Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) |
Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives |
Course Objectives |
Competency Indicators |
Ratio(%) |
Teaching Methods |
Assessment Methods |
The goal of this course will guide the students with comprehensive knowledge to perform data exploration |
1.Professional knowledge in microbiology and public health. |
2.Ability to conduct experiments in microbiology, public health, biochemistry and molecular biology. |
3.Ability to read research articles in English or Chinese. |
4.Ability of logical thinking and critical thinking on experimental results. |
5.Ability of independent thinking, innovational R&D and lifelong learning. |
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topic Discussion/Production |
Lecturing |
Other |
Practicum |
Discussion |
Exercises |
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Assignment |
Oral Presentation |
Attendance |
Written Presentation |
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Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
Week |
Course Content |
Week 1 |
Introduction
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Week 2 |
Molecular typing techniques for epidemiological investigation and surveillance |
Week 3 |
Basic concepts of molecular evolution |
Week 4 |
Sequence alignment and comparison |
Week 5 |
Nucleotide substitution model |
Week 6 |
tree inferring method: UPGMA and neighbor joining |
Week 7 |
tree inferring method: parsimony |
Week 8 |
tree inferring method: maximum likelihood and Bayeisan method |
Week 9 |
Basic concepts in viral evolution |
Week 10 |
Midterm exam |
Week 11 |
Viral quasispecies and fitness |
Week 12 |
Phylodynamics and coalescent theory |
Week 13 |
Phylogeography |
Week 14 |
Metagenomic sequence analysis |
Week 15 |
Software demo and practice |
Week 16 |
Final exam |
Week 17 |
autonomous learning (I) |
Week 18 |
autonomous learning (II) |
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Evaluation |
on-site participation(50%) Class attendance (50%)
oral presentation(50%)
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Textbook & other References |
1. Esteban Domingo, Robert Webster and John Holland. Origin and evolution of viruses. Academic Press, London, UK, 1999)
2. Marco Salemi and Anne-Mieke Vandamme. The Phylogenetic Handbook. A practical approach to DNA and protein phylogeny. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA, 2003.
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Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
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Office Hours |
Monday-Friday 12-1pm |
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs |
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