Course Number: SC180
Course Title: Microbiology
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
General
1. To develop basic
understanding of Microbiology through exposures to selected learning experiences
in classroom.
2. To acquire skills of identifying and classifying microorganisms through
laboratory observations.
3. To assist in the control of microorganisms by practicing the good health
procedures.
Specific
Students should be able to:
1. Define and describe
practical application of microbiology.
2. Identify and classify
the microorganisms.
3. Compare the
morphological characteristics of three major groups of bacteria.
4. Describe the
reproductive process in bacteria.
5. Compare the metabolic
processes between the photosynthetic bacteria and chemosynthetic
bacteria.
6. Identify the different
organelles of the unicellular organisms.
7. Explain the phases of
growth in bacteria.
8. Calculate the increase
in bacterial growth at a given amount of time.
9. Prepare bacterial culture and make reliable bacterial count.
10. Manipulate compound
microscopes and make accurate observation of the
characteristics of different microorganisms.
11.
Prepare specimen for observation under compound microscope.
12.
Describe methods of purifying water, food, milk, etc.
13.
Describe the physical and chemical methods of sterilization.
14.
Describe the host resistance to certain diseases.'
15.
Explain and practice surgical and medical asepsis.
16.
Identify normal flora of various body system.
17. Explain the
spread of infectious diseases and transmission of communicable
diseases.
18.
Identify different kinds of infectious diseases.
19. Use Koch's
Postulate in determining the specific disease organism.
20.
Explain how pathogens enter and leave the body.
21. Determine the
factors that contribute to the pathogen city of organisms.
22.
Describe the host resistance and antibody-antigen reactions.
23.
Describe the harmful effects of pathogens.
24.
Explain the importance of antibiotics
25.
Identify the organs of the body which harbor different pathogens.
26.
Identify different classes of microorganisms.