Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0

• 26. - Biological and biomedical sciences
• 26.05 - Microbiological sciences and immunology

26.0504 - Virology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of subcellular pieces of genetic material, called viruses, that inhabit living cells in parasitical relationships and their role in disease. These programs include courses in virus taxonomy and systematics, viral structures, viral genetics, prions, virus/host cell interaction, viral pathogenesis, and applications to specific topics such as cancer biology.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • virology

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• Exclusion(s)

  • computer systems security(11.1003)
  • medical microbiology(26.0503)
  • microbiology and immunology(26.0508)