Waycross College

 

Biology 2050 - Microbiology

 

Syllabus for Summer 2009

 

Instructor: Bernard Majdi                                         Office: 170A

 

Phone: 449-7574

 

Email: bmajdi@waycross.edu

 

Website: http://www.waycross.edu/faculty/bmajdi/

 

Office Hours: 12:00-1:40 PM M,T,W,TH

 

NOTE: I may also be located within the biology lab (235A) or chemistry lab (230A)

 

Textbooks:

Nester, Eugene W., et. Al. 2007. Microbiology: A Human Perspective, 5th edition. McGraw-Hill, New York

Lab book: Morello, Josephine; Mizer, Helen and Granato, Paul. 2008. Laboratory Manual & Workbook in Microbiology: Applications to Patient Care, 9th edition. McGraw Hill, New York

 

Grades:

 

  Exams (5)                              500 Points

  Quizes (8)                              200

  Final Lab Exam                     100

  Lab Book                              100

  Unknown Organism                50

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   Total                                     950 Points

                            

A >= 90

B 89-80

C 79-70

D 69-60

F <= 59

 

Course Objective:

 

The primary objective of this course is the development of the student’s understanding of microorganisms, their physiology, and their relation to human diseases at a level consistent with the needs of students in allied health fields. Laboratories are designed to familiarize the student with basic techniques used by microbiologists to identify organisms and evaluate their physiology.

 

Learning Objectives:

 

Learning objectives for each chapter will be provided to the students (posted on my web page for Microbiology). After each learning objective, you are STRONGLY encouraged to read the textbook in addition to attending lectures. You should be able to answer each learning objective without assistance from the book or lecture notes before the exam.

 

Attendance:

 

Attendance is strongly encouraged. I will be taking attendance and if you miss >20% of         regularly scheduled class (6 classes), I reserve the right to drop you from the class with a grade of WF if you are failing. If you are missing a large number of classes, I encourage you to schedule an appointment with me to determine your chances of passing the class. It has been my observation that if you have missed > 20% of lectures, you will fail the class. If such excessive absences are the result of extenuating personal hardship, the withdrawal grade will be either a W or WF, depending on the student's status at the time the drop occurred. You are responsible for missed lectures etc.

 

          HOWEVER, attendance is REQUIRED for lab. If you miss > 15% of the labs (3 or

          more), you WILL BE dropped from the class and given a grade of WF. If the absences

          are the result of extenuating personal hardship, the withdrawal grade will be either a W

          or WF, depending on the student's status at the time the drop occurred.

 

          IN ADDITION, no make-up exams will be given without a valid excuse (written notice

from a doctor, judge, etc.). Please notify the instructor before an exam that you will miss                   that exam by email. Any exam missed without a valid excuse will be counted as

            a zero for grading purposes. Make-up exams will be given on Friday, July 31st.

 

Quizzes

 

There will be eight 25 point quizzes over assigned groups of diseases. It will be your responsibility to read the textbook and prepare yourselves for these quizzes. There will be about one quiz per week during lab time. These quizzes cannot be made up.

 

Laboratory Exercises and Reports

 

We will do 10 labs this semester. If you come to class and complete the labs and obtain my stamp, you will receive 40% credit for the lab portion of the course. Each lab completed will receive 7 points. Each question section completed will receive 2 points. The other 10 points will be given for attitude in lab.

 Unknown Organism (20% of grade): Instructor will provide an unknown organism for you to identify. The identification of the unknown is Your Project and will involve extensive library research during you own free time. Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology has been placed in the library for your use.

The other 40% of the grade will come from laboratory final exam at the end of the semester that will include written and practical portions.

 

Class etiquette: No use of cell phones, text-messaging, IPODS etc. in class or when I am lecturing. Please turn off your cell phone when you come to class. Those who disobey this rule will be asked to leave the class.

 

Dropping a Course Without a Penalty:

 

          In order to officially drop a course without a penalty, a student must obtain and fill out a

          drop/add form from the Registrar's Office, acquire appropriate signatures, and return the

          form to the Registrar's Office before the designated date published in the academic

          calendar in the Waycross College Catalog (July, 1 2009).

 

ADA Statement:

 

          "In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Waycross College will honor requests for reasonable accommodations made by individuals with disabilities. Students must self disclose their documented disability to the Student Life office (Sharon Komanecky) before academic accommodations can be implemented.”

 

Academic Support Center (ASC):

 

          The ASC was created to offer supplemental assistance to students enrolled in all courses

          at the College. The ASC offers a variety of services at all levels, ranging from personal

          tutoring in math, reading, and composition skills to providing handouts and supplementary

          materials on writing research papers and critiques, taking essay and objective tests, and

          developing effective study techniques. Through audiovisual, computerized, self-paced,

          and one-on-one tutorial work, the ASC assists students in developing strengths and

          eliminating deficiencies. Students may be referred by instructors or may independently

          seek additional help.

 

          Many of the lab assignments given in this class require creating computer generated

          graphs or figures. The staff in the ASC will be very helpful in assisting you in creating

          these computer generated materials. I highly encourage you to visit the ASC to obtain

          help on these assignments.

 

Plagiarism:

 

          Plagiarism, intentional or unintentional, is prohibited. Plagiarism is defined by Webster as

          "the stealing and passing off of the ideas or words of another as one's own". Further, the

          MLA Handbook states, "Plagiarism may take the form of repeating another's sentences

          as your own, adopting a particularly apt phrase as your own, or even presenting someone

          else's line of thinking in the development of a thesis as though it were your own." In other

          words: do your own work. Alleged violations involving plagiarism and other academic

          misconduct will be handled according to the procedure outlined in the Waycross College

          Student Handbook.

Any student discovered plagiarizing in this course will receive a grade of F for the course.

 

PLEASE NOTE!! I cannot know if you are having a problem with the class or assignments unless you stop by and visit with me. I will be available during my office hours (see first page of syllabus), unless otherwise detained. You may also contact me via email or by phone. DO NOT HESITATE to talk with me if you have a problem.

 

Course Outline (this is TENTATIVE and is subject to change).

 

Lectures:

 

 Chap 1. Humans and the Microbial World

 Chap 3. Microscopy and Cell Structure

  Test 1

 Chap 4. Dynamics of Prokaryotic Growth

 Chap 6. Metabolism: Fueling Cell growth

  Test 2

 Chap 7. The Blueprint of life, from DNA to Protein

 Chap 8. Bacterial Genetics

 Chap 9. Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA

  Test 3

 Chap 11. The Diversity of Prokaryotic Organisms

 Chap 14. Viruses, Prions and Viroids

 Chap 21. Antimicrobial Medications

 Chap 5. Control of Microbial Growth

  Test 4

 Chap 15. The Innate Immune Response

 Chap 16. The Adaptive Immune Response

 Chap 18. Immunologic Disorders

 Chap 20. Epidemiology

  Final Exam

 

Labs:

 

Lab #                           Topic

1                                            The Microscope

11                                          Culturing Microorganisms from Environment

2                                             Handling and Examining Cultures

5                                              Gram Stain

6                                              Acid-fast Stain

7                                              Endospore stain

9                           Streaking Techniques

14                     Disinfectants

15.3                  Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents

17                     Some Metabolic Activities of Bacteria

18                     Activities of Bacterial Enzymes

                         Identification of Unknown

                         Lab Final Exam   

 

Infectious Disease Quizzes

 

Know the Symptoms, incubation period, causative agent, pathogenesis, epidemiology, prevention and treatment of different infectious diseases.

 

Quiz 1             Respiratory system Infections (Tables 22.3-22.11)

Quiz 2             Skin Infections (Tables 23.4-23.11)

Quiz 3             Wound Infections (Tables 24.3-24.10)

Quiz 4             digestive System Infections (Tables 25.1-25.12)

Quiz 5             Genitourinary Infections (Tables 26.1-26.5 & 26.8-9; 26.11-15)

Quiz 6             Nervous System Infections (Tables 27.1-2; 27.4-27.9)

Quiz 7             Blood and Lymphatic Infections (Tables 28.1-3; 28.5-7)

Quiz 8             HIV Disease and Complications (Tables 29.4; 29.6-29.9)