If you haven't had Dr. V before, you will be accosted with some new approaches to teaching. The course is without a lab because most of the viruses studied will be animal and plant viruses, which grow slowly, besides requiring impecable tissue culture te chniques.
Some group quizzes.
A major thread as an aid to understanding concerns how the chronology of development can be genetically encoded. Two 3page papers will be required. Oral presentations will be encouraged. Fundamental methods for working with viruses, including some of the important findings brought about by the use of those methods. The virological foundations of molecular biology including many things you've heard about but wondered how it was done.