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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
MICRO 60 | Title:
FUNDMTL MICROBIOLOGY |
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| 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 |
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| | 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:
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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 BIO 10
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Survey of the major concepts of microbiology with emphasis on those related to infectious disease. Basic techniques for cultivation and identification of micro-organisms.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Completion of CHEM 60 and BIO 10
Recommended:
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
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | B2 | Life Science | Fall 1981 | |
| | B3 | Laboratory Activity | | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| 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:
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Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. Define microorganism and categorize microbes by domain and kingdom.
2. Describe the history of the discovery of the microbial world.
3. Relate microbial causality of disease to Koch's Postulates.
4. Describe the basic chemical activities essential to life.
5. Describe the structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
6. Contrast genetic mutation, recombination, conjugation, transformation, transduction.
7. Describe viruses, their relation to cells, and vaccinations.
8. Compare various mechanisms of pathogenicity.
9. Describe the function of the immune system and its relation to disease.
10. Relate environmental influences on host resistance to public health measures.
11. Perform basic microbiological laboratory techniques.
Topics and Scope
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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
8. Lab exercises
A. Laboratory safety and sanitation
B. Laboratory techniques
1. aseptic techniques
2. bacterial culture (liquid and solid medium)
3. microscopy and staining techniques
4. preparation and sterilization of media
5. analyses of bacteria in water samples and on the human skin
6. antibiotic sensitivity
7. metabolic tests and bacterial identification
8. ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)
Assignments:
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1. Reading assignments from text, averaging one chapter per week;
additional reading assignments averaging 5-10 pages per week
2. Research paper- involves library or internet research and 10 minute oral presentation
3. Examinations: objective and essay questions, 3 midterms, 2 lab practical exams, and a final
4. Laboratory experiments, data collection, demonstration of sterile and
culture technique
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
10 - 20% |
| Research paper | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
80 - 90% |
| Multiple choice, completion, essay, quizzes, lab practicals | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 5% |
| Oral presentation of research paper | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Microbiology: An Introduction, 10th edition, G.J. Tortora, B.R. Funke
and C.L. Case, 2009
Microbiology: A Systems Approach, 2nd edition, M.K.Cowan and K.P. Talaro, McGraw-Hill, 2009
Instructor prepared lab manual
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