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Schedule
Updated 1/9/08

All postings after March 14
will be at the UA D2L site

This schedule is subject to modification during the semester

Date	Topic	Required Reading*
Week 1 1/16-18	WED Introduction to Microbiology HTML \| PPT \| Handout FRI The Chemistry of Biology HTML\| PPT Handout	Ch 1 Ch 2
Week 2 1/21-25	MON Martin Luther King Holiday WED Studying Microbes HTML \| PPT Handout FRI Prokaryotes: Bacteria and Archaea HTML \| PPT Handout	--- Ch 3 Ch 4
Week 3 1/28-2/1	MON Prokaryotes: Bacteria and Archaea HTML \| PPT Handout WED Prokaryotes: Bacteria and Archaea " FRI Microbe of the Week HTML \| PPT \| Handout Eukaryotes: Fungi, Protozoans, Helminths HTML \| PPT Handout	Ch 4 Ch 4 Ch 5
Week 4 2/4-2/8	MON Viruses HTML \| PPT Handout WED Virus Infections Microbes of Weeks 1-4 HTML \| PPT \| Handout FRI EXAM 1 Covers 1/16-2/6 Practice Exam (WORD) Key (WORD)	Ch 6 Ch 1-6
Week 5 2/11-2/15	MON Microbial Nutrition and Growth HTML \| PPT Handout WED Microbial Nutrition and Growth " FRI Microbial Metabolism:Enzymes HTML \| PPT \| Handout	Ch 7 Ch 7 Ch 8
Week 6 2/18-2/22	MON Microbial Metabolism:Energy Production HTML \| PPT \| Handout WED Microbial Metabolism: Respiration and FermentationHTML \| PPT \| Handout FRI Microbial Metabolism: Respiration and Fermentation	Ch 8 Ch 8 Ch 8
Week 7 2/25-2/29	MON Microbial Genetics: Central Dogma HTML\| PPT \| Handout WED Microbial Genetics:The Operon HTML \| PPT \| Handout FRI Microbial Genetics: Mutation HTML \| PPT \| Handout	Ch 9 Ch 9 Ch 9
Week 8 3/3-3/7	MON Microbial Genetics: Gene Transfer HTML \| PPT \| Handout WED Genetic Engineering HTML \| PPT \| Handout Microbe of the Week PPT \| Handout Microbes of the Weeks 5-8 HTML \| PPT \|Handout Study Guide for Exam 2 FRI EXAM 2 Covers 2/11-3/5 Practice Exam KEY	Ch 9 Ch 10 Ch 7-10
Week 9 3/10-3/14	MON Physical and Chemical Control of Microbes HTML \| PPT \| Handout WED Antimicrobial Drugs HTML \| PPT \| Handout FRI Antimicrobial Drugs "	Ch 11 Ch 12 Ch 12
3/17-21	*Spring Break* NOTE: All postings after March 14 will be at the UA D2L site only
Week 10 3/24-3/28	MON Infection and Disease HTML \| PPT \| Handout WED Nonspecific Host Defenses HTML \| PPT \| Handout FRI Specific Immunity: Humoral Immunity HTML \| PPT \| Handout	Ch 13 Ch 14 Ch 15
Week 11 3/31-4/4	MON Specific Immunity: Cellular Immunity HTML \| PPT \| Handout WED Disorders in Immunity HTML \| PPT \| Handout FRI Review	Ch 15 Ch 16 Ch 11-16
Week 12 4/7-4/11	MON EXAM 3 Covers 3/10-4/4 Practice Exam 3 WED Diagnosing Infections HTML \| PPT \| Handout FRI Infectious Diseases: Skin and Eyes HTML \| PPT \| Handout	Ch 11-16 Ch 17 Ch 18
Week 13 4/14-4/18	MON Infectious Diseases: Nervous System HTML \| PPT \| Handout WED Infectious Diseases: Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems HTML \| PPT\| Handout FRI HIV and the AIDS Pandemic "	Ch 19 Ch 20
Week 14 4/21-4/25	MON Infectious Diseases: Respiratory System HTML \| PPT \| Handout WED Infectious Diseases: Gastrointestinal Tract HTML \| PPT \| Handout FRI Infectious Diseases: Gastrointestinal Tract Additional Hepatitis Material HTML \| PPT \| Handout	CH 21 Ch 22 "
Week 15 4/28-5/2	MON Infectious Diseases: Genitourinary System HTML \| PPT \| Handout WED Finish Infectious Diseases FRI Microbial Ecology HTML \| PPT \| Handout	Ch 23 Ch 24
Week 16 5/5-5/7	MON Food Microbiology Industrial Microbiology " WED Review HTML \| PPT \| Handout	Ch 24 Ch 17-24
Friday 5/9 11-1 AM	Final Exam: Practice Exam Eighty percent of the material on the final will be from lectures drawn from material since 4/7. Twenty percent of the final will be multiple choice questions drawn from previous test questions on exams 1, 2, and 3.

*Cowan and Talaro, Microbiology A Systems Approach, McGraw/Hill, New York, 2006.