MDTP - Course Syllabi

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MDTP Course Syllabi

Ten credits are required for the major. All students are required to take two semesters of the 1 credit course, Current Issues in Microbiology (MMI 810/Micro 811). These 2 credits may be used for either the major or the minor, with the approval of the thesis committee. At least three courses must come from the following list of core courses. Some typical courses taken by MDTP students in the past are also listed below.

The maximum credit load for a full-time student in the fall and spring semesters is 12. Generally, students take the required courses (see below), plus 2 core courses and fill the remaining credit load to 12 with the addition of research credits (990), which are individual numbers assigned to specific faculty. These numbers are assigned on a semester basis and will be provided to you by the program office.

Core Courses

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Micro 607	Advanced Microbial Genetics
Micro 612	Prokaryotic Molecular Biology (Crosslisted with Biochem 612)
Micro 640	General Virology: Multiplication of Viruses (Crosslisted with Oncology and Plant Pathology)
Micro 668	Microbiology at Atomic Resolution (Crosslisted with Biomolecular chemistry)
MMI 720	Topics in Immunology
Micro 725	Microbial Diversity and Physiology
Micro 726	Regulation of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes
MMI 740	Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis
MMI 773	Eukaryotic Microbial Pathogenesis
MMI 790	Immunology of Infectious Disease

Required Courses

Micro 731/MMI 901	MDTP Seminar
MMI 810 & Micro 811	Current Issues in Microbiology

Sampling of Additional Micro and MMI Courses

Micro/MMI 528	Immunology
MMI 900	Journal Club