BIO
310
MICROBIOLOGY
POLICY
STATEMENT
The
purpose of this course is to teach, at an introductory level, the principles and
techniques of microbiology. This
course is intended for biology majors and other students who have an interest or
require a course in microbiology.
TEXTBOOK:
The textbook is Microbiology by L.M. Prescott, J.P. Harley, and
D.A. Klein, fifth edition.
EXAMS
AND GRADING: Four
(4) lecture exams will be given during the semester and a comprehensive final.
The
lecture will account for 60 percent and the lab will account for 40 percent of
your final grade.
4
lecture exams
100 pts each
400 pts
1
final exam
200 pts
200 pts
3
lab exams
100 pts each
300 pts
10
lab quizzes
10 pts each
100 pts
Total
1000
pts
Final
grades are based upon the following point distribution:
A
=
900 - 1000 pts
B
=
800 - 899 pts
C
=
700 - 799 pts
D
=
600 - 699 pts
F
=
under 600 pts
LECTURE:
Most of the examination questions will come from the material covered in
the lecture. The student should do
the assigned reading in the textbook to complement the lecture.
The instructor will make every attempt to follow the information given in
the textbook for the lecture, but may add information from another source to
strengthen the lecture. For this
reason I highly recommended that lecture be attended.
INSTRUCTOR:
John
G. Steiert, Ph.D.
Office:
TEM 269; Phone: 836-6916
Email:
JGS617F@missouristate.edu
Office
Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
MTWRF
LECTURE
TIME AND ROOM:
8:00
– 8:50 a.m., MWF, GLAS 344
DISABILITY
ACCOMODATION POLICY:
To request academic accommodations for a disability, contact Katheryne Staeger-Wilson, Disability Services (http://www.missouristate.edu/disability), Plaster Student Union, Suite 405, (417) 836-4192 or (417) 836-6792 (TTY). Students are required to provide documentation of disability to Disability Services prior to receiving accommodations. Disability Services refers some types of accommodation requests to the Learning Diagnostic Clinic, which also provides diagnostic testing for learning and psychological disabilities. (A fee is charged for testing.) For information about testing, contact Dr. Steven Capps, Learning Diagnostic Clinic (417) 836-4787; http://www.missouristate.edu/contrib/ldc/.
NONDISCRIMINATION
POLICY:
Missouri State is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution, and maintains a grievance procedure incorporating due process available to any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against. At all times, it is your right to address inquiries or concerns about possible discrimination to Jana Long, Equal Opportunity Officer, Office of Human Resources, Carrington 128, (417) 836-4252. Concerns about discrimination can also be brought directly to your instructor’s attention, and/or to the attention of your instructor’s Department Head.
ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY POLICY:
All
members of the University community share the responsibility and authority to
challenge and make known acts of apparent academic dishonesty. Any student
detected participating in any form of academic dishonesty in this course will be
subject to sanctions as described in the Student Academic Integrity Policies and Procedures
(http://www.missouristate.edu/acadaff/AcademicIntegrity.html,
also available at the Reserves Desk in Meyer Library, and in abbreviated form in
the Missouri State Undergraduate Catalog). It
is your responsibility to read and fully understand Missouri State’s Student Academic Integrity Policies
and Procedures.
DROPPING
A CLASS:
It
is your responsibility to understand the University’s procedure for dropping a
class. If you stop attending this
class but do not follow proper procedure for dropping the class, you will
receive a failing grade and will also be financially obligated to pay for the
class. To drop a class anytime
after the first week of classes, you must complete and turn in a drop slip at an
authorized registration center (see 2001/2002 Missouri State Undergraduate Catalog,
p. 49-50; http://www.missouristate.edu/recreg/chnsched.html).
You do not need to obtain any
signatures on the drop slip. It
does not need to be signed by your instructor, your advisor, or a
department head. If you wish to
withdraw from the University (i.e., drop all your classes), contact the
Registration Center, Carrington 320.
MAKEUP
EXAMS:
If
for an excusable reason, such as illness, personal crisis, or attendance at a
University sponsored function or professional function, a student is unable to
take an exam during the scheduled exam time, he or she should contact the
instructor within two working days to explain their absence.
If no effort is made to contact the instructor during that time period a
zero will be given for the exam. The
makeup exam will be either an oral exam or a new exam will be written.
ATTENDANCE
POLICY:
“Because class attendance and course grade are demonstrably
and positively related, the University expects students to attend all class
sessions of courses in which they are enrolled. Each instructor has the responsibility to determine specific
attendance policies for each course taught, including the role that attendance
plays in calculation of final grades and the extent to which work missed due to
non-attendance can be made up.” For
this course attendance is not mandatory, but I encourage you to attend class as
exam material comes from the information presented in class.
Also, since the laboratory is a integral part of the course and a number
of the laboratories are individual efforts, a missed lab will have to be made up
on the students own time. I will
not deduct points from your overall point total for missing class.
I will take attendance for my own statistical purposes. Students who have excellent attendance and at the end of the
semester are a few points shy (1 - 5) of the next higher grade, I will usually
raise their letter grade.
Biology majors should access the departmental web page (http//biology.missouristate.edu)
on a regular basis for announcements.
Lecture
Outline for Spring 2002
Date
Topic
Relevant
Chapters
January
14,16,18
History
of Microbiology
Prokaryotic
Cell Structure and Function
1
3
January
21
Martin
Luther King Day – No classes
January
23, 25
Eukaryotic
Cell Structure and Function
Microbial
Nutrition and Growth
4
5
& 6
January
28,30
February
1
Microbial
Nutrition and Growth
Control
of Microbial Growth
5
& 6
7
February
4
Control
of Microbial Growth
7
February
6
Exam
1
February
8
Metabolism
8,
9, & 10
February
11,13,15
Metabolism
9
& 10
February
20,21
Microbial
Genetics
February
25,27, March
1
Microbial
Genetics
11
& 12
March
4
Microbial
Genetics
12
March
6
Exam
2
March
8
Genetics
13
March
11,13,15
Genetics
and Viruses
14,15,16,
17, & 18
March
18,20,22
Microbial
Taxonomy
Food
Microbiology
19
41
April
3
Industrial
Microbiology
42
April
5
Exam
3
April
8,10,12
Symbiotic
Associations and Immunology
31
& 32
April
15,17,19
Immunology
32
& 33
April
22,24
Immunology
Antimicrobial
Chemotherapy
33
& 35
April
26
Exam
4
April
29 and May 1,3
Microbial
Diseases
34,37
& 38
39
& 40
May
10
Study
Day - No Classes
May
13
Final
Exam – 6:30 to 8:30 a.m.