Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• GMS MS 642: Current Issues in Assisted Reproduction and Infertility
  A steady rise in infertility has forced medical science to develop Assisted Reproductive techniques. Discussion of cases, media involvement and medical intervention will be part of this course. A comparison of regulations in the US and UK as well as other countries is emphasized. It will look closely at the legal and ethical questions raised by assisted reproduction and infertility as well as look toward the future. Class discussions, student presentations, case analysis and in-class lectures will be supplemented with online activities as well as the composition of a legal brief. Open to all students registered in GMS programs, including health law students. 2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MS 650: Machine Learning
  This course description is currently under construction.
• GMS MS 677: STEM TEACHING
  STEM TEACHING
• GMS MS 700: Elementary Biostatistics for the Biomedical Sciences
  Topics include collection, classification, and presentation of descriptive data; the rationale of hypothesis testing; experimental design; t-tests; simple correlation analysis; and analysis of contingency tables. Special attention is directed to the ability to recognize and interpret statistical procedures in articles from current literature. 2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MS 701: Clinical Skills in Biomedical Sciences
  This course provides students with an understanding and experience in the fundamental methods and techniques commonly employed in the clinical biomedical sciences. Emphasis is placed on the client/patient relationship, attending and listening skills, cognitive, affective, and behavioral counseling interventions, role-playing activities, and the concerns commonly expressed by beginning biomedical science professionals.2 cr, Fall sem
• GMS MS 703: Medical Neurosciences
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course will cover, in an integrated fashion, basic information from all of the disciplines needed to gain a comprehensive understanding of the structure and function of the human central nervous system. This course encompasses a wide variety of Neuroscience disciplines, including Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, Neurochemistry, Neuropsychology and Clinical Neurology. This reflects the fact that the study of the brain is an extraordinarily broad field, encompassing many issues and disciplines. The course is comprised of approximately 54 lectures, 7 laboratory sessions and 5 electrophysiology discussion sections. 4 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MS 706: Introduction to Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine
  Prereq: consent of instructor. An overview of the field of medical informatics, combining perspectives from medicine, computer science and social science. Use of computers and information in health care and the biomedical sciences, covering specific applications and general methods, current issues, capabilities and limitations of medical informatics. Medical Informatics studies the organization of medical information, the effective management of information using computer technology, and the impact of such technology on medical research, education, and patient care. The field explores techniques for assessing current information practices, determining the information needs of health care and biomedical research professionals and other workers and patients, developing systems using computer technology, and evaluation of the impact of these systems. The course covers a wide range of medical informatics applications relevant for health care delivery organizations, governmental agencies, biomedical researchers, and commercial entities. The course provides a comprehensive overview of major medical informatics techniques aimed to optimize the use of information in order to improve the quality of health care, reduce cost, provide better education for providers and patients, and to conduct medical research more effectively. 4 cr, on demand.
• GMS MS 710: Transdisciplinary Training Program in Addiction Science
  This introductory course will cover the broad field of addiction with a focus on drug dependence. In one segment of the course, students will learn about the spectrum of drug dependence disorders and modalities for diagnosis and treatment. Another segment will present a wide variety of approaches for studying addiction using the tools of epidemiology, genetics, pharmacology, neurobehavior, and animal models. Emphasis will be placed on transdisciplinary approaches which are essential for understanding and combating addition disorders. In addition, students will be exposed to the impact of addiction on the family and society, and public policy issues addressing the prevention of addiction. 2 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MS 750: BIOSTATISTICS
  This course description is currently under construction.
• GMS MS 751: Cardiovascular Epidemiology
  Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the US and other industrialized nations. With the aging US population, partly due to increasing life expectancy, it is anticipated that more people with attained older age and consequently be at risk for CVD. Despite advances in medical and surgical management of CVD, prognosis after onset of CVD remains poor for many CVD endpoints including heart failure, heart attack, or stroke. Thus, it is important from the clinical and public health perspectives, to devise effective strategies to prevent cardiovascular disease in the first place. This 3-credit course will provide students with fundamental principles of cardiovascular diseases from underlying physiologic mechanisms to current approach to identify people at risk and prevent CVD. 3 cred.
• GMS MS 755: Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  EP 755 will provide a foundation in traditional infectious disease epidemiology, focusing on practical issues in the study and control of infectious diseases in populations. The students will learn epidemiologic methods that are central to the understanding and control of infectious diseases in populations. Specific infections that pose contemporary challenges in public health and have national or global public health impact will be discussed. The course is not intended to review all infectious diseases; rather, the intent of this course is to build an understanding of and an ability to apply the principles of infectious disease epidemiology and infectious disease control. 3 cred.
• GMS MS 781: HUMAN GENETICS
  HUMAN GENETICS
• GMS MS 782: BIO VISUAL SYS
  BIO VISUAL SYS
• GMS MS 783: Molecular Basis of Neurologic Diseases
  Molecular mechanisms of stroke, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, amyotropic lateral sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, and neoplasia are considered. Fundamentals and current research in molecular biology are reviewed. Current publication seminar discussions are held with student participation. Distinguished guest speakers give keynote lectures monthly. 2 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MS 791: Essential Readings in Translational Research
  Grad Prereq: consent of instructor This course provides students with tools, skills and experience in critically reading and evaluating current advances in basic and clinical sciences. 3 cr, Spring sem
• GMS MS 793: Fundamentals of Medical Biotechnology
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - Grad Prereq: consent of instructor The course will provide students with an historical perspective of the fast emerging medical biotechnology field and the innovative processes that ensure the success of such endeavors. The course will cover a host of topics that will provide students with a springboard to develop their creative thinking and explore a new vision of medical biotechnology. 2 cr, Spring sem
• GMS MS 794: BIOTECHNOLOGY
  BIOTECHNOLOGY
• GMS MS 795: Biomedical Laboratory Techniques or Essential Biomedical Techniques
  This course will focus on the fundamental laboratory skills that students need to prepare for a career in the biomedical sciences. The course emphasizes both the theoretical and applied aspects of basic methodologies in research. The course is reinforced with applied, hands-on laboratory sessions that would provide practical experience in the topics covered in the preceding lectures. The small class size ensures that all students are provided with adequate hands-on time and adequate time for interaction with course instructors. The course will focus on providing students with a set of basic laboratory skills such as safety practices, laboratory mathematics, documentation, and good laboratory ethics. Students will also be educated in research methodology, data analysis, and data presentation. Topics covered include solution chemistry; protein extraction and detection using Western blot and ELISA; the basic principles of immunohistochemistry; cell culture basics; and RNA extraction. fall, 4cr
• GMS MS 800: Microbes and Methods: Selected topics in outbreak investigations
  This course provides an overview of the important concepts fundamental to the understanding, design, and conduct of infectious disease outbreak investigations. The course will cover three aspects of outbreaks: 1. The epidemiology and pathophysiology of selected infectious diseases. 2. Methodological issues related to investigating an outbreak. 3. Practical aspects of outbreak investigations (including communicating risk to the public). The course will address common causes of outbreaks in this country (such as diarrheal/foodborne and respiratory diseases and outbreaks in hospitals). Issues pertinent to outbreak investigations in the developing world are also discussed. The course format consists of a series of lectures by faculty and guests, discussion sessions, hands-on experience with outbreak investigation data, and directed readings from the current literature. 2 cred.
• GMS MS 970: Directed Study
  This course description is currently under construction.