BIOMI 1400 Antibiotics: Probing the Biology of Life and Death
Course description
Though antibiotic resistance puts millions of lives at peril from infectious diseases each year, antibiotics and other antimicrobials have played a critical role in helping scientists understand biological systems better. This class examines the biology of microbial life through the lens of antibiotics and other antimicrobials. It is intended for non-life-science majors.
Outcome 1: Explain, evaluate, and effectively interpret factual claims, theories, and assumptions in the sciences.
Outcome 2: Find, access, critically evaluate, and ethically use information.
Outcome 3: Integrate quantitative and qualitative information to reach defensible and creative conclusions.
Outcome 4: Communicate effectively through writing, speech, and visual information.
Outcome 5: Demonstrate the capability to work both independently and in cooperation with others.
Outcome 6: Apply concepts of sustainability to the analysis of one of more major challenges facing humans and the Earth’s resources.
Summer 2024: Online course
| Section ID: | BIOMI 1400 001-LEC |
| Number: | 1104 |
| Session: | Summer 6-week |
| Class dates: | June 24-August 2, 2024 |
| Final exam/project due: | Tuesday August 06, 8:30 AM - 11 AM / Online (see Final exams) |
| Time / room: | M-F 10 AM - 11:15 AM / Online |
| Mode of instruction: | Online (sync) |
| Credit: | 3 |
| Grade: | Graded |
| Instructor: | Hay, A. (agh5) |
| Max. enroll: | 40 |
| Restrictions: | High school biology is suggested. |
| To enroll: |
See Online Learning FAQs. This course is open to all registrants, including undergraduates and precollege students. |