Kirkwood Community College
Course Syllabus for Microbiology (BI130T)

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Microbiology is a four semester hour lecture/laboratory course offered through the Mathematics/Science Department. It surveys bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, as well as their growth characteristics and morphology. The course also includes an introduction to biotechnology and recombinant DNA, as well as an introduction to immunology and the mechanisms of pathogenicity. Practical aspects of epidemiology, chemotherapy, and microbial control are also studied. Laboratory emphasis is on bacterial culturing, aseptic technique, identification of organisms, and the exploration of conditions necessary for microbial growth as well as microbial control.

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:

1. As part of the Kirkwood Community college curriculum, Microbiology seeks to provide a quality educational experience in a field of laboratory science.
2. Microbiology provides students with a basic knowledge of the principles of bacteriology, virology, and immunology.
3. This course encourages the development of good laboratory techniques that will be useful in subsequent courses as well as in many careers.
4. This course fulfills the requirements in the field of microbiology for students in allied health fields and other technical programs.
5. Microbiology serves as a transfer course that will meet articulation requirements for students- in science or health fields.
6. This course encourages students to think critically and to engage in a deeper understanding of their microbial environment.

1. The Kirkwood Library (in Benton Hall) has an excellent number of books and references, periodicals, film-loops, cassettes, programmed learning kits, etc. The book collection is maintained at approximately 50,000 titles; periodicals number about 350.
2. Kirkwood is affiliated with the lowa Films Cooperative, through which films are made available from the University of Iowa, lowa State University, and the Grant Wood Area AEA Film collections.
3. A large videotape collection is housed in the Media Services Center and is available for projection in each classroom, the library, and the computer literacy lab.
4. The Math/Science Department maintains a collection of overhead transparencies, 35mm slides, film-loops, video disks, videotapes, and models which are routinely utilized.
5. The Microbiology Laboratory is a modem, well-equipped area constructed specifically for classes in Microbiology and has a separate preparation room immediately adjacent. The lab holds 24 students and is equipped with water, gas, light microscopes (oil immersion), an extensive prepared slide collection, a live bacterial strain collection, incubators, autoclave, sterile transfer hood, water baths, a large number of dehydrated as well as hydrated culture media, an IBM computer and printer, and a number of software programs for analyzing microbiological data, including epidemiological data Students are able to get extensive hands-on lab experience with a wide variety of bacterial organisms, culture media, staining procedures, and microbial identification procedures.
6. A peer-tutoring service is operated through the personal achievement department. Help is available free of charge to students enrolled in Microbiology.
7. In addition to Kirkwood's facilities, the following outside resources are available:

a. The Hardin Health Sciences Library at the University of Iowa is located 20 miles south of the Kirkwood campus. It is readily accessible to Kirkwood students
b. Several smaller four-year institutions with accessible facilities are located within a 1 mile driving radius (Mt. Mercy College, Coe College, and Cornell College).
c. Many excellent medical libraries are located within hospitals in Cedar Rapids, including Mercy Hospital and St. Luke's Hospital, and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Iowa City.

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