| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1, offshore teaching period |
| Old unit code |
950.204 |
| Outcomes |
Students gain an understanding of the world of micro-organisms, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. The associated practical classes provide training in aseptic technique and associated methods necessary for the safe handling and culture of micro-organisms. |
| Content |
The functions of micro-organisms are central to the foods, pharmaceutical, and biotechnological industries; in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in plants and animals; and in our understanding of biogeochemical processes in the biosphere. The lectures describe the structural and functional characteristics of micro-organisms; ecology and physiological diversity of bacteria; growth and control of micro-organisms; bacteria and viruses as agents of disease; and applications in biotechnology. This unit provides the basic background to understanding advanced microbiology and infectious disease units offered at Level 3. |
| Assessment |
This consists of an examination (50 per cent), practical examination (15 per cent) and continuous assessment (35 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Associate Professor Charlene Kahler |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley), QEII Medical Centre, Singapore |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: SCIE1106 Molecular Biology of the Cell; Level 1 chemistry or TEE Chemistry |
| Incompatibility: 950.200 Introductory Microbiology 200 (taken before 2003) |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; tutorials/labs: 2 hrs per week (for 13 weeks)
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| Unit web page |
http://webct.uwa.edu.au/ (only for enrolled students)
[Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2010.]
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| Text | |
Prescott, L. M. et al. Microbiology, 6th edn: McGraw-Hill 2005
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
- Assistance with study skills, including English language skills, is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students (see http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/learning). Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423.
- Books and other materials wherever listed may be subject to change. Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback.
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