UTMB-Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Graduate Program

Required and Offered Courses » General Virology

Fall 2009
Room: MRB 4.145
Date: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Course Number: MICR 6403

Class	Date	Time	Instructor	Topic
	08-31	1-2pm	Nichols/Davey/Hoffmann	Organizational Meeting
1	09-01	1-2pm	Davey	Introduction to Virus Structure
2	09-02	1-3pm	Watowich	Virus Structure
3	09-03	TBA	TBA	TBA
4	09-07	LABOR DAY	LABOR DAYl	LABOR DAY
5	09-08	1-2pm	No Class Niesel Rescheduled	No Class
6	09-09	1-2pm	No Class Niesel Rescheduled	No Class
7	09-10	1-2pm	No Class Niesel Rescheduled	No Class
8	09-14	1-2pm	Davey	Virus-Receptor Interactions
9	09-15	1-2pm	Watowich	Introduction to Virus Structure
10	09-16	1-2pm	Watowich	Introduction to Virus Structure
11	09-17	1-2pm	Nichols	Virus Replication Strategies (RNA viruses)
12	09-21	1-2pm	Niesel	Lambda Phage
13	09-22	9am-5pm	Exam I	Exam I
14	09-23	1-2pm	Hoffmann	Picornaviridae/Picornavirus
15	09-24	1-2pm	Makino	Coronaviridae/Coronavirus
16	09-28	1-2pm	Weaver	Togaviriadae/Togavirus
17	09-29	1-2pm	Smith	Reovirus
18	09-30	1-2pm	Smith	Rotavirus
19	10-05	1-2pm	Niesel	Lambda Phage
20	10-06	1-2pm	TBA	TBA
21	10-07	1-2pm	Hoffmann	Orthomyxoviridae
22	10-08	1-2pm	Niesel	Lambda Phage
23	10-12	1-2pm	Nichols	Paramyxoviridae
24	10-13	1-2pm	Aronson	Arenaviridae
25	10-14	1-2pm	Barrett	Bunyaviridae
26	10-15	1-2pm	Barrett	Flaviviridae / Flavivurus
27	10-19	9am-5pm	EXAM II	EXAM II
28	10-20	1-2pm	Schnadig	Virus Replication Strategies II
29	10-21	1-2pm	Schnadig	Papillomaviridae
30	10-22	1-2pm	Wu	Parvoviridae / Parvovirus
31	10-26	1-2pm	Pyles	Herpesviridae / Herpes Simplex Virus
32	10-27	1-2pm	Pyles	Epstein-Barr Virus
33	10-28	1-2pm	TBA	Varicella-Zoster Virus
34	10-29	1-2pm	TBA	Cytomegalovirus
35	11-02	1-2pm	TBA	Human Herpes 6,7,8
36	11-03	1-2pm	Cloyd	Retroviridae
37	11-04	1-2pm	Cloyd	Retroviruses/HIV
38	11-05	1-2pm	Beasley	Poxiviridae
39	11-09	1-2pm	Bourne	Adenoviridae
40	11-10	1-2pm	Davey	Cellular Transformation by Retroviruses and Ontogenesis
41	11-11	VETERAN'S DAY	HOLIDAY	HOLIDAY
42	11-12	1-2pm	Nichols	Viral Pathogenesis / Vaccines
43	11-16	1-2pm	TBA	TBA
44	11-17	1-2pm	Yi	Hepacivirus
45	11-18	1-2pm	TBA	TBA
46	11-19	8am-5pm	EXAM III	EXAM III
47	11-23	1-2pm	Weaver	Viral Evolution
48	11-24	1-2pm	TBA	DNA Virus Oncogenesis
49	11-25	NO CLASS	NO CLASS	NO CLASS
50	11-26	THANKSGIVING	HOLIDAY	HOLIDAY
51	11-30	1-2pm	TBA	Viral Persistence / Latency
52	12-01	1-2pm	Peters	Virus tansmission from rodents to humans
53	12-02	1-2pm	TBA	TBA
54	12-03	1-2pm	TBA	TBA
55	12-07	1-2pm	TBA	TBA
56	12-08	REVIEW PAPER DUE BY NOON	REVIEW PAPER DUE BY NOON	REVIEW PAPER DUE BY NOON
57	12-09	9am-5pm	FINAL EXAM	FINAL EXAM
58	12-10	1-3pm		STUDENT PRESENTATION
59	12-14	1-3pm		STUDENT PRESENTATION
60	12-15	1-3pm		STUDENT PRESENTATION

General Virology Course Policies, Fall Semester 2009

Grading
Four exams will be given over the duration of the course; the dates are indicated on the schedule. All exams will be of the essay type. The exams will comprise 85% of the final grade. A review paper and oral presentation (described below) will comprise 15% of the final grade. The review paper will be due on or before 12:00 noon December 8^th. Late submissions will not be accepted. Oral presentation dates are indicated on the course schedule.

Test, review paper, and oral presentation make-up policy
Make-up tests will only be allowed in emergency situations which would preclude the student from physically being present. Emergency situations are defined as an incapacitating illnesses or family emergencies. There will be no deviation from this policy.

Review paper and oral presentation
A review paper (10-12 double spaced pages in length) will be prepared by the student on any significant topic in the field of virology. Reviews will be graded according to their clarity, organization, completeness and timeliness. An oral presentation (30 - 45 minutes) covering the review topic will be given at the semester’s end. The students and attendant faculty will grade the oral presentation.

Students are required to complete a course evaluation form as part of their overall course requirements. Typically, your constructive comments are in exchange for your graded exams. If a completed evaluation form is not received, an "I" Incomplete grade will be reported to the Office of Enrollment Services. If the course requirements are not completed within 30 days, the grade automatically converts to an "F" Failure grade.

Revised: 08-2009

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