BIOL 103 - Microbes and Human Affairs

Description:
Microbes have influenced human history and impacted our lives in countless ways from global nutrient cycles to causing disease. Explore the science of microbiology and its effects on human affairs. Topics include cell structure, reproduction, disease and its prevention, global processes, and biotechnology. Current issues play an integral role in this course. The lab portion provides an inquiry-based approach to microbial growth, diversity, food spoilage and food production, antibiotics, the immune system, and genetic engineering.

Notes:
Not applicable to the biology or biochemistry major. 2 hrs lec, one 2 hr lab per wk.

General Education Designation(s):
GDR: NS; GEP: NSC

3 cr.