Designated Emphasis: Curriculum
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Researcher Claudio Meneses (left), and Melody Malpass, a doctoral candidate in the UC Davis Department of Entomology, and the first student to sign up for the Designated Emphasis Program, examine sand flies in the Gregory Lanzaro Vector Genetics Lab. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) |
1. Required courses
Curriculum requirements for students admitted to DEBVD program will include the core course, Changing Patterns of Vector-borne Infections (PHR 214/ENT 214), and 2 elective courses/seminars from a list of courses in vector-borne disease biology as approved by the Executive Committee. Courses may not be repeated for credit.
2. Elective courses and seminars
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Department of Entomology
Undergraduate
ENT 153-(T.W. Scott) Medical Entomology - 4 unit course.
ENT 102 (Staff) Insect Physiology- 4 unit course.
Graduate
ENT 212- (Staff) Molecular Biology of Insects and Insect Viruses- 3 unit course.
ENT 253- (T. W. Scott) Advanced Medical Entomology. 3 unit course- Prerequisite One upper division course in Entomology other than ENT 153 and one course in Microbiology. ENT 153 or equivalent is recommended
ENT 290- (G. C. Lanzaro) Current Topics in GMO Research 1 unit seminar.
ENT 291N – (R. Kimsey and T. W. Scott) Current topics in Medical Veterinary Entomology Seminar- 2 unit seminar- Prerequisite ENT 153.
ENT 292N- (B. D. Hammock and W. L. Leal) Current topics in Insect Physiology & Behavior- 2 unit seminar- Prerequisite ENT 102.
ENT 293N- (B. D. Hammock and W. L. Leal) Current topics in Insect Biotechnology & Genomics Seminar- 2 units – Prerequisite ENT 212.
School of Medicine
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Undergraduate
MMI 115 (Theis) Ecological Parasitology - 3 units
MMI 116 (Theis) Parasitology for Wildlife Biologists - 3 units
Graduate
MMI 215 (Theis) Medical Parasitology - 5 units
MMI 208 (Luckhart, Dandekar) Emerging Challenges in Microbiology and Immunology – 1 unit seminar, repeatable
MMI 480A (Torres/LaSalle) Medical Immunology - 2.5 units - Prerequisite consent of instructor
MMI 480B (Beaman) Medical Microbiology - 3.5 unit course - Prerequisite consent of instructor
Department of Public Health Sciences
Undergraduate
EPP 101 Perspectives in Community Health - 3 units
Graduate
EPP 244 Introduction to Medical Statistics - 4 units
EPP 245 Statistical Analysis of Laboratory Data - 4 units
EPP 246 Biostatistics for Clinical Research - 4 units
EPP 247 Biostatistics for Epidemiology - 4 units
EPP 273 Topics in Public Health - 1 unit seminar, can repeat three times for credit
EPP 295 International Health Care - 1 unit seminar
Internal Medicine
Undergraduate
IDI141 (Dandekar) Infectious Diseases of Humans - 1 unit
Graduate
IDI 211 (Flynn, Chomel, DeRiemer) Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases - 3 units - Prerequisites include EPI 205A, 207 or Internal Medicine 421.
School of Veterinary Medicine
Graduate Group in Immunology
IMM 201 (Miller, Cho, Gershwin, Ashwood) Basic Immunology – 4 units
IMM 293 (Baumgarth) Current Concepts in Immunology – 4 units – Prerequisite IMM 201
IMM 295 (Staff) Cytokines – 2 units – Prerequisite IMM 293 or consent of instructor
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
EPI 204 (Tsodikov) Statistical Models, Methods and Data Analysis for Scientists - 4 unit course - Prerequisites STA 130B or STA 131B or STA 133 and STA 108 recommended
EPI 205A (Hird) Principles of Epidemiology - 4 unit course - Prerequisite MPM 402 or consent of instructor.
EPI 205 B (Hertz-Piciotto) Integration of basic Epidemiologic Concepts - 2 unit course - Prerequisite MPM 405 or EPI 205A.
EPI 206 (Hird) Epidemiologic Study Design - 3 unit course - Prerequisites EPI 205 A and EPI 205B
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Undergraduate
PMI 128 (Miller) Biology of Animal Viruses - 3 unit course - Prerequisite BIS 102
Graduate
PMI 291A (Gershwin) Seminar in Immunology -1 unit - Prerequisite PMI 126
PMI 293A (Byrne) Seminar in Infectious Diseases - 1 unit
PMI 418 (Ziccardi) Health and Disease in Terrestrial Wildlife - 2 units - Prerequisite First, second, or third year standing in the School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor
PMI 419 (Ziccardi) Field Techniques for Assessment of Wildlife and Ecosystem Health - 2 units – Prerequisite consent of instructor
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Graduate
MPM 402 (Farver) Medical Statistics I - 4 units
MPM 403 (Farver) Medical Statistics II - 4 units - Prerequisite MPM 402 or the equivalent
MPM 404 (Farver) Medical Statistics III - 4 units - Prerequisite MPM 403 or the equivalent with consent of adviser
PHR 212 (Chomel) Epidemiology of the Zoonoses - 4 units - Graduate standing or third year standing in the School of Veterinary Medicine or consent of instructor
PHR 266 (Kass) Applied Analytic Epidemiology - 3 units - Prerequisite MPM 404 or consent of the instructor.
Courses not listed here can be submitted for approval to the Executive Committee to fulfill elective credits. The required curriculum, and any subsequent changes to the required curriculum, must be approved by the Executive Committee.
For further information, please contact:
Anthony J. Cornel, DEVBD chair
Phone: (559) 646-6581
E-mail: cornel@uckac.edu
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