PPWS-4114: Microbial Forensics and Biosecurity
Description: Concepts of comparative and evolutionary genomics for pathogen characterization and identification taught through case studies of bioterrorism, involuntary and voluntary disease transmission, infectious disease epidemics, and genetically modified organisms; emphasis placed on unambiguous source attribution of a disease outbreak to a particular microbe, risk assessment, response as individual, community, and nation to a bioterrorism attack or disease outbreak, federal biosecurity regulations, and career opportunities.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 14
Average GPA: 3.54 (A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 44.70%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.93%
| Boris A Vinatzer | 2023 | 61.9% | 32.2% | 4.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 3.54 | 14 |