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This page provides a brief
description of courses offered by the Molecular and Cellular Pathology
Graduate Program, and the faculty of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine. Courses that are infrequently offered are not listed.
A complete listing of courses offered by the Department of Pathology and
Laboratory medicine can be found in the Graduate
School Record, under Pathology.
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Courses
for Graduate Students and Advanced Undergraduates
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PATH
006E
History of Disease
(3 Hours). This course is focused on plagues and people. It
presents an introduction to the social history of plagues and the motif
of plagues in a variety of contemporary and historical writing. This
course provides an opportunity for students to read and respond to works
presented as historical, fictional, and scientific writing. First-year
undergraduate seminar course. Offered Spring semester. Instructor:
H.M. Reisner.
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PATH
128 Biology of Human Disease (Biology
008; 3 Hours). This course presents an overview of basic human molecular
and cellular biology in the setting of common human diseases. The
course emphasizes how an understanding of disease mechanisms provides the
knowledge base for informed use of modern health care. BA-level and
General College-level natural science. Open to all undergraduates
and graduates. No prerequisites. Offered Fall semester.
Instructors: H.M. Reisner.
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PATH 426 Biology of Blood
Diseases (Biology
134; 3 Hours). An introduction to the biology and pathophysiology
of blood and the molecular mechanisms of some human diseases, including
malignant neoplasms, anemias, hemophilias, thrombophilias, artheroschlerosis,
and viral infections. Prerequisite: Biology 52 or permission of the
instructor. Offered Fall semester. Instructor: F.C. Church.
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PATH 462 Experimental
Pathology (Hours,
credits, and instructor to be arranged on an individual basis). This
course involves hands-on research experience in a predetermined instructor's
laboratory. Students have the opportunity to learn and apply specific
techniques, and to participate in investigations of molecular mechanisms
responsible for disease processes (pathobiology). This course may
be repeated for credit. Instructors: Staff.
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PATH 463 Electron Microscopy
(4 Hours). This course covers both theoretical and practical aspects
of electron microscopy, including application of transmission and scanning
electron microscopy to the pathological assessment of cells and tissues,
with emphasis on evaluation of the ultrastructure of cells and organelles.
Two hous of lecture and six hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
Permission of instructor. Offered Fall semester. Instructor:
C.R. Bagnell, Jr.
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PATH 464 Light Microscopy
(3 Hours). This course focuses on practical fundamentals of light
microscopy, including optics, contrast mechanisms, fluorescence, laser
scanning confocal microscopy, photography, and digital imaging. Prerequisite:
Permission of instructor. Offered Spring semester. Instructor:
C.R. Bagnell, Jr.
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PATH 678 Human DNA Metabolism
(2 Hours). This course examines the molecular biology of DNA replication,
resorption, recombination, and repair as these processes occur in human
cells. Prerequisite: A basic biochemistry course. Offered Fall
semester (alternative years). Instructor: W.K. Kaufmann.
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Courses
for Graduate Students
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PATH 713 Mechanisms of
Disease (3 Hours).
A graduate course on cell injury and pathogenesis of disease with emphasis
on basic mechanisms at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels.
Prerequisite: None. Three hours lecture and 2.5 hours laboratory
each week. Offered Fall semester. Course Director: F.C. Church.
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PATH 714 Mechanisms of
Disease Laboratory
(2 Hours). A graduate laboratory course on cell injury and pathogenesis
of disease featuring microscopic and gross pathology specimens. Prerequisite:
Pathology 713. Can be taken concurrently with Pathology 713.
Three hours laboratory each week. Offered Fall semester. Course
Director: V.L. Godfrey.
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PATH 715 Systemic Pathology(3
Hours). A graduate course on the pathology and pathophysiology of
disease with an emphasis on molecular and cellular mechanisms of disease
in organ systems. Prerequisite: Pathology 713. Three hours
lecture each week. Offered Spring semester. Course Director:
W.B. Coleman.
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PATH 716 Systemic PathologyLaboratory
(2 Hours). A graduate laboratory course on pathogenesis of disease
of organ systems featuring microscopic and gross pathology specimens.
Prerequisite: Pathology 715. Can be taken concurrently with Pathology
715. Three hours laboratory each week. Offered Spring semester.
Course Director: V.L. Godfrey.
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PATH 723 Special Methods
in Pathology
(2 Hours). This course is conducted on a tutorial basis, with the
aim of providing experience with specialized laboratory techniques in pathology,
including histochemistry, electron microscopy, fluorescent and phase microscopy,
chromatography, electrophoresis, and ultracentrifugation. Prerequisite:
Permission of instructor. Two seminar hours per week. Offered
Spring semester (even numbered years). Course Director: H.C. Whinna.
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PATH 725 Cancer Pathology
(3 Hours). This course examines pathobiological features of cancer.
An interdiciplinary approach draws from epidemiology, genetics, molecular
biology, and clinical medicine to investigate cancer etiology, pathogenesis,
prevention, and treatment. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Three lecture hours per week, optional 2 hour laboratory per week.
Instructor: W.K. Kaufmann.
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PATH 792 Seminar in Carcinogenesis
(Toxicology
292; 2 Hours). This course surveys classical and current literature
on selected critical issues in carcinogenesis, focusing on the molecular
pathogenesis of cancer pathogenesis in . Students discuss experimental
methods and observations, as well as theories and generalizations.
Offered Spring semester. Instructor: W.B. Coleman.
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PATH 801 Seminar in Pathology
(2 Hours). This course emphasizes the development of written and
oral scientific communication skills. It is designed specifically
for first-year and second-year pathology graduate students. This
course may be repeated. Offered Fall semester. Instructor:
M. Cordeiro-Stone.
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PATH 900 Research in
Pathology (2-12
Hours). This is a research course in which advanced students in pathology
carry on investigations on mechanisms of disease. Six or more laboratory
hours per week. May be repeated. Offered Fall and Spring semesters,
and Summer sessions. Instructors: Staff.
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PATH 994 Doctoral Dissertation
(Hours/credits vary). May be repeated. Offered Fall and Spring
semesters, and Summer sessions. Instructors: Staff.
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