BIOL - 320. Microbiology

(3 hours lecture, 4 hours laboratory)
4 credit(s)
The course will explore the diverse microbial world, focusing primarily on bacteria, but also including archaea, viruses, and eukaryotic microbes. After exploring the basics of microbial structure, genetics, and metabolism, the course will focus on the interactions amongst microbes and between microbes and larger eukaryotes in the contexts of microbial disease and environmental microbiology. The lab will reinforce course concepts while also increasing students’ abilities to design and test hypotheses and to interpret scientific data. Designed for biology and other science majors. Lab fee.

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 220
Attribute: ARTS, FCSE