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ADVANCED MEDICAL AND VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

MIC3AMM

2020

Credit points: 30

Subject outline

This subject deals with disease causation by viruses, bacteria and eukaryotic microbes. Each of these three components is designed to give students a better understanding of disease-causing microorganisms, their life cycles, how they 'hijack' and control their host cells in order to initiate infection, cause disease and replicate. The subject will cover a number of significant pathogens including influenza, HIV, Hepatitis, Helicobacter, Salmonella and Plasmodium spp, Trypanosome spp and Leishmania spp. as well as concepts of emerging pathogenic infections, how this occurs, and what we can do to stop them.

School: Life Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 30

Subject Co-ordinator: Lisa Francione

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: (MIC2MI or AGR3AH) and MIC2MMV Students admitted into SBMS or SBMD must complete MIC2MMV

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: Merit based quota management

Quota-conditions or rules: Assessed on an average of a student's performance in MIC2MI and MIC2MMV.

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Apply concepts of molecular virology and bacterial pathogenesis to analyse and solve real world scenarios.
02. Apply concepts of molecular parasitology to analyse and solve real world scenarios.
03. Use key microbiological techniques to manipulate microorganisms for experiments in the laboratory and record data and interpretation of the results.
04. Analyse and appraise related scientific manuscripts on a set microbiological topic with respect to the experimental approach, research data, and conclusions.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: 150

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Lisa Francione

Class requirements

Laboratory ClassWeek: 10 - 22
Two 3.00 hours laboratory class per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
Four 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

One 2-hour written examination (end of semester) (2,000-words equivalency)

N/AN/AN/ANo20SILO1, SILO2

One 3-hour written examination (end of semester) (3,000-words equivalency)

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO1, SILO2

Scientific online comprehension exercise (1,000-words equivalency)

N/AN/AN/ANo10SILO4

Molecular virology - Online assessment quiz (500-words equivalency)

N/AN/AN/ANo10SILO1, SILO3

Workbook (500-words equivalency)

N/AN/AN/ANo10SILO1, SILO3

Group oral presentations (500-words)

N/AN/AN/ANo10SILO2, SILO3