MIC 2224 — INTRODUCTION TO MICROBIOLOGY
Prerequisite: C or better in BIO 1404 Students with a declared Nursing, Physical Therapy Assistant, or Occupational Therapy Assistant majors can get prerequisites waived by the Nursing Program Director, the PTA Program Chair, or the OTA Program Chair. This course will provide instruction in the major concepts of Microbiology. Lectures will cover the bacteria, viruses, and fungi and will include discussion of disease processes, host defense mechanisms, epidemiology and the basics of microbial control. Laboratories will emphasize routine bacteriology skills such as aseptic technique, staining and microscopy, the isolation and biochemical differentiation of unknown bacteria, bacterial cell counts, and antibiotic sensitivity testing. Three lecture and three laboratory hours per week. (Nursing and PTA majors who withdraw from Microbiology will need permission of the Director of Nursing prior to enrolling the next semester.) Credit: Four semester hours