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General Microbiology is  designed for the student who plans to continue in a science related field.

If you are interested in a specilization in Microbiology,
this will be the first course that you will take in the discipline.
It is best taken during your sophomore year.

If you are a biology student, a pre-med student, allied health student, or any other major with an interest in the science of  Microbiology*.
BSCI223 is the appropriate course.
*BSCI223 is offered every semester.
*Students who do not have a science background and are interested in Microbiology are encouraged to enroll in "Microbes and Society" - BSCI 122.

Are you curious about...............

• The organism Streptococcus pyogenes, that causes strep throat?
• Why antibiotics work for strep throat, but not for the flu?
• The fact that for every eukaryotic cell on your body, you have 10 bacterial cells?
• Cells that can survive at the extremes of the earth's environment?
• Creating a product that can digest oil, treat disease, or preserve foods?
• Why we still do not have a cure for AIDS?
• Why yogurt is labelled  "contains active cultures"?
• Gene cloning and biotechnology?
• Cleaning up our environment using bioremediation?
• About the re-emergence of Tuberculosis, the emergence of SARs and the transmission of the flu?
• The basic properties of microbes?

In General Microbiology you will learn about:

• The fundamentals of the discipline:  microbial form and function, bacterial physiology, microbial ecology, virology, bacterial genetics, epidemiology, immunology , and pathogenic microbiology.
• The applications of microbiological concepts to the fields of nutrition, biotechnology, medicine, agronomy and bioremediation.
• The diversity within the microbial world,
• The historical significance of the microbiological discoveries and the people involved.

January 19, 2004