Your Health, Your Immune System, and Your Microbiota

STEM

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Academic Plan
ST_0037
Cognate
STEM
Responsible Academic Unit

Contact Info
- Name: Kurt Schesser
- Email: kschesser@miami.edu
- Phone: Please contact by email
- Location: Please contact by email
Recommended for
Non-STEM undergraduates wishing to fulfill their STEM cognate requirement. Not for microbiology & immunology majors or minors.
Required Courses
Students must complete at least 3 courses for at least 9 credits
Number of Groups: 2

Cognate Categories

Description

Much of our health, both long-term and short-term, is impacted by decisions we make each and every day. Many of the health-related consequences of the food we choose to eat, the activities we elect to purse, and the habits that we develop, involve, either directly or indirectly, our immune system and/or our microbiome. Many of these relationships are well-establish (i.e., bad habits that promote cancer which normally our immune system protects us against) whereas others have been more recently discovered such as the direct relationship between diet and maintaining a healthy gut microbiome. Possessing a fundamental understanding of how our immune system and microbiota functions is the first step in helping us make health-promoting decisions. The operating premise of this cognate is that a foundational knowledge of the "healthy state" is key to developing the mindset to maintain a pro-health lifestyle.

Option Groups

Complete exactly 2 of the following options groups:

Option Group 1

Complete exactly 1 course from the following:


Course		Name	Credits (Min/Max)	Typically Offered
MIC 202		Your Health and Immune System/ Microbiome Requisite: Not for Microbiology and Immunology Majors or Minors.	3/3	Fall

Option Group 2

Complete exactly 2 courses from the following:


Course	Name	Credits (Min/Max)	Typically Offered
BIL 101	Introductory Biological Science	3/3	Fall, Spring, & Summer
EPS 201	Psychosocial Change and Well-being	3/3	Fall & Spring
KIN 155	Biological Bases for Physical Activity and Health	3/3	Fall & Spring
MIC 304	Introduction to Microbes and the Immune System (Lab)	3/3	Fall & Spring