MICR 805 - Microbial Genetics
This course covers the genetics of bacteria, bacteriophages, and viruses, including plasmids, transposons, and other related topics, as well as practical applications of bacterial genetics (DNA probes, recombinant vaccines, etc.). Prerequisite: Any course in microbiology or genetics
MICR 812 - Tropical Medical Parasitology
This course is designed to provide participants with laboratory and clinical experience with common parasitic diseases, which are the cause of much mortality and morbidity in the tropics. The biology, epidemiology, diagnosis, screening, and control of tropical parasites form the focus of the course. Field and clinical experience will take place in Guyana.
MICR 825 - Scientific Text: Organization and Presentation (STOP)
Effective organization and presentation of scientific information are necessary skills for students in master's and PhD programs to acquire. Scientific texts tend to follow very specific rules regarding style, grammar, and format, whether a graduate thesis or a journal article is being produced. This course aims to provide students with an introduction to some of the stylistic rules and technical aspects of presenting scientific data. Specifically, this course will target graduate-level theses, scientific articles, poster presentations, and oral presentations. As this is a course aimed at teaching practical writing skills, a large component of the class is the production of formal research proposals by students.
MICR 831 - Microbiology Teaching Practicum
This course is no less than 30 hours of direct contact teaching in laboratories, small-group sessions, and/or lectures in ongoing regular courses conducted by the department. This may take place at undergraduate, graduate, and/or professional levels. All contact shall be under the direct personal supervision of departmental faculty.
MICR 901 - Graduate Seminars in Microbiology
Registration and participation every term are required for all students while in residence for the MSc and PhD programs in Microbiology. In this series, students and faculty present reports on current topics. Credit students must organize and present at least one one-hour seminar per term and attend all other seminars to receive credit. Permanent, as well as visiting faculty, shall also be present. This course is repeatable up to nine terms for cumulative credit. Graduate students are expected to enroll in this course at least three times for freestanding MSc students and at least four times for PhD students.
MICR 980 - Research in Microbiology for PhD
Students shall conduct research on a topic approved by their graduate supervisory committee for their PhD dissertations.
MICR 995 - PhD Research & Thesis
The student shall conduct a research project and be able to collect, analyze, and interpret the results, culminating in the writing of an integrated PhD thesis containing at least two accepted or published peer-reviewed scientific journal articles. Mentoring will be available during the research and writing process.