BIO 208 MICROBIOLOGY - Tentative Schedule
Microbiology is an
important subject for both the Biology portion Medical College Admissions Test
(MCAT) and the Biology subject test of the
Graduate Record Exam (GRE). Topics in our schedule with a * are covered on the MCAT and those with a
* on the
GRE.
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Date |
Lecture Topic |
Required |
Supplemental Web Sites |
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M 1/7 |
Unit
1. The Microbial World and You CH 1: What Are Microbes? What is Microbiology? |
pp. 1-7; 15-20 |
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W 1/9 |
CH 1: How Did Microbiology Become a Science? |
pp. 7-14; 406-407 (Etiology of infectious disease) |
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M 1/14 |
Classification of Microbes*/CH 3: How Do We See
Microbes? |
pp. 277-281; 53-64 |
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W 1/16 |
CH 3: continued CH 4: Anatomy of Prokaryotic Cells** |
pp. 75-78 pp. 94-97; 88-93 |
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M
1/21 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Observance – No Classes |
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W 1/23 |
CH 4: continued |
pp. 84-88; 78-84 |
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M 1/28 |
CH 4: Origin of Eukaryotic Cells** End Material For Test
1 |
p. 105 |
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W
1/30 |
TEST 1 - UNIT 1 |
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M 2/4 |
Unit
2. How Do Microbes Grow? CH 6: Characteristics of Microbial Growth |
pp. 160-161; 168-177 |
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W 2/6 |
CH 6: Effects of the Physical Environment
on Microbial Growth |
pp.154-160 |
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M 2/11 |
CH 7: Control of Microbial Growth* Antibiotic Resistance* |
CH 7: entire; pp. 559-564; 579-584 |
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W 2/13 |
CH 5: Patterns of Metabolism in the
Microbial World** |
CH 5: entire |
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M 2/18 |
CH 5: continued |
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W 2/20 |
CH
5: continued |
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M 2/25 |
CH 5: continued End
Material for Test 2 |
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W 2/27 |
TEST 2 - UNIT 2 |
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3/2-3/10 |
Spring Break |
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M 3/11 |
Unit 3.
Microbial Genetics and Viruses ** CH 8: Patterns of Information Flow in the Microbial World |
CH 8: entire |
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W 3/13 |
CH 8: continued |
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M 3/18 |
CH 8: continued |
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W 3/20 |
CH 13: Viruses – general characteristics and bacteriophages |
pp. 370-373;
381-386 |
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M 3/25 |
CH 13: Viruses - animal viruses |
pp. 392-394 |
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W 3/27 |
CH 13: continued End Material for Test 3 |
pp. 386-392 |
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M 4/1 |
TEST 3 - UNIT 3 |
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W 4/3 |
Unit 4.
Survey - Microbes in Health and Disease CH 27: Microbial water quality* |
pp. 782-794 |
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M 4/8 |
CH 14: Disease transmission and
epidemiology** |
CH 14: entire |
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W 4/10 |
CH 21: Microbial diseases of the skin |
pp. TBA |
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M 4/15 |
CH 24: Microbial disease of the respiratory system Study Guide for Final Exam will be passed out in class. |
pp. TBA |
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W 4/17 |
CH 26: Microbial STIs |
pp. TBA |
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M 4/22 |
CH 22: nervous system; CH 23 cardiovascular/lymphatic system |
pp. TBA |
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W 4/24 |
CH
25: Microbial diseases of the digestive system/food
poisoning |
pp TBA |
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W 5/1 |
FINAL EXAM - Comprehensive - 10:00-11:50 Brooks 176 |
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