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: 6
Average GPA: 3.30 (rounds to B+)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 27.64%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.31%
| Boris A Vinatzer | 2024 | 45.0% | 43.4% | 9.7% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 3.30 | 6 |