BSCI 424 General Class Information

BSCI 424 — Pathogenic Microbiology — Fall 2000

General Information

COURSE NAME: Pathogenic Microbiology (BSCI 424) (Formerly MICB 440)

CREDIT: 4 credits

PRE-REQUISITE: BSCI 223 (MICB 200) or equivalent first-year college course in General Microbiology with laboratory experience

COURSE OBJECTIVE: Pathogenic Microbiology (BSCI 424) consists of two lectures, and two laboratory sessions per week. The course objective is to provide an understanding of the relationship between pathogenic microorganisms and humans or other animals. The main emphasis will be in the area of bacteriology with attention given to identification, cellular structure, pathogenic mechanisms, genetics of disease, epidemiology, serology, and prevention and treatment.

Daytime Course

CLASS TIME:	Lecture --	Tu & Th; 11:00-11:50A.M
	Laboratory --	See Schedule of Classes
CLASS LOCATION:	Lecture --	Jimenez Bldg. Room 0220
	Laboratory --	Microbiology Building, Rooms 1135 or 1143

Science in the Evening Course

CLASS TIME:	Lecture --	Tu & Th; 7:00-7:50P.M
	Laboratory --	Tu & Th; 8:00-9:50P.M
CLASS LOCATION:	Lecture --	Microbiology Bldg. Room 1207
	Laboratory --	Microbiology Building, Rooms 1135 or 1143

REQUIRED TEXTS:

	LECTURE TEXTS:	Medical Microbiology. 3^rd Edition, P.R. Murray, K.S. Rosenthal, G.S. Kobayashi and M.A. Pfaller. Mosby, 1998.
		Microbial Pathogenesis Lecture Supplements. 1^st Edition, D.M. Rollins and S.W. Joseph. Kendall-Hunt, 1999.
	LAB TEXTS:	A Photographic Atlas for the Microbiology Laboratory. 2^ndEdition, M.J. Leboffe and B.E. Pierce. Morton Pub. Co., 1999.
		Microbial Pathogenesis Laboratory Manual. 1^st Edition, D.M. Rollins, J.J. Temenak and S.W. Joseph. Kendall-Hunt, 2000.

DAYTIME PROFESSOR:	Sam W. Joseph, Ph.D.
	Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics (CBMG)
	Microbiology Bldg. Rm. 2118
	Ph: (301)-405-5452
	E-Mail: sj13@umail.umd.edu

SCIENCE IN THE EVENING LECTURER:	David M. Rollins, Ph.D.
	Enteric Diseases Department
	Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, MD
	Ph: (301)-319-7668 FAX:(301)-314-9489
	E-Mail: droljmil@aol.com

SCIENCE IN THE EVENING LABORATORY INSTRUCTOR:	Joseph Temenak, Ph.D.
	Ph: (301)-319-7435
	E-Mail: temenakj@nmrc.navy.mil

LAB COORDINATORS:	Ann Hirschman
	Ph: (301)-405-0075
	E-Mail: mwah@wam.umd.edu

	Shannon Carroll
	Ph: (301)-319-7669
	E-Mail: sac@wam.umd.edu

OFFICE HOURS:	By Appointment or After Lectures

CLASS POLICIES:

ALL EXAMS MUST BE TAKEN. Exams not taken will be averaged as zero. There will be three mid-term examinations and a final examination. You must take the final examination. The three best exam scores will count and the lowest exam will be dropped. Make-up exams will be considered only for valid medical reasons occurring on the day of the exam and only if a letter authorizing absence on that day is provided by a licensed physician.

The laboratory instructor will determine the laboratory portion of the grade.

Lecture and laboratory attendance are mandatory. Missed laboratory sessions cannot be made up. There will be no extra-credit work.

In the laboratory students will be exposed to living bacterial cultures and chemical reagents which are potentially hazardous. Rigid adherence to prescribed procedures is necessary. Failure to comply with directions could be harmful and any contradictory behavior will result in dismissal from the course. An examination on laboratory safety based on information in your laboratory manual will be administered in your second laboratory class. Failure to pass this exam after two trials will result in dismissal from the class.

Policy on Academic Dishonesty

The University has one set of definitions of academic dishonesty, which are laid out in the Code of Academic Integrity. If any student is charged by the Council for academic dishonesty they will be charged with one of the following acts.

CHEATING: intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, or study aids in any academic exercise.

FABRICATION: intentional and unauthorized falsification or invention of any information, or study aids in any academic exercise.

FACILITATION: intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another to violate any provision of the Code of Academic Integrity.

PLAGIARISM: intentionally or knowingly representing the words or ideas of another one's own in any academic exercise.

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