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Unit of Study MICR2001 - Microbiology (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    Please note this unit has assessments scheduled in Week 7 which will require attendance on-campus. Details will be provided closer to the time.

Unit description

Introduces students to the concepts, principles and techniques of microbiology. Students gain an understanding of the morphological, biochemical and genetic diversity of microbes, supported by practical skills, including staining, aseptic techniques, culture and manipulation of microbes.

Unit content

  1. Foundation concepts of microbiology and an introduction to microorganisms, including an overview of prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
  2. Principles of microbial genetics, metabolism, and growth, and their relevance to microbial culture, classification and identification, infection control and biotechnology.
  3. Bacterial survey, and the classification of fungi, algae, protozoa, helminths, viruses, viroids, and prions.
  4. Principles of infectious disease, epidemiology, and microbial pathogenicity, including the associated role of antimicrobial drugs.

 

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Gold Coast
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Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

summarise and compare the classification, growth, metabolism, genetics, virulence and transmission of microorganisms

work in a team to manipulate microorganisms, including biotechnology applications and safe control measures

present principles of host-microbe interactions and infectious disease, and how microorganisms are controlled to prevent and treat infectious disease

apply microbiological techniques safely, to generate, analyse and interpret microbiological data individually and in collaboration

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