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The University of Arizona’s online content includes courses ranging from pediatric ethics to human aging, immunology basics, and more. All courses are conveniently offered in a fully online format, allowing students to join from anywhere with an internet connection. See below for a sampling of the online health sciences courses being offered. Interested UArizona students can navigate to schedule.arizona.edu and search by subject and course number to review schedules and availability and should work with their advisor to understand how these courses may fit into their plan of study prior to registering.
IMB 401/501 Medical Microbiology and Immunology
4 units | Taught by Nafees Ahmad, PhD
This course explores the molecular and biological characteristics of important microorganisms in human health and disease; the reaction of the host (immune system) to infectious agents and the mechanisms of host defense (immunity); molecular and cellular immunology and pathogenesis of infectious disease.
Regular Session: Fall, Spring, Summer
IMB 402/502 Medical Microbiology Basics
1 unit | Taught by Nafees Ahmad, PhD
This course is designed for pre-health profession students (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health) as well as students planning a carrier in biomedical research. The course will present basic concepts in the areas of microbiology, including bacteriology, virology, mycology, and parasitology. It will also present the pathogenesis of medically important, viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic diseases. In addition, it will provide vocabulary that is useful in approaching the medical literature.
5 Week – First Session (5W1): Fall, Spring, Summer
IMB 404/504 Medical Virology Basics
1 unit | Taught by Nafees Ahmad, PhD
This course is designed for pre-health profession students (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health) as well as students planning a carrier in biomedical research. The course will present basic concepts in the areas of human virology. It will also present the pathogenesis of medically important viral infectious diseases. In addition, it will provide vocabulary that is useful in approaching the medical literature.
5 Week – Third Session (5W3): Fall, Spring, Summer
IMB 405/505 Human Medical Bacteriology
3 units | Taught by Nafees Ahmad, PhD
This course is designed for pre-health profession students (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health) as well as students planning a carrier in biomedical research. This course will cover the molecular, biological and clinical characteristics of bacterial pathogens causing diseases in human, including basic bacteriology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunity, clinical diseases, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
7 Week – Second Session (7W2): Fall
IMB 406/506 Human Immunology
3 units | Taught by Nafees Ahmad, PhD
This course is designed for pre-health profession students (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health) as well as students planning a carrier in biomedical research. The course will present the basic structure and function of the Immune System and its role in fighting infectious diseases and cancers and causing immunological diseases.
Regular Session: Fall, Spring, Summer
IMB 580 Human Medical Virology
3 units | Taught by Nafees Ahmad, PhD
This course is designed for pre-health profession students (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health) as well as students planning a carrier in biomedical research. This course will cover viral pathogenesis at the molecular, biological and clinical levels with relevance to human disease. There will be an investigation of the characteristics of viral pathogens causing diseases in human, including basic virology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunity, clinical diseases, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. The mechanisms and usage of antivirals and viral vaccines will also be presented.
7 Week – First Session (7W1): Spring