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Class number:
3261
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Title: How Microbes Rule the World |
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Department: First Year Sem & Colloq |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: Yes |
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Grading Basis: Graded |
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Units: 1.00 |
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Current enrollment: 15 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 |
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End date: Thursday, December 21, 2023 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM, SH - S204 |
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Instructor(s): Foster, Lisa-Anne |
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Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets FirstYr Seminar Requirement |
Course Description:
Microscopic organisms have influenced the development of human culture more than any other class of organisms on the planet. While responsible for Ebola, Zika, and Malaria among a host of other horrible diseases, microbes are necessary for the production of bread, beer, wine, cheese as well as medicines and biotechnology that improve human life. This course will explore the political and social impact microbes have on human development by examining the history of plagues, the threat of bio-terrorism and the reasons for geographical distribution of various infectious diseases. A background in science nor the intent to major in a science is not required to be successful in this course. The only requirement is an interest in learning more about the unseen organisms all around us. |