ENGL 6230 - Studies in African-American Literature
Study of major texts in African-American literature, beginning with early slave narratives. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
An examination of a wide range of women writers, with an emphasis on multicultural and/or multidisciplinary approaches. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Intensive study of the literature of the English Middle Ages, from Beowulf through Mallory. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Intensive study of English literature from 1485 to the Restoration, excluding Shakespeare. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
ENGL 6320 - English Neoclassical and Romantic Literature
Intensive study of English literature from the Restoration to 1830. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Selected topics in the literature of the British Isles, including periods, literary movements, or genres. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Intensive study of major writers, movements, and historical periods in American literature to 1875. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Intensive study of major writers, movements, and historical periods in American literature since 1875. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
An intensive study of works by Southern writers, with emphasis on the twentieth century. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
An intensive study of selected topics in American literature, including literary movements, periods or genres. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
A course on research methods in Writing Studies culminating in a major research project. Research projects will be grounded in major theories of writing, including perspectives offered by linguistics, psychology, communications, rhetoric and literary theory. Presentation and publication opportunities will be explored. Graduate students will design and conduct an original primary research project. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
An intensive examination of the works of one or two major British writers (e.g. Blake, Joyce, or Woolf). Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
An intensive examination of the works of a major American writer (e.g., Faulkner, Melville, or Morrison). Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
ENGL 6610 - English Language: History and Structure
Studies in the nature of linguistic change and the development of the English language from Old English to the present. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Introduction to English linguistics: studies in the nature of language, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and language variation. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Advanced study in the concepts, strategies and practices essential for producing effective grant proposals. Students will study grant-writing theory and format and complete assignments that enable them to apply this knowledge in practical form. Graduate students will work extensively on grant proposals. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Advanced study in the concepts, strategies, and practices essential for writing procedures, proposals, manuals, reports, process descriptions and multiple forms of business correspondence. Students will communicate complex subject matter to specific audiences, lay and technical, in print and digital formats. Attention will be given to effective use of format, layout, headings, tables of contents, appendices and supporting graphics. Documents will undergo a thorough revision process that emphasizes vocabulary, syntax and content. Graduate students will serve as project leaders. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
A workshop-based course in intensive editing of writing projects with a focus on academic style and conventions. Graduate students will develop and edit their writing for publication. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
A service-learning-based writing course in which students will collaborate with local community- and campus-based organizations to generate usable documents appropriate to the organization’s needs. Students will be required to write within a local exigency for a public audience. Project details must be specified in a written agreement between the organizations and student groups in consultation with the course instructor. Graduate students will serve as project leaders. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
An intensive study of selected topics in professional and/or creative writing. Graduate students will complete a substantial theory-based project. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Selected topics in professional or creative writing, appropriate for graduate study. The course may focus on issues of craftsmanship, technique, or genre. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Seminar in a particular author, period, style, subject, or movement, often conducted on an interdisciplinary basis. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
A seminar in world literature with emphasis on research and critical evaluation of a specific theme or aspect of world literature. Intensive research project required. Prerequisites: Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Studies in selected authors, movements, or subjects in English literature. Intensive research project required. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Studies in selected authors, movements, or subjects in American literature. Intensive research project required. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
Study of the works of a major author. Intensive research project required. Prerequisites: Admission to the graduate program and permission of the instructor.
MPHE 8900 - Fundamentals of Air Pollution with a Lab
Chemical and physical aspects of air pollution and their regulatory problems. An examination of air pollution sources; physical and chemical processes affecting pollutants after emission; pollutants and their effects and the ultimate fate of pollutants. Attention is also given to the legal, administrative, and technical aspects of air pollution control.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 1
Program Restrictions: MPH_HINF-Master of Public Health
The toxicology of chemical compounds of wide industrial use; carcinogens in the workplace; chemical hazards and their interaction with man by class of compound; criteria for threshold limit values.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Program Restrictions: MPH_HINF-Master of Public Health
This course will present topics on watershed-water quality interactions, trophic analysis, waste load impact prediction, toxic chemical fate and transport, wetland values and classification.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Program Restrictions: MPH_HINF-Master of Public Health
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Phase I and Phase II
This six week clerkship is a supervised experience in the evaluation and management of patients seen primarily in the ambulatory family medicine practice setting. Many of the patients have undifferentiated health problems. Evaluation and management of health problems are emphasized. Students may draw assignments at the following Georgia Family Medicine Residency Programs: Medical College of Georgia and TriCounty Satellite Clinics
FMPC 5001 - Family Medicine Residency Externship, Macon, Ga
Prerequisite: Completion of Core Curriculum
To help the student develop the skills necessary to
function as a successful extern in the inpatient and
ambulatory setting of family medicine.
Prerequisite: FMP5000 or MED5000
The student may choose from Preceptors in various communities across the state who have agreed to assist in medical student teaching. These Preceptors, who have been screened by the Joint Board of Family Practice, have undergone training for their teaching roles. This elective provides the student with a supervised experience in the evaluation and management of patients with undifferentiated clinical problems encountered in the practice of Family Medicine. The student will participate in the office practice, hospital rounds, house calls, emergency room visits, and selected community activities. (Participation in the elective must be arranged and approved by the Department of Family Medicine; contact Medical Student Coordinator, Ext. 4075.)
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 10 Lecture Hours: 5 Other Contact Hours: 50
FMPC 5004 - Clinical and/or Research Elective in Family Med
Students wanting to pursue special educational electives with Family Medicine Preceptors, Residencies or Faculty can make arrangements for this unique experience through the department of Family Medicine. These experiences could include: patient care, research, special projects involving psychosocial aspects of medicine, drug dependency, family therapy, and other issues related to the provisions of healthcare to entire families. (Participation in this elective must be arranged through and approved by the Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia; contact Medical Student Curriculum Coordinator, ext. 4075.)
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 7 Lecture Hours: 1 Other Contact Hours: 50
FMPC 5006 - The Geriatric Patient in the Nursing Home
Prerequisites: FMPC 5000 or MED 5000
To expose the student to the wide variety of medical, social, psychiatric and institutionally related problems in the geriatric patient confined to a nursing facility commonly encountered by the primary care physician.
Prerequisite: Completion of Core Curriculum
This elective with the Family Practice Residency Training Program of the Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Georgia, provides the student with clinical experience in both ambulatory and inpatient settings of Family Practice. Concepts of comprehensive and longitudinal healthcare will be emphasized. In addition to the clinical exposure, the student will also participate in daily group and individual teaching sessions.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 10 Lecture Hours: 5 Other Contact Hours: 50
Prerequisite: Core Curriculum
The student will develop the skills necessary to function as a successful extern in the inpatient and ambulatory setting of family medicine.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 10 Lecture Hours: 5 Other Contact Hours: 50
Prerequisite: Core Curriculum
This elective at the Family Practice Residency Training Program of the Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia, provides the student with clinical experience in both ambulatory and inpatient settings of Family Medicine. In addition to the clinical exposure, the student also participates in daily group and individual teaching sessions. The student also participates in the provision of longitudinal and comprehensive healthcare.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 10 Lecture Hours: 5 Other Contact Hours: 50
FMPC 5010 - Family Practice Rural Medicine Externship, Warrenton, GA
Prerequisite: Core Curriculum
This elective is rural Family Medicine and is provided through the TriCounty Health System, Inc. in Warrenton, Crawfordville and Gibson, Georgia, which serves as a rural teaching site for the Family Practice Residency Program at the Medical College of Georgia. The student has supervised exposure to a population of patients with undifferentiated health problems and actively participates in the evaluation and management of these problems. The student becomes familiar with the uniqueness of rural healthcare practice and establishes an appreciation for frequently encountered problems both acute and chronic. The student also has daily group and individual teaching sessions. (Participation in this elective must be arranged through and approved by the Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia; contact Medical Student Curriculum Coordinator, ext. 4075.)
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 10 Lecture Hours: 5 Other Contact Hours: 50
FMPC 5011 - Sub-internship in Inpatient Family Medicine, Family Medicine Program, Medical College of Georgia
Prerequisite: FMP 5000
This elective is provided through the Family Medicine Inpatient Service of the Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia. This service provides the student with an in-depth exposure to the broad range of medical problems confronting the Family Physician in a hospital environment. The student assumes the primary medical care responsibilities for patients on the service and is supervised by Family Medicine Faculty and Senior Family Medicine residents. The student participates in all phases of patient evaluation from admission to discharge planning. Further information regarding this elective may be obtained from Julie Hendrich, M.D., Department of Family Medicine, 721-4674. (Participation in this elective must be arranged and approved by the Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia; contact Student Curriculum Coordinator, ext. 4075).
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 10 Lecture Hours: 7 Other Contact Hours: 50
Prerequisites: Completion of Core Rotations
To help the student increase their knowledge of family
systems theory and to gain skill in its application in the
practice of Family Medicine.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 7 College Restrictions: Medical College of Georgia
FMPC 5013 - Family Practice Residency Externship, Albany, G
Prerequisites: FMP 5000, MED 5000, PSY 5000, OBG 5000, PED 5000.
The elective at the Southwest Georgia Family Practice Program at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia provides the student with clinical experience in both ambulatory and inpatient settings of Family Medicine. In addition to the clinical exposure, the student also participates in daily group and individual teaching sessions. The student also participates in the provision of longitudinal and comprehensive healthcare.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 10 Lecture Hours: 5 Other Contact Hours: 50
FMPC 5014 - Family Practice Residency Externship, Morrow, GA
Prerequisite: FMP 5000, MED 5000, PSY 5000, OBG 5000, PED 5000
This elective with the Family Practice Residency Program of Georgia Baptist Medical Center is located in Morrow, Georgia (17 miles south of the hospital). It provides the student with clinical experience in both ambulatory and inpatient settings of Family Practice. A special emphasis of our rotation is the incorporation of the principles of Community Oriented Primary Care in the curriculum. Longitudinal ambulatory care is stressed during the rotation. The student will also participate in all lectures and in individual teaching sessions.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 10 Lecture Hours: 5 Other Contact Hours: 50
Prerequisite: None
The primary care sport medicine elective is a clinical rotation for students interested in sports medicine. Through this rotation the student will be exposed to the wide range of sports medicine problems managed by a family practice sports medicine physician. The student will receive clinical experience in the Sports Medicine Clinic at MCG as well as participating in the field-side medical coverage of various sporting events in the community. Following this rotation the student should be able to perform a thorough musculoskeletal physical examination and be familiar with the management of common sports medicine injuries. The student will be evaluated on their ability to perform the musculoskeletal examination and their evaluation of patients during the rotation. (Participation in this elective must be arranged through and approved by the Department of Family Medicine Student Curriculum Coordinator, ext. 4075.)
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 7 Lecture Hours: 5 Other Contact Hours: 50
FMPC 5016 - Family Practice Residency Externship, Waycross, GA
Prerequisite: FMP 5000, MED 5000, PSY 5000, OBG 5000, PED 5000
This elective with the residency program of the Satilla Regional Medical Center is located in Waycross and Blackshear, Georgia. It provides the student with clinical experience in both ambulatory and inpatient settings of Family Practice and will emphasize continuity of care. Community involvement will also be stressed. The student will participate in daily group and individual teaching sessions
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 7 Lecture Hours: 1 Other Contact Hours: 50
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Core Rotations
This is a clinical elective offered in the Department of family Medicine at MCG with special emphasis on procedural medicine. This rotation is designed for medical students with an interest in Family Medicine and a desire to learn more about procedures commonly performed by family physicians. Students will be assigned on half day clinic per week in each of the following: flexible sigmoidoscopy, upper endoscopy, minor surgery, treadmill evaluations and osteopathic manipulations. Remaining time will be spent evaluations patients in the Family Medicine Center. (Participation in this elective must be approved by the Department of Family Medicine, MCG. Contact the Medical Student Coordinator, ext 1-407
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 7 Lecture Hours: 10 Other Contact Hours: 30
Prerequisite: Core Requirements
This rotation is designed to provide the student with an introduction to the field of primary care sports medicine. Activities will include hands on responsibility for the evaluation and continuing care of patients with sports medicine related injuries and conditions in the sports medicine clinic and training room settings. Students are closely supervised by our sports medicine staff that is fellowship trained and hold Certificates of Advanced Qualifications in Sports Medicine. Throughout the school year, there will be opportunities for the student to participate in local high school and college event coverage. The student will also participate in weekly sports medicine journal club meetings and have an opportunity to interact with orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, and athletic trainers with sports medicine expertise. Objective of the course: 1. To introduce the student to the field of primary sports medicine. 2. To provide the student a clinical experience in Sports Medicine. 3. To provide the student with an appreciation of the broad scope of problems commonly managed by primary care sports medicine physicians and the clinical and procedural skills involved. 4. To become familiar with the utilization of consultants in the management of certain sports medicine related injuries and conditions. 5. To gain a better understanding of the role of the primary care sports medicine physician as part of the multidisciplinary team that provides care to athletes. 6. To provide an opportunity for the student to explore his/her own interest in primary care sports medicine through direct observation and participation during the rotation. 7. Additional objectives may be added depending on the particular needs and desires of the student.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 7 Lecture Hours: 4 Other Contact Hours: 40
Prerequisite: Core Requirements
To increase student comprehension of health disparities and to improve their skills in reduction of health disparities. At the end of this elective, students will be able to address patient/physician/system roles in development of disparities; be proficient in two behavioral health interventions and have working knowledge of several patient coping strategies; have an increased understanding of health disparities, their causes, and how a variety of factors influence the health of the underserved and minority populations. Students will attend lecture/seminar sessions; provide services in underserved communities; complete an educational portfolio; develop and deliver patient education modules; co-facilitate communication labs and complete an independent study project on a challenging communication issue; and become proficient in two behavioral health interventions. Faculty evaluation of student’s performance on educational modules, professionalism, quality of independent study project, proficiency in behavioral health interventions, interpersonal and communication skills, quality of educational portfolio.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 7 Lecture Hours: 2 Other Contact Hours: 20
FMPC 5023 - Health of the Population and Environment
Students will assist in provision of clinical services in the district offices of the Public Health System of Georgia who serve special populations. They will see patients in the county health departments, free primary care clinics, children’s medical services, and infectious disease programs as well as learn about the functions of the public health system in the provision of emergency preparedness like food and water safety. It is expected that in the time devoted to the children’s clinics, they will learn about the determinants of health in the adult population as well as children.
The course will engage students in researching key health policy topics and developing advocacy strategies to influence policy in these areas. Students will be engaged in discussions about required readings, literature reviews, and data analysis. Group discussions and small group work will be utilized to complete tasks. Sometimes group members may include full time faculty / staff assigned to certain topics and other times groups may be composed of solely students with a faculty lead. Students will required to conduct extensive literature reviews and acquire latest research findings in topic area of interest, develop and participate in advocacy strategic planning, and develop and scholarly work products (e.g. fact sheets, position white papers, resolutions, etc.) and utilize these as indicated with various advocate groups.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 5 Other Contact Hours: 60
College Restrictions: Medical College of Georgia Program Restrictions: MD_MEDD-Medicine Level Restrictions: Professional Semester Class Restrictions: Professional Degree Restrictions: Doctor of Medicine
The students will gain experience in taking vital signs and gathering subjective information from patients. Guided by junior and senior and attending and resident physicians, the students will also gain experience in the area of physical examination of patients, formulation of a diagnosis and in planning a course of action for the patients. Students will also gain experience in coordinating the clinic which would include preparing charts, controlling patient flow as well as running the pharmacy aspect of the clinic by filling prescriptions and recording information about types and amounts of the pharmaceuticals that are used. Students will also be responsible for compiling monthly reports concerning the numbers of patients seen and volunteers participating in clinic.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory, Audit
Credit Hours: 1 College Restrictions: Medical College of Georgia
This elective is offered to freshman students who are in their second semester of medical school as an opportunity to shadow a family physician in the day-to-day activities of a private practice of family medicine. The student may choose from a large list of community preceptors located in various sites across the State of Georgia who have agreed to assist in medical student education. This elective provides the student with a supervised teaching experience in the evaluation and management of patients with undifferentiated clinical problems encountered in the practice of Family Medicine. The student will participate in the office practice, hospital rounds, house calls, emergency room visits, and selected community activities. Students enrolled in the preceptorship program must maintain a log of all patient care activities that they experience; including all procedures and major diagnosis. Students will be given the opportunity to expand their skills in doctor-patient communication and physical diagnosis in this clinical setting with direct supervision from their preceptors.
Grade Mode: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory, Audit
Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 4 Other Contact Hours: 40
This course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the role of finance in managerial decision making. Cases and/or supplemental readings are used to apply financial concepts.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Major Restrictions: MBA Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester
This course provides an introduction to the various types of securities traded in the financial markets, investment theory and practice, portfolio construction and management, and investment strategies and tactics. Coverage includes both fundamental and technical analysis.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Major Restrictions: MBA Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester
Students will have the opportunity to integrate the theories and principles of medical nutrition therapy into clinical practice using case-based approach. Case studies will be used to help students integrate and apply their knowledge of nutrition, dietetics, and metabolism.
This course is a one-hour seminar that is repeated each semester that will provide students with in-depth study of selected topics of current interest in nutrition and dietetics. Students will hear from nutrition experts as well as make presentations on topics of interest.
An in-depth seminar of the key principles of cellular metabolism, nutritional, and clinical aspects of macronutrients. Major metabolic pathways and research findings are examined. The study includes the clinical applications of macronutrients in diseases.
Biochemical and molecular aspects of vitamins and minerals; interrelationship of nutrients; principles of determining nutritional requirements of individuals and clinical applications.
FDNS 7300 - Advanced Nutritional Status Assessment Techniques Lab
Provides in-depth hands-on training in nutrition status assessment; includes laboratory methods for collection and interpretation of physical, demographic, dietary, anthropometric, biochemical and clinical data.
The study of the interrelationships between nutrition and aging and their impact on health and well-being. An in-depth discussion of concepts combining nutritional sciences and geriatrics.
A comprehensive study of factors affecting the nutritional status of pregnant women, infants, and children. Breastfeeding, current controversies and cultural practices will be examined.
FDNS 7500 - Obesity: Prevention, Treatment, and Management
A comprehensive analysis of the prevalence, etiology, and pathophysiology of obesity. Evidence-based treatment of the disease with an emphasis on lifestyle (nutrition and physical activity).
FREN 6801 - Methods and Materials for Teaching Foreign Languages I
Methods and materials for listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural activities appropriate for elementary and middle school learners. First and second language acquisition theories, a review of foreign language teaching methods, testing procedures, and teacher preparation and evaluation. A field experience of 45 clock hours is a required component of the class. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program - MAT. This course is a prerequisite for EDTD 6910.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Class Restrictions: Graduate-Semester Degree Restrictions: Master of Arts in Teaching
FREN 6802 - Methods and Materials for Teaching Foreign Languages II
Methods and materials for listening, speaking, reading, writing, and cultural activities appropriate for secondary learners. First and second language acquisition theories, a review of foreign language teaching methods, testing procedures, and teacher preparation and evaluation. A field experience of 45 clock hours is a required component of the class. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the graduate program - MAT. This course is a prerequisite for EDTD 6910.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
Class Restrictions: Graduate-Semester Degree Restrictions: Master of Arts in Teaching
A variable content course, intended to meet the interests of students studying French and desiring to make an intensive and advanced study of a specific area of French Studies. Emphasis on the development of productive and receptive skills. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite(s): Baccalaureate degree in French or equivalent.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
Program Restrictions: 1MAT-Master of Arts in Teaching Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester
GADL 5902 - General Dentistry in Licensure in Georgia Part 2
This course is designed to prepare students for the clinical portion of the national dental licensure examination (CRDTS) that is required for the Georgia Dental License. The course includes 7 hours of lecture, and 12 hours of clinic. A clinical exam analogous to the patient-based CRDTS Operative and Periodontal exam is given for both the composite and amalgam operative dentistry section and the periodontal section. The patient-based periodontal exam is administered by the periodontics faculty on an individual basis for each student using students’ assigned patients in the senior clinic.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 7 Other Contact Hours: 8
College Restrictions: Dental College of Georgia Program Restrictions: DMD_DENT-Dentistry Level Restrictions: Professional Semester Class Restrictions: Professional Degree Restrictions: Doctor of Dental Medicine
Case Presentations and Treatment Planning
Topic in Hospital Dentistry
Topics in Bone Grafting/Sinus Augmentation
Topics in Treatment of the Medically Compromised Patient
Topics in Special Needs Dentistry
Topics Related to IV Sedation
Topics in Pharmacology
Topics in Disease Process
Radiology
Case Presentations and Treatment Planning
Topics in Hospital Dentistry
Topics in bone Grafting/Sinus Augmentation
Topics in Treatment of the Medically Compromised Patient
Topics in Special Needs Dentistry
Topics Related to IV Sedation
Topics in Pharmacology
Topics in Disease Process
GNMD 8050 - Computational Methods in Genomics and Genetics
This course covers computational methods applied to genomics and genetics. The course will cover Bayesian statistics, nonparametric inference, phylogenetic trees, sequence analysis, microarray analysis, networks, multivariate methods, linkage analysis, and association genetics. The focus of the course will be to understand the basic concepts underlying the various analyses used in modern genomic and genetic research, and to understand how to use software that is available for basic analyses. A large component of the course will be to provide students with hands-on experience with analysis of datasets.
Focusing on how to use the modern high throughput technologies to answer biological questions. Prerequisites: Admission into the Graduate Program in Genomic Medicine.
Grade Mode: Normal, Audit
Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3
College Restrictions: The Graduate School Campus Restrictions: Main campus Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester
GNMD 8052 - Functional Genomics and Proteomics Using Animal Models
The purpose of this course is to show how animal models of human diseases can be analyzed using genomic and proteomic technologies. The course will overview high throughput methods of generating disease models in mouse and describe ongoing efforts in this field. The focus of the course will be on mouse models of diseases affecting immune, cardiovascular and nervous system. Attempts to identify molecular mechanisms of the disease will be presented with particular emphasis on drug target discovery.