4/26/2024 1:31:27 PM	MICRO 60 Course Outline as of Fall 1997	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  MICRO 60	Title:  FUND/MICROBIOLOGY
Full Title:  Fundamentals of Microbiology
Last Reviewed:5/8/2023

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	4.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	4.00	Lab Scheduled	3.00		5 min.	Lab Scheduled	52.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	105.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 210.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Survey of the major concepts of microbiology with emphasis on those related to infectious disease.  Basic techniques for cultivation and identification of micro-organisms, principles of genetics, physiology, and disease resistance.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Completion of CHEM 60 or higher (V6) and Completion of BIO 10 or higher (V7)

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Survey of the major concepts of microbiology with emphasis on those related to human disease. Basic lab techniques.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Completion of CHEM 60 or higher (V6) and Completion of BIO 10 or higher (V7)
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
Area:	C	Natural Sciences
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	B2	Life Science		Fall 1981
	B3	Laboratory Activity
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:

1.  Describe the discovery of the microbial world and its ubiquity.

2.  Relate microbial causality of disease to Koch's Postulates.

3.  Place microbes evolutionarily and taxonomically.

4.  Describe the basic chemical activities essential to life.

5.  Define selective toxicity and relate its connection to the basic

   chemical activties of cells.

6.  Compare and contrast anti-microbial and anti-viral chemotherapy.

7.  Describe the modern approach to taxonomy and relate it to epidemiology

   and biotechnology.

8.  Contrast mutation and recombination and relate to diversity of

   micro-organisms and virus.

9.  Describe conjugation, transformation, and transduction and relate

   to the "antibiotic paradox".

10. Construct and sterilize culture media.

11. Isolate and identify organisms in pure culture by staining and

   microscopsy.

12. Biotype representative organisms.

13. Isolate and identify normal flora of human body.

14. Test antibiotic sensitivity of representative micro-organisms.

15. Titrate virus.

16. Define virus, and retrovirus and describe there interactions with

   cells.

17. Relate antiviral vaccination to virus cell interaction.

18. Relate anti-viral chemotherapy to virus cell interactions.

19. Define symbiosis and relate to role of the host is disease.

20. Describe various mechanisms of pathogenicity.

21. Describe non-specific defences against disease.

22. Describe the components and functions of the immune system and relate

   to disease processes.

23. Describe environmental influences on host resistance to disease

   and relate to public health measures for the control of disease.

Topics and Scope

1.  History of microbiology

   A. Discovery, microscopsy, staining

   B. Koch's Postulates and causality

2.  Methods

   A. Pure and enrichment cultures

   B. Sterlization

3.  Unity of life

   A. Cells and chemistry

   B. Structure and function of nucleic acids

   C. Structure and function of proteins

   D. Commonalities of energy metabolism

   E. Procaryotes and eucaryotes

      1. Antibiotics and selecive toxicity

4.  Taxonomy and identification

   A. DNA based methodologies

   B. Epidemiology

   C. Select pathogens and normal flora

5.  Microbial genetics

   A. Mutation and recombination

      1. Plasmids, conjugation, transduction, transformation

      2. Biotechnology

   B. Antibiotic paradox

6.  Virus

   A. Discovery and definitions

   B. Interactions with host cell

   C. Anti-viral vaccination and chemotherapy

      1. Small pox and polio

   D. Retrovirus, HIV disease, cancer

7.  Symbiosis

   A. Evolutionary origins and significance

   B. Role in host centered model of disease

8.  Host's role in disease

   A. Non-specific resistance

   B. The immune system and its functions

      1. Vaccination

   C. Environmental influences on host resistance

Assignments:

Assignments for Microbiology 60 include:

1.  Specific reading assignments from the text averaging one chapter per

week. Outside reading averaging 5-10 pages per week.

2.  Lab reports averaging 1-2 pages per week.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 30 - 60%
Lab reports, Essay exams
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 40%
Lab reports, Exams
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 10 - 40%
Class performances, Performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 50%
ESSAY
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

MICROBIAL BIOLOGY, 4th edition, by Rosenberg, E. and Cohen, I. Saunders

College, 1983.

MICROBIOLOGY, 3rd edition, by I.E. Alcama, Benjamin/Cummings Publishing

Co. Inc., 1991

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