Microbiology 20 meets for lecture on MWF, 9:00 to 9:50, and for three hours of laboratory experience (twice a week), as scheduled. Optional review sessions may be scheduled outside of the above lecture hours, depending on student interest. The lecture schedule and exam schedule may be changed - students will be given advance notification for changes whenever possible. A biology course, chemistry, and organic chemistry are prerequisites for this course. Students are expected to be familiar with basic chemical and biological principals. Students who feel unprepared for any material covered in this course should contact the instructor for supplemental study materials.

Instructor:

Dr. Alice D. Wright 
10B Science 
278-7692

Office hours: Wednesday and Friday 10:30 am to noon

Email: awright@csufresno.edu

WEB page: http://erasmus.biol.csufresno.edu/Wright/Default.htm

http://erasmus.biol.csufresno.edu/Wright/micro20.htm

Goals:

The objectives of this class are to teach students the fundamentals of microbiology and to provide an understanding of the roles of microorganisms.

Text:

Microbiology an Introduction, Sixth edition. 1998. Gerard J.Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, and Christine L. Case. Benjamin Cummings, publishers.

Course packet containing the laboratory manual, by F. Cheuk.

Optional for laboratory: A photographic Atlas for the Microbiology Laboratory, 2^nd Edition. 1999. Michael Leboffe and Burton Pierce. Morton Publishing Company.

*For the laboratory, students provide a china marking pencil, a Sharpie marker, microscope slides box set, and one depression slide. Labels and a lab coat are optional.

Grading:

Laboratory section 35% (see your lab instructor for details)

Lecture section 65%

(12% for each of the examinations

5% for participation and activities in lecture)

Material covered on examinations will be presented in lecture and is taken from the text book and from short video presentations shown in lecture. There will be four examinations in the lecture portion of the course. Each exam will carry equal weight in grading. The final is not comprehensive and will cover the lectures that follow the fourth examination. Examinations will consist of multiple choice, matching, true/false, and either a few short answer questions or an essay question. Students provide SCANTRON sheets and pencils. Students will place backpacks and books at the front of the classroom on examination days. Make up examinations are only given in exceptional situations and the student is expected to provide documentation, for example, a doctor's excuse.

Participation activities are graded; 0-nothing turned in, 5- materials turned in are inadequate, or 10 - appropriate materials turned in.

Participation Activities 1: Occasionally you (individually or as a group) will be asked to write something and turn it in during lecture. If you are absent, you can not make up these activities. You should always bring at least one extra sheet of paper for participation activities.

Participation Activities 2: Find a newspaper article about microbiology and write a one-paragraph summary of the article. Mount the article for display outside of the lab.

Schedule for turning in newspaper articles:

Participation grades will be lowered for disruption of the class; including talking, using pagers or telephones, and arriving late (and noisily) at lecture. Students who are very disruptive or chronically disruptive will be asked to leave the class. Please turn telephones and pagers off before the start of class. You are bound by the University Policy on Cheating and Plagiarism. University policy regarding conduct of courses will be followed.

If you have special needs as addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act and need course materials in alternative formats, notify your instructor immediately. Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate your special needs.

Grading – indicated number of points out of 500 total:

 Grading may vary by instructor!