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CURRICULUM

The establishment of graduate department is to coordinate with the development of medical center of NCKU, to provide training in bacteriology, virology, parasitology, and immunology, and to strengthen the medical education in microbiology, immunology and parasitology. Thus, the objective of graduate studies is the training of professional technology in microbiology, immunology, and parasitology.

Other graduate programs within the medical school offers additional courses including Cell Biology (1st+2nd semester, 2 credit hours/semester), Applied Molecular Biology (3 credit hours), Tumor Biology (3 credit hours), Laboratory Animal Science (2 credit hours), Protein Chemistry and Enzymology (3 credit hours), Neuroscience (2 credit hours), Endocrinology (2 credit hours), Endothelial Cell Biology (2 credit hours), Cell Signaling and Transduction (3 credit hours), Neurocytology (2 credit hours), Cellular Growth and Division (2 credit hours), Special Topic on Bio-active Substances (2 credit hours). All graduate students are encouraged to pick these classes as electives.

 

 

GRADUATE COURSES FOR MASTER STUDENTS 

24 credits are required for the completion of the Masters program
(6 credits from required courses and do not include thesis composition credits).

COURSES TEACHER SEMESTER CREDITS
Experimental Microbiology and Immunology
L.I. Hor
1st year, 2nd semester
2

There are four categories of laboratories in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology: molecular biology, bacteriology, virology, and immunology. Each professor offers two lectures and experiments that are related to his/her research expertise. Students are required to attend all the lectures and participate in at least two different labs in order to fulfill the course requirement. The rotation process is also included as part of this course.

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Immunology
Y.S. Lin
1st year, 1st semester
3

The basic concepts of immunology are taught in this course with focuses on interactions and regulation of cellular responses and cytokine interactions in the immune system. The course includes lectures and group discussions, and communication is emphasized. Written reports on assigned topics are required.

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Molecular Biology
L.I. Hor
1st year, 1st semester
3

The course outlines the basic concepts of molecular biology for the study of life science on the molecular level. The theory, methods, and examples of modern technology in genetic engineering are introduced in this course.

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Medical Microbiology
L.I. Hor
1st year, 2nd semester
3

This course (excluding the immunology section) is the same as Medical Microbiology that offered to undergraduate medical students. The objective is to introduce graduate students to microbes of medical importance. This course can be substituted by undergraduate medical microbiology that is six credits or more, and with a final grade of 70% or higher.

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Advanced Virology
H.S. Liu
1st year, 2nd semester
3

The replication and proliferation of DNA and RNA are classified based on the molecular biology, and the representative viruses are introduced. At the end of the semester, students are required to report upon the latest research on the chosen viruses of clinical importance.

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Bacterial Genetics and Physiology
L.I. Hor
1st year, 2nd semester
3

Based on the knowledge ofmicrobiology and molecular biology, this course provides further studies in the latest research development regarding bacterial physiology and genetics. In addition to weekly lectures, written discussions on topics chosen by students are required.

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Scientific English Writing
S.Y. Wang
2nd year, 1st semester
2

This course provides students with the basic concepts and techniques for thesis writing in English.

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Seminar
S.H. Chen
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4

The replication and proliferation of DNA and RNA are classified based on the molecular biology, and the representative viruses are introduced. At the end of the semester, students are required to report upon the latest research on the chosen viruses of clinical importance.

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Advanced Immunology
Y.S. Lin
2nd year, 1st semester
3

This course is offered in the format of journal discussion on important research topics in immunology.

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Experimental methods on animal
C.K. Yu
1st and 2nd year, 2nd semester
2

This is an introduction to research methodology on animal experiments. The course design is based on the practical applications, not just pure statistics. The course content includes experimental design, collection and analysis of literature, oral presentation skills, data analysis (including applications of software), graphical production, scientific thesis writing, and animal experiment techniques.

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Logical in Biological Sciences
B.C. Yang
1st year, 1st semester
2

The fundamental basis for understanding biological science researches includes the following: critical evaluation, multi-directional approach to problem solving, philosophical implication of biological researches, and the role of biological science in our society. This course will be divided into four parts: lecture, guided discussion, meetings, and in-class assignments. Different point of views on biological knowledges and the development of biotechnology will be presented. There will be no writing exams, and students are given the opportunity to evaluate their own efforts. Active participation in class will be awarded with 10 points, 5 points for occasional thoughtful comments, 15 points goes to assignments (outstanding: 10-15; mediocre: 5), and 5 points deducted for failing to attend a single class.

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Infectious Diseases
Y.S. Lin
2nd year, 1st semester
2

The main focus of this course will be on infection and immunology. Researchers from within the department and other areas will lecture on the relationship between infection and the immune system. During each course, a teacher will begin with an introduction on a particular topic within their expertise, followed by discussion among the entire class. The goal is to create a topic based course that can combine basic and clinical sciences.

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Gene therapy
A.L. Shiau
1st year, 2nd semester
2

This course is offered to both Master and Ph.D. students. The team-taught course will include teachers with basic or clinical research background. Students will be presented with the basic concept, methods, and applications of gene therapy. Topics include basic gene therapy, viral and non-viral vectors, immune-gene therapy, DNA vaccine, stimulation of suicide genes, stem cell therapy, carcinogenic genes, cancer suppression genes, application on cardiovascular diseases and inherited diseases. In addition, video clips chosen from the “Suptherapyerhuman” series by BBC will be used. Students will choose an article related to gene therapy and present during class. Grading will be based on student learning attitude (20%), class attendance, discussion participation, oral presentation (40%), and end of semester report (40%).

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Tumor immunology
P Lin, and B.C. Yang
1st year 2nd semester
2

This course will be focused on the interaction between tumorigenesis and the immune system. Main topics include: immune surveillance, immune evasion, regulation of immune system in tumor suppression, and current immunotherapy and cancer vaccine development.

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Advanced Parasitology
J.W. Shin
1st and 2nd year, 2nd semester
2

The focus of this course is on the systematic survey of basic and applied parasitology. Topics include basic principle of parasitology, recent advances, and future directions.

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Bioinformatic analysis
J.W. Shin
1st and 2nd year, 1st semester
2

One of the main purposes of this course is to teach students how to extract meaningful and useful data from the vast amount of information generated recently. In addition, students will learn how to derive new knowledge from these information.

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System Parasitology
J.W. Shin
1st and 2nd year, 2nd semester
2

The field of system biology focuses on the complex interaction within biological systems using data derived from high throughput equipments (DNA array, Mass Spec, etc). Models about the behavior of a particular system can be generated and refined through experimental data. The eventual goal is to apply this technology in the field of parasitology.

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