General Microbiology
Fall 2009

 

 

Add Policy
If you are interested in adding Biol 240 you should contact me (thomsonb@smccd.net)as soon as possible. I will maintain an electronic add list, ranked by date. You should email me with the following information: name, contact information, why you need to take Biol 240 this semester. I will not add people the first week of class.
 
 

Opening Day Course Handouts
Greensheet
Lecture Syllabus
Lab Syllabus
Lab Rules and Safety
Microscope Handling and Care Handout
Assignment1
Assignment 2
Extra Credit Microbial Picnic

 
 
Study Group Contact Information

 
Microbiology Tutoring Fall 2009 Wedny Li Learning Center 9-209A

 
 
Times/Day Monday Wednesday Thursday
2 – 3    Biology 240 Review Session  3 – 5    appointment one-to-one tutoring 3 - 5    appointment tutoring
3 – 6    appointment one-to-one tutoring 5 – 6    BIO 240 Review Session 



Important Dates

 
 9/16
Exam #1
 9/23
Assignment 1
 10/21
Exam #2
 11/18
Exam #3
 11/02
Assignment 2
 12/02
Microbial Picnic
 12/16
Final


Hours by Arrangement

Biol 240 has 30 required hours by arrangement that must be completed by every student intending to pass the class for transfer. These hours must be fulfilled by attending open lab hours in 16 - 204. There are different time slots available to make up these hours. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that their attendance of Open Lab Hours is recorded by the Instructor.

Microbiology Open Lab Hours Fall 2009

Day
Time
Location
Instructor
Contact
MW
4:30-5:30pm
16-204
B. Thomson
thomsonb@smccd.net

 

A minimum of 24 hours of arrangement must be completed by May 1 to enable students to qualify for the extra credit opportunity.

Grading Policy and Student Conduct:

Late Work Policy

You have adequate time to research and write your assignments, and complete your labs. If you cannot meet the deadline you automatically deduct 25% of your grade. Assignments later than one week will not be accepted and will not be graded.

Student Conduct

Cheating includes copying and plagiarism. Copying another student’s work during exams, or reading from notes will result in confiscation of the exam, a zero for that particular exam, and you run the considerable risk of being expelled from the class. Students caught cheating may have this written on their academic record.
Plagiarism includes copying material directly out of a written source and claiming this work as your own. It also includes copying and pasting text directly from websites. Do not do this- this is also cheating. Use “quotation marks”, and cite sources where appropriate.

I hope that you enjoy the clas and stay through to the final in December, but, if for any reason you have to drop the class, be sure that you actually drop the class, don't just stop turning up.  It is your responsibility to officially drop the class, and remove yourself from the official roster. Failure to do so may result in you receiving an F as a final grade.

Cañada College Policy on Academic Integrity


Study Guides and Studying for Exams
The 9 most common errors in taking exams
Planning, Researching and Wrting Essays
 Guide to Midterm 1
 Midterm Bombs Away
Study Guide to Midterm 2
 Study Guide to Midterm 3
 Study Guide to In-class Final
 Take Home Cumulative Final
 Final Grades

Printing Study Questions and Lecture Outlines
THINK GREEN!
Where possible try and print on both sides of the paper. Where printers that do not have this option print odd numbered pages first, 1,3,5....., then flip the pages over, put them back in the source tray and print even numbered pages :)

As you need to download the lecture outlines before class, they may be subject to small changes between the date they are uploaded to the website and the day of lecture. In any case you will have most of the material on most of the slides.


Data Sheet Questions
9/09 Grading Period 1 
9/28 Grading Period 2 (updated 9/21)
10/14 Grading Period 3
10/28 Grading Peroid 4
11/16 Grading Period 5
11/25 Unknown Project
12/09 Grading Period 7
 

 
 
Internet Resources; I have compiled a list of Microbiology websites that include background information, articles, and animations that will help you to understand the basic concepts covered in the textbook, and broaden the scope of your reading. Happy Surfing
Internet Resources by Chapter

Download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free to open and read pdf files
 

Lecture Outline.pdf
Study Questions.doc
 Introduction to Course
Chapter 1
Lecture 1 History of Microbiology Chapter 2
Lecture 2 Chemistry
Chapter 3
Lecture 3 Microscopy
Chapter 4A (Prokaryotes)
Lecture 4 Prokaryote Form and Function
Chapter 4B (Eukaryotes)
 Lecture 5 Eukaryote Form and Function
Chapter 5
Lecture 6 Microbial Growth/ Control of Microbes
Chapter 6
Lectures 7, 8 and 9 Metabolism
Chapter 7
 Lecture 10,11 and 12  Microbial Genetics
Chapter 8 Bacterial Genetics
 Lecture 13 Biotechnology
Chapter 9 Biotechnology
 Lecture 14 Eukaryotes: Fungi and Algae
Chapter 12 A Fungi and Algae
 Lecture 15 Eukaryotes: Protozoa and Helminths
Chapter 12 B Protists and Helminths
 Lecture 16 and 17 Viruses and Vaccinations
Chapter 13 Viruses
Lecture 18 Epidemiology
Chapter 14 Epidemiology
Lectures 19 Microbial Pathogenicity
Chapter 15 Pathogenicity
 Lecture 20 Non Specific Defences
Chapter 16 Innate Immunity
 Lectures 21 and 22 Specific Immune System; Antibodies and  Cell Mediated Immunity
Chapter 17 Adaptive Immunity
 
 Lecture 23 Diseases of the Skin and Eyes
 Lecture 24 Diseases of the Nervous System
 Lecture 25 Microbial Diseases of the Cardiovascular System
 Lecture 26 Diseases of the Respiratory System
Lecture 27 Diseases of the Digestive System

 
 
 
 
 

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Last modified 12/29/2008