Microbiology and Immunity
Graduate Certificate
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The Microbiology and Immunity Graduate Certificate program provides advanced education in basic and clinical concepts of microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases.
In this program, you will learn detailed, medically relevant knowledge of essential topics in bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, and immunology. This knowledge will prepare you for various biomedical science specialties, a research career, as well as further graduate or medical education.
The Department of Immunobiology engages in medical and graduate student teaching and performs research on all aspects of host/microbe interaction, immune system function and dysfunction, and microbial pathogenesis. The core mission of the Department of Immunobiology is to perform cutting-edge research and disseminate its results through the teaching of new health professionals and scientists.
The program can be completed either independently or concurrently as a complement to another graduate program.
*Residents of some U.S. Territories may not be eligible. Please see our Eligibility & State Authorization page for more information.
The Microbiology and Immunity Graduate Certificate consists of a total of 12 units. Courses include:
This course explores the molecular and biological characteristics of important microorganisms in human health and disease; the reaction of the host (immune system) to infectious agents and the mechanisms of host defense (immunity); molecular and cellular immunology and pathogenesis of infectious disease.
This course presents basic concepts in the areas of microbiology, including bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology. IMB502 also teaches about the pathogenesis of medically important, viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic diseases. In addition, it provides a vocabulary that is useful for medical literature.
This course covers the basic concepts of human virology. The course will also present the pathogenesis of medically important viral infectious diseases and provide vocabulary that is useful in approaching medical literature.
Learn the basic structure and function of the immune system and its role in fighting infectious diseases and cancers, as well as causing immunological diseases.
Study the structure, classification, replication, and mechanisms of human and animal viruses.
Learn valuable background in the application of molecular biology to the understanding of the mechanisms of cancer, and cardiovascular, neurological, and metabolic diseases. Explore the use of molecular techniques for disease diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
This course provides valuable background in the application of genetics to the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of human diseases.
Outcomes
Skills
Earning your Graduate Certificate in Microbiology and Immunity will build core skills, including:
- Conducting research
- Research design
- Research analysis
- Scientific literature evaluation
- Scientific concepts
- Discipline-specific knowledge
- Data interpretation
- Problem solving
- Communication
Potential Career Paths
Graduates of the Microbiology and Immunity Graduate Certificate program will be prepared to pursue careers in the following fields:
