ASV Educational Resources
Are you teaching a virology class for undergraduate or graduate students? Are you trying to add some virology content to a general microbiology course? ASV’s Curriculum Guidelines (posted August 2022) provide recommendations for designing your content and approach to teaching about viruses. These guidelines are intended to provide a general framework while providing for flexibility in course design and delivery.
Are you looking for some example learning objectives that can be used when helping undergraduate students learn about the content recommendations (fundamental statements) in your virology course? Please click the button below (Learning Objectives) to access this document (posted July 2024).
Click on the buttons below to access the curriculum guidelines and the learning objectives.
Undergraduate
Graduate
Virology Textbooks
(For educational purposes only, no commercial affiliations with ASV)
PRINCIPLES OF VIROLOGY
(5th EDITION)
Jane Flint, Vincent R. Racaniello, Glenn F. Rall, Theodora Hatziioannou, Anna Marie Skalka
FIELDS OF VIROLOGY
(6th EDITION)
Peter M. Howley MD, David M. Knipe, Sean Whelan, Eric O. Freed PH.D, Jeffrey L. Cohen
Please note that no textbook recommendation is provided in the guidelines. We recommend you review the available textbook options and find one that best matches your approach to the course and that provides the level of detail you prefer for your students.
These guidelines were developed by Dave Kushner with the assistance of the Education and Careers Committee co-chairs, Lauren O’Donnell (past) and Melissa Maginnis & Susan D’Costa (current co-chairs). They have been published in the Journal of Virology. You can view the article here.