Course Descriptions

Browse frequently offered courses related to microbial sciences.

 
NRE
430
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ENVIRON
430
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EEB
489
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:
Ecology

Soils as central components of terrestrial ecosystems. Major emphasis is placed on physical, chemical, and biological properties and their relationships to plant growth and ecosystem processes.

MCDB
435
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Winter
Discipline:
Biotechnology

Topics covered include molecular basis of secretion, vesicle transport, protein targeting, molecular motors and organelle biogenesis.

MCDB
436
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MICRBIOL
440
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INTMED
440
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Winter
Discipline:
Medicine

This upper-level course will provide a broad overview of the rapidly advancing field of modern immunology in both the basic and clinical sciences.

MCDB
437
Level: 400 | Credits: N/A | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:
Microbiology

This course explores the ongoing research on different aspects of microbial communication and development including certain social phenomena like quorum sensing, biofilm development, and swarming m

EEB
446
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Winter
Discipline:
Ecology

This course covers the ecology of microbes by highlighting their interactions with each other and the environment.  An emphasis is placed on Bacteria, Archaea, and their viruses.  The course aims a

MICRBIOL
450
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Winter
Discipline:
Medicine

The Global Connections Course will immerse participants in a global community outside of the USA, to extend what is learned in the classroom about the impact of human infective pathogens and pandem

EPID
460
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Winter
Discipline:
Epidemiology

This course covers the basics of the biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics of chemotaxis and flagella, pill and adhesions, extracellular proteases, bacterial toxins, invasion and intracellu

INTMED
460
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MICRBIOL
460
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:
Microbiology

This upper level undergraduate course will cover the biology of eukaryotic microbes and the environments in which they live.

MCDB
462
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Winter
Discipline:
Medicine

This course is an introduction to epigenetics, the exciting field of research about heritable changes in gene function that cannot be explained by changes in DNA sequence.

BIOINF
463
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:
Modeling

An introduction to the use of continuous and discrete differential equations in the biological sciences.  Modeling in biology, physiology and medicine.

MATH
463
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:

Background and Goals: The complexities of the biological sciences make interdisciplinary involvement essential and the increasing use of mathematics in biology is inevitable as bio

EEB
466
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MATH
466
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:
Modeling

This course gives an overview of mathematical approaches to questions in the science of ecology.  Topics include: formulation of deterministic and stochastic population models; dynamics of single-s

EEB
468
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:
Microbiology

This course provides an introduction to the fungi through lectures, laboratories, and field trips.

EEB
470
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Winter*
Discipline:
Microbiology

This course introduces students to modern and classical concepts and methods for exploring microbial diversity from the perspective of the most numerous and diverse of these organisms, the bacteria

EEB
480
Level: 400 | Credits: N/A | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:
Ecology

This course is an introduction to the modern theory and practice of scientific data analysis using both standard and innovative approaches.

CEE
482
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:
Engineering

Introductions to microbial metabolic processes and nutrition, thermodynamics of growth and energy generation, genetic and metabolic diversity, evolution and systematics, and microbial ecology.  Emp

EEB
485
Level: 400 | Credits: 4 | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:
Modeling

Principles governing the phenomena of single and interacting populations are examined, from basic tenets to cutting-edge research questions.

MCDB
489
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:
Microbiology

This course covers a broad range of pathways used by bacteria to replicate and maintain their genetic material.

EEB
490
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Winter
Discipline:
Ecology
Evolution at the Population Level --- This course deals with evolution of life from the population-level perspective, which ignores internal structure of orga
EECS
498
Level: 400 | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Fall, Winter
Discipline:
Computer Programming

Special Topics: Topics of current interest selected by faculty.

STAT
500
Level: 500+ | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Fall, Winter
Discipline:
Math and Statistics

Linear models, definitions, fitting, identifiability, collinearity, Gauss-Markov theorem, variable selection, transformation, diagnostics, outliers and influential observations. ANOVA and ANCOVA.

CMPLXSYS
501
Level: 500+ | Credits: 3 | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:
Modeling

This course covers a broad range of fundamental topics relevant to the study of complex systems.

BIOINF
501
Level: 500+ | Credits: N/A | Term(s): Winter
Discipline:
Bioinformatics

This class does not require a formal background or even a strong background in math.

MICRBIOL
512
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PHRMACOL
502
Level: 500+ | Credits: 2 | Term(s): Winter
Discipline:
Communication

This course introduces graduate students to essential scientific communication skills.

BIOSTAT
503
Level: 500+ | Credits: 4 | Term(s): Fall
Discipline:
Math and Statistics

Fundamental statistical concepts related to the practice of public health: descriptive statistics; probability; sampling; statistical distributions; estimation; hypothesis testing; chi-square tests

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