Microbiology
Next offered by distance in 1995
BS BT BC BP
Mr Christopher Panter
6 points * Second semester * 7 hours of integrated lectures and laboratory work per week * Gippsland/Distance * When offered by distance education, laboratory work is completed in a seven- day block * Prerequisites: GAS2121
Introduction to systematic identification. The genera of bacteria. Principles of microbial ecology and environmental microbiology; microbiology of air; aquatic microbiology; microbiology of domestic water and sewage; indicator organisms; soil microbiology; and biogeochemical cycles; pollution microbiology. Microbial genetics. Introduction to virology. Basics of immunology. The subject is taught by lectures and laboratory sessions. Laboratory work includes individual and group projects.
Assessment
Tests: 60% * Laboratory work: 40% * Satisfactory work in both written tests and laboratory work is required to pass the subject * Relevance of laboratory work to theoretical study: development of practical competence in the laboratory is considered vital to training in microbiology, and thus is weighted heavily in the assessment.