Undergraduate courses

Postgraduate courses

Undergraduate Courses:

1.GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Code: 242/7
Credit hours (2+1)
Position: First year, Second Semester
I- Lectures: (2 hours lecture /week, for 15 weeks)
1 General Microbiology (20 h)
• Introduction & development of microbiology
• Prokaryotes: Taxonomy and structure of bacterial cell.
• Bacterial physiology and metabolism
• Microbial genetics
• General virology
• General mycology
II Immunology (8 h)
• Immune system
• Immune response
• Antigen and Antibody
• Major histocompatibility complex
• Activation and functions of immunocompetent cells
• Types of hypersensitivity reactions
• Immune deficiency and autoimmune diseases
• Graft rejection and its treatment
• Serological tests

II- Practical Part (3 hours section /week, for 15 weeks):
Microscopes: types, components and principles
• Different methods of bacterial staining
• Simple stain
• Negative stain
• Gram-stain (differential stain)
• Acid-fast stain
• Spore stain
• Capsular stain
• Microscopical examination of bacterial motility
• Serological tests
• Elek’s test
• Ouchterlony test
• Widal test
• Blood grouping
• Complement fixation
• Preparation of heat killed vaccine
• Effect of temperature on microorganisms
Total (42 h)



2.PHARMACEUTICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Code: 321/7
Credit hours (2+1)
Position: Second year, First Semester
I- Lectures: (2 hours lecture /week, for 15 weeks)
I- Antimicrobial agents (18 h)
• Antibiotics:
a. Classification
b. Mode of action
i. Cell wall inhibitors
ii. Cell membrane inhibitors
iii. Antimetabolites
iv. Antimicrobials that interfere with DNA
v. Antimicrobials that interfere with protein synthesis
c. Mechanisms of resistance
d. Antibiotics evaluation
• Antiviral agents
• Antifungal agents
• Non antibiotics antimicrobial agents
a. Factors affecting their activities
b. Mode of action
c. Different classes of antiseptics, disinfectants & preservatives
d. Evaluation
II- Sterilization (6 h)
• Kinetics of microbial killing
• Methods of sterilization:
a. Heat
b. Radiation
c. Filtration
d. Chemicals
• Sterilization of air
• Sterilization indicators & sterility test
• Validation of different sterilization methods
III- Microbiological quality control of pharmaceuticals (4 h)
• Background and definitions
• Hazards associated with contaminated products
• Quality control of raw materials
• Quality control of non-sterile products
• Quality control of sterile products
• Quality control of biological products
• LAL and pyrogen tests

II- Practical Part (3 hours section /week, for 15 weeks):

• Microbes in the environment
• Isolation of pure culture
• Antimicrobial susceptibility tests
• MIC by serial dilution method and by agar diffusion method.
• Determination of MBC
• Microbiological assay of antibiotics
• Comparison of the effectiveness of different antiseptics
• Determination of the concentration exponent of disinfectants
• Phenol coefficient
• Quantitative measurement of bacterial growth.
• Microbiological quality control of pharmaceuticals

Total (42 h)



3.MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Code: 322/7
Credit hours (2+1)
Position: Second year, Second Semester
I- Lectures: (2 hours lecture /week, for 15 weeks)
I- Bacteriology (18 h)
• Gram-positive cocci
• Gram-negative cocci
• Gram-positive bacilli
• Gram-negative bacilli
• Anaerobic bacteria
• Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma
• Chlamydia
• Rickettsiae
• Spirochetes.
II- Virology (6 h)
• Classification of viruses
• Viral diseases
a. Types
b. Diagnosis
c. Treatment
III- Mycology (6 h)
• Types of fungal pathogens
• Laboratory diagnosis of fungal infections
• Chemotherapy of fungal infections

II- Practical Part (3 hours section /week, for 15 weeks):
Types of culture media
• Purification, cultivation and preservation of microorganisms
• Collection of pathological materials
• Lab diagnosis of different bacterial infections
Food Microbiology
• Water analysis
• Milk analysis
Total (42 hr)
 

4.BIOTECHNOLOGY

Code: 551/7
Credit hours (2+0)
Position: Fourth year, First Semester
I- Lectures: (2 hours lecture /week, for 15 weeks)
1. Background: Recombinant DNA and Biotechnology
2. Fermentation industry
• Chronological development of fermentation industry
• Fermentors
i. Types
ii. Construction
• Fermentation process and fermentation modes
• General aspects of downstream processing
• Immobilization techniques
3. Major biotechnological products:
i. Biomass
ii. Enzymes
iii. Antibiotics
iv. Amino acids
v. Organic acids
vi. Vitamins
vii. Recombinant proteins
viii. Monoclonal antibodies
ix. Vaccines
4. Biotransformation
5. Bioinsecticides
6. Biopolymers
7. Biosurfactants
8. Biodegradation & Bioremediation
9. Bioleaching of metals
10. Biosensors
11. Biofuels
12. Principles of gene therapy
13. Genetic engineering
• Background
• DNA manipulation techniques
• PCR
• Cloning vectors




5.PUBLIC HEALTH

Code: 522/m
Credit hours (3+0)
Position: Fourth year, Second Semester
I- Lectures: (2 hours lecture /week, for 15 weeks)
Epidemiological issues (8 h)
• Background and definitions
• Methods of epidemiological studies
Public health and preventive medicine issues (34 h)
• Communicable diseases and their control
• Non-communicable diseases and their control
• Immunobiological agents
o Types
o Applications
• Nosocomial infections
• Mental health
• Occupational medicine
• Environmental health
• Family health
• Nutrition
• Food Microbiology
• Wastes disposal


 

Postgraduate Courses

1. General Microbiology :

Credit hours: (2 + 1) weekly
Duration: 15 weeks

2. Disease Microbiology :

Credit hours: (2 + 1) weekly
Duration: 15 weeks

3. Biochemistry :

Credit hours: (2 + 1) weekly
Duration: 15 weeks

4. Immunology :

Credit hours: (2 + 1) weekly
Duration: 15 weeks

5. Molecular Biology And Genetics :

Credit hours: (2 + 1) weekly
Duration: 15 weeks

6. Industrial Microbiology :

Credit hours: (2 + 1) weekly
Duration: 15 weeks

7. Diagnosing Microbiology :

Credit hours: (2 + 1) weekly
Duration: 15 weeks.

8. Virology :

Credit hours: (2 + 1) weekly
Duration: 15 weeks

9. Virology :

Credit hours: (2 + 1) weekly
Duration: 15 weeks

10. Microbiological control :

Credit hours: (2 + 1) weekly
Duration: 15 weeks

11. Selected Topics In Specialized Fields :

Credit hours: (3 + 0) weekly