Mike’s teaching at Chaminade

Courses taught by Dr Dohm for the Biology department at Chaminade University include:

All courses are supported by a website available to enrolled students at CANVAS

Link to Chaminade University Day Undergraduate Catalog, 2020-2021

BI 131 Human Nutrition (3 credits)

An introduction to basic concepts and current research in nutrition. The nature and roles of nutrients, nutrient requirements throughout the human life cycle, diseases resulting from over and under nutrition, food safety, and food sources. Fulfills the General Education science requirement for non-science majors when taken with BI 131L. Concurrent registration in BI 131L is required.

BI 305. Genetics and Genomics (3 credits). Nursing required course. Basic concepts in genetics and genomics. Current research, new ways to diagnose genetic conditions and genetic technologies that provide understanding of the genetic component to common chronic diseases are explored. Topics include family history, risk assessment, interventions, genetic testing and counseling, ethical and social issues and use of genetics and genomics to improve clinical practice. Restricted to students accepted in the CUH Nursing major. Prerequisites: BI 152/BI 152L, BI 250/250L, CH 250, NUR 202, NUR 203.

Spring 2021 textbook: Beery et al (2018) Genetics and Genomics in Nursing and Health Care 2nd Edition, Davis. ISBN: 978-0803660830

BI 307 Molecular Biology I Laboratory Genes and Genetics (3 credits). Life cycles and meiosis. Mendelian inheritance. Population genetics. Chromosomal and molecular basis of inheritance. Flow of genetic information. Determining structure and function of genes. Mutation and DNA repair systems. Genetic basis of disease, DNA technology, typing and population genetics. Introduction to genomics and epigenetics. Prerequisites: BI 210L, BI 216 and BI 216L (Biology majors). Cross-listed with BC 307.

Fall 2021 textbook: Klug et al (2019) Concepts of Genetics 12th Edition, Pearson. ISBN: 978-0134604718

B I307L Molecular Biology I Laboratory Genes and Genetics Laboratory (1 credit). Laboratory section accompanying BI 307. Concurrent registration in BI 307 required. Prerequisites: BI 210L, BI 216 and BI 216L (Biology majors). Cross-listed with BC 307L.

Mike’s workbook for BI307L: free, provided to students by instructor. Click here to browse geneticslab.letgen.org

BI 308 Molecular Biology II Genomics and Epigenomics (3 credits). Components and architecture of genomes. Linkage, physical mapping, and DNA sequencing. Comparing genomes of different species. Role of gene expression and gene networks in differentiation and morphogenesis. Role of DNA methylation and chromatin remodeling in regulation of genes. Role of regulatory RNAs in gene expression. Prerequisites: BI 307.

Spring 2021 textbook: Brown (2017) Genomes 4, Garland Science, ISBN: 978-0815345084. 

BI 308L Molecular Biology II Laboratory Genomics and Epigenetics (1 credit). Laboratory section accompanying BI 308. Prerequisites: BI 307L

Mike’s workbook for BI307L: free, provided to students by instructor. Click here to browse geneticslab.letgen.org

BI 311 Biostatistics (3 credits). Lecture course devoted to rigorous grounding biological statistics, and in the application of statistical models to global health problems. Biostatistics is a lecture and hands-on course designed to provide students with the opportunity to develop statistical reasoning skills appropriate to analyze and implement biological experiments. Exemplars and case studies will be primarily derived from the public health field. Topics include principles of experimental design, inference, sampling and variables, probability distributions, data categories and assumptions of parametric statistics, risk analysis, repeated measures, goodness of fit and contingency table analyses, and the general linear model. Prerequisites: BI 216/BI 216L

BI 312 Epidemiology and Public Health (3 credits)

Population based analysis of health and disease focusing on an understanding cause, risk and health determinants in populations and communities. This course covers epidemiologic concepts (including measures of association, bias, confounding, interaction and determination of risk). Epidemiological methodology, including study design and study types, will be covered. Prerequisites: BI 216 or consent of instructor.

Spring 2021 textbook: Merrill (2019) Introduction to epidemiology, 8th Edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning, ISBN: 978-1284170702

BI 435 Cancer Biology (3 credits). This course provides students with knowledge of the fundamental principles of the molecular and cellular biology of cancer cells. Lectures and demonstrations explain the role of growth factors, oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, angiogenesis, and signal transduction mechanisms in tumor formation. Discussion of aspects of cancer epidemiology, preventions, and principles of drug action in cancer management is a part of the course. Prerequisites: BI 307/BI 307L.

Fall 2021 textbooks:  Weinberg (2013) The Biology of Cancer, 2nd Edition, Norton, ISBN: 978-0815342205; Mukherjee (2011) Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Scribner, ISBN: 978-1439170915