Immunobiology

Master of Science

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Credits Required: 30

Cost Per Credit: $1100.00

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Program Details

Advance your career in the rapidly growing field of immunology with a Master's in Immunobiology (IMB) from the University of Arizona Online. This online program offers a comprehensive curriculum covering basic and clinical immunology, infectious diseases, vaccine development, and molecular medicine. This master’s program prepares you to become a future scientist, academic at institutions of higher studies, researcher, and specialist in the growing pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and further obtain healthcare professional degrees (MD, DO, DDS, etc.) and doctorate (PhD) degree in biomedical and biological sciences. Through this program, you will meet the future demand for healthcare by the growing and aging population of Arizona, the United States, and worldwide.

The IMB master’s is multidisciplinary in nature and offers coursework and research in immunologic, autoimmune, and infectious diseases, vaccine and immunotherapy development strategies, molecular and genomic medicine, and immunology of aging.

Housed in the Department of Immunobiology, College of Medicine, the program offers diverse teaching and research expertise in the areas of immunology, cancer immunology, immunotherapy, vaccine development, autoimmune diseases, viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infectious diseases, molecular medicine, tissue banking, immunotherapy, vaccine development, autoimmune diseases, viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic infectious diseases, molecular medicine, and tissue banking.

The IMB master’s fits with the mission of the College of Medicine and the University of Arizona to produce and train future physicians, scientists, and academicians and establish collaboration with institutions of higher studies worldwide. The program also complements other master’s programs at the College of Medicine, including Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiological Sciences.

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You must have earned a bachelor’s degree in biological/biomedical sciences with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and at least six units of coursework in immunology, immunobiology, microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, or virology.

*Residents of some U.S. Territories may not be eligible. Please see our Eligibility & State Authorization page for more information.

Courses

The curriculum for this program includes:

Several experts in the areas of immunology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and infectious diseases will teach this course. The molecular and biological characteristics of microorganisms of importance 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 will present basic concepts in microbiology, including bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology. It will also discuss the pathogenesis of medically important viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic diseases. In addition, it will provide a useful vocabulary for approaching the medical literature.

This course will present basic concepts in human virology, the pathogenesis of medically important viral infectious diseases, and useful vocabulary for approaching the medical literature. The course will be especially useful to pre-health profession students (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health) and students planning a career in biomedical research.

This course focuses on the basic structure and function of the Immune System and its role in fighting infectious diseases and cancers and causing immunological diseases.

This course will cover viral pathogenesis at the molecular, biological, and clinical levels relevant to human disease. There will be an investigation of the characteristics of viral pathogens causing human diseases, including basic virology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunity, clinical diseases, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The mechanisms and usage of antivirals and viral vaccines will also be presented.

This course explores prokaryotic gene structure and function, methods of gene transfer and mapping, DNA structure, replication, transcription, and translation. You’ll learn the DNA sequence of an entire operon from any one of a variety of bacteria and additionally analyze on product for the operon using several GCG protein analysis programs.

Learn the pre-health science professions (Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health) as well as planning a career in biomedical research with a background in the application of genome sciences to medicine with a focus on the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of human diseases.

Gain a foundational understanding of disease as a manifestation of disrupted physiology. Course content will include introductory cell physiology and disrupted homeostatic maintenance in disease processes associated with the hematologic, cardiovascular, and immune systems. Principles will be illustrated using representative commonly occurring disorders and their treatments.