Introduction to Microbiology

Introduction to Microbiology - BIOL2050
Credits:
4
This course is an introductory course with applications in the health sciences. It will provide students with the basics of microbial cell structure and function, antimicrobial therapy and drug resistance, the immune system, antibodies, and diagnostic microbiology. This course also examines the involvement of microbes in emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases as well as nosocomial and sexually transmitted infections.