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 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.
• GMS MS 971: Rel Medical Science
  This course description is currently under construction.
• GMS MS 972: Rel Medical Science
  This course description is currently under construction.
• GMS MS 981: Certified Full Time-With Courses
  0 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MS 982: Certified Full Time-With Courses
  0 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MS 983: Continuing Study-Part Time
  0 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MS 984: Continuing Study-Part Time
  0 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MS 985: Continuing Study-Full Time (no courses)
  0 cr, Fall sem.
• GMS MS 986: Continuing Study-Full Time (no courses)
  0 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS MS 988: CONT STUDY CPT
  CONT STUDY CPT
• GMS NE 570: Introduction to Computational Vision (Meets with ENG BE 570)
  Introductory course in biological visual neuroscience and computational vision. Provides a survey of the psychophysical, neuroanatomical and neurophysiological substrates of visual mechanisms underlying perception of visual motion, depth, objects, and space and of decision making mechanisms. Discussion of theoretical, explanatory, paradigms for these visual mechanisms. Topics addressed include psychophysics, methods from single cell recording physiology and low field potentials (LFP), multimodal imaging and computational modeling of various visual tasks and their modulation by attention. We will briefly address learning mechanisms and their relationship to brain plasticity. A term project is required for graduate credit. 4 cr.
• GMS NE 700: Principles of Neurobiology 1
  Advanced survey course in neurobiology. Topics covered include cell biology of the neuron, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, cell signaling, anatomical methods, development of the nervous system, and human neuroanatomy. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion. Taught with GRS BI 755 and GMS AN 810.
• GMS NE 701: Principles of Neurobiology 2
  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.
• GMS NE 710: Neural Plasticity and Perceptual Learning (meets with ENG BE 710)
  This course explores the capacity of cortical sensory and motor maps in the adult brain to change as a result of alterations in the effectiveness of the input, direct damage, or practice. The lectures will describe and discuss (1) the physiology and anatomy underlying adult dynamics; (2) psychophysical methods and experimental paradigms that have been used to study cortical plasticity in the early stages of the sensory and motor pathways; (3) evidence for perceptual learning; and (4) biologically plausible computational models of learning. We will discuss application of functional neuroimaging to study perceptual learning and restorative plasticity in the human brain. a semester-long project is required. There will be 3 hours lecture/week and 1 hour of discussion of relevant papers and progress on the semester-long project.
• GMS NU 620: Clinical Nutrition Research
  The course focuses on the impact of foods and nutrients on clinical and metabolic health outcomes. A wide range of important and controversial topics in the field will be covered, such as dietary assessment methods, obesity and weight change, diabetes and glucose regulation, high blood pressure, cardiovascular outcomes, bone health, and cancer.
• GMS NU 700: Nutrition and Metabolism Seminar
  Students learn the principles of presenting an effective scientific talk, including the use of PowerPoint to create appropriate and effective slides. In consultation with course faculty, each student selects a topic and two related key papers and then develops three presentations over the course of the semester within the class. Using feedback provided after each practice talk, students present their final public research seminar talk at the end of the semester. The course also expands knowledge of topics in nutrition and metabolism. Var cr, Either sem.