Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

3 credits · Undergraduate credit

This course focus and scope is mainly geared to students interested in continuing onto post-graduate education in the areas of public health, medicine, biomedical research or other health-related areas. This lecture-based course covers topics on the biology of microbial cells, medical immunology, pathogenic virology and pathogenic bacteriology and develops concepts on the types of interaction between host and pathogen that contribute to infectious diseases.