| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Summer |
| PREREQUISITE: | Chem 105 or concurrent enrollment. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Principles of prokaryotic biology emphasizing cell structure, function, and metabolism. Introduction to bacterial genetics, microbial diversity, and microbial ecology. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter; Spring |
| PREREQUISITE: | CHEM 105; PDBio 120 or MMBio 221 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Principles of infectious organisms (principally bacteria and viruses), the diseases they cause, and the role of host immune responses in health and disease. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBIO 240 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | How DNA governs complex bacterial functions. Classical and modern approaches to gene discovery, including genetic screens, gene mapping, targeted genetic manipulations, and analyzing gene activity. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | CHEM 481 & MMBIO 151 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Principles of prokaryotic physiology, including cell structure and function, gene regulation, and biochemical processes; focusing on the unique aspects of prokaryotic biology. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBIO 151 & PDBIO 120 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Natural history of a microbe; its distribution and abundance. Critical influence of scale and perspective in determining underlying mechanisms. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBIO 240 & MMBIO 361 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Advanced concepts of immunological processes. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBIO 361 |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Fundamental principles of bacterial pathogenesis, emphasizing the molecular interactions of medically important bacteria and their hosts. |
| WHEN TAUGHT: | Fall; Winter |
| PREREQUISITE: | MMBio 361 or equivalent. |
| DESCRIPTION:  | Basic principles of virology, emphasizing selected molecular aspects of virus life cycles and disease processes. |