Master degree program
Bacteriology and virology

Bacteriology and virology

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of natural Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

ON 1 Analyze the role of microorganisms in the development of the infectious process and the conditions for the occurrence of the infectious process.
ON 2 Perform identification, isolation and culturing of microorganism producers of biomass, organic acids, ethanol, amino acids, antibiotics.
ON 3 Determine the etiology of infectious diseases, patterns of their occurrence and development and conduct sanitary and hygienic control of environmental objects.
ON 4 Develop principles of prevention and control of infectious diseases using immunobiological and molecular genetic methods of analysis when working with conditionally pathogenic and pathogenic microorganisms.
ON 5 Carry out biosafety controls when working with microbial agents of different pathogenicity groups.
ON 6 Carry out control to ensure biological safety when working with microbial agents of various pathogenicity groups, using practical skills, techniques, procedures and equipment.
ON 7 Design the interpreted results of microbiological experiments in the form of completed research papers (articles, reports, master's thesis), using foreign literary sources.
ON 8 Apply teaching methods to teaching activities based on advanced educational technologies.
ON 9 Analyze the organization of bacterial genomes and molecular mechanisms of biosynthesis of biologically active metabolites.
ON 10 Conduct basic and applied research in microbiological research laboratories, public health facilities, pharmacological facilities, and institutions of higher education.
ON 11 Solve basic worldview and methodological natural science and social problems in order to analyze complex global phenomena.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Bacteriology and virology
Speciality Code
7M05122
Faculty
Biology and Biotechnology

disciplines

Diagnosis of infectious agents
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: study of the methodological, clinical and medical - social foundations of infectology; - improvement of knowledge on the issues of diagnostics of infectious diseases at the present stage. In the course of mastering the discipline, they will use instructional and methodological documents regulating preventive and anti-epidemic work, master the techniques of epidemiological diagnostics of priority nosological forms and use the results of diagnostics in practical activities.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

Genetics of Microorganisms
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Aim of discipline: to form the ability to apply genetic methods to study microorganisms in the selection of highly productive strains. Learning outcomes: explain recombination processes in microorganisms; classify mobile genetic elements in the genome of microorganisms and explain their role in the mutation process; analyze the features of the mutation process in microorganisms.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Medical virology
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The objective of the course is to develop an understanding of medical virology, which studies pathogens of human infectious diseases (their morphology, physiology, ecology, biological and genetic characteristics), methods of their cultivation and identification, specific methods of diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Microbiotic medicine
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The objective of the course: to develop in students an understanding of human microbial ecology, the structure and functions of the intestinal microbiome in normal conditions and pathologies, modern approaches to the study of the gastrointestinal tract microbiota, and the possibilities of using fundamental knowledge about the microbiome to solve problems in medicine and biotechnology.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to formulate the topic, goals and objectives of scientific research; methodology of theoretical and experimental research; analysis of theoretical and experimental research and formulation of conclusions and proposals. Undergraduates will master innovative activities, techniques for implementing and evaluating the effectiveness of scientific research, as well as the rules for registration and protection of research results.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to teach in universities and colleges based on knowledge of higher school didactics, theory of education and management of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching activities. The training course is aimed at studying the trends in the development of education and the Bologna process. The course will help you master teaching and curatorial skills, various strategies and methods of teaching and education.

Pharmaceutical microbiology
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Discipline’s aim: form ideas about microbiological research to organize production and quality control of pharmaceutical products. The microbiological characteristics of pharmaceutical products, quality issues in the field of pharmaceutical production in accordance with the basic provisions and principles of good manufacturing practice will be discussed.

Psychology of Management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific training of highly qualified specialists based on the study of fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for a theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional formation. The course is aimed at studying the patterns of development and functioning of mental processes, the basics of effective interaction and conflict resolution, self-development and self-presentation.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Antimicrobials preparation
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The objective of the course: to develop knowledge in the field of antibiotic science from the point of view of modern ideas about the possibility of obtaining the most effective antibiotic substances and developing approaches to the practical use of agents that reduce the emergence of forms of microorganisms resistant to them.

Basics of medical mycology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Objective: to form in students an understanding of the chemical, morphological and physiological characteristics of pathogenic, toxigenic and allergenic fungi. The following will be studied: the features of the morphological and anatomical structure of fungi, the features of ecological adaptation to living conditions, the role of fungi in the biosphere and human life.

Epidemiology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop knowledge about the causes of occurrence and features of the spread of diseases in society in order to apply the acquired knowledge to solve health problems. During the course of mastering the discipline, epidemiological research methods, methods of processing and analyzing epidemiological research data will be mastered.

Fundamental research in microbiology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form ideas about the patterns of development, functioning and evolution of microorganisms in order to obtain economically valuable products and environmental protection. During the course of mastering the discipline, fundamental aspects of microbiology will be considered, including taxonomy, genetics, physiology, molecular biology, ecology and evolution of microorganisms with different levels of cellular and genetic organization (prokaryotes, eukaryotes, viruses).

General infectiology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline: Formation and development of professional competencies of specialists in the field of infectology. During the course of mastering the discipline, current issues of infectious processes, infectious diseases, infectious pathologies, methods of diagnostics, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases will be considered.

Medical immunology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to acquire knowledge about the development and structural-functional organization of the human immune system in norm and in immunopathology. As a result of mastering the discipline, students will see the practical focus of immunology, which is of decisive importance for the diagnosis, prevention, treatment of infectious, allergic, immunodeficiency, autoimmune, tumor diseases.

Metabolic Functions of Microorganisms
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the course is to develop students' knowledge of the role of microorganisms in the transformation of substances and energy in the biosphere. During the course of mastering the course, the energy metabolism pathways of prokaryotes will be considered: aerobic and anaerobic respiration, fermentation; constructive metabolism pathways: autotrophic and heterotrophic assimilation pathways of carbon compounds, taxonomic groups of prokaryotes capable of carrying out certain physiological processes.

Microbiological research methods
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the discipline is to familiarize students with modern biochemical, molecular-genetic, immunological methods of studying microorganisms. During the course of mastering the discipline, microbiological methods for implementing a set of measures aimed at maintaining and strengthening health, preventing the occurrence and (or) spread of infectious diseases, their early diagnosis will be considered.

Parasitology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - To develop in students a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental principles of parasitism, biology and life cycles of parasites, various aspects of interactions between parasites and hosts at different levels of the hierarchy of biological systems, as well as issues of the origin and spread of parasitism in the animal world. To provide an understanding of modern methods of diagnosis, treatment, prevention and elimination of parasitic diseases.

Pathogenic microorganisms
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to form the ability of students to analytically memorize the mechanisms of micro-induced conflict in the host-parasite system. During the study of the discipline students will learn following aspects: mechanisms of anti-infective immunity; extracellular and intracellular parasites; inflammation and infection process; dialectic of the inflammatory response: sano- and pathogenesis; bacteria disease.

Physiology and biochemistry of bacteria
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: the formation of theoretical knowledge about the eco-physiological significance of microorganisms, their role in the cycle of substances in nature, and practical skills in the use of microorganisms in the restoration and protection of the environment.

Sanitary microbiology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of mastering the discipline is to study sanitary-indicative and epidemically significant microorganisms of water, soil, air and food products. During the course of the discipline, the basics of biotechnology of food production will be studied; microbiological principles of assessing the environmental and biological safety of territories, water areas and technological production.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice is to develop the ability to plan and conduct research work. The practice develops academic skills, including the preparation and conduct of research work, both individually and as part of research teams and structural units of scientific institutions. The research practice aims to collect and process large amounts of data (factual material) using modern information and communication technologies to carry out the research work. During the course of research practice students should be competent in: - plan research and development work; - to work with scientific literature independently: to annotate scientific sources, to make abstracts and reviews; - independently conduct scientific research in the field of language system and basic laws of literature development; - use modern information resources to solve research problems; - collect, process, analyze and systematize scientific information; - use innovative methods of domestic and foreign philological schools; - argumentatively present the results of scientific research; - prepare and edit scientific publications: theses, articles. During the course of research practice students will learn following aspects: Theoretical foundations of research work. Modern methods and techniques in philological research. Independent development of scientific and applied projects in the field of linguistics and literary criticism. Rule of formation of educational and methodical literature. Interpretation of the results of scientific research.

Data for 2021-2024 years