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  • MICR 3150: Microbial Ecology

    4.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1620 and University Advanced Standing. Covers fundamentals of microbial ecology including interactions, major habitats, and factors that dictate microbial community structure consisting of bacteria, archaea, eukaryotes, and viruses. Includes in-depth examination of classic examples as well as additional systems to be selected based on class preferences.. Course fee of $25 for materials applies.
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  • MICR 3200: Emerging and Re Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): MICR 2060 or MICR 3450 with a C- or higher in each and University Advanced Standing. Utilizes the most current infectious disease entities as examples for new (emerging) or old (re-emerging) diseases currently affecting mankind. Discusses zoonotic diseases (those transmissible from animals to humans and vice-versa) in detail. Emphasizes the underlying mechanisms of disease, and includes fundamental aspects of virology, bacteriology, and parasitology. Covers fundamental concepts in epidemiology, how the public health system deals with these diseases once they have been identified and instances where the public health system has failed in controlling these diseases along with the reasons for these failures. Investigates historical aspects of infectious diseases.
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  • MICR 3450: General Microbiology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1610 or BIOL 1610H with a C- or higher and University Advanced Standing. Corequisite(s): MICR 3455. Covers taxonomy, physiology and genetics of bacteria, archaea, viruses and eukaryotic microbes. Introduces industrial microbiology, biotechnology, and immunology and the biochemical basis of infectious diseases. Designed for biology-related majors who desire an in-depth coverage of microbiology. Corequisite:    MICR 3455
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  • MICR 3455: General Microbiology Laboratory

    1.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1610 or BIOL 1610H and University Advanced Standing; BIOL 3600 recommended. Pre- or Corequisite(s): MICR 3450. Focuses on hands-on laboratory procedures to study the methods of taxonomy and distinguish physiology and genetics of prokaryotes (bacteria, Archaea), viruses and eukaryotic pathogens. Introduces methods used in industrial microbiology, biotechnology, and immunology and the biochemical basis of infectious diseases. Designed for biology-related majors who desire an in-depth coverage of microbiology.. Course Lab fee of $60 for materials, lab applies.
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  • MICR 3550: Microbial Physiology

    4.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): MICR 3450 and University Advanced Standing. Covers the structure, metabolism, and growth of microorganisms, with an emphasis on bacteria. Examines the diversity of strategies that microbes use for energy metabolism and biosynthesis of macromolecules. Highlights the integration of metabolic processes, regulatory mechanisms, and environmental changes. Explores current research topics in microbial physiology.. Course fee of $50 for materials applies.
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  • MICR 3650: Microbial Genetics

    4.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): MICR 3450 and University Advanced Standing. Covers the structure, function, expression, and evolution of microbial genes and genomes, with an emphasis on bacteria. Examines microbial genome replication, the flow of information from DNA to functional RNAs and proteins, mechanisms for regulation of genome expression, and microbial gene organization including bacterial genomes, operons, plasmids, and mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer. Discusses experimental methods to construct, map, and examine mutations, measure gene expression, and genetically modify microbes. Examines DNA sequencing, analysis and annotation of microbial genomes.. Course fee of $62 for materials applies.
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  • MICR 4100: Parasitology

    4.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (BIOL 1620 or MICR 2060) with a C- or higher and University Advanced Standing. Introduces the study of parasites. Emphasizes the biology of principal groups of parasites affecting humans, livestock, and other animals, including their medical economic, and ecological significance. Emphasizes parasites causing zoonotic diseases. Includes weekly laboratory experience involving identification of parasites. Course lab fee of $45 applies.
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  • MICR 4200: Microbiomes

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): BIOL 3100 or MICR 3150 and University Advanced Standing. Teaches students who have computational skills and interests in ecology and scientific writing. Integrates advanced data analytics and microbial ecology to provide experience analyzing real-world microbiome data sets and writing a publication. Covers topics in community ecology, numerical ecology, machine learning, genetic sequence data, symbiosis, and scientific writing. Offers a chance to collaborate with internal and external scientists to produce a manuscript for peer-review. Emphasizes effective collaboration strategies and reproducible methods.
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  • MICR 4300: Pathogenic Microbiology

    4.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): MICR 3450 or MICR 2060 and University Advanced Standing. Discusses fundamentals of microbial pathogenesis, replication, infection, and immune mechanisms. Explores the biology of bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoan, and helminth pathogens. Discusses identification, control, and treatments of various microbial pathogens. Includes weekly laboratory.. Course Lab fee of $25 applies.
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  • MICR 4450: Immunology

    3.00 Credits
    Utah Valley University

    Prerequisite(s): (MICR 2060 or MICR 3450 or ZOOL 2420) and University Advanced Standing. Explores the macromolecules, cells and organs involved in innate and adaptive immunity. Examines the development of lymphocyte repertoire, positive and negative selection of lymphocytes and the production of effector lymphocytes. Studies properties of antigens, vaccines, antigen presenting cells and the mechanisms of antigen presentation. Reviews major immunological methods for medical diagnostics and other applications. Examines causes and consequences of autoimmune and lymphoproliferative diseases and immunodeficiencies. Probes how immune response could be manipulated for cancer therapy and transplantation medicine.
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