GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: CHEM 103 , 108 , 109 , or 115 . Not open to students with credit for MICROBIO 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: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the three Domains of the phylogenetic tree of life and draw inferences about evolutionary processes based on phylogenetic trees. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the basic cell structure of cells (bacteria, archaea, eukarya) and the structure of viruses and explain how this affects microbial function. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand the impact of environmental conditions on microbial growth and how this impacts the abundance and distribution of microbes on Earth. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe how microbes obtain nutrients and energy from the environment and how this is important to food production, waste treatment, sustainability and global ecosystems. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe the flow and exchange of information in microbial cells and populations and understand how this affects microbial diversity and evolution. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Compare different methods of microbial growth control and their impact on microbes. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Compare and contrast the different ways in which microbes interact with their human hosts and the impacts on global health and disease. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Describe the human immune response to microbes. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the three Domains of the phylogenetic tree of life and draw inferences about evolutionary processes based on phylogenetic trees. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Describe the basic cell structure of cells (bacteria, archaea, eukarya) and the structure of viruses and explain how this affects microbial function. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand the impact of environmental conditions on microbial growth and how this impacts the abundance and distribution of microbes on Earth. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe how microbes obtain nutrients and energy from the environment and how this is important to food production, waste treatment, sustainability and global ecosystems. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Describe the flow and exchange of information in microbial cells and populations and understand how this affects microbial diversity and evolution. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Compare different methods of microbial growth control and their impact on microbes. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Compare and contrast the different ways in which microbes interact with their human hosts and the impacts on global health and disease. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Describe the human immune response to microbes. Audience: Undergraduate