EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND BIOTERRORISM

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101 , ( BIOCORE 383 and M M & I 301 ), MICROBIO 101 , MICROBIO 303 , or graduate/professional standing. Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2022 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the problems due to infectious diseases in the pre-antibiotic era and how this has changed today Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe the factors of infectious disease emergence and provide a disease example for each Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Address a new Emerging Infectious Disease outbreak by identifying the problem, the reason this problem arose, and what can be done about it Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain the problems due to infectious diseases in the pre-antibiotic era and how this has changed today Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe the factors of infectious disease emergence and provide a disease example for each Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Address a new Emerging Infectious Disease outbreak by identifying the problem, the reason this problem arose, and what can be done about it Audience: Graduate