This course introduces students to microorganisms found in nature, industry anddisease. Topics covered include virology, bacteriology, immunology, epidemiology,pathology and other related areas of microbial physiology. The laboratory will dealwith the isolation and identification of common pathogenic and non-pathogenicorganisms utilizing techniques of staining, culturing, fermentation reactions andmicroscopic inspection. The lab sessions will reinforce and emphasize lecture material.