ATTIRE: Lab aprons will be provided and must be worn during lab. Sandals, flip-flops and other open shoes are not permitted in lab. If you do not show up for lab in appropriate attire you will be sent home to change and will be charged with a missed lab or a signicantly late arrival.
EXAMS: There will be four unit exams. The first 3 exams will each be worth 150 points, the last will be worth 200 points. The exams will include a mixture of short answer and multiple choice questions. Expect the later exams to include some material covered in the earlier exams, especially the last exam. The dates of these exams are included in the attached schedule of lectures. DO NOT MISS THESE EXAMS WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION. If you are caught cheating on an exam you will receive no points. Cell phones must be off and out of sight during the exam--if I see or hear your cell phone during the exam you will be required to turn in your exam immediately. If you leave the exam room during the exam for any reason, you will be required to turn in your exam immediately. Estimated total from exams--650 points.
LABORATORY GRADES: Periodically you will be asked to complete informal and formal reports of your lab work. You should also be prepared for three announced andoccasional unannounced quizzes. Estimated total from laboratory reports and quizzes--200 points.
ORAL REPORTS: All students will be required to prepare and deliver a 7 minute talk on a microbiological subject (see separate handout). PRESENTATION OF AN ORAL REPORT IS MANDATORY. FAILURE TO GIVE AN ORAL REPORT WILL RESULT IN A ZERO FOR THE ENTIRE LAB PORTION OF THE GRADE!!! Points for this talk will be distributed as follows: preliminary information from the text--10 points; copies of two references from the scientific literature--20 points; detailed outline of the report including a preliminary printout of your power point slides--70 points; presentation of the oral report and a printout of your final powerpoint slides--100 points. Estimated total for the oral report assignment--200 points.
GRADING: Your grade will depend on how well you do on the exams, quizzes, and reports. Expect the following grading scale (based on the total number of points actually assigned:
A = 90 – 100 %DROPPING A COURSE WITHOUT PENALTY: In order to officially drop a course without penalty, a student must obtain and fill out a drop/add form from the Registrar's Office, acquire appropriate signatures, and return the completed form to the Registrar's Office before the designated date (published in the academic calendar). If you don't officially withdraw, and instead just stop coming to class, you will receive an F for the course. It will then take three A's in science classes cancel out that F and bring your GPA back up to 3.0 so you can maintain your scholarship.
B = 80 – 89 %
C = 70 – 79 %
D = 60 – 69 %
F < 60 %
SPECIAL NOTE 1: Grades will be neither posted nor given out over the telephone.
SPECIAL NOTE 2: Students requiring special accommodations because of a documented disability must discuss their needs with me as soon as possible and must contact the Access Office for Students with Disabilities located in room 1115 Nevins Hall. The phone numbers are 245-2498 (voice) and 219-1348 (tty).
STUDY TIPS
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND LABS
BIOLOGY 2900, SUMMER 2005
Note: Pacing and testing dates may be changed if the
need
arises. Attend class regularly.
| WEEK 1 | - | - |
| 6-08 |
LECTURE--Introduction
to microbiology and human disease; epidemiology |
Chapters 1 & 20 |
| - |
LAB--Orientation; Lab safety; media preparation; hand-washing exercise | pp. ix-xiv; ex. 18 |
| 6-09 |
LECTURE--Microscopy and prokaryote cell
structure |
Chapter 3 |
| - |
LAB--Set-up Ubiquity of Bacteria and The Fungi: Yeasts and Molds; Microscopy-- Protozoa, algae, and cyanobacteria; | ex. 6 & 7; ex. 1 & 5 |
| WEEK 2 | - | - |
| 6-13 | LECTURE--Prokaryote structure continued;
eukaryotes |
Chapters 3 & 12 |
| - | LAB--Aseptic techniques and streak plates; more microscopy | ex. 8 & 9; ex. 5, 6, & 7 |
| 6-14 | LECTURE--Cell structure (continued) | Chapter 3 & 12 |
| - | LAB--Complete Aseptic technique;
more basic microscopy |
ex. 8; ex. 5, 6 & 7 |
| 6-15 | LECTURE--Aspects of bacterial metabolism and
growth |
Chapters 4 & 6 |
| - | LAB--Smear preparations and simple staining techniques | ex. 10, 11, & 12 |
| 6-16 | LECTURE--Aspects of bacterial metabolism and
growth (continued) |
Chapters 4 & 6 |
| - | LAB--Gram stains | ex. 14 |
| WEEK 3 |
- |
- |
| 6-20 | FIRST UNIT EXAM | - |
| - | LAB--Complete ubiquity experiments; acid-fast and spore stains |
ex. 6 & 7; ex. 15 & 16 |
| 6-21 | LECTURE--Review of DNA
replication/protein
synthesis |
Chapter 7 |
| - | LAB--Counting bacteria--standard plate counts | ex. 20 & 46 |
| 6-22 | LECTURE--Bacterial genetics |
Chapter 8 |
| - | LAB--Counting viruses |
handout |
| 6-23 | LECTURE--Bacterial genetics |
Chapter 8 |
| - | LAB--Finish plate counts; First lab quiz | ex. 20 & 46 |
| WEEK 4 |
- |
- |
| 6-27 | LECTURE--DNA technology |
Chapter 9 |
| - | LAB--Set up
temperature experiments |
ex. 26 & 27 |
| 6-28 | LECTURE--DNA
technology (continued) |
Chapter 9 |
| - | LAB--Set up UV light and salt experiments |
ex. 29 & 30 |
| 6-29 | LECTURE--Identifying bacteria |
Chapters 10 & 11 |
| - | LAB--Complete temperature experiments; set up
alcohol, disinfectant, and antibiotic experiments |
ex. 26 & 27; ex. 32, 33 & 34 |
| 6-30 | LECTURE--Identifying bacteria (continued) |
Chapter 10 & 11 |
| - | LAB--Complete UV-light, salt, and
antimicrobial chemical experiments |
ex. 29, 30, 32, 33, & 34 |
| WEEK 5 |
- |
- |
| 7-04 |
HOLIDAY--VSU
closed |
- |
| 7-05 | SECOND UNIT
EXAM |
- |
| - | LAB--Set up minimum inhibitory concentration experiment | handout |
| 7-06 | LECTURE--Viruses and viroids |
Chapters 13 & 14 |
| - | LAB--Complete MIC;
introduction to selective and differential media (food poisoning
exercise) |
handouts |
| 7-07 | LECTURE--Viruses and viroids (continued) |
Chapters 13 & 14 |
| - | LAB--Finish food poisoning execise; begin
determination of unknown
bacterium--staining |
handout; ex. 36 |
| WEEK 6 |
- |
- |
| 7-11 | LECTURE--Host-microbe interactions |
Chapter 19 |
| - | LAB--Continue bacterial determination; morphological and biochemical testing; Second lab quiz | ex. 54; ex. 36-41, handout |
| 7-12 | LECTURE--Innate immune responses |
Chapter 15 |
| - | LAB--Continue bacterial determination;
complete morphological
and biochemical
testing |
ex. 54; ex. 36-41, handout |
| 7-13 | LECTURE--Adaptive immune responses |
Chapter 16 |
| - | LAB--Continue bacterial determination; set
up Enterotube experiment |
ex. 36-41, 54; ex. 43 |
| 7-14 | LECTURE--Immunologic disorders |
Chapter 18 |
| - | LAB--Complete bacterial determination and Enterotube experiment; set up Staphylococcus and Streptococcus experiments | ex. 54, 43; ex. 52, 53 & handout |
| WEEK 7 |
- |
- |
| 7-18 | THIRD UNIT EXAM | Chapter 16 |
| - | LAB--Continue staph and strep experiments |
ex. 52, 53 & handout |
| 7-19 | LECTURE--Applications of the immune response |
Chapter 17 |
| - | LAB--Continue staph and strep experiments | ex. 52, 53 & handout |
| 7-20 | LECTURE--Applications of the immune response
(continued) |
Chapter 17 |
| - | LAB--Third lab quiz; First set of student
presentations (3) |
- |
| 7-21 | LECTURE--Antimicrobial medications | Chapter 21 |
| - | LAB--First set of student presentations (7) | - |
| WEEK 8 |
- |
- |
| 7-25 | LECTURE--HIV and its complications |
Chapter 29 |
| - | LAB--Second set of student presentations (7) | - |
| 7-26 | LECTURE--HIV and complications (continued) |
Chapter 29 |
| - | LAB--Third set of student presentations (7) | - |
| 7-27 | FOURTH UNIT EXAM--FROM 12:45 TO 2:45 IN THE LECTURE ROOM | - |
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