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Biology 2420  Section 003    Microbiology for the Health Sciences

Course Number  04749

Summer  2012

Instructor:      Felix Villarreal

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Class Schedule:

Microbiology for the Health Sciences (Bio 2420) Section 003 (04749) South Austin Campus (SAC)

Lecture M/W  8:00 AM – 9:50 AM   Room 1317

Lab        M/W  10:05 AM – 12:00 PM   Room 1306 

Office Hours  M/W  12:00 AM- 12:30 AM  Room 1329    

It is the responsibility of the student to set an appointment directly with the instructor, if the student needs to meet with the instructor outside of posted office hours.

Note:  In order to participate in Biology 2420 you must have successfully completed one of the following prerequisites: Bio 2404 or Bio 2303/Bio2101 or equivalent with lecture and lab.  The successful completion of one of the aforementioned prerequisites is strictly enforced.

Course Description

Biology 2420, Microbiology for the Health Sciences, provides a survey of the microorganisms, their environments, and their interactions with multicellular organisms particularly man.  The course concentrates on the microorganisms which are pathogenic to man, the diseases they cause, treatments for the diseases, and the prevention for those diseases.  This course is designed for nursing students, but is applicable for all allied health students and anyone needing science credit.

Texts:

Recommended

Lecture:  Microbiology With Diseases By Body System  

Author:  Robert Bauman

ISBN:  978-0-321-71636-1

Mandatory

Laboratory:  Microbiology Laboratory Theory and Application   Brief Edition

Author:   Michael J. Leboffe & Burton E. Pierce

ISBN:  0-89582-705-0

Or

Laboratory:  Microbiology Laboratory Theory and Application   Third Edition

Author:   Michael J. Leboffe & Burton E. Pierce

ISBN:  978-089582-830-9

Other Materials:

1)   Hard-bound lab notebook

1.  Blue Books
2. Sharpie (Blue or Black only)

LECTURE COURSE OBJECTIVES

IN THE BIO 2420 LECTURE, students will learn to:

1. Discuss the germ theory of disease and its development.
2. Discuss aseptic procedures for the preparation of media and materials for the culturing and       growth of microbes.
3. Enumerate and differentiate among the different groups of organisms included for study in microbiology.
4. Discuss and distinguish between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell types.
5. Discuss energy acquisition and utilization by microbes and the function of enzymes in cellular activities.
6. Discuss microbial metabolism, including anabolic pathways and glycolytic, fermentative and respiratory catabolic pathways.
7. Discuss fundamental nucleic acid chemistry regarding the principle of complementarity, DNA replication, the genetic code, protein synthesis, metabolic regulation, and cellular reproduction.
8. Discuss microbial genetics including, but not restricted to sexual versus asexual means of reproduction, and transformation, transduction and conjugation in bacteria.
9. Discuss methods utilized in biotechnology as applied to microbes, including the role of microbes and biotechnology in industrial microbiology, the pharmaceutical and food industries, and systematic and diagnostic microbiology.
10. Discuss symbiotic relationships, including commensal, mutualistic, and parasitic relationships among hosts and microbes.
11. Discuss disease processes, the cellular structures, metabolic and genetic activities, and biological and chemical agents employed by microbes in colonizing, infecting, invading, and causing diseases in hosts.
12. Discuss the processes, both nonspecific and specific, employed by hosts in resisting the onslaught of infectious diseases.
13. Discuss the principles and methods of diagnosing diseases, identifying disease-causing agents, and tracking and enumerating diseases around the world.
14. Discuss the signs, symptoms, etiology, course, prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment for the most common infectious diseases of all organ systems of the human.

Instructional Methodology Lecture

The lecture is taught in classroom 1317.

Exams

All exams are a combination of the Multiple Guess, Matching, Short Answer, and Essay type.  The final exam will be mainly multiple guess.

Make-up examinations:

Except under extreme circumstances, there will be NO makeup exams due to the nature of the evaluation process.  The instructor reserves the right to grant a makeup in certain extreme circumstances.  The exam will consist of an oral examination covering the required material and will be set at the convenience of the instructor.

Evaluation

Lecture:      75%

(4)  1-hour exams

(1)  Special Assignment (Assignments are semester specific.  Examples include:  Case Study Exam,                          Infectious Agent Poster Session, Position Paper)

Successful completion of the special assignment will allow for the replacement of one of the 5 lecture exams by the following process.

The four highest grades you earn will be counted in evaluating your final lecture grade.  Your lowest exam grade will be dropped, if you successfully complete the special assignment.  The 4^th exam may be dropped, if you take and pass the 4^th exam with a grade of 60 or better and if your grade for the 4^th exam is your lowest grade in the course.  

If you do not take the 4^th exam, you will be given a zero for that exam and it will be averaged with your other exams to arrive at your final lecture grade.  If you make a grade of less than 60 on the last exam and it is your lowest grade, it will be averaged with your other four grades to arrive at your final course grade. 

If you do not complete the special assignment, no grades will be dropped.  Your lecture grade will be determined by the average of the five lecture exam grades.

LABORATORY COURSE OBJECTIVES

IN THE BIO 2420 LABORATORY, students will learn to:

1. Recognize and comply with the “Biology Laboratory Safety Policies for Students, Staff and Faculty.”
2. Recognize and comply with generally accepted rules for microbiology laboratory health and safety, clean-up, decontamination, disinfection, and disposal of hazardous materials.
3. Utilize aseptic technique for all laboratory work.
4. Satisfactorily perform aseptic transfers; streaking for isolated colonies; growth of pure cultures; identification of colony characteristics; simple and differential staining; serologic, metabolic and chemical tests for bacteria and other appropriate microorganisms.
5. Observe growth characteristics and environmental factors affecting growth of microbes.
6. Observe and differentiate among eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms using both wet mounts of living organisms and stained smears of organisms of both cell types with light microscopy.
7. Observe and differentiate among bacterial cell types and arrangements using simple and differentially stained smears.
8. Satisfactorily identify unknown microorganisms, using procedures learned in the course.
9. Discuss the cell theory and its development.

Instructional Methodology Laboratory

The laboratory is taught in classroom 1306.

Evaluation

Laboratory:  25%

4 Practical examinations

2 Bacterial unknowns

A total of 4 lab practical exams will be given during the semester.  The exact dates of the lab practicals can not be changed.  Lab practicals can not be made up.  If you miss a practical you will receive a “0” for that exam.  Each practical will cover the material according to the syllabus.  Further details will be outlined during the laboratory prior to each practical exam.  Part of your lab grade will include an evaluation of your lab techniques throughout the course.  Some of these will be formally graded; others will be determined as part of your daily techniques and how well you follow the laboratory safety procedures.

Each of the six grades will be weighted equally in order to derive your laboratory performance. 

Texts:

Recommended

Lecture:  Microbiology With Diseases By Body System  

Author:  Robert Bauman

ISBN:  978-0-321-71636-1

Mandatory

Laboratory:  Microbiology Laboratory Theory and Application   Brief Edition

Author:   Michael J. Leboffe & Burton E. Pierce

ISBN:  0-89582-705-0

Or

Laboratory:  Microbiology Laboratory Theory and Application   Third Edition

Author:   Michael J. Leboffe & Burton E. Pierce

ISBN:  978-089582-830-9 

BIOLOGY 2420   MICROBIOLOGY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES

Summer 2012 South Austin Campus

DATE              WEEK         LECTURE TOPIC                                                 CHAPTER

5/30                       1              Orientation and Introduction                                              1, 3

6/04                       2              Cell Structure and Microscopy                                          3, 4

6/06  (Article 1)                      Microbial Metabolism                                                       4

6/11                       3              Nutrition and Growth                                                         6

6/13                                       EXAM 1                                                                    

6/18                       4              Control of Microorganisms                                               9, 10

6/20 (Article 2)                       Classification of Bacteria, Fungi                                        11, 12

6/25                       5              Eucaryotic Parasites, Noncellular Agents                           12, 13, 18

6/27                                       EXAM II

7/02                       6              Determinants of Health and Disease                                  14, 15

7/04                                       Independence Day Holiday

7/09                       7              The Immune Response                                                     15, 16, 17

7/11 (Article 3)                       Epidemiology                                                                  14

                                             Nursing and Microbiology

7/16                       8              EXAM III

7/18                                       Diseases of the Skin, Integument, and Wounds                 19

7/23 (Article 4)                       Diseases of the Respiratory System                                 22

7/25                                       Diseases of Cardiovascular and Circulatory Systems         21

7/30                       9              Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems           24

8/01                                       Diseases of the Digestive System                                    23

8/06 (Article 5)      10             Diseases of the Nervous System and Eyes                       20

8/08                                       Environmental Microbiology, Biotechnology                      25

                                             Bioterrorism

8/13                      11             EXAM IV

8/15                                       End of 2011  Summer Session 

LECTURE COURSE OBJECTIVES

IN THE BIO 2420 LECTURE, students will learn to:

1. Discuss the germ theory of disease and its development.
2. Discuss aseptic procedures for the preparation of media and materials for the culturing and       growth of microbes.
3. Enumerate and differentiate among the different groups of organisms included for study in microbiology.
4. Discuss and distinguish between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cell types.
5. Discuss energy acquisition and utilization by microbes and the function of enzymes in cellular activities.
6. Discuss microbial metabolism, including anabolic pathways and glycolytic, fermentative and respiratory catabolic pathways.
7. Discuss fundamental nucleic acid chemistry regarding the principle of complementarity, DNA replication, the genetic code, protein synthesis, metabolic regulation, and cellular reproduction.
8. Discuss microbial genetics including, but not restricted to sexual versus asexual means of reproduction, and transformation, transduction and conjugation in bacteria.
9. Discuss methods utilized in biotechnology as applied to microbes, including the role of microbes and biotechnology in industrial microbiology, the pharmaceutical and food industries, and systematic and diagnostic microbiology.
10. Discuss symbiotic relationships, including commensal, mutualistic, and parasitic relationships among hosts and microbes.
11. Discuss disease processes, the cellular structures, metabolic and genetic activities, and biological and chemical agents employed by microbes in colonizing, infecting, invading, and causing diseases in hosts.
12. Discuss the processes, both nonspecific and specific, employed by hosts in resisting the onslaught of infectious diseases.
13. Discuss the principles and methods of diagnosing diseases, identifying disease-causing agents, and tracking and enumerating diseases around the world.
14. Discuss the signs, symptoms, etiology, course, prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment for the most common infectious diseases of all organ systems of the human.

LABORATORY COURSE OBJECTIVES

IN THE BIO 2420 LABORATORY, students will learn to:

1. Recognize and comply with the “Biology Laboratory Safety Policies for Students, Staff and Faculty.”
2. Recognize and comply with generally accepted rules for microbiology laboratory health and safety, clean-up, decontamination, disinfection, and disposal of hazardous materials.
3. Utilize aseptic technique for all laboratory work.
4. Satisfactorily perform aseptic transfers; streaking for isolated colonies; growth of pure cultures; identification of colony characteristics; simple and differential staining; serologic, metabolic and chemical tests for bacteria and other appropriate microorganisms.
5. Observe growth characteristics and environmental factors affecting growth of microbes.
6. Observe and differentiate among eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms using both wet mounts of living organisms and stained smears of organisms of both cell types with light microscopy.
7. Observe and differentiate among bacterial cell types and arrangements using simple and differentially stained smears.
8. Satisfactorily identify unknown microorganisms, using procedures learned in the course.
9. Discuss the cell theory and its development.