MICROBIAL PATHOGENS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: MICROBIO 303 or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the basic functions of the human immune system, especially in the context of microbe-human interactions. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe the pathogenesis of common infectious diseases, including the disease cycle and molecular mechanisms required for pathogenesis. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Identify approaches for prevention, treatment, and control of infectious diseases. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Explain how antibiotics control microbial growth and how microbes become resistant to them. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Integrate and synthesize information from the primary literature on microbial pathogenesis Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the basic functions of the human immune system, especially in the context of microbe-human interactions. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Describe the pathogenesis of common infectious diseases, including the disease cycle and molecular mechanisms required for pathogenesis. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Identify approaches for prevention, treatment, and control of infectious diseases. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Explain how antibiotics control microbial growth and how microbes become resistant to them. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Integrate and synthesize information from the primary literature on microbial pathogenesis Audience: Graduate