THE MICROBIAL WORLD

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Not open to students with credit for MICROBIO 101 or 303 . Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Biological Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand, analyze, and evaluate information effectively. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe what makes up a microorganism. How is the make up different between a microorganism and a human being? Audience: Undergraduate 3. Define a disease. Describe how your body, your doctor, and the government fight disease. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand where we came from. Analyze the various theories of how life originated and express an opinion on which is most plausible. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Articulate the positive impacts microbes have on your health, the well-being of their host organisms, the cycling of important elements, and the environment. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand, analyze, and evaluate information effectively. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe what makes up a microorganism. How is the make up different between a microorganism and a human being? Audience: Undergraduate 3. Define a disease. Describe how your body, your doctor, and the government fight disease. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Understand where we came from. Analyze the various theories of how life originated and express an opinion on which is most plausible. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Articulate the positive impacts microbes have on your health, the well-being of their host organisms, the cycling of important elements, and the environment. Audience: Undergraduate