BIO418 Virology
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| Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Hours* | ECTS | Weekly Class Schedule | ||||||
| T | P | |||||||||
| BIO418 | Virology | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Prerequisite | Senior Standing | It is a prerequisite to | None |
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| Lecturer | Office Hours / Room / Phone | Currently not available |
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| Assistant | none | Assistant E-mail | ahromic@ius.edu.ba | |||||||
| Course Objectives | The course aims to introduce the students with the basic concept of viruses, their classification and structure as well application. | |||||||||
| Textbook | John Carter & Venetia Saunders: Virology-Principles and Applications, 2007; Scientific publications | |||||||||
| Additional Literature | ||||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | |||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Lecturing ans active class discussions | |||||||||
| Teaching Method Delivery | Teaching Method Delivery Notes | |||||||||
| WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | ||||||||
| Week 1 | Introduction and Syllabus | |||||||||
| Week 2 | Introduction to viruses | TBD | ||||||||
| Week 3 | Structure of viruses | Chapter 3 | ||||||||
| Week 4 | Virus classifications | Chapter 10 | ||||||||
| Week 5 | Herpesvirus | Chapter 11 | ||||||||
| Week 6 | Parvovirus | Chapter 12 | ||||||||
| Week 7 | Reovirus | Chapter 13 | ||||||||
| Week 8 | MIDTERM exam! | - | ||||||||
| Week 9 | Picornavirus | Chapter 14 | ||||||||
| Week 10 | Rhabdovirus | Chapter 15 | ||||||||
| Week 11 | Retrovirus | Chapter 16 | ||||||||
| Week 12 | Adenovirus | TBD | ||||||||
| Week 13 | Bacterial Viruses | Chapter 19 | ||||||||
| Week 14 | Hepadnavirus | Chapter 18 | ||||||||
| Week 15 | Review and future direction | - | ||||||||
| Assessment Methods and Criteria | Evaluation Tool | Quantity | Weight | Alignment with LOs |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 | 1,2,3,4,5 | |
| Semester Evaluation Components | ||||
| Midterm exam | 1 | 30 | 1,2,3,4 | |
| Presentations | 1 | 25 | 1,2,3,4 | |
| Attendance and Participation | 1 | 5 | 1,2,3,4 | |
| *** ECTS Credit Calculation *** | ||||
| Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | |||
| Lecture hours | 3 | 14 | 42 | Home study | 3 | 12 | 36 | |||
| Midterm exam study | 16 | 1 | 16 | Final exam study | 20 | 1 | 20 | |||
| Presentation | 18 | 2 | 36 | |||||||
| Total Workload Hours = | 150 | |||||||||
| *T= Teaching, P= Practice | ECTS Credit = | 6 | ||||||||
| Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey | Last Update Date: 06/09/2021 | |||||||||