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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
Credits: 1-12 Doctoral dissertation research under direction of dissertation director. Prerequisites Admission to doctoral candidacy. Notes May be repeated, but no more than 24 credits in BINF 998 and 999 may be applied to doctoral degree requirements. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 0 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0 Grading S/IP
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Covers pathology, metabolism, and threat of bacterial agents that can be used as biological weapons. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Covers pathology, metabolism, and threat of viral agents that can be used as biological weapons. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Discusses the threat of toxins as biological weapons. Special focus on microbiological toxins, including botulinum toxin, and biochemical action of toxins. Comparison to chemical weapons and debate about classification as such. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Credits: 1-4 Introduces students to the biodefense and biosecurity strategies and policies of the United States, other nations, and international organizations. Evaluates the effectiveness of these policies in strengthening defenses, improving intelligence, increasing oversight, enhancing nonproliferation, and reinforcing norms. Examines the interaction of biodefense and biosecurity with homeland, national, and international security. Prerequisites BIOD 604 and 605 or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 1-3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0-6
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Credits: 1-4 Different topics, depending on instructor's specialty. Topics include legal, ethical, scientific, and political aspects of biodefense, emphasizing current problems and research. Prerequisites BIOD 604 and 605 or permission of instructor. Notes May be repeated when topic is different. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 1-3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0-6
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Explores issues emerging from the interaction of health and security that represent novel challenges to policy makers confronting a rapidly changing security landscape. Presents the major lines of discourse in the academic literature examining links between health and security. The impact of the AIDS epidemic on national and regional security, the role of health issues in post-Cold War conflict situations, and the security implications of advances in the life sciences. Prerequisites BIOD 604 and 605 or permission of instructor Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Challenges students to wrestle with dilemmas raised by the desire to behave ethically in an international system in which consensus about ethical matters is absent. Students will develop, apply, and justify their own perspective on an ethical problem related to international security using ethical theory and social science research. Ethical issues related to nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons that confront researchers, policy makers, and practitioners will be addressed. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Provides students with the concepts and tools for analyzing complex negotiation processes and introduces them to the challenges facing international negotiators. Students will read about the frameworks and perspectives that have guided the scholarly research on negotiation, as well as the latest findings from that research; analyze complex cases of actual negotiations in the security, trade, and environmental areas; and negotiate key issues on the agendas of nations and international organizations. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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1.00 Credits
Credits: 1 Forum for presentation and discussion of original and current research in biodefense. Notes May be repeated for credit. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 1 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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