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Course Outlines

Spring 2018 - HSCI 482 D100

Senior Seminar in Infectious Diseases (3)

Class Number: 11363

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Mon, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 18, 2018
    Wed, 8:30–11:30 a.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    HSCI 338 - Animal Virology, MBB/HSCI 426 - Immune System I: Basis of Innate and Adaptive Immunity.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An in-depth overview of newly emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in the context of disease prevention, surveillance and control.

COURSE DETAILS:

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Using seminar format, students will study selected animal viral infectious diseases with particular emphasis on the host-pathogen interaction. This course will deal with only viral infectious diseases in this semester. Following a brief background summary and introduction, students will discuss peer-reviewed research articles. Reading materials will be selected to cover typical viral infectious diseases from recent articles.

FORMAT AND ORGANIZATION:
There will be one 3-hour class each week that includes a short lecture, presentation by students and discussion. Students must prepare for presentations and are expected full participation to the discussion.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 

  1. Understand the objectives, approaches, results and conclusions and the rationale behind them described in research articles in the field of viral infectious diseases.
  2. Build independent thinking, analytical capabilities and communication skills required for biomedical studies in the field of viral infectious diseases.

This is an advanced course.

Grading

  • Class participation 30%
  • Midterm 30%
  • Final 40%

NOTES:

The instructor may make changes to the syllabus if necessary, within Faculty/University regulations. Students are encouraged to contact the instructor if any of prerequisites need to be waived to enroll.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Reading materials selected from peer-reviewed articles will be distributed through CANVAS.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Viral Pathogenesis and Immunity (Second Edition),
N. Nathanson et al., Academic Press, 2007.
There is a newer 3rd edition but full text of the 2nd edition is available on line through SFU library. Though the contents of 2nd edition are slightly aged and there is a major expansion in 3rd edition for system virology, in order to gain the basic concepts 2nd edition is good enough.

Viral Pathogenesis (Third edition) From Basics to System Biology
Edited by:Michael Katze, Marcus J. Korth, G. Lynn Law and Neal Nathanson
Academic Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-12-800964-2


ISBN: 9780080471051

Registrar Notes:

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