Course Learning Outcomes:

1. understand the main ways bacteria exchange DNA
2. understand the major structures of bacterial cells, their functions and assembly;
3. recognize roles microbes play in the environment as well as in disease
4. appreciate the diversity of microbes
5. identify the growth phases of bacteria and how growth can be measured
6. understand the many ways microbes acquire nutrients from their environment
7. understand how bacteria communicate
8. understand the many ways bacteria regulate expression of their genes;
9. integrate lecture material with the lab component
10. identify major virus families and understand their structure, replication strategies and diversity
11. understand how viruses disseminate within the infected host organism and how they cause disease
12. understand how the host organism responds to virus infection and develops immunity to future infection by the same virus
13. understand the mechanisms by which some viruses evade host immune defenses
14. understand the challenges faced in the global delivery of vaccines to eradicate select viral pathogens.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe the beneficial and detrimental interactions of the innate and adaptive branches of the human immune system.
2. Describe the organization of the immune system and how it functions.
3. Describe the unique features of human defense mechanisms against microbial agents.
4. Understand how the basic knowledge of immunology can be applied and translated to the development of immunological techniques, vaccines, and cancer immunotherapies.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Analyze information pertaining to a specific organism to evaluate the impact of microbial replication, gene expression and antibiotic resistance of the microorganism in health, disease or the environment.
2. Collaboratively demonstrate a working knowledge of microbe characteristics that relate to their survival by working effectively with peers.
3. Employ a basic understanding of the biological features of bacteria, viruses, and eukaryotic microbes to transition to higher level microbiology courses.
4. Employ effective peer review in a small group setting in order to collaboratively formulate predictions of the success or failure of designed superbugs.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Recognize hazards in a research environment in order to employ safe laboratory practices.
2. Summarize observations and research data in a lab notebook in order to communicate their results in a written format.
3. Explain how common biochemical and microbiological research techniques work, and evaluate when a particular technique should be applied.
4. Apply basic research techniques to answer scientific questions.
5. Interpret and evaluate experimental results to present their findings as a written report.
6. Evaluate the literature on antibiotic resistance to explain topics in this area to a scientific audience.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Describe and apply knowledge of how microbes interact with the human host in relation to health (human microbiome) and disease (microbial pathogens). Organize & assess information from various sources to critically and appropriately problem solve.
2. Integrate the information taught in the course to provide a broad-based understanding of the global impact of microbes on health and disease. Reflect upon and track how accumulated knowledge is influencing perception of human health and infectious disease.
3. Reflect upon and document learning styles and strategies best suited to optimize depth and breadth of learning.
4. Work collaboratively in a small group setting to apply accumulated knowledge in critical evaluation of the factors that contribute to the etiology of infectious diseases.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Advocate for ethical issues in the immunological approach to health and life sciences by effectively researching major issues at the forefront of the discipline
2. Assess immunology resources critically (e.g. videos, virtual lab, and clinical images) and use precise written responses to present the work to both a science literate and general audience
3. Dissect a problem into its key features by thinking in an integrated manner and interpret immunological data from a virtual lab to identify consistent and inconsistent components
4. Explain the fundamentals of immunology and describe key principles of the immune system, mechanisms of immune reactions, aspects of antibody formation, and cell-mediated immunity in health and disease

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Appreciate how viruses impact health and society
2. Develop ability to interpret and evaluate primary scientific literature
3. Understand virological assays and how to interpret them
4. Learn strategies for viral entry, genome organization, protein expression and replication
5. Acquire basic understanding of virus-host interactions
6. Compare mechanisms of viral pathogenesis

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate understanding of advanced virology topics.
2. Development of literature-based research skills in order to evaluate and critique how current research articles advance the field of virology.
3. Development of writing skills in order to critique current scientific literature and use this to support a personal opinion.
4. Participate in a collaborative group presentation to convey current topics in virology.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Participate in a collaborative group presentation to convey current immunology topics.
2. Create an individual presentation in order to explain specific aspects of your topic.
3. Development of research skills in order to evaluate and critique how current research articles advance the field.
4. Development of writing skills in order to critique current scientific literature and use this to support a personal opinion.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Integrate epidemiological and transmission principles of infectious diseases to independently or collaboratively explain, discuss, and appreciate the global impact of infectious diseases.
2. Use the principles learned during the study of selected infectious disease syndromes and apply those principles to advocate for effective control of infectious diseases.
3. Integrate information found in course modules and primary literature to explain the pathophysiology of selected infectious diseases and the role it plays in disease progression and treatment.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Gain a broad understanding of medically relevant pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites, to enable the development of an overarching concept of the key components involved.
2. Apply foundational practices of infection prevention and control to predict how those processes mitigate the spread of pathogens from animals to humans.
3. Apply knowledge and concepts of microbiology to demonstrate how pathogens impact their animal host and then predict the interplay between infection control interventions, local environments and human populations.
4. Identify, describe, and predict the outcome of a change in pathogenesis in their non-animal hosts (i.e. humans or other intermediates) and how this might impact human health.