What Microbiology Course?!?!

[gkbroaro]

HI! I hope you are all doing well! I am having trouble determining which microbiology course that my school offers will count for the pre-nursing prereq. May you please look over this list and tell me which class nursing schools are looking for a pre-requisite?

Thank you so much! --ginillel

MI 025N. Modern Plagues

Stanford Introductory Seminar. Preference to freshmen. Molecular and medical aspects of new and old microorganisms that infect humans. Goal is to place modern human plagues in scientific and historical perspective. Focus is on factors that lead to emergence and control.

3 units, Spr (J. Boothroyd)

MI 104/204. Innate Immunology

Innate immune mechanisms as the only defenses used by the majority of multicellular organisms. Topics include Toll signaling, NK cells, complement, antimicrobial peptides, phagocytes, neuroimmunity, community responses to infection, and the role of native flora immunity. How microbes induce and defeat innate immune reactions with examples from vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants.

3 units, Spr (D. Schneider)

MI 115A. Humans and Viruses

(Same as HUMBIO 155A) Concepts in biology and the social sciences, focusing on emerging infections, viral classification, transmission and prevention, vaccination and treatment, eradication of disease, viral pathogenesis, mechanisms of virally-induced cancer, and viral evolution. Topics: molecular biology of genetic shift and drift in influenza virus, cellular tropism of HIV, developmental biology of virally-induced birth defects, clinical aspects of infantile diarrhea, social aspects of the common cold, policy issues of blood antibody tests, factors in pathogenesis and transmission of prions. Prerequisites: Human Biology core or consent of instructor.

6 units, Aut (R. Siegel) Not offered 2007-08.

MI 115B. The Vaccine Revolution

(Same as HUMBIO 155B) Advanced seminar. Human aspects of viral disease, focusing on recent discoveries in the area of vaccine development and emerging infections. Journal club format: students select articles from primary scientific literature, write formal summaries, and synthesize it into a literature review on a specific topic. Emphasis is on analysis, experimental design, and interpretation of data. Oral presentations. Enrollment limited to 10. Prerequisite: 115A.

6 units, Win (R. Siegel) Not offered 2007-08.

MI 155H. Humans and Viruses I

(Same as HUMBIO 155H) Introduction to human virology integrating epidemiology, molecular biology, clinical sciences, social sciences, history, and the arts. Emphasis is on host pathogen interactions and policy issues. Topics: polio and vaccination, smallpox and eradication, yellow fever and history, influenza and genomic diversity, rubella and childhood infections, adenovirus and viral morphology, ebola and emerging infection, lassa fever and immune response.

6 units, Aut (R. Siegel)

MI 155V. Humans and Viruses II

Introduction to human virology integrating epidemiology, molecular biology, clinical sciences, social sciences, history, and the arts. Emphasis on host pathogen interactions and policy issues. Topics: measles and viral epidemiology, rotavirus and world health, rabies and infections of the brain, HPV and cancer -causing viruses, herpes simplex and viral latency, CMV and viral teratogenesis, retrovirology and endogenous viral sequences, HIV and viral treatement, viral hepatitis and chronic infections, prions and diseases of life style. Prerequisite: 155H.

6 units, Win (R. Siegel)

MI 185. Topics in Microbiology

Topics include diversity, molecular regulation, growth, bioenergetics, and unique metabolic processes. Student papers for presentation on current topics such as antibiotic resistance and molecular approaches to bioremediation. Prerequisites: CHEM 31X, Biological Sciences core.

3 units, Win (A. Matin)

MI 198. Directed Reading in Microbiology and Immunology

Fields of study are decided in consultation with sponsoring professor. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

1 to 15 units, any quarter (Search for instructor in Axess)

MI 199. Undergraduate Research

Investigations sponsored by individual faculty members. Possible fields: microbial molecular biology and physiology, microbial pathogenicity, immunology, virology, and molecular parasitology. Prerequisite: consent of Instructor.

1 to 18 units, any quarter (Search for instructor in Axess)

MI 209. Advanced Pathogenesis of Bacteria, Viruses, and Eukaryotic Parasites: Part I

For graduate students and advanced undergraduates; required of first-year graduate students in Microbiology and Immunology. Emphasis is on mechanisms to establish infection in the host and responses of the host to infection. Current literature. Prerequisite: background in biochemistry and molecular biology.

4 units, Win (P. Sarnow)

MI 210. Advanced Pathogenesis of Bacteria, Viruses, and Eukaryotic Parasites: Part II

For graduate and medical students, and advanced undergraduates; required of first-year graduate students in Microbiology and Immunology. The molecular mechanisms by which microorganisms invade animal and human hosts, express their genomes, interact with macromolecular pathways in the infected host, and induce disease. Current literature.

4 units, Spr (C. Chen)

MI 211. Advanced Immunology I

(Same as IMMUNOL 201). For graduate and medical students and advanced undergraduates. Molecules and cells of the innate and adaptive immune systems; genetics, structure, and function of immune molecules; lymphocyte differentiation and activation; regulation of immune responses; autoimmunity and other problems in immune system dysfunction. Prerequisites: undergraduate course in Immunology and familiarity with experimental approaches in biochemistry, molecular biology, and cell biology.

3 units, Win (Y. Chien)

MI 214. Biodefense and Biosecurity

Science and policy behind American and international biosecurity and biodefense. Is the international community prepared to defend against a naturally-occurring disease or a bioterror attack? Topics include the scope of the problem, agent pathogenesis, threat of biological weapons, responding to a biological attack, microbial forensics, international health, the threat of naturally emerging infectious disease, and policy against these threats. Guest lecturers.

2 units (R. Siegel) Offered occasionally.

MI 215. Principles of Biological Technologies

(Same as IMMUNOL 215) Required of first-year graduate students in Microbiology and Immunology, and the Immunology program. The principles underlying commonly utilized technical procedures in biological research. Lectures and primary literature critiques on gel electrophoresis, protein purification and stabilization, immunofluorescence microscopy, FACS. Prerequisites: biochemistry, organic chemistry, and physics.

3 units, Spr (K. Kirkegaard)

MI 232. Topics in Regenerative Medicine

( Same as DBIO 232) Forum. Students and researchers discuss current developments in regenerative medicine at Stanford to spark collaboration. Topics include novel applications in biological and chemical engineering, stem cell biology, biotechnology, and human disease. May be repeated for credit.

2 units, Aut, Win, Spr (H. Blau, M. Fuller)

MI 233. The Biology of Small Modulatory RNAs

(Same As PATH 233, GENE 233) Open to graduate and medical students. How recent discoveries of miRNA, RNA interference, and short interfering RNAs reveal potentially widespread gene regulatory mechanisms mediated by small modulatory RNAs during animal and plant development. Required paper proposing novel research.

2 units, Aut (C. Chen, A. Fire) Alternate years. Not offered 2008-09)

MI 250. Frontiers in Microbiology & Immunology

Required of first- and second-year students in Microbiology and Immunology. How to evaluate biological research. Held in conjunction with the Microbiology and Immunology Friday noon seminar series. Before the seminar, students and faculty discuss one or more papers from the speaker's primary research literature on a related topic. After the seminar, students meet informally with the speaker to discuss their research.

1 unit, Aut, Win, Spr (D. Schneider)

[Asherah, BSN, RN]

As all of the courses listed are offered as part of the Microbiology & Immunology department, they seem to deal with more specific topics than what nursing programs are generally looking for. Either you can contact the prospective programs you are hoping to apply to and share this information with them, getting their take on which specific course will fulfill their requirements, or you can take a 4-5 unit general Micro class (with lab) at a community college that will likely fulfill their requirement.

I would not recommend picking a Stanford MI course that seemed to fulfill the requirement and taking it, unless you know that it will indeed be equivalent. Good luck!

[crisbiss]

Hello,

It depends on your particular nursing school.....but none of those look like general micro to me. Are these classes being given at the same school where you will go into nursing? You should show this list to someone at your desired nursing school.

The description at the community college where i took my micro class is ........

"003 MICROBIOLOGY - 5 UNITS

Survey of the various microscopic agents ofparticular importance to humans with emphasis onthose involved in infectious disease." Hope this helps.

[byrd262, BSN, RN]

I think you looked under the wrong department. My undergrad institution has a department called "Microbiology and Immunology," but general Micro is usually listed under "BIOLOGY." I should be called, Microbiology

Intro to Microbiology

General Microbiology

Principles of Microbiology or

Basic Microbiology

Whatever class you take it should be worth 4 credits total, 3 for the Lecture and 1 for Lab. Some schools offer the option to register for Lecture and Lab separately (which offers more flexiblitity over cless times) so be careful. Whatever you enroll in make sure it includes a lab unless it is not required for your potential program (which is rare).

[JulieJaxBch]

You should always consult an advisor at the school you are attending and the nursing school you are going to apply to. That way you know that you are taking the correct course that they will accept. Good Luck!