Course ID
036269
Course Description
This course will be offered every other year in the fall semester. The course will provide a general introduction to the field of Virology, inclusive of bacterial, animal, and plant viruses. Topics will include the history of virology, taxonomy and classification of viruses, introduction to virus structure and assembly, types of virus genomes and functions representative of the different types of virus groups, introduction general laboratory, virus-host interactions, virus-vector biology, and diagnostic methods ecology, and evolutionary aspects.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Undergraduate
Course Requisites
MCB 181R, ECOL 182R, CHEM 151, CHEM 152; MIC 205A and 205L or PLP 305.
May be convened with
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No