GEORGIA HIGHLANDS COLLEGE
BIOL 2161 Introduction to Medical
Microbiology Fall 2012
Instructor Information:
Lecture
Instructor: Dr. Toni Portis King
Office: Adjunct
Phone Number:
TBA
Email: tking@highlands.edu
Website: http://www.highlands.edu/academics/divisions/scipe/biology/faculty/king/index.htm
Course Information:
CRN: 80758/80759
Lecture day and time: Tuesday and Thursday 9:30-10:45 am
Lab day and time: 80758 – 11:00-12:30 pm TR w/Toni Portis King
80759 – 1:15-2:45 pm TR w/Steve
Wilson
Course credit hours: 4
Office Hours:
(before or after class or by appointment)
Course Description:
Biology 2161K begins
with an overview of the structure and properties of microorganisms, their
growth requirements, metabolism and ecological roles; emphasis is then given to
the host-parasite relationship, potential for pathogenicity
of microorganisms, defense mechanisms of the human host, including extensive
discussion of immunology, and the etiological and epidemiology of infectious
diseases for each human body system. Laboratory work introduces the student to
identification and culture techniques, transmission control mechanisms, and
common clinical isolation procedures.
The required text for success in BIOL 2161 is Microbiology: A Systems Approach, 3rd Edition, 2012, by Marjorie Kelly Cowan. The textbook is strongly recommended as a supplement to the lecture notes and is required for Self-directed study exercises.
Outlines for each lecture are available for download in the
Lecture Schedule section of this syllabus. You are required to print
these out in advance of class and I will lecture at a pace that assumes you
have these.
The Laboratory
Manual, written specifically for the exercises and equipment used at Georgia
Highlands College, is Laboratory Instruction for Introductory Medical
Microbiology, by Callan. Lab handouts are available as links within the Lab Schedule.
Print out each section in time to read it before the lab for which the notes
apply.
Prerequisites:
BIOL 1010, 2107, or
2121 with a grade of C or better; Co-requisite: BIOL 2107, 2122, 2151, 2152,
2153, or 2154.
Statement of Academic Integrity:
All work presented is expected to be produced by the
student's own efforts. Plagiarism (copying of another author's work or written material (even
a sentence or two) and then claiming it as your own work) and cheating or
attempting to cheat (on a tests, quizzes, assignment, laboratory work, or any other
work done for a grade) is ample reason for receiving an F for that assignment.
Policies on student conduct and academic integrity are in the CollegeŐs
ŇStudent Rights & ResponsibilitiesÓ document. This can be accessed on
the following URL: http://www.highlands.edu/academics/academicaffairs/academicintegritypolicy.htm
Attendance & Make-Up:
Lecture: Attendance will be recorded periodically for advisory purposes and administrative record keeping. Points are not given or deducted according to a studentŐs attendance. If a lecture test is missed for an emergency, a make-up test over the material missed may be administered at the discretion of the instructor and in the format of the instructorŐs choosing. Only one make-up test is allowed for the entire course. There will be no re-takes. Make-up exams will be taken during the next class period attended by the student. It is the responsibility of the student to get any information missed during that class time from fellow students. The missed information will NOT be provided by the instructor.
Lab:
Attendance in laboratory is also recorded and does count toward the final
grade. Absence and tardiness will result in deduction of points from
100; 5 points is deducted for each missed lab absence and prorated for
tardiness. There are no make-up labs. If schedule and space
permits, students are often allowed to attend different lab sections during the
same week to make-up a missed lab. If you fail to call or e-mail, it
cannot be made up and you are responsible for learning any missed material from
your classmates.
In the event of weather related
cancellation of classes, the schedule will pick up the sequence of lectures
herein described as classes resume. The semester may then be extended, or
double lectures designed as we go. If we have covered all material for a
test, the test will be given on the first day back to class. If there is
inclement weather, the college posts necessary announcements on the
highlands.edu website. Cancellation notices for Floyd or Cartersville locations
will be reported to radio stations and WXIA-TV in Atlanta.
Extended Absence Policy:
Students who have circumstances that
prevent them from continuing to attend classes over an extended period of time
sometimes request that the faculty member permit them to submit work in
absentia to receive credit to complete the course. If the concurrent
absences will constitute more than 15% of the class sessions for the term, then
written permission from the Division Chair is required before any course
assignments can be completed while missing class. The student must be in
good academic standing in the course to make the request. All approved
coursework must be completed by the end of the semester in which the course was
begun.
(Note: If a program has a more
stringent absence policy than this, then the program policy prevails.)
Evaluation Methods and Grading:
Grades are determined by proficiency on
lecture and lab exams. There are no extra credit or bonus opportunities. Your
grade is determined by the percentage of points earned. Approximately 800
points will be possible during the semester. The breakdown is as follows:
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Four lecture exams @ 100pts each = |
400pts |
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Final lecture exam = |
200pts |
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Lab average = |
200pts |
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TOTAL = |
800pts
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Scantrons will not be provided to students - you must
bring your own scantron to each exam. Lecture
exams vary in length and are primarily true-false, multiple-choice &
matching. Your grade is determined by calculating your percentage of the total
number of points for each test. That percentage, rounded to one decimal place,
becomes your grade out of 100 points. Lecture exams are never returned to the
student. They are available for review by appointment for the week following
the exam period. During the week preceding finals, exams will be
available for review during assigned times.
The lab grade will be derived from the
average of three grades: a lab practical worth 100 points, a lab final
exam worth 100 points, and a grade based on lab participation. The
participation grade is worth a total of 100 points and is earned by the completion
of the scheduled lab exercises.
Grading Scale:
Scores are rounded to one decimal place.
90-100%
A 80-89% B
70-79% C 60-69% D
< 60% F
UNDER GEORGIA LAW, GRADES CANNOT BE
DISTRIBUTED BY TELEPHONE OR EMAIL, OR POSTED BY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.
Early Grades Statement:
GHC offers a
variety of part-of-term classes to allow our students to have flexible
schedules. However, there are only
three semesters each year; Spring, Summer and
Fall. It is only at the end of
each Semester that grades are rolled to academic history and available on the
official transcript. After each
part-of-term, as soon as Instructors have entered grades, they may be viewed
online by logging into the SCORE (https://discovery.highlands.edu:9986/pls/SCORE/twbkwbis.P_WWWLogin) Transcripts may also be requested at any
time by logging into the SCORE.
Prior to the end of term, should a student need an early grade letter
sent to another institution they may complete the request form and submit it to
the RegistrarŐs office for processing (http://www.highlands.edu/site/registrar-forms). Please contact the RegistrarŐs Office at registrar@highlands.edu if you need any assistance.
Honors Option:
Students who
meet the requirements for an Honors option in Microbiology will be required to
complete the following assignments:
For
lecture: The honors
students will take 4 regularly scheduled exams and a comprehensive final exam
as described in the class syllabus. In order to fulfill the IC requirements for
this course, students are assigned a specific disease for which to complete a
bibliography page. Further
requirements for the honors students will include writing a 10-12 page research
paper on their assigned disease for the IC project and preparing a brief 10-15
minute oral presentation to be given in front of their classmates.
For
lab: The
midterm, final exam, and participation grades will the same as in the original
course. Further requirements for
the honors students will include submitting 2 written lab reports which
summarize the lab assignment, results, conclusions, etc. of 2 separate labs
exercises.
Students
with Disabilities:
If any student in the
class feels that he or she needs an accommodation due to a disability, please
feel free to discuss this with the instructor early in the term. Georgia Highlands College has resources
available for students with certain disabilities. Accommodations may be made (such as providing materials in
alternative formats, assuring physical access to classrooms or being sensitive
to interaction difficulties that may be posed by communication and/or learning
disabilities) through Student Support Services on all campuses. For more information please
contact: Cartersville
678-872-8004; Douglasville and Floyd 706-368-7536; Marietta 678-915-5021;
Paulding 678-946-1029.
Laboratory
Statement:
Since this course involves a laboratory component, there are
specific safety issues that students need to be aware of (such as use of lab
coats and/or safety goggles, or any other such example specifically related to
that course). It is the student's responsibility to be aware of all such
issues and act in an extremely cautious manner to avoid any potential causes
for accidents in the laboratory.
GHC is not liable for any accident in the lab due to negligence on the part of
any individual. Specific safety issues are discussed in the lab manual and
laboratory safety lecture. It is also recommended that if you are pregnant or
intend on becoming pregnant during the course, that you not take the course at
this time.
Earned F:
This message applies only to students receiving
financial aid:
Federal regulations state that if a student did not attend classes and received
failing grades, then the grades were not earned and financial aid needs to be
reduced accordingly. Please be
advised that any student receiving a 0.00 GPA will be required to prove that
the 0.00 GPA was earned by attending classes or completing requirements for
each class. Students who have earned at least one passing grade
for the semester will not be affected by this regulation. If a
student has properly withdrawn from all classes, the studentŐs financial aid
should be adjusted from the time they signed the withdrawal form.
Early
Warning Program:
Georgia Highlands College requires that
all faculty members report their students' progress throughout the course of
the semester as part of the institution-wide Early Warning Program (EWP). The
objective of the program is to support academic success by reviewing early
indicators of satisfactory student progress. In accordance with EWP, faculty
members provide the Registrar's Office with academic reports of each student
enrolled in their course(s) at checkpoints staggered throughout the semester.
The following success factors are reported at their corresponding checkpoint:
Week
2: Notification of Non-attendance
Week
5: Evidence of Course Pursuit
Week
8: Mid-term Grades
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Students will demonstrate competency
of one discipline in the sciences in terms of its informational content.
2. Students will demonstrate competency
of on discipline in the sciences in terms of its terminology.
3. Students will demonstrate competency
of on discipline in the sciences in terms of its commonly used units of
measurement.
4. Students will demonstrate the
ability to operate basic instrumentation, gather data, and generate conclusions
in a laboratory or observational setting.
5. Students will demonstrate the
ability to apply discipline content to problem solving.
Tentative Lecture Schedule:
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Class Day |
Lecture Topic(s) |
Chapters |
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8/21 |
Orientation |
Course Syllabus |
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8/23 |
Chemistry of Biology/Tools of the Laboratory |
Chapters 2 & 3 |
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8/28 |
Chapter 4 |
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8/30 |
Chapter 5 |
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9/4 |
Labor Day – No Lecture |
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9/6 |
Eukaryotic Organisms (cont.) |
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9/11 |
TEST I |
Chapters 1-5 |
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9/13 |
Chapter 7 |
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9/18 |
Chapter 8 |
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9/20 |
Chapters 9 & 10 |
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9/25 |
Chapter 6 |
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9/27 |
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Chapter 11 |
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10/2 |
Controlling Microorganisms (cont.) |
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10/4 |
TEST II |
Chapters 6-11 |
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10/9 |
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Chapter 12 |
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10/11 |
Chapter 13 |
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10/16 |
Host
Defenses II/Diagnosing Infections |
Chapter 14 Chapters 15 & 17 |
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10/18 |
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Chapter 16 |
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10/23 |
Immunologic Disorders (cont.) |
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10/23 |
MID-SEMESTER:
LAST CHANCE TO WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT PENALTY |
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10/25 |
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10/30 |
TEST III |
Chapters
12-17
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11/1 |
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Chapter 18 |
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11/6 |
Chapter 19 |
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11/8 |
Diseases
of the Blood & Lymphatic System |
Chapter 20 |
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11/13 |
Chapter 21 |
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11/15 |
Chapter 22 |
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11/20 |
No Lecture |
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11/22 |
Thanksgiving
– No Class |
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11/27 |
Diseases
of the Genitourinary System |
Chapter 23 |
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11/29 |
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12/4 |
TEST IV |
Chapters
18-23
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12/6 |
Review and make-up exams |
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12/13 |
FINAL EXAM
- 10AM |
Comprehensive |