4/25/2024 6:54:41 AM	MICRO 60 Course Outline as of Fall 2007	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.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Completion of CHEM 60 and completion of BIO 10

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 and completion of BIO 10
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: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

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

Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

1.  Describe the history of the discovery of the microbial world.

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

3.  Categorize microbes taxonomically and evolutionarily.

4.  Describe the basic chemical activities essential to life.

5.  Contrast mutation, recombination, conjugation, transformation,

transduction.

6.  Describe viruses, their relation to cells, vaccinations.

7.  Compare various mechanisms of pathogenicity.

8.  Describe the function of the immune system and its relation to

disease.

9. Relate environmental influences on host resistance to public health

measures.

10. Perform basic microbiological laboratory techniques.

Topics and Scope

1.  History of microbiology

   A. Discovery, microscopy, staining

   B. Koch's Postulates and causality

   C. Scientific method as it applies to microbiology

   D. Microbiology and world civilizations

2.  Unity of life

   A. Cells and chemistry

   B. Structure and function of nucleic acids

   C. Structure and function of proteins

   D. Energy metabolism

   E. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes

   F. Antibiotics and selective toxicity

3.  Taxonomy and identification

   A. DNA based methodologies

   B. Epidemiology

   C. Select normal flora and pathogens

4.  Microbial genetics

   A. Mutation and recombination

      1. Plasmids, conjugation, transduction, transformation

      2. Biotechnology

   B. Antibiotic paradox

5.  Virus

   A. Discovery and definitions

   B. Interactions with host cell

   C. Anti-viral vaccination and chemotherapy

   D. Retrovirus, HIV disease, cancer

6.  Prions

7.  Host's role in disease

   A. Symbiosis

   B. Non-specific resistance

   C. The immune system and immunization

   D. Environmental influences on host resistance

Assignments:

1. Reading assignments from text, averaging one chapter per week;

additional reading assignments averaging 5-10 pages per week.

2. Laboratory experiments, data collection, demonstration of sterile and

culture technique.

3. Lab reports.

4. Examinations: objective and essay questions.

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 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 40%
Lab reports
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 10 - 20%
Sterile and culture technique
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 50 - 80%
Multiple choice, Completion, Essay
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Microbiology: An Introduction, 8th edition,  by G.J. Tortora, B.R. Funke

and C.L. Case, 2004

Microbiology for the Health Sciences, 2006, by G.Burton and P.Engelkirk

Instructor prepared lab manual

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