Requirements and Tracks
The Immunology/Virology Program offers a curriculum designed to provide an excellent background in this specialized area, while complementing the overall core curriculum. To provide you with background knowledge in immunology and virology as well as to sharpen your skills in developing and testing hypotheses, the I/V program offers several advanced level courses. A typical curriculum for students in the I/V program is given below. Two tracks are indicated depending upon your focus, virology or immunology. Thesis work and other credits are as described for the Graduate School.
VIROLOGY TRACK |
YEAR 1 |
IMMUNOLOGY TRACK |
Entry Summer – Rotation (full)
1st Year Fall
Core Curriculum *
BBS833 Grad Student I/V Seminars (audit if wish to) BBS833
Rotation (1/2 or full) *
1st Year Spring
Core Curriculum *
Rotation (1/2 or full) *
BBS755 Infection and Immune Response *
1st Year Summer
Rotation *
BBS846 Immunology/Virology Tutorial (optional) |
Entry Summer – Rotation (full)
1st Year Fall
Core Curriculum *
Grad student I/V Seminars (audit if wish to)
Rotation (1/2 or full) *
Rotation (1/2 or full) *
1st Year Spring
Core Curriculum *
Rotation (1/2 or full) *
BBS755 Infection and Immune Response *
1st Year Summer
Rotation *
BBS846 Immunology /Virology Tutorial (optional) |
YEAR 2
2nd Year Fall
BBS822 Advanced Animal Virology (required)
BBS833 Grad Student I/V Seminars *@
Rotation (1/2 or full) *
|
2nd Year Fall
BBS821 Mol. & Cell. Immunology (required)
BBS 833 Grad Student I/V Seminars *@
Rotation (1/2 or full) * |
| Additional Adv topics course of your choice from any program - must be a 2 or 3 credit course (for both Immunology and Virology tracks) |
2nd Year Spring
BBS834 Immunology/Virology Seminar @
Qualifying Exam *
Rotation (two 1/2 or full) * |
2nd Year Spring
BBS834 Immunology/Virology Seminar @
Qualifying Exam *
Rotation (two 1/2 or full) * |
YEAR 3 to graduation
Fall
BBS833 Grad Student I/V Seminars *
Spring
BBS834 Immunology/Virology Seminar #*
Electives
|
Fall
BBS833 Grad Student I/V Seminars *
Spring
BBS834 Immunology/Virology Seminar #*
Electives |
* Required of all Immunology/Virology program students.
# Must be taken two times during entire graduate career
@Audit for 2nd year students