Courses

Currently Available Courses by Training Area: Students may suggest additional courses that may be appropriate (please provide course syllabus) or attendance at workshops or trainings (please provide course materials).  As a general rule, only graduate level classes will be considered appropriate to meet the requirements.  Undergraduate courses should have upper level or graduate content and should be justified.

 

Modeling Simulation and Dynamics

BIOINF 463 - Mathematical modeling in biology

BIOINF520 – Computational systems biology in physiology

BIOLCHEM 673 - Kinetics and Mechanism

CMPLXSYS 425 - Evolution In Silico

CEE 592 - Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering

CMPLXSYS 501 - Introduction to complex systems

CMPLXSYS 510 - Introduction to dynamical systems for complex systems & life sciences (MATH 550)

CMPLXSYS 535 - Network theory (PHYSICS 508)

CMPLXSYS 511 - Theory of complex systems

CMPLXSYS 608 - Network theory of complex systems

EEB 408 - Modeling for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB 466 - Mathematical ecology (MATH 466)

EEB 480 - Interrogating data with models 

EEB 485 - Population and community ecology

EECS 183, EECS 498, BIOINF 575 - Introductory computer programming (C++, Python, java)

EECS 402 - Computer programming for scientists & engineers

EECS 587 - Parallel computing

EPID 602 - Foundations in Infectious Disease Transmission Modeling

EPID 603 - Introduction to Mathematical Modeling in Epidemiology and Public Health

EPID 606 - Advanced Infectious Diseases

EPID 633 – Introduction to mathematical modeling in epidemiology and public health

EPID 634 – Foundations in Infectious Disease Transmission Modeling

EPID 635 - Advanced Infectious Diseases

EPID 636 – Cancer risk and epidemiology modeling

EPID 637 – Systems modeling of behavior social processes and chronic disease

EPID 784 – Complex systems modeling for public health research

MATH 463 - Introduction the Mathematical Biology

MATH 540 - Mathematics of Biological Networks

MECHENG 589 - Sustainable Design of Technological Systems

Physics 630 - Biological Physics

PHYSIOL 519 - Systems biology 

Numerous other courses are offered across the UM campus in advanced computing topics through the EECS and Computer & Information Systems programs

 

Study Design

EHS 608 - Environmental epidemiology

EPID 503 - Strategies and uses of Epidemiology

EPID 582 - Molecular Epidemiology

EPID 600 - Introduction to Epidemiology

EPID 601 - Principles and Methods of Epidemiology

EPID 605 - Introduction to Infectious Disease Epidemiology

EPID 709 - Fundamentals of Epidemiology

EPID 811 - Critical Appraisal of Epidemiologic Studies

EPID 823 - Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Disease

EPID 824 - Advanced Epidemiologic Methods

Epidemiology Graduate Summer Session (1 week course)

IOE 465 - Design of Experiment

 

Population Genetics

"population genetics: the study of the genetic composition of populations. Population geneticists try to estimate gene frequencies and detect the selective influences that determine them in natural populations." ~A Dictionary of Genetics

BIOS 665 - Statistical population genetics

BIOS 666 - Statistical models and numerical methods in human genetics

CEE 582 - Environmental Microbiology

EARTH 523 - Microbial Community Omics 

EEB 412 - Molecular Ecology

EEB 404 - Genetics, development and evolution

EEB 490 - Evolution at the population level

EHS 660 - Principles of Epigenetics

EPID 505 - Polymicrobial Communities In Human Health And Disease

EPID 516 - Genetics in Epidemiology

HUM GEN 544 - Basic Concepts in Population and Statistical Genetics

NIMBios videos - https://goo.gl/StK7cB (ask for more info regarding course work

 

Math, Statistics, and Bioinformatics

BIOINF 501 - Introduction to mathematics for the life sciences & informatics

BIOINF 520 - Computational systems biology in physiology (PHYSIOL 520)

BIONINF 523 - Bioinformatics Basic Biology Lab 

BIOINF 525 - Foundations in bioinformatics & systems biology

BIOINF 526  - Fundamentals of bioinformatics

BIOINF 527 - Introduction to bioinformatics & computational biology 

BIOINF 528 - Bioinformatics and computational modeling of proteins

BIOINF 545 - High-throughput molecular genomic and epigenomic data analysis

BIOINF 547 - Probabilistic modeling in bioinformatics

BIOINF 563 - Advanced mathematical methods for biological sciences

BIOINF 668 - Introduction to health informatics

BIOSTAT 503 - Introduction to biostatistics

BIOSTAT 523 - Biostatistical Analysis for Health-Related Studies

BIOSTAT 553 - Applied Biostatistics

BIOSTAT 560 - Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

BIOSTAT 601 - Analysis of multivariate and categorical data

BIOSTAT 650 - Spplied Statistics I: Linear Regression

EARTH 523 - Microbial Community Omics

EEB 466 - Mathematical Ecology

EEB 480 - Model-based Statistical Inference in Ecology

EHS/EPID 675 - Data Analysis for Environmental Epidemiology

MATH 217 - Linear algebra

MICRBIOL 612 - Microbial informatics

STATS 400 - Introduction to statistics

STATS 425 - Introduction to Probability (Math 425)

STATS 500 - Statistical Learning I: Regression 

Software Carpentry Workshops by Pat Schloss

Numerous other courses are offered across the UM campus in advanced statistical analyses and models through the STAT and BIOSTAT programs

 

Principles of microbiology, molecular biology and genetics 

CEE 582 - Environmental microbiology

EARTH 523 - Microbial Community Omics

EEB 446 - Microbial Ecology

EHS 576 - Biological Agents

EHS 660 - Environmental epigenetics and public health

EHS 673 - Epidemiology of developmental origins of health and disease

EPID 460 - Introduction to bacterial pathogenesis

EPID 505 - Polymicrobial communities in human health and the environment

EPID 507 - Microbial control:  sterilization, disinfection and manipulation

EPID 525 - Clinical and Diagnostic Microbiology

EPID 543 - Epidemiology of Viral Diseases

EPID 545 - Molecular Techniques Lab

EPID 560 - Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis

MCDB 411 - Protein structure and function

MCDB 427 - Molecular biology

MCDB 435 - Intracellular trafficking

MCDB 437 - Microbial communication and development

MCDB 489 - Microbial genes and genome

MCDB 462 - Epigenetics

MCDB 530 - Cell Biology

MCDB 614 - Experimental models in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

MICRBIOL 430 - Microbial symbiosis

MICRBIOL 607 - Microbial Pathogenesis

MICRBIOL 615 - Viral Pathogenesis

MICRBIOL 617 - Molecular and cellular determinants of viral pathogenesis

 

In depth knowledge in microbiology, molecular biology and genetics

BIOLCHEM 550 - Macromolecular Structure and Function

BIOLCHEM 528 - Biology and Chemistry of Enzymes

BIOLCHEM 640 - Regulatory RNA and Control of Gene Expression

CEE 592 - Biological Process in Environmental Engineering

CEE 693 - Environmental Molecular Biology

EEB 512 - Molecular Systematics and Evolution

EHS 570 - Water Quality Management

EPID 505 - Polymicrobial Communities in Human Health and Disease

EPID 560 - Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis

MCDB 589 - Mechanisms of Microbial Evolution

MICRBIOL 607 - Microbial Pathogenesis

MICRBIOL 615 - Molecular and Cellular Determinants of Viral Pathogenesis

MICRBIOL 640 - Molecular and Cellular Immunology

 

Laboratory techniques

CEE 582 - Environmental Microbiology Laboratory

EPID 504 - Polymicrobial Communities Laboratory

EPID 545 - Molecular Techniques Laboratory

EPID 562 - Advanced Bacteriology Laboratory

Work experience in a laboratory.