BIOL 1900 - Introductory Microbiology

• CHEM 1020  or CHEM 1050  

AND

• ​BIOL 1106 , high school biology, or introductory biology

1. Apply the scientific method to formulate hypotheses, perform experiments with microorganisms, and evaluate results.
2. Understand, discuss, and apply knowledge of biochemistry, general cell structure and physiology, metabolism, genetics, and evolution as it pertains to human and bacterial cells.
3. Use critical thinking skills to understand, evaluate, and analyze microbial processes related to:
   • Microbial pathogenesis
   • The response of the mammalian immune system to microbial infection, therapies, and vaccines
   • Microbial biotechnology and infection control
   • Mechanisms contributing to antimicrobial resistance
   • The impact of microbiomes and biofilms in health and disease
   • Microbial ubiquity and metabolic diversity
4. Demonstrate ability to culture microbes under sterile conditions, use microscopes, identify microbes, perform differential staining techniques, and evaluate microbial growth.
5. Utilize and understand the application of isolating microbes from the environment, food, and water.
6. Understand the action of antibiotics and disinfectants.
7. Use proper documentation strategies to create and maintain laboratory protocols in alignment with standard operating procedures.
8. Organize, draft, edit, and revise formal scientific writing and formal scientific presentations.
9. Read, interpret, incorporate, and cite information and ideas from primary scientific literature into writing.
10. Explore public health strategies with a focus on cultural diversity and global customs.

1. Application of the scientific method
2. Laboratory equipment for microbiology and aseptic technique
3. Use of light microscopy as applied to microbiology
4. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathogen surveys
5. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure and interaction of these organisms with other living organisms including humans
6. Structure and function of Gram-positive and Gram-negative cell walls and their implications for antimicrobial therapies
7. Bacterial reproduction, dilution, and quantification
8. Diagnostic microbiology and identification of pathogens
9. Life cycle and pathology of significant viruses related to disease
10. Organization and expression of bacterial genomes
11. Epidemiology, disease progression, and prevention
12. The beneficial aspects of microbes as therapeutic agents
13. Bacterial metabolism including cellular respiration and fermentation
14. Microevolution
    • Evolution by natural selection in microbes
    • Horizontal gene transfer including transformation, transduction, and conjugation
    • Consequences of microevolution for medicine
15. Mechanisms of pathogenicity in bacteria and viruses
16. Mechanisms of immunity in mammals
    • Innate Immunity
    • Adaptive Immunity
    • Hypersensitivity
17. Vaccines