This course is offered to medical students (A) and students of medical technology (B). It includes immunology, bacteriology, mycology, and virology. In addition to lectures and experiments, computerized teaching materials, video tapes, case studies and discussions are employed to enhance students' learning efficiency.

This course is offered to nursing students, and it includes immunology, bacteriology, mycology and virology. The course content is similar to medical biology (A)(B), but with slight modifications and different emphases.

This course is offered to fourth year medical students, it combines basic and clinical immunology, including mechanisms and therapy of immune diseases, and vaccine development.

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There are four categories of laboratories in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology: molecular biology, bacteriology, virology, and immunology. Each professor offers two lectures and experiments that are related to his/her research expertise. Students are required to attend all the lectures and participate in at least two different labs in order to fulfill the course requirement. The rotation process is also included as part of this course.

The basic concepts of immunology are taught in this course with focuses on interactions and regulation of cellular responses and cytokine interactions in the immune system. The course includes lectures and group discussions, and communication is emphasized. Written reports on assigned topics are required.

The course outlines the basic concepts of molecular biology for the study of life science on the molecular level. The theory, methods, and examples of modern technology in genetic engineering are introduced in this course.

This course (excluding the immunology section) is the same as Medical Microbiology that offered to undergraduate medical students. The objective is to introduce graduate students to microbes of medical importance. This course can be substituted by undergraduate medical microbiology that is six credits or more, and with a final grade of 70% or higher.

The replication and proliferation of DNA and RNA are classified based on the molecular biology, and the representative viruses are introduced. At the end of the semester, students are required to report upon the latest research on the chosen viruses of clinical importance.

Based on the knowledge of microbiology and molecular biology, this course provides further studies in the latest research development regarding bacterial physiology and genetics. In addition to weekly lectures, written discussions on topics chosen by students are required.

This course provides students with the basic concepts and techniques for thesis writing in English.

The replication and proliferation of DNA and RNA are classified based on the molecular biology, and the representative viruses are introduced. At the end of the semester, students are required to report upon the latest research on the chosen viruses of clinical importance.

This course is offered in the format of journal discussion on important research topics in immunology.

This is one of the core course offered by the medical college. The basic concepts and applications of assorted techniques and equipment are introduced, some hands-on operations of the equipment are also included.

            This course is an extension of the molecular biology course offered in the first semester. In depth introduction and discussions are based upon recently published literature. Written discussions on chosen topics are required at the end of the semester.

This is an introduction to research methodology on animal experiments. The course design is based on the practical applications, not just pure statistics. The course content includes experimental design, collection and analysis of literature, oral presentation skills, data analysis (including applications of software), graphical production, scientific thesis writing, and animal experiment techniques.

The other departments of this medical college also offer elective courses for students to choose, such as: cellular biology (2 credits each semester), applied molecular biology (3 credits), tumor biology (3 credits), laboratory animal (2 credits), protein hemistry and enzymes (3 credits), neuroscience (2 credits), endocrinology (2 credits), endothelial biology (2 credits), cellular signals and transduction (3 credits), neuron cell biology (2 credits), cell growth and division (2 credits), biological response modifier ( credits), gene therapy (2 credits).