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into the analysis of cerebrospinal pharmacological agents used in In this course the students would BMS231 - Clinical Biochemistry I assessing these disorders, including will include a) An appreciation
fluid, synovial fluid, and serous fluids, managing common pulmonary learn how to work on genomics, basal metabolic and functional
providing a broad understanding of disorders, providing insights proteomics data and determine Credit Hours: 3 investigations, next-generation of changes in the cellular, tissue
body fluid compositions and their into their mechanisms of action, the role of genetic variabilities in Prerequisite: BMS211 sequencing (NGS), and post-mortem and organ morphology due to
diagnostic significance. Through a therapeutic applications, and evolution of biomolecules and analysis. disease processes; b) Details of
combination of theoretical lectures potential side effects. Through organisms. The knowledge and skills The Clinical Biochemistry I is a major alterations in cellular, tissue and
and practical laboratory sessions, this course, students will develop gained in this course would help course for Biomedical Sciences (BMS) MLS333 - Clinical parasitology organ function due to disease; c)
students will develop the critical a foundational understanding of students in providing insight in their and Molecular & Medical Genetics and Medical Mycology Cellular pathology techniques e.g.
thinking skills required to solve pharmacological concepts essential research and health management. (MMG) programs to prepare students Credit Hours: 3 microtomy, microscopy, staining,
clinical problems and contribute to for laboratory medicine and clinical for future careers in their fields. immunocytochemistry and
patient diagnosis and managemen practice. BMS 34210A - Immunology and This course encompasses the study Prerequisite: MLS313 immunofluorescence. A lab report,
serology of fundamental disease processes, MCQ examination and data analysis
BMS412 - Clinical Laboratory BMS212 - Biotechniques diagnostic tools, and management This course explores the foundational will assess recall.
Management and Credit Hours: 3 plans. provides comprehensive principles of parasitology and
Instrumentation Credit Hours: 3 Prerequisites: BMS 381 coverage of the metabolic and clinical mycology, focusing on host-parasite
Prerequisites: BIO 205 + CHE 205 aspects of biochemistry. It includes interactions, their evolutionary MLS332 - Histopathology
Credits Hours: 3 The course is designed to provide topics related to the following: clinical adaptations, and their medical
Biotechniques will teach common a foundation in immunology significance in humans and animals. Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: BMS212 laboratory tests, various human
laboratory techniques that are and serology by covering basic homeostasis systems, pregnancy, and Students will gain comprehensive
The course covers the strategies frequently used in research, medical/ immunological and serological tumor markers. Several conditions knowledge of parasitic protozoa, Prerequisite: MLS311
employed by the biomedical sector clinical, and bioindustry fields. In principles including components of ranging from diabetes, disorders helminths, and fungi, with an This course is both classroom and
to maintain quality assurance and this course, 50% of contact hours the innate and acquired immune of calcium and iron metabolisms, emphasis on their classification, laboratory based. The classroom
ensure safe practice. This includes are laboratory-based, exposing system, role of the complement disorders of hypothalamus and biology, life cycles, pathologies, and sessions include: an introduction
accreditation schemes, hazard students to techniques commonly system in immune response, pituitary gland, abnormalities of methods of diagnosis, treatment, to histology and the role of
analysis critical control (HACCP) performed in a biological laboratory, basic immunoassay principles thyroid function, renal disease, liver prevention, and control. histopathology in diagnosis of
and legislative requirements. such as microscopic methods, and immunologic techniques, disease, and cardiovascular disorders The curriculum includes detailed disease; using a light microscope
Effective management in staffing micro pipetting, isolation and antigen-antibody reactions, specific are explored in this course. Students studies of parasitic infections and understanding the potentials
and scheduling, and structuring quantification of nucleic acids and serological methods used for the will be trained to critically assess and limits of the instrument; how
staff activity. Budget planning proteins, Polymerase Chain Reaction diagnosis of diseases and cells and case studies related to each disorder such as amoebiasis, giardiasis, histological slides are produced,
malaria, schistosomiasis, and
and management are also areas (PCR), immunodetection, and gel organs involved in immune reactions. using the method of Team Based stained and interpreted; identifying
addressed by the course. electrophoresis, etc. Students Learning (TBL). mycoses, highlighting their global cell types and tissues from their
will also become familiar with the BMS233 - Basic Medical health impact. Practical laboratory histological appearance; the
Laboratory environments are not underlying theoretical principles of Microbiology components enable students to
static; demands and methodologies these biotechniques as well as data demonstrate proficiency in diagnostic structures of a number of tissues
with relationship to their functions;
are constantly changing. Innovations analysis, interpretation, and reporting Credit Hours: 4 BMS232 - Metabolic Disease I techniques, including microscopic
and modifications need to be biological results. Prerequisite BMS213 examination, fecal analysis, blood major pathological changes and
constantly considered. The student Credit Hours: 3 smear preparation, and biosafety their histological appearance;
and identifying histopathological
will undertake an independent BMS331 - Bioinformatics The course provides an overview of Prerequisite: BMS211 practices. Clinical case studies and
and critical evaluation of individual Credits Hours: 3 microorganisms and aseptic methods applied exercises ensure students changes and their relationship
to underlying disease processes.
practice and reflect on the practices of controlling microbial growth. This course introduces metabolic are prepared to tackle real-
of others. Prerequisite: BMS213 It covers the biology of bacteria, diseases, ranging from inborn world diagnostic and therapeutic The laboratory sessions will teach
viruses, fungi, and parasites and their errors of metabolism in newborns challenges in parasitology and skills in preservation/fixation, wax
BMS311 - General Pharmacology Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary clinical impact on human health. A to other diseases linked with altered mycology. embedding, sectioning, staining
field of study, which aims at finding practical lab experience is provided metabolism in adults. The course and mounting slides and finally
Credit Hours: 3 microscope skills.
new links and associations between for the students so they can become discusses deficiencies in
Prerequisite: BIO205 & CHE205 the structural and functional familiar with bacteria handling MLS311 - Systematic and
hierarchies of biomolecules and and characterization. In addition enzymes involved in the metabolism
This course introduces the general enhances students’ understanding to the clinical aspects of multiple of carbohydrates, proteins and Cellular Pathology MLS331 - Hematology I
principles of pharmacology, of health and disease. This course infections, the procedures that assist amino acids, lipids, fatty acids, and Credit Hours: 3
integrating conceptual knowledge will expose the students to using in identifying and diagnosing the cholesterol, and their association Credit Hours: 3
of physiology and pathophysiology high throughput methods requiring diseases is also examined. with the state of the disease. Etiology, Prerequisite: BME 381
related to disease processes. A standalone, public domain software prevention, and treatment of Prerequisite: BME 381
special emphasis is placed on and cloud computing. This will metabolic disorders such as diabetes The course is designed to provide The practice of laboratory
understanding the autonomic allow them to retrieve and analyze mellitus, metabolic syndrome, and information on the cellular changes hematology varies from microscopy
and neuromuscular systems and biological data from different obesity will be discussed. The course that occur in the pathology of major to advanced genetic analysis. This
exploring their role in health and bioinformatics repositories to also will examine the screening systems and how the disease state course is both laboratory and
disease. The course also covers produce new meaningful information. and diagnostic procedures used in may affect the structure and function classroom based. The classroom
of the different systems. Information

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