Biology 260 - INTRODUCTION to MICROBIOLOGY
Instructor - Diane Carter (dcarter@ghc.edu)
Room 314 / Telephone 538-4180
Course Description: The emphasis of this course is on health science application. Throughout the course there will be consideration of the immune activity and an overview of the immune response as it relates to AIDS. There are 3 lecture tests (one approximately every three weeks) and a final. There is also a lab test. These, participation in class activities, clicker quizzes and completion of lab activities will determine the student's final grade. Please read the handout entitled Lab Schedule for details about lab responsibilities and lab grading. Students are expected to take tests as scheduled. If you miss a test, it is your responsibility to get in touch with the instructor immediately.
The grading scale is as follows:
A
(94%-100%), A-(90%-93%)
B+(87%-89%), B (84%-86%), B-(80%-83%)
C+(77%-79%), C (74%-76%), C-(70%-73%)
D+(64%-69%), D (60%-64%) F (0-59%)
Course Objectives - The student will:
- demonstrate knowledge of the history of microbiology as a science;
- identify the several categories of cellular/acellular
agents known as "germs;"
- identify and describe a selection of diseases of bacterial and viral etiology
- identify mechanisms that enhance pathogenicity;
- identify mechanisms of resistance and immunity to infectious disease;
- discuss methods of physical, chemical and
chemotherapeutic control of microbes;
- demonstrate correct application of aseptic/sterile lab techniques;
- develop, demonstrate problem solving skills by correctly identifying 2
bacterial "unknowns;"
- apply basic concepts of microbiology to personal behavior outside of class
Schedule:
Lecture: M, Tu, W at 11 A.
M., Room 317
Lab: M & W (1 – 3:40 P.M.) or
T & Th (1 – 3:40 P.M.) in Room 315
Because we work with living organisms, which don’t grow on the college class schedule, you should expect to visit lab at times other than scheduled lab hours to check on bacterial growth or perform tests.
Books: Please purchase the following:
A Photographic Atlas for the Microbiology
Laboratory, 3rd Ed (or latest) by Leboffe
and Pierce
A lab journal. These can be purchased
for under $1 but must have sewed-in pages.
Organization of Course Content:
Pommerville: Assigned readings
Ch. 11 - Bubonic Plague
Ch. 2 - Read on your own. It is assumed
that you are familiar with this information (see course prerequisite(s): a
grade of C or better in BIOL. 160 or BIOL. 222.)
Ch. 5 – Prokaryotic Growth and Nutrition
Ch. 1 – Microbiology: Then and
Now
Ch. 8 – Gene Transfer, Genetic
Engineering
Ch. 24 – Antibiotics &
Resistance
Ch. 13 – The Viruses and
Viruses-like Agents
Ch. 14 – A selection of viral
diseases, to be announced
Ch. 15 – A selection of viral
diseases, to be announced
Ch. 19 – Resistance and the Immune System:
Innate Immunity
Ch. 20 – Resistance and the Immune
System: Acquired Immunity
Study Aids to Help You:
I have placed a copy of the textbook study guide at the reserve desk of the
library. If it is not there, please let
me know.
Copies of my past tests are available at the reserve desk of the library. You can photocopy them but please don't write on them. Remember, these are copies of past tests. Current assignments may not necessarily be the same as past assignments.
For quizzes, key term reviews and other helpful information, go to http://microbiology.jbpub.com
To get my study guides, point your browser to http://www.ghc.edu/faculty/carter. Find the list of courses I teach and click on the Microbiology listing. Follow that link to the study guides, then bookmark and print