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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

The Virology certification course helps candidates gain knowledge about the fundamental aspects of viral diseases such as their causes and designated treatments. Viruses are the reason behind numerous infectious diseases in animals and plants. While this may sound common, most viruses are not curable and are challenging to treat.

The Virology training course online will also help you to dive deep into the structure, mode of transmission, replication, and cultivation methods of these viruses, which will ultimately help you to find an effective cure. The curriculum also covers virology’s current developments so that candidates are aware of pathogenicity and the drug development targets.

The Virology programme is taught by Dr. Raghavendra M.P, an expert in the field of microbiology and with numerous research papers to his name. The course also covers the virus's beneficial aspects, along with its long-term usage in the field of medicine and agriculture. Therefore, it is highly beneficial for candidates who want to help in the area of drug development.

The Highlights

Weekly multiple choice quiz
Final examination
Certificate of completion
Credit transfer
Weekly Assignments
Proctored exam
In-term assessment
Downloadable reading material
Discussion forum
12-week programme
Undergraduate level
Elective course
Professional faculty
Video lecture

Programme Offerings

completion certificate
credit transfer
Online Video Lecture
Reading Materials
Final Proctored Assessment
Weekly Assignments
Trained Faculty
discussion forum

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
yes	Maharani's Science College for Women, Mysore

Eligibility Criteria

Anybody who wants to attend the Virology course can apply for the same irrespective of their study or work background.

To avail of the government certificate and credit transfer, all candidates should pay the respective fee and give the final assessment at designated centres allotted by Swayam. The only prerequisite for this being, all candidates have to secure 40% in the final examination and 40% in the in-course assessment, which carries 30% of their overall result.

What you will learn

Knowledge of Biology

Once you finish the course Virology, you will learn the following:

Understanding aspects of viral infections
All about the structure of viruses
All about the evolution of viruses
Understanding the types of viruses
All about the treatment of viruses
Using viral vectors for expression and cloning
Understanding Phage display and Gene therapy
All about the history of vaccines
All about the viruses and future
Understanding drug development

Who it is for

Molecular BiologistDoctor

Candidates interested in the study of viruses and pursuing a career in virology research and development will gain immense opportunities through this course. Moreover, Candidates from any background can apply for the Virology programme by Swayam.

Admission Details

Candidates who wish to pursue the Virology online programme by Swayam should follow the steps given below:

Visit the website of Swayam: https://swayam.gov.in/.
Type ‘Virology’ in the search option and read go to the course detail page by clicking on it.
On the top right corner, choose the ‘Join’ option to go to the login/sign up page. Here, you can register through your Google, Facebook, Microsoft account, or create a Swayam account.
Further, an email will be sent for verification. After the verification is finished, you will be ready to start the programme.

Application Details

All candidates who wish to attend the Virology online course must register on Swayam using their Google, Facebook, Microsoft account. Alternatively, they can create their SWAYAM account to proceed. Once the registration process will be completed, the candidates will receive a verification code at their email address. After confirming the code, they will receive the comprehensive reading material for the course and can start learning immediately.

The Syllabus

Discovery, nature, origin, and evolutionary importance of viruses
Viral taxonomy: Classification and nomenclature of different groups of viruses
Structure of Viruses
Isolation, purification, and cultivation of viruses

Regulation of transcription in lambda phage
Diversity, classification, and one step multiplication curve
Phage phenotypes, phenotype mixing, and phage therapy
Lytic and lysogenic phages

Intracellular trafficking, assembly, maturation, and release
Principal events involved in replication: Adsorption, penetration, and uncoating
Host response to viral infection
Viral nucleic acid and protein synthesis

SV40 and Adenovirus, Poxviruses
TMV and BBTV
Hepatitis and Retroviruses
Herpes, Polio and Influenza virus

Characterization of a viral product expressed in the infected cells
Physical and biological methods of detection of viruses
Visualization and enumeration of virus particles
Immunological and molecular methods detection of viruses

Purifying plant viruses using chromatography, centrifugation, and electrophoresis techniques
Viruses as biopesticides
Methods employed in identifying plant viruses
General methods of propagation of plant viruses

Herpes, Polio, Rabies, Smallpox
Common cold, SARS, Influenza
HIV, Hepatitis, Dengue, Yellow fever
Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Human papilloma

Understanding human carcinogenesis by using tumor viruses as experimental tools
Introduction to oncogenic viruses
Prevention and treatment of virus-induced cancer
Concepts of oncogenes and proto-oncogenes

Viral Chemotherapy: Nucleoside analogs, reverse transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors
Host nonspecific and specific defense mechanisms involved in resistance to and recovery from virus infections
History of vaccines, especially polio and smallpox. New methods: subunit vaccines, DNA vaccines, and anti-idiotype
Role of interferon in viral infections

Emerging and re-emerging viruses
Use of viral vectors in cloning and expression
Viruses and future
Gene therapy and Phage display

Evaluation process

The candidates have a choice to opt for a certificate. In case you want it, you have to pay for and attempt the final examination. This proctored test will take place at a designated centre allocated by SWAYAM. The exam will have 100 questions and will carry a weightage of 70 percent in the overall result. The candidates need to secure a passing percentage of 40 in the same.