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Microbiology and Health Care


Course Description

Infectious diseases emphasizing the nature of the organisms, the interrelationship of microorganisms and human hosts, the prevention and control of infectious diseases, and a description of the important infectious diseases of humans.


Athena Title

Microbiology and Health Care


Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in MIBO 2500E


Prerequisite

[(BIOL 1103 or BIOL 1103E or BIOL 1103H) and BIOL 1103L] or [(BIOL 1107 or BIOL 1107E or BIOL 1107H) and BIOL 1107L]


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall and spring


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

The course objective is that students interested in careers in health-related fields learn how interactions between microorganisms and human defenses affect disease and society. The basic principles of microbial physiology and host-microbe interactions will be understood by students who have successfully completed this course. Information will be assimilated by students through a combination of approaches that include attention to class lectures, textbook readings, current news articles, interactive assignments with an internet-based learning platform (WebCT), individual communications with the instructor. Students will be evaluated on the basis of several in-class tests and quizzes and final exam.


Topical Outline

Lecture Outline I. Humans and the Microbial World II. Microscopy III. Cell Structure IV. Prokaryotic Growth V. Metabolism VI. Bacterial Genetics VII. Viruses VIII. Immunology IX. Host-Microbe Interactions X. Epidemiology XI. Antimicrobial Medications XII. Diseases and Infections 1. Alimentary Tract Diseases 2. Genitourinary Tract Diseases 3. Nervous System Infections 4. Wounds 5. Complications of Immunodeficiency XIII. Applied Microbiology XIV. Environmental Microbiology XV. Water and Waste Treatment XVI. Food Microbiology


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