Current Issues in Microbiome Sciences
Of 15 total credits, 2 credits of MBIOM 550 (previously ECLGY 550 which also counts) are required. Remaining credits will be taken from three categories, with at least 3 credits from each category.
- MBIOM 550 Current Issues in Microbiome Sciences (1 credit) requirement to take two credits during program.
Microbial Sciences
- Animal Microbiomes (3) ANSC 456
- Microbial Physiology and Structure (3) MICRB 401
- Microbial/Molecular Genetics (2) MICRB 450
- Microbial Biotechnology (3) MICRB 416/BIOTC 416
- General Virology- Bacterial and Animal Viruses (3) MICRB 415
- Viral Pathogenesis (3) MICRB 435
- Phytobacteriology (3) PPEM 417
- Fundamentals of Phytopathology (4) PPATH 505
- Biology of Fungi (4) PPEM 425
- Microbial Physiology of Foodborne Organisms (3) FDSC 526
- Culture Based Analysis of Microorganisms (3) FDSC 525
- Molecular Genetics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions (3) PPATH 533
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Genetic Models A: Bacterial and Viral Pathogenesis (1) GENET 581 (CoM)
Ecology and Evolution
- Applied Microbial Ecology (3) PPEM 456
- Molecular Evolution (3) BIOL 405
- Symbiosis (3) BIOL 406
- Ecology of Infectious Disease (3) BIOL 412
- Microbial Anthropology: A Microbial Lens on the Human Experience (3) ANTH 414
- Microbe-Plant Interactions (3) PPEM 405
- Epidemiology of Plant Diseases (3) PPATH 542
- Viral Ecology (3) PPEM 454
- Community Ecology (3) ECLGY 526
- Analytical Techniques for Microbial Ecology (3) ECLGY 597*
- Microbial genomic epidemiology (3) FDSC 517
- Macroecology of Wildlife and Human Diseases: Methods and Applications (3) BIOL 597*
- Ecosystem Nutrient Cycles (3) ECLGY 571
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Population Genetics (3) BIOL 428
Bioinformatics and Other Research Tools
- Introduction to Microbiome Analysis (3) PPEM 440
- Practical Bioinformatics (3) BIOL 439 (UP and Harrisburg)
- Introduction to Computational Biology (3) BMB 482
- Applied Bioinformatics (2) BMMB 852
- Algorithms and Data Structures in Bioinformatics (3) CSE 566
- Major Writing Projects: Start to Finish (3) PPATH 840
- Ethics, Rigor, Reproducibility and Conduct of Research in the Life Sciences MCIBS 591 (2)
- Perspectives and Methods in Bioethics (3) BIOET 501
- Foundations in Data Driven Life Sciences (3) BMMB 554
- Analysis of Variance and Design of Experiments (3) STAT 502
- Statistical Analysis of Genomics Data (3) STAT 555
- Genomics (3) BMMB 551
- Molecular Methods in Microbial Detection (3) PPATH 597*
- Macroecology of Infectious Disease (3) BIO 597*
- Molecular Genetics: Genes to Genomes (3) BCHEM 522 (CoM)
- Experimental design and data analysis for the laboratory scientist (2) BMS512 (CoM)
- Microbiome Sciences: From Origins to Biotechnological Applications (1) MBIOM 597*
- Biomedical Research Ethics (1) BMS 591 (CoM)
*Special Topics courses to be submitted for full course approval
Unless otherwise stated, all classes are offered at University Park (UP). Some classes are offered at the College of Medicine (CoM) or Harrisburg.
Faculty interested in adding a class to the Microbiome Sciences Dual Title Curriculum list should: 1) provide a syllabus for the course, 2) include a description of the microbial/ microbiome content or the course, and 3) suggest which category the course belongs to. This proposal should be sent to: microbiomescidt@psu.edu.
