PARASITOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101 and 102 , or ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152 or ZOOLOGY 153 , or BIOCORE 381 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Biological Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Be conversant in terminology used in the field of Parasitology. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recall scientific and common names for parasites and hosts, and the name of the resulting disease in humans or animals. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Attribute parasite behavior and characteristics to specific disease features in the host. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify appropriate means to diagnose infections with parasites. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe and identify factors that determine when, where, and why parasitic diseases exist. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Integrate terminology, scientific nomenclature, diagnostic features and demographics to solve case studies where the parasitic culprit is unknown. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Compare and contrast commonalities in parasite life cycles to demonstrate how flexibility in those life cycles has resulted in many different potential means of transmission. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Deconstruct the impact of parasitic diseases on human and animal health, from disease symptoms and pathology in an individual, to socioeconomics in communities and countries. Audience: Undergraduate 9. Identify reliable resources (primarily internet-based) available for researching the biology and epidemiology parasitic diseases. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Be conversant in terminology used in the field of Parasitology. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Recall scientific and common names for parasites and hosts, and the name of the resulting disease in humans or animals. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Attribute parasite behavior and characteristics to specific disease features in the host. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Identify appropriate means to diagnose infections with parasites. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe and identify factors that determine when, where, and why parasitic diseases exist. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Integrate terminology, scientific nomenclature, diagnostic features and demographics to solve case studies where the parasitic culprit is unknown. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Compare and contrast commonalities in parasite life cycles to demonstrate how flexibility in those life cycles has resulted in many different potential means of transmission. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Deconstruct the impact of parasitic diseases on human and animal health, from disease symptoms and pathology in an individual, to socioeconomics in communities and countries. Audience: Undergraduate 9. Identify reliable resources (primarily internet-based) available for researching the biology and epidemiology parasitic diseases. Audience: Undergraduate