Microbes: Friend or foe? BIOL Z142

Natural Science Common Curriculum

Course Description:

This course is designed to familiarize students with relating their daily living to the activities of the microbial world. Topics of discussion include: infectious diseases including sexually transmitted diseases, vaccines and immunity, antibiotics and disease treatment, pollution, food production and spoilage, viruses and cancer, and developments in biotechnology. Prerequisites: High school biology. Common Curriculum: Natural Sciences Modern.

Course Structure:

3 credits, lecture

Instructors:

Dr. Maureen Shuh

Link to current course homepages:

Check Loyola's Blackboard website

To find out more about this course, please feel free to contact the instructor or visit the course homepage.  You can also visit the Loyola's Schedule of Classes link and see the very most up-to-date syllabus for offerings of this course.


Illustrations by Jean Cassels (jean-cassels.com)