Infectious Diseases
Overview
Graduate work in the Infectious Disease Concentration Area includes research at the molecular and cellular level in bacteriology, parasitology, and virology, as well as investigations of the host immune response to these agents. Programs focus on etiology, pathogenesis, diagnostic development, vaccine development, and antimicrobial therapies. Programs also focus on gene regulation and host-pathogen interactions that influence pathogenesis. Research approaches employ a wide variety of molecular, biochemical, pharmacological, and microscopic techniques, utilizing cell culture and whole organisms. Students selecting Infectious Disease will focus on one or more of these areas.
A highly individualized curriculum of study is designed to meet the needs and interests of the student while satisfying selected requirements by the faculty. These include graduate level cell biology and biochemistry, as well as graduate level courses relating to the specific discipline chosen (bacteriology, parasitology, or virology). Additional courses may be chosen by the student and his/her advisor from a large number of college and university offerings.
Students entering the Ph.D. program having completed courses equivalent to the required courses may, with the consent of their thesis committee, petition the concentration area Graduate Committee to waive these requirements.
COURSES REQUIRED FOR THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONCENTRATION
CBS 810 Seminar in Infectious Diseases (1 credit; minimum 3 credits total for doctoral students; minimum 2 credits total for master’s students)
ELECTIVE COURSES
Elective courses are selected by the student and mentor, and must be approved by the student’s graduate advisory committee. Possible elective course include, but are not limited to, the following:
BIOCHEMISTRY
BCH 701 Macromolecular Structure; Fall (3 credits)
BCH 703 Macromolecular Synthesis and Regulation; Fall (3 credits)
MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
MB 714 Microbial Metabolic Regulation; Fall (3 credits)
MB 718 Introductory Virology; Fall alternate odd years (3 credits)
MB/IMM 751 Immunology; Spring (3 credits)
IMM/TOX 705 Immunotoxicology; Spring (2 credits)
IMM/CBS 755 Immunoparasitology; Spring alternate years (2 credits)
IMM/PO 757 Comparative Immunology; Spring alternate odd years (3 credits)
IMM/CBS/MB 783 Adv. Immunology; Fall alternate years (3 credits)
IMM/CBS 816 Adv. Topics in Immunology; Fall and Spring (1 credits)
COMPARATIVE BIOMDEICAL SCIENCES
CBS 770 Cell Biology; Spring (3 credits)
CBS 771 Cancer Biology; Fall (4 credits)
CBS 774 Epidemiol. of Inf. Dis. of International Importance; Fall alternate years
MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY
GN 701 Molecular Genetics; Fall (3 credits)
GN 702 Cellular and Developmental Genetics; Spring (3 credits)
GN 750 Developmental Genetics; Spring alternate years (3 credits)
GN/ST 756 Computations Molecular Evolution; Fall alternate years (3 credits)
GN/MB 758 Microbial Genetics & Genomics; Spring (3 credits)
GN/BCH 761 Adv. Molecular Biology of the Cell; Spring alternate years (3 credits)
GN/BCH 768 Nucleic Acids: Structure and Function; Spring alternate years (3 credits)
GN 810-xxx Special Topics in Genetics; Fall and Spring (1-6 credits)
BCH 705 Molecular Biology of the Cell; Spring (3 credits)
STATISTICS
ST 501 Fundamentals of Statistical Inference I; Fall & Summer (3 credits)
ST 701 Statistical Theory I; Fall (3 credits)
TECHNIQUES
BIT 815 Advanced Topics In Biotechnology; Summer (1-6 credits)
Participating Faculty