BIO 1110 - INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY

credits: 3.0
This is the lecture component of Introduction to Microbiology designed for the nursing major. This course is to give students an understanding of the characteristics of clinically relevant microbes and the host immune system. When taken with the co-requisite lab course, students will advance their learning and further develop their laboratory skills in the context of the microbiological sciences. Objectives: A) Describe the structure and function of the major components of prokaryote cells; B) Explain the processes and conditions by which microorganisms obtain nutrients and energy from the environment and utilize them for life’s processes; C) Explain the mechanisms by which viruses are organized and the processes by which they interact in other organisms and our environment; D) Explain how microorganisms interact with each other and other organisms and how these processes, in some cases, can cause disease; E) Describe how the disease processes can be altered in humans by the host defense mechanisms and methods of chemotherapy and control. Method of Instruction: Lectures, readings, in class activities and discussions, and case studies. Method of Evaluation: Based on: Exams 60%, Quizzes 20%, Case studies 10% (written analysis and in-class discussion), and class participation 10% (in-class discussion of assigned readings and active participation in in-class activities).

Co-Requisite(s): MUST BE TAKEN WITH BIO 1110L LAB.