GENERAL VIROLOGY-MULTIPLICATION OF VIRUSES

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( GENETICS 466 or 467 ) and ( BIOCHEM 501 or 508 ) or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Biological Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the major classes of viruses infecting animals and plants, and summarize their basic replication strategies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify the major innate and adaptive antiviral immunity mechanisms of animals and plants, and examples of viral countermeasures against these. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Summarize the burdens and threats of viruses to public health, agriculture, etc. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify the major approaches and challenges to virus control at the single organism and host population levels, including why viruses are generally harder to control than bacteria, and major steps in developing new antiviral agents. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Illustrate beneficial uses of viruses and their genes in research, biotechnology and medicine. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Design and evaluate basic experiments to address specific questions in virology. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Read and evaluate primary literature papers in virology. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the major classes of viruses infecting animals and plants, and summarize their basic replication strategies. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Identify the major innate and adaptive antiviral immunity mechanisms of animals and plants, and examples of viral countermeasures against these. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Summarize the burdens and threats of viruses to public health, agriculture, etc. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Identify the major approaches and challenges to virus control at the single organism and host population levels, including why viruses are generally harder to control than bacteria, and major steps in developing new antiviral agents. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Illustrate beneficial uses of viruses and their genes in research, biotechnology and medicine. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Design and evaluate basic experiments to address specific questions in virology. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Read and evaluate primary literature papers in virology. Audience: Graduate