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M M & I/ENTOM/PATH-BIO/ 350 — PARASITOLOGY 3 credits. The biology of water-borne, food-borne, soil-borne and -borne AND IMMUNOLOGY (M M & I) parasites of animals including humans. Parasites are explored in the context of , associated , diagnosis and treatment options, and environmental, cultural and socioeconomic drivers of M M & I 301 — PATHOGENIC BACTERIOLOGY disease . Enroll Info: None 2 credits. Requisites: ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101 and 102, or ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/ Medically important , emphasizing the process of BOTANY 152 or ZOOLOGY 153, or BIOCORE 381 and host/parasite interactions, as well as intervention strategies, Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural immunity and genetics as they apply to the . Enroll Info: None Sci req Requisites: (BIOCORE 381 and 382) or (ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101 and 102) Level - Intermediate or ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152 L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Repeatable for Credit: No Sci req Last Taught: Spring 2021 Level - Intermediate M M & I 410 — MEDICAL MYCOLOGY L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S 2 credits. Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2020 Pathogenesis, molecular biology, host-parasite interactions, immunology, epidemiology, and diagnosis of systemic, subcutaneous, and superficial M M & I 302 — MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY fungal . Enroll Info: None 3 credits. Requisites: None Covers procedures and aseptic techniques for and identification Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural of pathogenic (bacteria, fungi, and ). Enroll Info: Sci req None Level - Advanced Requisites: None L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Repeatable for Credit: No Sci req Last Taught: Spring 2015 Level - Intermediate M M & I 460 — TECHNIQUES IN DNA SCIENCE FOR L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S 3 credits. Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2014 Introduction to recombinant DNA techniques commonly used in prokaryotic research and clinical Microbiology laboratories. Topics M M & I 341 — IMMUNOLOGY include DNA isolation, agarose , restriction enzyme 3 credits. digestion of DNA, ligation, transformation, Southern blotting and PCR. An introduction to the immune response to infectious disease. Examines Enroll Info: None the role of the host in host-parasite relationships using select microbial Requisites: None agents or to illustrate the nonspecific and specific mechanisms Course Designation: Level - Intermediate of host defenses. Includes study of the nonspecific inflammatory L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S response, the nature of microbial antigens, current concepts of Repeatable for Credit: No and cell-mediated immune reactions to infectious agents and the Last Taught: Summer 2013 principles underlying the development of . Enroll Info: None M M & I/PATH-BIO 528 — IMMUNOLOGY Requisites: ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101 or ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/ 3 credits. BOTANY 151 or BIOCORE 381 Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Development and functions of immune response in animals; a Sci req comprehensive study of experimental humoral and cellular immunity. Level - Intermediate Enroll Info: None L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Requisites: (CHEM 104 or CHEM 109) and (ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101, Repeatable for Credit: No ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151 or BIOCORE 383), or graduate/ Last Taught: Spring 2021 professional standing Course Designation: Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2020 2 Medical Microbiology and Immunology (M M & I)

M M & I 554 — EMERGING INFECTIOUS AND BIOTERRORISM M M & I/BOTANY/GENETICS/PL PATH 655 — BIOLOGY AND GENETICS 2 credits. OF FUNGI 3 credits. Identification of analysis and solution of emerging infectious disease problems and the problems of bioterrorism. Enroll Info: None Fungal genetics, genomics, and physiology using plant pathogenic fungi Requisites: ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152, ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101, and the genetic models Aspergillus nidulans and Neurospora crassa as (BIOCORE 383 and M M & I 301), MICROBIO 101, MICROBIO 303, or model systems to explore the current knowledge of fungal genetics and graduate/professional standing. plant/fungal interactions. Enroll Info: Graduate or professional standing Course Designation: Level - Advanced Requisites: None L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Course Designation: Level - Advanced Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Last Taught: Fall 2020 Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2020 M M & I 555 — VACCINES: PRACTICAL ISSUES FOR A GLOBAL SOCIETY 3 credits. M M & I 677 — ADVANCED TOPICS IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1-3 credits. Considers innovative approaches to the development and use of vaccines in the past, today and in the future, including the public impact Specialized topics of current interest in medical microbiology. Enroll Info: and the economic, ethical and safety issues associated with None development, licensing and use. Enroll Info: None Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Requisites: M M & I 341, 528, or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Course Designation: Level - Advanced Sci req L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Level - Advanced Repeatable for Credit: No L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Last Taught: Spring 2020 Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions M M & I/BIOCHEM 575 — BIOLOGY OF VIRUSES Last Taught: Fall 2020 2 credits. M M & I 691 — FIRST SEMESTER SENIOR THESIS Broad coverage of animal taught at molecular level. Topics 3 credits. include structure, /lifecycle, aspects of pathogenesis and prevention. Enroll Info: None First semester independent study with the goal to do the preliminary Requisites: (BIOCORE 381 and 382), ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151, research to write a senior thesis in Medical Microbiology Immunology. M M & I 301, or graduate/professional standing Enroll Info: None Course Designation: Level - Advanced Requisites: Consent of instructor L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Course Designation: Level - Advanced Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Repeatable for Credit: No Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021 Last Taught: Fall 2020

M M & I/POP HLTH 603 — CLINICAL AND M M & I 692 — SECOND SEMESTER SENIOR THESIS MICROBIOLOGY 3 credits. 5 credits. Second semester independent study with the goal to complete a senior Describe microorganisms of clinical and public health significance, thesis in Medical Microbiology Immunology. Enroll Info: None discuss issues and controversies of specimen receiving and processing, Requisites: Consent of instructor bacteremia, serodiagnosis of infectious agents, Course Designation: Level - Advanced susceptibility testing, laboratory management, and novel approaches to L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S detect infectious agents. Enroll Info: None Repeatable for Credit: No Requisites: None Last Taught: Spring 2021 Course Designation: Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2019 Medical Microbiology and Immunology (M M & I) 3

M M & I 696 — CRITICAL THINKING IN MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND M M & I 740 — MECHANISMS OF IMMUNIOLOGY 3 credits. 3 credits. Host- relationships in microbial diseases. Enroll Info: None Present assigned research papers from journals for critical evaluation. Requisites: Consent of instructor Write critiques of each paper evaluating the paper's introduction, Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework methods, results, and discussion sections. Enroll Info: None requirement Requisites: M M & I 301 and 341 Repeatable for Credit: No Course Designation: Breadth - Biological Sci. Counts toward the Natural Last Taught: Fall 2020 Sci req Level - Advanced M M & I/PATH-BIO 750 — HOST-PARASITE RELATIONSHIPS IN L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S VERTEBRATE Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement 3 credits. Repeatable for Credit: No Detailed study of the pathogenesis of vertebrate viral disease, stressing Last Taught: Spring 2019 viral invasion, dissemination, mechanisms of disease production and M M & I 699 — DIRECTED STUDY resistance, and transmission. Enroll Info: None 1-3 credits. Requisites: (PL PATH/ 640 or PATH-BIO 513), M M I/PATH- BIO/M M & I 528, and graduate/professional standing Independent research in medical microbiology and immunology for Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework undergraduates under the supervision of MMI faculty. Carry out literature requirement reviews and laboratory bench work on an independent project; participate Repeatable for Credit: No in laboratory meetings; and produce some written presentation of the Last Taught: Spring 2020 work, usually in the form of a poster presentation at a local or national meeting. Enroll Info: None M M & I/MED SC-M 755 — FOUNDATIONS OF 2 Requisites: Consent of instructor 3 credits. Course Designation: Level - Advanced Addresses the basic principles of medical microbiology and the L&S Credit - Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S infectious diseases involving the cardiovascular, respiratory, renal and Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement dermatologic systems and related any-microbial . Enroll Info: Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions None Last Taught: Summer 2021 Requisites: Graduate/professional standing M M & I 704 — INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF HUMAN BEINGS Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework 3 credits. requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Pathogenesis, clinical descriptions, and prevention. Enroll Info: None Last Taught: Fall 2017 Requisites: MICROBIO 101 or MICROBIO 303; not open to students declared in Medical Microbiology and Immunology program M M & I/PATH-BIO 790 — IMMUNOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework 3 credits. requirement Immunobiology and immunogenetics of resistance to infectious disease Repeatable for Credit: No agents of man and animals; immunoregulatory mechanisms associated Last Taught: Fall 2020 with evasion of host immunity. Enroll Info: M M & I/PATH-BIO 720 and M M & I/PATH-BIO 720 — ADVANCED IMMUNOLOGY: CRITICAL 740 required prior to enrollment. THINKING Requisites: Consent of instructor 3 credits. Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Advanced focus on current questions in immunological research. Repeatable for Credit: No Explores immunology topics including genetic, cellular, and molecular Last Taught: Spring 2015 features of fundamental to regulation of immune responses. Enroll Info: None M M & I 901 — SEMINAR Requisites: M M I/PATH-BIO/M M & I 528 and graduate/professional 1 credit. standing Seminar series led by MMI faculty members. Enroll Info: None Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework Requisites: Graduate/professional standing requirement Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework Repeatable for Credit: No requirement Last Taught: Fall 2016 Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Spring 2021 4 Medical Microbiology and Immunology (M M & I)

M M & I 902 — THE ROLE OF THE HUMAN IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 2 credits.

The human microbiome can profoundly influence the balance between health and disease. Advances in next-generation sequencing technology and bioinformatics enabled the detailed study of the trillions of microorganisms living in us and on us and their associations with both healthy and disease conditions. Current state of the art approaches to study the microbiome through examples of human diseases with a known microbiome component. Critically assess the microbiome literature and design clinical studies aiming to include the microbiome as a variable. Bioinformatics tools required to study complex microbial communities by reproducing published datasets from human patients and learn ecological concepts to interpret results in a clinically meaningful way. Enroll Info: None Requisites: MED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2021

M M & I 911 — MICROBIOLOGY DIAGNOSTICS IN PUBLIC HEALTH 2 credits.

Learn firsthand how a public health lab handles testing. Learn about the different areas of testing in the lab from the experts and how we work with the CDC and clinical labs for surveillance, diagnostics, and outbreak response. Useful training for diagnostic testing and those that will order these tests in their practice. Enroll Info: None Requisites: MED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2020

M M & I/BIOCHEM/BMOLCHEM 914 — SEMINAR-MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES (ADVANCED) 1 credit.

During the fall semester, molecular biosciences trainees who have not achieved dissertator status will present seminars based primarily on literature related to their projects. During the spring semester, molecular biosciences trainees with dissertator status will present seminars based upon their own research. Enroll Info: None Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2020

M M & I 990 — RESEARCH AND THESIS 1-12 credits.

Carry out an independent research project that represents novel science in the chosen area under the guidance of an MMI faculty member. Evidence of success is measured by publication of results as first- authored papers in peer-reviewed papers. Enroll Info: None Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Summer 2021