Medical Microbiology.

225 Medical Bacteriology. 2-4 credits
An advanced study of bacteria pathogenic to man, their pathogenic mechanisms, the immune responses of the human host to their invasion, the epidemiology of the diseases they produce, and their antibiotic and chemotherapeutic sensitivity. Number of hours and amount of credit to be stated at time of registration. Permission required.

230 Oral Immunology. 2 credits
Fundamentals of immunology with special reference to the biology, in both health and disease, of the oral cavity. Host microbial interactions important in caries and periodontal diseases are examined in detail. Experiments in immunology are designed to illustrate basic principles of immunobiology.

231 Oral Microbiology. 2 credits
Lectures, assigned readings, and discussions on acquisition, distribution, and interactions of the oral flora; mechanisms of dental plaque formation; etiology of dental caries; identification and characterization of oral bacteria; prevention of caries; bacteria of the gingival crevice and bacterial etiology of periodontal diseases; etiology of periapical infections; other infections of the oral cavity.

241 Microbiology and Oral Disease. 1 credit
Review of major topics in oral microbiology to serve as a foundation for written and oral presentations reflecting current research problems in oral microbiology. In addition, student will prepare oral presentations and papers describing a general area of investigation and describe methods useful in solving these problems and their importance in dental research.

242 Advanced Dental Immunology. 1 credit
This course is designed as an advanced course in the immunology of oral disease. Functional considerations and clinical correlations will be presented. Students will explore the interrelationships between host, diet, and microorganisms with special emphasis on the role of immune factors in modulating the causation of dental caries, periodontal, and endodontic diseases.

263 Tropical Medicine. 1-6 credits
Opportunities for supervised training in research, clinical tropical medicine, epidemiology, field and laboratory investigation, and public health in Latin America are available in limited numbers. Applications should be submitted eight to 12 months in advance of the training period. Graduate students with appropriate interests will be considered . Applicants should begin the study of Spanish before or immediately after approval of their applications.

276 General and Molecular Virology. 3-5 credits
An introduction to the cellular and molecular biology of bacterial and animal viruses. Particular emphasis is given to virus cell interactions at the molecular level, including the immune response to viral infections, as well as to current research on mechanisms of viral replication and its effects on biochemical regulatory mechanisms in host cells. Lectures and seminars. Number of hours and amount of credit to be stated at time of registration. Permission required.

276a General and Molecular Virology. 1-2 credits
Exercises are designed to familiarize the student with the techniques central to virological experimentation including cultivation of animal cells and tissues in vitro. Included are commonly used bioassays as well as fractionation of viruses and infected cells into biochemically purified substituents. Number of hours and amount of credit to be stated at time of registration. Required adjunct to Microbiology 276 for departmental students; other students by permission.

277 Advanced Virology. 3-6 credits
By arrangement.

280 Techniques in Microbiology. 1-6 credits
A laboratory course designed to familiarize the student with the modern technology of molecular biology, including analytical and preparative centrifugation, electrophoresis, spectrophotometry, column chromatography, etc. Emphasis will be on applications to simple problems conducted at the laboratory bench. Number of hours and amount of credit to be stated at time of registration. Permission required.

281 Selected Topics in Microbiology. 2-4 credits
Topic and credit by arrangement.

288 Pathogenesis of Microbial Infections. 3 credits
Study of microbial virulence factors, their interactions with host tissues and host defense mechanisms. To be taken concurrently with Medical Microbiology 221.

296 Fundamentals of Immunology. 3-5 credits
Fundamentals of immunology, including immunochemistry and cellular aspects of the immune response, with illustrative reference to immunological factors in human health and disease. Number of hours and amount of credit to be stated at time of registration. Permission required.

297 Advanced Immunology 3-6 credits
By arrangement.

298 Seminar in Microbiology. 1 credit

299 Research Proposal in Microbiology. 3 credit
A required course for all doctoral candidates in which the student prepares, in National Institutes of Health grant format, a written proposal on the candidate's dissertation research. The student presents and defends his proposal to his/her research committee as a basis for the Preliminary Examination.

300 Thesis Research. variable credits
Registration by permission of the major professor. Amount of credit must be stated at the time of registration.

400 Dissertation Research. 1-9 credits
Registration by consent of the Head of the Department. Amount of credit to be stated at the time of registration.