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2019-2020 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions

 

Medical Education
  

  • MEDE 8631 Core Clerkship - Pediatrics (Rural Scholars Program)

    6 SCH. This course is a required six (6) week clinical rotation in both general and specialty pediatrics that addresses issues regarding the recognition and treatment of common health problems of infants, children, and adolescents. Ambulatory clinics, nursery, and hospital ward service are included. This rotation will result in the acquisition and application of core pediatric knowledge and clinical skills necessary for rural practice. Students will complete this clerkship at sites assigned by the Office of Rural Medical Education in conjunction with the Department of Pediatrics. This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Rural Scholars Program and satisfies the core clerkship in Pediatrics requirement in the general medical school curriculum.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Honors/Pass/Fail
  

  • MEDE 8632 Core Clerkship - Pediatrics (Rural Primary Care Continuity Program)

    6 SCH. This course is a required six (6) week clinical rotation in both general and specialty pediatrics that addresses issues regarding the recognition and treatment of common health problems of infants, children, and adolescents. Ambulatory clinics, nursery, and hospital ward service are included. This rotation will result in the acquisition and application of core pediatric knowledge and clinical skills necessary for rural practice. Students will complete this clerkship at sites assigned by the Office of Rural Medical Education in conjunction with the Department of Pediatrics. This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Rural Primary Care Continuity Program and satisfies the core clerkship in Pediatrics requirement in the general medical school curriculum.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Honors/Pass/Fail
  

  • MEDE 8633 Core Clerkship - Obstetrics and Gynecology (Rural Scholars Program)

    6 SCH. This course is a required six (6) week clinical rotation in Obstetrics and Gynecology consisting of outpatient and hospital experiences. The outpatient portion exposes the student to ambulatory prenatal care and gynecology, while the hospital portion of the rotation consists of labor and delivery and gynecological surgery. The experience focuses on the primary care of women in the reproductive and menopausal years. This rotation will result in the acquisition and application of core knowledge and clinical skills necessary for rural practice. Students will complete this clerkship at sites assigned by the Office of Rural Medical Education in conjunction with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Rural Scholars Program and satisfies the core clerkship in Obstetrics and Gynecology requirement in the general medical school curriculum.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Honors/Pass/Fail
  

  • MEDE 8809 Core Clerkship - Family Medicine

    8 SCH. This course is a required 8-week clinical rotation that must be completed during the third year.  Although emphasis is on ambulatory care, students may have the opportunity to follow their assigned patients when inpatient care is required.  Students are assigned to family medicine faculty clinical practices where they experience continuity of care in family practice.  The student is exposed to health care systems (managed care), office management concepts, and practice guidelines with emphasis of clinical application of disease prevention.  
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Honors/Pass/Fail
  

  • MEDE 8810 Core Clerkship - Internal Medicine

    8 SCH. The clerkship is an eight-week program divided into two four-week sessions. One session is served in the general internal medicine ward service. Under rigorous audit, the clerk is responsible for the care of hospitalized patients. This care includes collection of data from initial evaluation to final disposition. An emphasis is placed on the skills of problem solving (data collection), management, planning, and proper record keeping (criteria of evaluations) using thoroughness, reliability, efficiency, and logic. Manual skills are learned and reinforced. This session also includes case presentations and lectures on specific topics. 
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Honors/Pass/Fail
  

  • MEDE 8811 Core Clerkship - Surgery

    8 SCH. This course is a required eight-week clerkship in surgery designed to provide the student with a balanced, multidisciplinary perspective of the surgical sciences. The objectives are to provide an understanding of the surgical management of disease, to illustrate special problems encountered with surgical patients, to fix clearly in the student’s mind the means available for establishing diagnoses of surgical problems, to expose the student to the expectations and limitations of appropriate surgical theory, and to give students familiarity in the pre- and post-operative care of patients. Additional asynchronous educational opportunities are competency based and include case based problem solving modules.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Honors/Pass/Fail
  

  • MEDE 8834 Core Clerkship - Family Medicine (Rural Scholars Program)

    8 SCH. This course is a required eight (8) week clinical rotation that must be completed during Year 3. Although emphasis is on ambulatory care, students may have the opportunity to follow their assigned patients when inpatient care is required. Students complete this clerkship at an assigned rural site where they experience continuity of care in family practice. The student is exposed to health care systems, office management concepts, and practice guidelines with emphasis on clinical application of disease prevention. Weekly small group sessions with selected faculty require students to work as teams to study, discuss and present clinical topics. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based medicine and its application to clinical practice. This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Rural Scholars Program and satisfies the core clerkship in Family Medicine requirement in the general medical school curriculum.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Honors/Pass/Fail
  

  • MEDE 8835 Core Clerkship - Family Medicine (Rural Primary Care Continuity Program)

    8 SCH. This course is a required eight (8) week clinical rotation that must be completed during the third year. Although emphasis is on ambulatory care, students may have the opportunity to follow their assigned patients when inpatient care is required. Students complete this clerkship at an assigned rural site where they experience continuity of care in family practice. The student is exposed to health care systems, office management concepts, and practice guidelines with emphasis on clinical application of disease prevention. Weekly small group sessions with selected faculty require students to work as teams to study, discuss and present clinical topics. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based medicine and its application to clinical practice. This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Rural Primary Care Continuity Program and satisfies the core clerkship in Family Medicine requirement in the general medical school curriculum.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Honors/Pass/Fail
  

  • MEDE 8836 Core Clerkship - Internal Medicine (Rural Scholars Program)

    8 SCH. This course is a required eight (8) week clinical rotation in general internal medicine that addresses issues regarding the recognition and treatment of common health problems of adults. The clerkship includes both ambulatory and hospital care of patients under the rigorous supervision of the assigned rural faculty. Manual skills are learned and reinforced. During ambulatory experiences, the student is exposed to the multiple aspects of outpatient and ambulatory medicine including, but not limited to, rheumatology, neurology, diabetes managements, general internal medicine, geriatrics, public health, outpatient endoscopy. This rotation will result in the acquisition and application of core knowledge and clinical skills necessary for rural practice. Students will complete this clerkship at sites assigned by the Office of Rural Medical Education in conjunction with the Department of Internal Medicine. This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Rural Scholars Program and satisfies the core clerkship in Internal Medicine requirement in the general medical school curriculum.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Honors/Pass/Fail
  

  • MEDE 8837 Core Clerkship - Internal Medicine (Rural Primary Care Continuity Program)

    8 SCH. This course is a required eight (8) week clinical rotation in general internal medicine that addresses issues regarding the recognition and treatment of common health problems of adults. The clerkship includes both ambulatory and hospital care of patients under the rigorous supervision of the assigned rural faculty. Manual skills are learned and reinforced. During ambulatory experiences, the student is exposed to the multiple aspects of outpatient and ambulatory medicine including, but not limited to, rheumatology, neurology, diabetes managements, general internal medicine, geriatrics, public health, outpatient endoscopy. This rotation will result in the acquisition and application of core knowledge and clinical skills necessary for rural practice. Students will complete this clerkship at sites assigned by the Office of Rural Medical Education in conjunction with the Department of Internal Medicine. This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Rural Primary Care Continuity Program and satisfies the core clerkship in Internal Medicine requirement in the general medical school curriculum.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Honors/Pass/Fail
  

  • MEDE 8838 Core Clerkship - Surgery (Rural Scholars Program)

    8 SCH. This course is a required eight (8) week clinical rotation in surgery that emphasizes surgical skills, pre and postoperative care, and diagnosis. Both hospital and office experiences are included. Experiences with surgical subspecialty care will be included during this clerkship. This rotation will result in the acquisition and application of core surgical knowledge and clinical skills necessary for rural practice. Students will complete this clerkship at sites assigned by the Office of Rural Medical Education in conjunction with the Department of Surgery. This course is restricted to students enrolled in the Rural Scholars Program and satisfies the core clerkship in Surgery requirement in the general medical school curriculum.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Honors/Pass/Fail
  

  • MEDE 9000 Core PCP or Elective

    Used for enrollment purposes only.
  

  • MEDE 9001 Vacation

    Used for enrollment purposes only.
  

  • MEDE 9003 See Comments

    Used for enrollment purposes only.
  

  • MEDE 9401 Elective Clerkship - Family Medicine

    4 SCH. This course is a four-week elective that is completed during the fourth year. The goal of this course is to provide educational experiences within the private sector emphasizing the totality of community-based family practice. The student is allowed considerable flexibility in choosing the preceptor for this course.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9403 Elective Clerkship - Emergency Medicine

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in emergency medicine.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9404 Elective Clerkship - Internal Medicine

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in internal medicine.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9407 Elective Clerkship - Obstetrics and Gynecology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in obstetrics and gynecology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9408 Elective Clerkship - Pediatrics

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in pediatrics.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9410 Elective Clerkship - Psychiatry

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in psychiatry that can be tailored to meet the student’s objectives. This course is especially useful for students who wish to pursue advanced training in psychiatry.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9411 Elective Clerkship - Surgery

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in surgery in an affiliated hospital.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9412 Elective Clerkship - Anesthesiology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in anesthesiology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9413 Elective Clerkship - Dermatology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in dermatology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9414 Elective Clerkship - Ophthalmology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week clerkship in ophthalmology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9415 Elective Clerkship - Hospital Medicine

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in hospital medicine.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9416 Elective Clerkship - Manipulative Medicine

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation for self-directed study in manipulative medicine with emphasis on applications of osteopathic philosophy and principles. The clerkship may be served in the manipulative medicine clinic or in the offices of area manipulative medicine specialists.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9417 Elective Clerkship - Otorhinolaryngology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in otorhinolaryngology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9419 Elective Clerkship - Radiology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in radiology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9420 Elective Clerkship - Sports Medicine/Rehabilitation

    4 SCH. An elective four-week rotation in sports medicine and rehabilitation emphasizing the role of the primary care physician in the care of athletes.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9421 Elective Clerkship - Allergy

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in allergy care.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9422 Elective Clerkship - Rheumatology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in rheumatology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9423 Elective Clerkship - Cardiology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in cardiology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9424 Elective Clerkship - Endocrinology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in endocrinology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9425 Elective Clerkship - Gastroenterology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in gastroenterology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9426 Elective Clerkship - Hyperbaric Medicine

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in hyperbaric medicine.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9427 Elective Clerkship - Geriatrics

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in geriatrics.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9428 Elective Clerkship - Hematology/Oncology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in hematology/oncology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9429 Elective Clerkship - Infectious Disease

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in infectious disease.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9430 Elective Clerkship - Nephrology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in nephrology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9431 Elective Clerkship - Neurology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in neurology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9432 Elective Clerkship - Pulmonary Medicine

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in pulmonary medicine.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9433 Elective Clerkship - Mobile Integrated Healthcare

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in mobile integrated healthcare.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9434 Elective Clerkship - Orthopedics

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in orthopedics.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9435 Elective Clerkship - Thoracic Surgery

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in thoracic surgery.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9436 Elective Clerkship - Neurosurgery

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in neurosurgery.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9437 Elective Clerkship - Urology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in urology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9438 Elective Clerkship - Pathology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in pathology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9439 Elective Clerkship - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in sports medicine and physical therapy clinics emphasizing the principles of rehabilitation of musculoskeletal, neurologic, and orthopedic conditions.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9444 Elective Clerkship - Intensive Care Unit

    4 SCH. An elective four-week elective clerkship in an intensive care unit.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9445 Elective Clerkship - Radiation Oncology

    4 SCH. This course is a four-week elective rotation providing the student an opportunity to learn the basic fundamentals of radiation oncology, including available technologies, as well as patient management.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9446 Rural Elective-Rural Community Health Systems

    4 SCH. This course is a four-week elective clinical rotation that provides the student with broad in-hospital patient care experience as well as experience with the medical and health care services provided by the community. The goal is to involve the student doctor in every aspect of a patient’s care. This may relate not only to actual in-patient care but rehabilitation services, emergency medical services, home health, hospice, sports medicine care (i.e. team physician), etc. This rotation is done at a designated community and rural hospital and is open to any Year 4 TCOM student.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9459 Elective Clerkship - Directed Studies

    4 SCH. An elective four-week directed study.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9460 Elective Clerkship - Academic Medicine

    4 SCH. An elective four-week directed study in Academic Medicine designed for the acquisition of test construction skills and for the review of essential concepts in the clinical sciences, prior to Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX), Level 2.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9461 Elective Clerkship - Medical Humanities

    4 SCH. An elective four-week rotation in medical humanities.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9462 Elective Clerkship - Occupational Medicine

    4 SCH. An elective four-week rotation in occupational medicine.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9463 Elective Clerkship - Public Health/Preventive Medicine

    4 SCH. An elective four-week rotation in public health/preventive medicine.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9464 Elective Clerkship - Substance Abuse

    4 SCH. An elective four-week rotation in substance abuse.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9465 Elective Clerkship - Toxicology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in toxicology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9466 Elective Clerkship - International Family Medicine

    4 SCH. An elective four-week international clerkship in family medicine.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9467 Elective Clerkship - International Internal Medicine

    4 SCH. An elective four-week international clerkship in internal medicine.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9468 Elective Clerkship - International Obstetrics and Gynecology

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week international rotation in obstetrics and gynecology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9469 Elective Clerkship - International Pediatrics

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in obstetrics and gynecology.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9470 Elective Clerkship - International Surgery

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in International Surgery.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9471 Elective Clerkship - Advanced Clinical Anatomy

    4 SCH. Students will complete a detailed, cadaver-based dissection with clinical relevance.
    Offered Fall and Spring
  

  • MEDE 9475 Elective Clerkship - Military Medicine

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in military medicine.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MEDE 9476 Elective Clerkship - Research

    4 SCH. This course is an elective four-week rotation in research.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass

Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics
  

  • MIMG 5095 Moot Court (Oral Qualifying Exam)

    0 SCH. Students are required to provide testimony in a moot court setting and be tested on their knowledge and understanding of breadth and scope of forensic genetics.
    Offered Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MIMG 5101 Forensic Hair Analysis

    1 SCH. Introduction to the microscopic analysis of hair for forensic evidence evaluation.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5102 Blood Spatter Pattern Analysis

    1 SCH. Introduction to the analysis of blood stain patterns for forensic evidence and crime scene evaluation.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5121 Seminar in Cell Motility

    1 SCH. Review of the current literature in muscle contraction, ciliary movement, microfilaments and actin-binding proteins, microtubules and microtubule-associated proteins, intermediate filaments, non-muscle motility, the organization of the cytoskeleton and the novel biochemical and biophysical techniques.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5122 Current Topics in Immunology

    1 SCH. Journal Club format consists of presentations of current research articles in the various areas of immunology by faculty, research staff and students. May be repeated for credit.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MIMG 5140 Seminar in Current Topics

    1 SCH. Specialized weekly lectures on topics of current interest by students, faculty and/or invited speakers. May be repeated for credit.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MIMG 5150 Introduction to Flow Cytometry

    1 SCH. This course will focus on the basics and practical applications of flow cytometry. Lectures, invited seminars, discussions as well as hands on training will be utilized in order to expose students to the different uses and applications of flow cytometry. Furthermore, students will be trained on instrument usage, as well as data acquisition, analysis and interpretation. Course will be limited to a maximum of 10 students. May be repeated for credit.
    Offered Summer
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MIMG 5160 Current Topics in Cancer Biology

    1 SCH. Course reviews and emphasizes current research articles in cancer-related fields including apoptosis, cell cycle regulation, and metastasis. Students are required to participate in presentation and discussion of current articles. Faculty and research staff members may participate in presentations.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5170 Journal Club in Genetics

    1 SCH. Journal Club format consists of presentations of current research articles in the various areas of genetics by faculty, research staff and students.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MIMG 5180 Journal Club in Microbiology

    1 SCH. Journal Club format consists of presentations of current research articles in the various areas of microbiology by faculty, research staff and students.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MIMG 5201 Bioimaging

    3 SCH. The course will introduce students to various techniques atomic force microscopy, total internal reflection fluorescence, histology, electron microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy. Lectures on theoretical principles will be accompanied with practical hands-on experiments.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5202 Introduction to Confocal Microscopy

    1 SCH. Introduction to the optics, fluoresce, principles of measurement and analysis using the confocal microscope. Didactic lectures and practical use by the student are included.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MIMG 5203 Overview of Forensic Sciences

    3 SCH. The focus of this course is to familiarize the student with the scope of forensic science disciplines utilized in full service forensic laboratories. In addition to an introduction to the history and science behind biological evidence analysis prior to the PCR era, students will gain a detailed understanding of related fields of toxicology and drug analysis, instrumental analysis methods and analytical chemistry, and basis and techniques used in evaluating pattern evidence (e.g. fingerprints, tool marks, firearms, etc.).
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5204 The Application of Y-Chromosome Analysis in Forensic and Genealogical Investigations

    2 SCH. This course is specifically designed as an elective for second-year students in the Forensic Genetics discipline. The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the specialized field of Y chromosome analysis and its use in human molecular identity testing. Lecture material will include the following: biology, evolution and genetics of the Y chromosome, Y STR and Y SNP genetic markers, use of the Y chromosome in evolutionary, anthropological and forensic studies, statistical interpretation of Y-chromosome test results and validation of Y STR kits in forensic testing laboratories. The laboratory portion of this course will be concurrent with the laboratory portion of IPAN 5401. It will include the DNA extraction of mock case samples that would be appropriate for Y STR testing, PCR amplification, and genetic analysis of those samples using commercially available Y STR kits. Student Must have completed FGEN 5402, or be concurrently enrollment in FGEN 5400.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5210 Signal Transduction

    2 SCH. Current publications in the general area of receptor-signal transduction will be discussed in the journal club format. Students are required to participate in presentation and discussion of current articles. May be repeated for credit as topics change.
    Offered Fall and Spring
    Pass/No Pass
  

  • MIMG 5225 Introductory Biochemistry

    2 SCH. This introductory course in biochemistry is intended to provide undergraduate and graduate students with a foundation and in depth knowledge of biochemistry. This course will cover many aspects of biochemistry, including: biomolecules and metabolism.

    Medical Science Students who elect to take this will be graded on a Pass/No Pass basis.
    Offered Summer
    Pass/No Pass

  

  • MIMG 5300 Expert Testimony in Forensic Science

    3 SCH. This course is intended to provide students with training in forensic testimony in the courtroom. Students will be required to provide testimony in a moot court setting. Discussions of admissibility standards, visual aids and trial preparation will be covered.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5304 Forensic Anthropology

    1 SCH. A brief introduction to the science of forensic anthropology and its role in the investigation of human skeletal remains. Topics will explore the interdisciplinary relationships between molecular and anthropological analyses. Emphasis will be placed on positive anthropological identification techniques and the utility of the biological profile for enhancing CODIS database searching.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5305 Introduction to Molecular Laboratory Methods

    3 SCH. This course is designed to give beginning graduate students experience and expertise in fundamental techniques used in many life science research laboratories. The course includes: simple solution and reagent preparation, laboratory calculations, microscopy, biomolecule quantification, DNA extraction, electrophoresis, enzymatic digestion, basic cloning procedures and an introduction to bioinformatic tools. The laboratory is also designed to train the incoming graduate student in proper laboratory safety, record keeping, and laboratory quality assurance and control methods.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5306 Basic Methods in Forensic/Molecular Genetics

    3 SCH. This intensive laboratory course is designed to train students in contemporary techniques used by forensic DNA testing laboratories. Methods include DNA extraction techniques, real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR), PCR amplification of short tandem repeat (STR) markers, and fragment analysis using capillary electrophoresis. Laboratory training is complemented by lectures and assigned readings to foster comprehensive scientific understanding of each method. Laboratory exercises are performed using validated protocols with an emphasis on forensic quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) techniques and documentation.
    Prerequisite: Students must complete MOMG 5305 prior to enrolling in this course.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5307 Advanced Methods in Forensic/Molecular Genetics

    4 SCH. This course is designed to provide students in-depth experience and expertise in performing DNA analysis techniques commonly used in forensic and molecular laboratories, as well as introducing future technologies. The targeted areas to be covered are real-time quantitative PCR, robotics, and detection and analyses of short tandem repeats (STR’s) and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. The course objective is to give the student the fundamental tools to understand the scientific basis, detailed biochemistry, and current analytical methods for each technique. The course will not only give the students hands-on experience, but will also train the student in data analysis, expert systems, quality assurance, quality control and forensic case file management.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete MOMG 5305 & 5306 prior to enrolling in this course.
    Offered Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5390 Special Problems

    1-3 SCH. For students capable of developing a problem independently through conferences and activities directed by the instructor. Problem chosen by the student with the consent of the instructor and department. May be repeated for credit.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5391 Special Problems 2

    1-3 SCH. For students capable of developing a problem independently through conferences and activities directed by the instructor. Problem chosen by the student with the consent of the instructor and department. May be repeated for credit.
    Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5400 Biological Evidence Evaluation

    4 SCH. Course topics include collection and preservation of biological evidence, chain of custody, evidence screening for biological components (blood, seminal fluid, saliva, hairs, etc.), presumptive and confirmatory testing, and an overview of historical testing procedures. Training will also include crime scene investigation and processing, Y-STR and mock case analysis. Student must have completed FGEN 5400 and be concurrently enrollment in FGEN 5402.
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5401 Population Genetics and Forensic Statistics

    3 SCH. Methodological approaches to evaluating genetic data for population analysis and genetic evaluation of various identity testing marker systems. Emphasis is on the statistical evaluation of microsatellite DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and SNP panels as applied to forensic DNA evaluation. Several approaches and software packages will be utilized for processing diploid and haploid genetic data sets.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete MMED 5305, 5306, 5307, BMSC 6200, 6203
    Offered Fall
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5402 Methods in Forensic Molecular Biology

    4 SCH. An intensive laboratory course designed to give students experience and expertise in the basic molecular biology techniques currently utilized in forensic DNA analysis. Techniques will include multiple methods of extraction of nucleic acids from various sources; DNA quantitation methods; design and process of PCR amplification; agarose gel electrophoresis; capillary electrophoresis theory and methods; analysis of microsattelite DNA; mitochondrial DNA sequencing and analysis; single nucleotide polymorphism analysis methods.
    Prerequisite: Course is limited to FGEN majors.
    Offered Summer
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 5500 Emerging Role of the Microbiome in Health & Disease

    2 SCH. This course will focus on recent research revealing the importance of the human microbiome to host metabolism, development, and immune health and disease. Ecology of bacteria and their communities will be discussed along with host responses. Experimental techniques and instrumentation unique to this field of inquiry will also be addressed.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Every other Spring-Even Years
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 6101 Principles of Super Resolution Microscopy

    2 SCH. Fluorescence imaging methods that push or break the diffraction limit of resolution (approximately 200 nm) have grown tremendously in recent years. This explosive growth was possible by the extremely sensitive detection devices, wide spectrum lasers and photo-active fluorescent probes. They have the ability to see more detail with greater sensitivity-down to s ingle molecules with tens of nanometers resolution. The super-resolution microscopy (SRM) techniques that we will discuss include: stimulated emission depletion (STED), photoactivation localization microscopy (PALM), stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy (STORM), structured illumination microscopy (SIM) and total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM). Each affords unique strengths in lateral and axial resolution, speed, sensitivity, and fluorophore compatibility. We will learn the optical principles and design of these new instruments. We highlight common features of SRM such as the conversion of probes between ground or excited states and the use of scanning process (ordered or stochastic). We will discuss major advances, biological applications, and promising new developments such as revelation of transient intermediate states of organelles and molecules in living.
    Prerequisite: Students must complete BMSC 6201 prior to enrolling in this course. It is strongly suggested that students also complete CBIM 6220.
    Offered Fall
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  • MIMG 6141 Current Topics in Cell Biology

    1 SCH. Contemporary topic chosen each semester from the broad areas of anatomy, cell biology and visual science. Format consists of presentations of current research articles by both faculty and students. May be repeated for credit as topics vary.
    Offered Fall and Spring
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  • MIMG 6200 Mitochondria and Complex Diseases

    2 SCH. Lecture Topics: basic mitochondrial genetics, bioenergetics, and biogenesis; the Warburg Phenomenon and other metabolic alternations of cancer cells; mitochondrial control of apoptosis and cancer; mitochondrial ROS in cancer, mitochondrial genetic alternation in cancer; known mitochondrial diseases; laboratory techniques used in mitochondrial research. Workshop and laboratory: mitochondrial function assays; mitochondrial genetic assays to include quantification and mutation detection.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Fall
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  • MIMG 6201 Immune Responses Against Pathogenic Microorganisms

    2 SCH. This course will focus on how the immune system responds to infection with pathogenic microorganisms. Microbial pathogenesis will be discussed, as well as the ensuing innate and adaptive immune responses generated against the particular pathogen. In addition to faculty lectures, discussions focused on recent articles will enhance the students’ knowledge regarding immunity to infections. The course will involve student-led discussions of different infectious pathogens that will broaden the scope of the course and provide the students the opportunity to gain teaching experience.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Every other Fall - Even Years
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 6202 Advanced Molecular Biology: Techniques and Principle

    2 SCH. This course focuses on modern molecular biology techniques and their background/theory.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Every other Fall - Odd Years
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 6203 Advanced Cell Biology

    2 SCH. This Advanced Cell Biology course is intended to provide students an opportunity for an in-depth exploration of cells. The goal is to understand how investigation of cellular processes can lead into mechanistic insights into disease processes. A combined approach will be used including on-line activities, classroom discussions and TEL-principles-based group activities. Specific emphasis on select topics will include mitochondrial function, their role health and disease, cell death, cell signaling and communication, protein quality and sub-cellular localization control. The course will be organized in consecutive one-week modules with integrated activities.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Spring
    Letter Grade
  

  • MIMG 6204 Advanced Immunology

    2 SCH. A general exploration of basic concepts of immunology including, innate vs adaptive immunity, development of lymphocyte receptor repertoires, T cell mediated and humoral immune responses, and failure of host defense mechanisms.
    Prerequisite: Student must complete BMSC 6201, BMSC 6202, BMSC 6203, and BMSC 6204.
    Offered Spring
    Pass/No Pass
 

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