Your Health, Your Immune System, and Your Microbiota

STEM
Your Health, Your Immune System, and Your Microbiota

Details

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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:

*Indicates an inactive course

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