COURSE DESCRIPTION:
BIOL 230 (4:3,3) MICROBIOLOGY
Microbiology is an introduction to the study of bacteria, viruses, and
fungi and their interrelationships with humans. General microbiological concepts
such as microbial structure, growth, and metabolism are applied to such medically
related topics as control and pathogenicity of microorganisms as well as to
body defense mechanisms and the immune responses. The lab exercises stress basic
clinical laboratory techniques such as staining, aseptic technique, and the
biochemical and serological testing for microorganisms. Both laboratory and
lecture relate current microbiological principles to the understanding of infectious
disease with a special emphasis on the biological basis of host-parasite interaction.
COURSE PREREQUISITES
PREREQUESITES: (BIOL 110 or BIOL102) and (ENGL 052 or ESOL 052 or LVE2 or LVE3) and (MATH 082 or MATH 013 or LVM2 or LVM3).