BIO 326 - Concepts of Virology and Virus Research

2.00 credits.

An introduction to viruses and the strategies that they use to cause disease. In addition, the course will focus on four viruses, with different replication strategies including the poliovirus, influenza virus, herpes simplex virus and simian virus 40. The course will allow students to increase their understanding of experimental strategies used to investigate viruses and use the topic of viruses as a means to analyze and critically evaluate the scientific literature. *Prerequisite(s): BIO 212 and BIO 235 or permission by instructor. Graded Pass/No Pass. Spring semester.