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 AN 806: Foundations in Teaching in the Biomedical Sciences (Vesalius 1)
  This course offers instruction in the theory of teaching, presentation skills, and teaching methods. Effective teaching practices are taught and refined, and the methods of teaching in different formats (one-on-one, small group, large lecture, etc.) are evaluated. Lesson plan and support plan construction and the understanding of assessment and evaluation tools are particularly emphasized. 2 cr. Spring sem.
• GMS AN 807: Neuro Visual System
  This seminar is open to graduate students in all departments who have had a basic neuroscience course. Current research in visual anatomy and neurophysiology is discussed with an emphasis on how that research informs other areas of neuroscience, especially those fitting the interests of the students. Past topics have included: use of visual stimuli in fMRI, visual experiments to probe the physiology of cognition & consciousness, biological basis of computer vision. Students conduct literature reviews and present primary journal articles with guidance from faculty and guest speakers. 2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS AN 809: Applied Teaching
  Graduate Prerequisites: AN 806 - This course builds on foundational material covered in AN 806: Teaching in the Biomedical Sciences. Students apply best-teaching practices to one of the existing biomedical-sciences courses offered through the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology. Students are assigned to a department course and work under the mentorship of the Course Director with other faculty in the course to further develop their skills in best practices in classroom teaching, laboratory teaching, assessment development and/or course management. 2cr., Spring and Fall.
• GMS AN 810: Systems Neurobiology
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor; undergraduate course in biological aspects of n euroscience (neurophysiology and neuroanatomy) or Medical Neuroscience - This course will cover the major sensory, motor, regulatory, and associative/integrative neural systems in depth from the basic cellular, neurophysiological, and neurochemical properties of the each to their overall function. 4 cr. Fall sem
• GMS AN 811: Cognitive Neuroscience
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course will cover topics in the various domains of higher cortical function, including attention, language, visuospatial abilities, memory and executive function. It will also cover topics in learning, sleep, addiction, and behaviors under the influence of circadian rhythms. 4 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS AN 815: Writing
  A fundamental requirement for success in biomedical science is the ability to write in a clear and concise manner. This course will introduce students to the structural and stylistic components of writing a scientific paper (Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, Literature Cited) and of writing an NIH style grant proposal (Title, Specific Aims, Research Plan). 2 cr., Fall sem.
• GMS AN 820: Inter Systems
  Graduate Prerequisites: consent of instructor - This course in interdisciplinary science will provide students with a hands-on experience in the development and use of systems dynamic and computer based models to study biological systems in research areas such as neurobiology. 2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS AN 901: Anatomy Research
  Research Credits. Fall sem.
• GMS AN 902: Anatomy Research
  Research Credits. Spring sem.
• GMS AN 904: Research Practicum
  Varied topics. 2 cr, Spring sem.
• GMS BC 600: Biology, Chemistry and Physics of Natural and Man-made Hazards
  This course provides a broad overview of physical, chemical and biological aspects of man-made and natural hazards. Hazards range from the everyday-thunderstorms, winter, chemical spills, disease clusters-to the extraordinary-powerful hurricane, earthquakes, dirty bombs, and pandemic. This course will teach details essential to every healthcare emergency manager to prepare for known and emerging threats, including threats to the infrastructure essential to healthcare delivery. Emphasis will be placed on the increasing number of technological hazards, both those that may be intentionally introduced to those created because of the international connectivity provided by airplanes. Discussion will include the short, medium and long term impact to human populations and infrastructures of the various hazards and the impacts on triage and triage decision making processes. 3 cr
• GMS BC 610: Medical Consequences of Natural and Man-made Hazards
  This course provides a broad overview of medical consequences of man-made and natural hazards. Hazards can directly impact people's lives, as well as indirectly by damaging an area's health infrastructure. This course will teach details essential to every healthcare emergency manager to prepare for known and emerging threats, including discussing external and internal hazards. Emphasis will be placed on human population effects, and the wide range of multiple interdependent aspects of social, cultural and physical infrastructures. Discussion will include the short, medium and long term impact on healthcare delivery, including the importance of psychological concerns such as morale and post-event counseling. 3 cr
• GMS BC 620: Psychology and Sociology of Disasters and Methods of Risk Communication
  This course surveys psychological and social factors affecting community and individual responses to disasters. Emphasis is placed on groups who may experience greater impact as a result of disability, social, economic, or racial disparities. This course explores the methods of risk communications to diverse audiences including considerations of subjectivity of risk, translating complex concepts into clear concise informative messages, and recognizing time sensitivity of information. 3 cr
• GMS BC 630: Ethical & Policy Issues in Health and Medical Services Emergency Management
  This course explores the complex issues surrounding ethical, legal and policy issues concerning health and health care delivery under crisis conditions. Issues evaluated include end-of-life decision making, implications of triage, medical malpractice, insurance company regulation and liability. Additionally, the interrelationships of the various levels, and often competing branches, of government will be evaluated. 3 cr
• GMS BC 640: Experimental Design and Statistics
  This course will explore various methods of experimental design and systems thinking applications for students to use in management and resource allocation modeling activities. We will review various methods of data collection and use, standard mathematical and statistical methods for assigning estimators, and the resulting application of these elements in systems modeling activities. The purpose of this course is to make students aware of methods and practices for analyzing complex systems. The outcome of these types of analysis aid in planning and management of ongoing crisis or disaster contingency and operations. 2 cr
• GMS BC 650: Community Health and Emergency Management
  Public Health is a multidisciplinary field that aims to prevent disease and death and to promote a healthy quality of life. Public Health surveillance, intervention, and evaluation intervene at the population and societal level, taking on the effort to advance the health and safety of the greatest amount of people. This course will explore the multiple concentrations of public health, focusing on epidemiology and environmental health. In order to understand what public health is and how it should be applied during an emergency, this course will discuss specific epidemiological disasters in history, the scientific and statistical perspective associated with collecting, analyzing, interpreting and utilizing data, and the interconnectedness that is required to rapidly evaluate and manage disasters. 3 cr
• GMS BC 692: Directed Study
  Var cr
• GMS BC 700: The Disaster Lifecycle
  This course focuses on examining health needs and health care delivery methods to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate impacts of crises. Preparedness consists of being ready for any kind of emergency no matter what the source of the disaster. Practically this means looking at preparedness from an all-hazards perspective and developing the complicated array of policies, methods and programs. Disaster response is a complicated multi-institutional operation requiring sophisticated planning, logistics and communications. Response planning emphasizes the interface and coordination requirements of the National Response Framework. Recovery involves all the necessary actions to reinstate normal operations including reconstitution of necessary data, hardware, software, personnel, supplies and facilities. Recovery actions are focused on issues and decisions that occur after immediate response needs are addressed. Current and proposed Federal, state, local and private nonprofit disaster recovery methods are discussed. This course addresses these issues through discussion of the cycle of planning, training, equipping, exercising and mission continuity processes and reviewing case studies of current and past governmental and private methods. 3 cr
• GMS BC 710: Methods and Practices of Incident Command
  This course examines command and control processes, including Incident and Unified Command Structures, under crisis and disaster management situations for health and medical services. Use of simulations tools will be accomplished (such as Incident Commander: A Crisis Training Simulation) to provide training of community management level incident command actions, based on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mandated command structures articulated in the National Incident Management System. Additionally, decision making under uncertainty and emerging social and operational network theory will be evaluated and discussed. 3 cr
• GMS BC 730: Principles, Methods, and Practices of Modeling and Simulation
  This course involves instructing students in various methods and practices of modeling and simulation with specific focus on applicability to biomedical health and medical services crisis management. Using estimates and probability of events students will design dynamic simulation modeling support tools to aiding in measures to be taken to prevent, mitigate, and recover from a disaster. Specific modeling applications to be performed will be through a unique hands-on experience in the development and use of computer-based models to study policy- and decision making. The STELLA software system will be used in the course. 3 cr