Graduate Courses of Potential Interest to Biomedical Sciences Students

DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCES

• ANEQ 440, Equine Production and Industry
• ANEQ 444, Equine Reproductive Management
• ANEQ 510, Bovine Reproductive Management

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

• BC 401, Comprehensive Biochemistry I. Macromolecular structure and dynamics; membranes; enzymes; bioenergetics.
• BC 403, Comprehensive Biochemistry II. Metabolic regulation; cellular biochemistry; gene structure, replication and gene expression.
• BC 404, Comprehensive Biochemistry Laboratory. Experimental approaches to studying macromolecules, metabolism and gene expression.
• BC 463, Molecular Genetics. Molecular basis of gene structure, replication, repair and expression.
• BC 511, Structural Biology I. Structural properties of micro molecules.
• BC 513, Enzymology
• BC 517, Metabolism

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

• CHEM 471, Physical Chemistry for Biological Sciences. Thermodynamics, electrolyte solutions, transport phenomena, kinetics.

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH SCIENCES

• ERHS 400, Radioisotope Techniques. Properties of radioactivity and radiation, radiochemistry, radiobiology, dosimetry, use of radiotracers in experiments (required for certification for use of radioisotopes).
• ERHS 455, Interactive Information Processing in Biology. Data management and analysis via interactive terminals.

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY

• MIP 420, Medical and Molecular Virology
• MIP 450, Microbial Genetics. Molecular genetics, control of gene expression, recombinant DNA.
• MIP 550, Microbial Molecular Genetics Laboratory
• MIP 636, Mechanisms of Viral Infection and Disease
• MIP 651, Immunobiology. Structure, function, regulation of immunoglobulins and the immune system.
• MIP 740, Microbial and Molecular Genetics. Microbial genetics and genetic engineering, strategies for genetic manipulation.
• MIP 555, Principles and Mechanisms of Disease
• MIP 670, Molecular Immunology and Immunogenetics. Molecular and genetic basis of immune responses. Biochemistry of immunologically mediated diseases.
• MIP 765, Comparative Neuropathology. Spontaneous diseases of nervous systems of domestic animals.

DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

• STAT 301, Introduction to Statistical Methods. Inference, hypothesis tests, simple regression, one-way ANOVA.
• STAT 302, Design of Experiments. ANOVA, covariance, and experimental design.
• STAT 304, Multiple Regression
• STAT 307, Introduction to Biostatistics (alternative to ST 301).
• STAT 460, Applied Multivariate Analysis. Principles of multivariate analysis, discriminant analysis and factor analysis.
• STAT 500, Statistical Computer Packages. Comparison and use of computer packages for univariate analysis.
• STAT 511, Design and Data Analysis for Researchers I
• STAT 512, Design and Data Analysis for Researchers II
• STAT 544, Biostatistical Methods for Quantitative Data
• STAT 570, Nonparametric Statistics
• STAT 650, Design and Linear Modeling II (see also VS 662).

DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL JOURNALISM

• JTC 464, Technical Writing

PROGRAM IN CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

• CM 501, Advanced Cell Biology. Cell structure and organelle function [REQUIRED FOR PhD].
• CM 701D-I, Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology I (1 credit each):

  D) Radiation cytogenetics;
  E) Animal development and aging;
  F) Gene expression at the level of translation;
  G) Steroid hormone mechanism of action;
  H) Gene control during animal development;
  I) Planning research and grant proposals.

• CM 702B-E, Methods in Cell and Molecular Biology (1 credit each):

  B) Mammalian cell culture techniques;
  C) Immunocytochemical techniques;
  D) Radiation cytogenetics;
  E) Flow cytometry and cell sorting.

• CM 710, Techniques in Molecular Biology and Genetics
• CM 792, Cell and Molecular Biology Seminar