Science in Microbiology program
Master
Levels
4
Courses
18
Credits
39
Number of students
0
Overview
Qualifying cadres in the field of microbiology to meet the needs of the labor market. Preparation of scientific cadres in the field of specialized microbiology applications. To consecrate knowledge and develop skills that cover the pillars of microbiology. Prepare a generation of microbiological specialists with the skills to practice the various applications of microbiology to bridge the gap between theory and practice. Qualifying the master's student to join the postgraduate programs in the doctorate and complete the same specialization. Developing the skills of scientific research in the field of microbiology to serve the agricultural and industrial development. Participate in the preparation of a generation capable of giving in the development process in the Kingdom
Program content
Admission requirements
General Requirements for Admission to Master’s Programs in the College of Science
• The applicant must be a Saudi national, or born to a Saudi mother, or hold a scholarship.
• The applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree from a Saudi university or another recognized university, and meet the minimum GPA as specified in the program’s specific requirements.
• Degrees obtained from outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia must be officially accredited (equivalency required).
• The applicant must achieve the minimum required score in the General Aptitude Test for University Graduates, and the test must not be older than five years, for programs that require it.
• The applicant must achieve the minimum required score in one of the English language tests (STEP, IELTS, or TOEFL). The validity period must not exceed:
o Two years for IELTS and TOEFL
o Three years for STEP
This applies to programs that require English proficiency.
• Applicants who obtained a bachelor’s or master’s degree from a university in an English-speaking country are exempt from the English language requirement.
• The applicant must meet any additional specific requirements set by the program.
Program levels
Level One
MIC 600 - Advanced Microbiology - mandatory
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
The course is concerned with the provision of microbiology and basic laboratory knowledge associated with research, development and quality control. The course reviews the practical application of living organisms and their different components and the use of microorganisms to improve health, nutrition, and the environment and to exploit them to produce a specific product.
BOT 600 - Plant Development & Structure - mandatory
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
The course deals with developmental biology of plants and environmental constrains upon plant growth. Focus is on regulation of cell division, meristem activity, plant stem cells, embryogenesis and organogenesis, signal transduction and plant hormones. The basic concept of general growth and development will be introduced, treating how specific plant organs develop as the plant grows from an embryo to a flowering plant. How does the cell cycle and growth control contribute to plant development and how is cell cycle and growth controlled, how are cell walls and metabolism integrated into development. How do stresses impact on growth and development and what kind of molecular mechanisms underly these processes.
ZOO 600 - Integrated Animal Biology - mandatory
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
Integrated animal biology is the study of the biology of animals. It explores the structure of invertebrates and vertebrates representatives, and their main biological functions. This course will cover different topics in animal biology as the phylogeny and classification, history of animals (Fossils), biodiversity, locomotion, feeding, digestion, biological associations, gaseous exchange, circulation, excretion, reproduction and neural integration.
BIO 660 - Advanced Biological Data Analyses - mandatory
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
Biologists are increasingly using quantitative techniques to analyze larger and larger data sets. A command of the available analytical techniques is an important part of the set of skills which are expected of a trained biologist, especially those working in the broad area of ecology. The class will introduce techniques available for the analysis of biological data, including correlation, regression and multivariate methods. Emphasis will be on the practical use and abuse of these techniques rather than derivations or mathematical formulae. Students will explore real and realistic data sets. There will be lectures on the use of techniques and tutorials on their practical implementation in the program R. Students will try them out using real and simulated data sets.
BIO 600 - Ethics and Editing Scientific Research - mandatory
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
Students will be given general knowledge about both ethical problems in research and different views on what constitutes ethics and science respectively. And to improve the student's ability to think about his or her preconceived notions and values in terms of ethical research problems and the student's ability to mobilize a sense of responsibility when confronted with ethical problems in research. And to identify and characterize problems and ethical research solutions • Identify interests and interests of stakeholders • Apply these skills to their own research by studying theories, ethical rules, guidelines and laws governing research, fraud and misconduct in science as well as Ethics of the profession.
Level Two
MIC 606 - Advanced Microbial Physiology - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
Advanced Microbial physiology is a study to understand cell structure, growth factors, metabolism and genetic compositions of microorganisms and to comprehend the interrelatedness of microbiology, biochemistry, and genetics in the context of functional microbial cells. This course provides a survey of microbial physiology with emphasis on bacteria metabolism, regulation and cellular structure.
MIC 605 - Environmental Microbiology - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
The course focuses on microorganisms in different environments. The course also reviews the microbial growth, metabolism and nutrient. The course also discusses the Interrelationships between microorganisms and their environments. This course also shows the role of microorganisms in disposal of pollutants that damage soil and water (Bioremedation).
MIC 604 - Food Safety and Microbiology - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
introduction basics of food microbiology ,Microbial groups (bacteria, molds, yeast) are important in food, Factors affecting the activity of microorganisms in food Manifestations of microbial corruption in food, Control of icroorganisms during food production and processing, Microbiology of various food products,Pathogenic microbes and food borne diseases (poisoning and food infections, Food Control System
MIC 603 - Advanced Virology - mandatory
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
This course will provide informative knowledge on: advanced virology subject that will allow students to further investigate the biology and pathogenesis of medically important viruses at the cellular and molecular level. The subject will also study how viruses can be used in the biotechnology industry and gene based therapeutic approaches to treat disease. The subject will also focus on the technology used in the modern diagnostic virology laboratory and recent advances in pathogen detection and disease epidemiology. The subject will also study viruses from a public health perspective including preventing transmission and control of disease oubreaks, including vaccination and pharmacological intervention strategies.
MIC 602 - Advanced Bacteriology - mandatory
Credits
3
Theoretical
3
Pratical
Training
Total Content
3
Prerequisite
Course Description:
Study of bacterial diversity, ecology and evolution with special emphasis on molecular techniques involved in elucidating their diversity , principles of bacterial classification and taxonomy and selected topics in sociomicrobiology, biofilms, microbiomics ,bacterial phylogenetic and genomics
MIC 601 - Advanced Mycology - mandatory
Credits
3
Theoretical
3
Pratical
Training
Total Content
3
Prerequisite
Course Description:
The course focuses on how to benefit from fungi and their products for humans, animals and the environment. The course also reviews the important techniques used for benefiting from fungi and their products. The course also discusses the nature of decaying substances by fungi of the negative and positive types for humans.
Level Three
MIC 611 - Fungal Toxins - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
Explains the evolution study of microbial toxins, properties, structure and methods effect on multiple types of microbial toxins, mechanical action of toxins, anti-toxins and catalysts for their production with examples of some of the associated diseases such as tetanus, diphtheria, cholera and modern ways to detect fungal toxins such as aflatoxins and others, It also reviews identify toxins transmitted by food and to define the student's composition and the conditions that help to make them and their health and economic risks.
MIC 610 - Microbicides - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
this course includes a study of the concept of microbiocides, history, development, benefits, and hazards in addition to their most important characteristics and modes of actions. It will also review classification and applications of antimicrobials in medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, food, Environmental fields
MIC 609 - Advanced Studies in Microalgae - mandatory
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
The course examines different types of microalgae and their classification in to genus and species after their isolation from the environment. It also demonstrate different types of classification keys for micro-algae, and how they are used, as well as how to prepare microscopic slides of micro algae. And define the industrial environments used to isolate and detect micro algae
MIC 608 - Advanced Microbial Genetics and Virology - mandatory
Credits
3
Theoretical
3
Pratical
Training
Total Content
3
Prerequisite
Course Description:
This course will provide informative knowledge on: Advanced Microbial Genetics and Technology, Plasmid Ecology, Microbiological Metabolism of Biomass (students will gain deeper insights into the sensing and regulatory mechanisms that enable microorganisms to respond to changes in cell physiology and in the environment. These principles are looked at from the point of signal reception and transduction, down to the level of the resulting transcriptional, post-transcriptional and post-translational responses and finally to the changes in cellular physiology), Bacterial toxins (The topic of bioremediation will be discussed in respect to degradation of toxic molecules, resistance to toxic metals, application of biosensors for the detection of toxic molecules), Plant-microbe interactions, DNA viruses, Herpesviruses, Adenoviruses, Pox viruses, Papilloma virus, RNA viruses, Orthomyxoviridae (Influenza virus), Paramyxoviridae (i.a. Measles virus), Picornaviridae (i.a. Foot and Mouth Disease virus), HIV virus, Hepatitis viruses.
MIC 607 - Microbial Biotechnology - mandatory
Credits
3
Theoretical
3
Pratical
Training
Total Content
3
Prerequisite
Course Description:
This course includes a study of the concept of biotechnology, its history, development, benefits, and the most important techniques and methods of microbiology and biotechnology to develop useful products. It will also review various applications in medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, food, Environmental and industrial fields
MIC 612 - Microbial Phytopathology - optional 1
Credits
2
Theoretical
2
Pratical
Training
Total Content
2
Prerequisite
Course Description:
Microbial Phytopathology is a core course that aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand the causes of plant diseases and how to control them. This course studies various microorganisms that cause plant diseases, such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes, their mechanisms of infection of plants, the symptoms they cause, and methods of diagnosing and controlling them.
Level Four
MIC 699 - Thesis - mandatory
Credits
9
Theoretical
9
Pratical
Training
Total Content
9
Prerequisite
Course Description:
The content of this course depends on the nature and subject of the project carried out by the student under the supervision of the professor of the course. The student make a research in one of the different disciplines of physics taking into account the use of the available modern methods in the research preparation and ends with writing of a scientific report supported by the obtained results, interpretation of the results, and the scientific references following the scientific methods.