BIO-186 Microbiology
Syllabus and Course Outline
Spring Semester, January 14 to May 14, 2009
Instructor: J. Michael Sallee
866-722-4692 ext. 1991
jmsallee@scciowa.edu
Rm. 507, Bowles Hall
Lecture: 12:55 - 1:50 M, W, F, Rm. 511 Bowles Hall
Lab: All lab sections meet in Rm. 505 Bowles Hall.
Lab Section 201: 2:00 - 4:00 M
Lab Section 202: 2:00 - 4:00 W
Lab Section 203: 2:00 - 4:00 F
Office Hrs.: As listed below or other office hours can be arranged by appointment.
8:35 - 9:30 M,T,W,Th
8:35 - 10:35 F
12:55 - 2:55 T, Th
Course Description: This course is designed to be a study of microbial populations and to their relationships to the human in health and disease. 4 semester credit hours. 3 hours lecture and 1 hour lab credit. Prerequisite: BIO-252.
Text: Microbiology: An Introduction, 9th Ed., Tortora, Funke, & Case. Pearson, 2007.
Mosby’s Medical & Allied Dictionary, by Mosby, Harcourt.
Required Materials:
Safety Goggles are required while doing any lab work that could involve splashes or explosions.
Footwear which completely encloses the foot to provide protection from broken glass must be worn at all times in the lab.
Wearing latex gloves or an equivalent is strongly recommended when working with microorganisms.
Class Attendance:
It is expected that each student will be responsible in attending class lecture
sessions. Due to the great amount of subject matter normally covered in a given
class session, the student who does not attend class faithfully will be at a
great disadvantage.
A laboratory session will usually involve the use of normal skills along with visual perception of results obtained from experimentation, microscopic viewing and dissection. It is therefore expected that the student’s participation be 100%.
Evaluation:
Each student will be assigned a letter grade consistent with their combined
success on major exams, lecture and laboratory quizzes, and class hand-ins.
There will often be points awarded for various activities for which the student
must be present. Students who miss class, or are tardy, or leave early will miss
those points. The final course grade assigned to each student will be based on
the total number of points accumulated during the semester according to the
following scale:
A 90 - 100%
B 80 - 89.9%
C 70 - 79.9%
D 55 - 69.9%
F 0 - 54.9%
Each student will be allowed to drop one test score and one hand-in score or quiz score prior to the Final Exam. Class assignments that are late will receive a zero grade. A Final Exam that includes comprehensive questions will be required of all students. The instructor reserves the right to modify evaluation procedures for students who experience extensive medical problems but advance notice is required unless the student is comatose. Students hoping for consideration of make-up work must speak with the instructor in advance or leave their name and excuse on the telephone answering machine in advance at the number listed previously.
SCC Board Policy #523: Code of Academic Conduct.
Academic honesty is a fundamental attribute of higher learning. Evaluation of each student’s level of knowledge and understanding is a vital part of the teaching process, and it requires a variety of methods of assessment. Any act that interferes with the process of evaluation by misrepresenting the relationship between the work being evaluated and the student’s actual state of knowledge is an act of academic dishonesty. These acts of dishonesty include, but are not limited to:
Fraud: Acts of dishonesty, which include falsification of documents, fabrication of data and altering solutions to be resubmitted for a grade.
Cheating: Any deceptive act that involves the submission of academic work purported to be one’s own when in fact the work was obtained from someone else. These acts may include copying or attempting to copy from another person’s test or assignment, allowing someone else to copy from a test and/or assignment, attempting to use unauthorized aids to complete an assignment, and multiple submission of the same work to be graded as different assignments.
Plagiarism: Misrepresenting someone else’s words, ideas, or data as one’s own original work. Students may avoid plagiarism by fully and consistently crediting the person or person’s responsible for the original work, including paraphrasing.
Forgery: Any attempt to misrepresent another person’s signature, initials, computer login, or other identifying mark.
Facilitating Dishonesty: Actions that assist another person in committing a dishonest act.
SCC Administrative Guideline #101 will be used to deal with violations in the Code of Academic conduct.
BIO-186 Microbiology Outline & Tentative Class Assignment Schedule
W: 1/14 - Ch. 1 The Microbial World and You
F: 1/16 - Ch. 2 Chemical Principles
M: 1/19 - Ch. 3 Observing Microorganisms Through a Microscope
W: 1/21 - Ch. 4 Functional Anatomy of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
F: 1/23 - Ch. 4 Eukaryotic Cells
Microscopy Lab
M: 1/26 - Ch. 5 Microbial Metabolism
W: 1/28 - Ch. 6 Microbial Growth
F: 1/30 - Ch. 7 Control of Microbial Growth
Diversity of Eukaryotic Microorganisms Lab
M: 2/02 - Ch. 7 Chemical Methods of Microbial Control
W: 2/04 - Exam #1
F: 2/06 - Ch. 8 Microbial Genetics
Diversity of Prokaryotes Lab
M: 2/09 - Ch. 9 Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA
W: 2/11 - Ch. 10 Classification of Microorganisms
F: 2/13 - Ch. 11 The Prokaryotes: Domains Bacteria and Archaea
Control of Prokaryotic Growth Lab
M: 2/16 - Workshop/Inservice. Class will not meet.
W: 2/18 - Ch. 12 The Eukaryotes: Protozoa and Helminthes
F: 2/20 - Ch. 12 The Eukaryotes: Fungi and Algae
Gram Stain Lab
M: 2/23 - Ch. 13 Viruses, Viroids, and Prions
W: 2/25 - Exam # 2
F: 2/27 - Ch. 14 Principles of Disease and Epidemiology
Labs on Disinfectants and Antiseptics
M: 3/02 - Ch. 15 Microbial Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
W: 3/04 - Ch. 16 Innate Immunity: Nonspecific Defenses of the Host
F: 3/06 - Ch. 16 Inflammation
Antibiotics Lab
M: 3/09 - Ch. 17 Adaptive Immunity: Specific Defenses of the Host
W: 3/11 - Ch. 17 T Cells and Cellular Immunity
F: 3/13 - Ch. 18 Practical Applications of Immunology
Lab: Effects of Temperature on Microbial Growth
Spring Break: 3/16 through 3/20
M: 3/23 - Ch. 19 Disorders Associated with the Immune System
W: 3/25 - Ch. 19 Immunodeficiencies
F: 3/27 - Ch. 20 Antimicrobial Drugs
Metabolic Properties Lab: Protein Catabolism
M: 3/30 - Ch. 20 Tests to Guide Chemotherapy
W: 4/01 - Exam #3
F: 4/03 - Ch. 21 Microbial Diseases of the Skin and Eyes
Parasitology Lab - Arthropods
M: 4/06 - Ch. 21 Fungal Diseases of the Skin and Nails
W: 4/08 - Ch. 22 Microbial Diseases of the Nervous System
F: 4/10 - Workshop/Inservice. Class will not meet.
Parasitology Lab – Protists
M: 4/13 - Ch. 22 Viral Diseases of the Nervous System
W: 4/15 - Ch. 23 Microbial Diseases of the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
F: 4/17 - Ch. 23 Viral Diseases of the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
Parasitology Lab – Helminthes
M: 4/20 - Ch. 24 Microbial Diseases of the Respiratory System
W: 4/22 - Ch. 24 Viral Diseases of the respiratory System
F: 4/24 - Ch. 25 Microbial Diseases of the Digestive System
Parasitology Lab - Nematodes
M: 4/27 - Ch. 25 Viral Diseases of the Digestive System
W: 4/29 - Exam # 4
F: 5/01 - Ch. 26 Microbial Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive System
Parasitology Lab Exam
M: 5/04 - Ch. 26 Diseases of the Reproductive System
W: 5/06 - Exam # 4
F: 5/08 - Ch. 27 Environmental Microbiology
Parasitology Lab Exam
M: 5/11 - Ch.28 Applied and Industrial Microbiology
T: 5/12 - Final Exams
W: 5/13 - Final Exams
Th: 5/14 - Final Exams
F: 5/15 - Teachers’ Inservice