Microbiology for health science
BU
Ms Diana Richards
6 points * First/Second semester * 4 hours per week * Distance
This subject is the second of two sequential science subjects (GAS1013 and GAS1123) and covers microbiology. Introduction to microbiology; nature of microbiology; structure, growth and metabolism of microorganisms; bacteria; fungi; protozoa, viruses and multicellular parasites. Host-parasite relationships - principles of disease; pathogenicity; non-specific host defences; immune system; immunopathology; epidemiology. Microbial control: sterilisation and disinfection; antimicrobials, diagnostic microbiology. Study guides are provided which direct the student to the relevant sections of the prescribed text. Some lectures and laboratory demonstrations will be available during voluntary university visits.
Assessment
Assignments: 50% * Examination: 50% * Satisfactory performance in written tests is required to pass the subject
Prescribed texts
Tortora G J and others Microbiology: An introduction, 4th edn, Benjamin-Cummings, 1992