Syllabus Microbiology

Florida Keys Community College
Microbiology
Hybrid Online
Syllabus and Class Schedule

Microbiology: designed as an introduction to college level microbiology for majors and those in related fields such as nursing, medicine and marine science Lecture 3 credits. Plus 1 credit for the laboratory.

Instructor: Dr. Charles Shaffer, cell (preferred) 305-304-5674, e-mail Drcshaffer@gmail.com . Mailing address 81955 Old Highway, Islamorada, Florida, 33036.. On line, by phone or in person by appointment call 305-304-5674.

Technical Requirements: In order to participate in this course you must have readily available to you (but you don’t need to purchase)
A computer hooked to high speed internet
Microsoft Word (not “Works”) read and write
Microsoft Powerpoint read and write
The College has all of the above if it is readily available to you and you don’t wish to purchase any of the above.

Texts:
Microbiology a Human Perspective, Nester, Anderson, Roberts and Nester, Fifth edition, Publisher: McGraw Hill, ISBN Number: 13-978-0-07-283031-6
Laboratory Experiments in Microbiology, Eighth edition, Publisher: Pearson/Benjamin Cummings, Johnson and Case, ISBN Number: 0-8053-8292-5

Academic Honesty:Students are responsible for conducting themselves with honor and integrity in fulfilling course requirements. Disciplinary proceedings may be initiated by the professor or college against a student accused of scholastic dishonesty. Penalties can include a grade of "0" or "F" on the particular assignment, failure in the course, academic probation, or even dismissal from the course. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test, plagirism, and collusion.

Course Meeting: SATURDAY and 24/7 Online. Since this course has an online component there are no holidays except Thanksgiving. We will skip Thanksgiving week only. With that exception the schedule refers to consecutive weeks starting with the week August 24 -31

Course Schedule: Be sure to do the Quizzes for each chapter listed for each week.

Week I- Lecture and Reading: Humans and the Microbial World-Chapters 1 and 3, SUBMIT EACH OF THESE ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO MY E-MAIL ADDRESS.
Laboratory: Care and use of the binocular, oil immersion bright field microscope. Observation and drawing of bacterial cell types and groupings from prepared slides: Exercises 1 and 2

Week II- Lecture and Readings: The Molecules of Life-Chapters 2, 4 and 5
Laboratory: Preparation of heat fixed smears and simple staining: Exercise 3, Transfer of Bacteria: Aseptic Technique, Exercise 10

Week III- Lecture and Readings: Microscopy and Cell Structure-Chapter 3
Laboratory: Negative staining and Gram Staining: Exercises 4 and 5

Week IV- Lecture and Readings: Control of Microbial Growth-Chapter 5:
Laboratory: Acid Fast Stain and Endospore Stain: Exercises 6 and 7

Week V- Lecture and Readings: Metabolism Fueling Cell growth-Chapter 6
Laboratory: Morphologic Unknown, Exercise 8

Week VI- Lecture and Readings: The Blue-Print of Life: From DNA to Protein, Chapter 7
Laboratory: Microbes in the Environment-Exercise 9

Week VII- Lecture and Readings: Bacterial Genetics-Chapter 8
Laboratory: DNA fingerprinting as a method for identifying microbes: Handout

Week VIII- Lecture and Laboratory: Biotechnology and Recombinant DNA-Chapters 9-12
Laboratory: Isolation of Bacteria by Dilution Techniques: Exercise 11
Special Media For Isolating Bacteria: Exercise 12

Week IX- Readings-Chapters 13-15 (will be on the final)
Lecture and Laboratory Exam I Open book on line covering material from all prior weeks

Week X- Lecture and Reading: Epidemiology-Chapter 20
Laboratory: Differential white blood cell count and its implications for systemic infection-Handout
Dissection of the rat immune response system-Handout

Week XI- Lecture and Reading: Inflammation, wound healing and immunity Chapters 16-19
Laboratory: Epidemiology- Exercise 40


Week XII- Lecture and Reading: Immunity: Innate and Acquired
Chapters 21-23
Laboratory: TBA

Week XIII Lecture and Reading: Antibiotic Therapy-Chapters 24-27
Laboratory: TBA

Week XIV- Lecture and Reading: Vaccines-Chapters 28-30
Laboratory: TBA


Week XV- Final Exam-Closed book, comprehensive

Grading: First lecture exam = 30% of your final grade
Second lecture exam = 40% of your final grade
Student Power Point=30% of your final grade
Final letter grades will be assigned using the following table of average grades:
100-90%=A, 89-80%=B, 79-70%=C, 69-60%=D, less than 60%=F

January 5, 2009

On the Left is a picture of Fred Dogge. Fred has his bachelors degree in biting from The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, Marathon, Florida. His masters degree is in barking and he is working on his doctorate Choice Making and Human Management, so he will be able to know who to bark at and who to bite.