Course Syllabus
YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL 2010
General Microbiology
CREDIT / 3 / INSTRUCTOR / Willie Claiborne Brown, Ph.D.OFFICE / TBA / OFFICE HOURS / TBA
TIME / TBA / CLASSROOM LOCATION / TBA
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COURSE DESCRIPTION& GOALS / A focus on microbial diversity, structure and function, genetics, growth, metabolism, of
bacteria; introduction to infectious disease. Designed for students needing to satisfy an upper
division requirement in microbiology for advanced biology courses, or graduate and professional
schools
PREREQUISITE / General Biology; Organic Chemistry
COURSE REQUIREMENTS / Two quizzes – 10% each
Midterm – 40%
Final (cumulative) – 40%
GRADING POLICY / All quizzes and exams are based on material covered in lectures that might include
specific references to material in the text. Textbook readings are to provide depth.
Names of specific organisms are not as important for the first quiz and exam,
although you should be building up your vocabulary.
TEXTS & REFERENCES / Slonczewski, J.L, and J.W. Foster, Microbiology: An Evolving Science, W.W. Norton,
New York, 2009. Selected readings from this text will be a part of the course packet of
references and images shown in class
INSTRUCTOR’S PROFILE / Professor Emeritus, Division of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, Ca
WEEK (PERIOD) / WEEKLY TOPIC & CONTENTS / COURSE MATERIAL & ASSIGNMENTS / REFERENCE /
1 (06.29 ~ 07.02) / Introduction – history and key
developments; comparison of microbes / Course Packet and Reader (Detailed assignments attached) / W.W. Norton
2 (07.05 ~ 07.08) / Structure and Function of Prokaryotic
Cells – morphology, internal and ext-
external structures; vegetative and resting
cells / “ / “
3 (07.12 ~ 07.15) / Growth – types and stages of growth;
Mathematics of growth; effect of chem-
ical and physical agents on growth / “ / “
4 (07.19 ~ 07.22) / Metabolism – energy from organic and
Inorganic compound; photosynthesis / “ / “
5 (07.26 ~ 07.29) / Integration of Metabolism;
Genetics – mutations; bacterial viruses
Recombination and plasmids; recombintant
DNA technology / “ / “
6 (08.02 ~ 08.05) / Survey of important gram positive and
gram negative bacteria (if time permits) / “ / “