Academic Calendar 2020/2021 - Principles of Microbiology

BIOL 2116  Principles of Microbiology

Prerequisites:

BIOL 1006 or BIOL 1011

Hours:

Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory work per week for one term.

Credits:

3

Description:

This course provides an introduction to microbiology with topics including the morphology, structure, classification, nutrition and growth of microbes and basic immunology. The course will also offer a survey of infectious diseases; an examination of environmental effects on microbes; the study of mutation and genetic recombination; and an analysis of antimicrobial chemotherapeutic agents.