This course examines the structure, growth, and control of medically significant bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, helminths, and arthropods. Course topics include methods for the transmission and pathogenesis of diseases, as well as clinical manifestations seen in humans; morphology of pathogenic viruses, prokaryotic and eukaryotic species; human immune responses to microbes; and chemical and pharmaceutical control of pathogenic organisms.

Laboratory exercises parallels lecture topics and include microscopy; the cultivation, isolation, and identification of microbes; methods for control of microbial growth; and identification of an unknown microbe project. Laboratory work is highly sequenced, outcome-driven, and requires cognitive, psychomotor, and application of technical laboratory skills.

This course is not intended for science majors.