Microbes in the Environment
Duration
- One semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 56 hours face to face + blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
| Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
or
Anti-requisities (similar in content)
Aims and objectives
This unit of study aims to introduce the fundamental concepts involved in applied microbiology and its importance to health sciences, environmental health and the food processing industry. Students will understand the role and importance of food microbiology in food safety and quality assurance issues and will gain the necessary laboratory skills to undertake final year microbiology-related research projects.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this Unit will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental ideas and applications of applied microbiology and immunology
2. Describe and appreciate the diversity of the microbial world
3. Describe and appreciate the importance of the relationships between microbes and their hosts, including immune defences
4. Recognise how uncontrolled microbial growth relates to human health and disease
5. Explain the principles of infection control, including vaccination
6. Recognise the important role of microorganisms play in biomolecular applications, in particular the food industry
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this Unit will be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamental ideas and applications of applied microbiology and immunology
2. Describe and appreciate the diversity of the microbial world
3. Describe and appreciate the importance of the relationships between microbes and their hosts, including immune defences
4. Recognise how uncontrolled microbial growth relates to human health and disease
5. Explain the principles of infection control, including vaccination
6. Recognise the important role of microorganisms play in biomolecular applications, in particular the food industry
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Lecture | 3 | 12 | 36 |
| On Campus Science Lab | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Online Directed Online Learning | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 6.83 | 12 | 82 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Exam 1 | Individual | 25-35% | 1,2,4,5,6 |
| Exam 2 | Individual | 25-35% | 1,3,4,6 |
| Lab reports | Individual | 15-25% | 1,2,3 |
| Practical exam | Individual | 15-25% | 1,2,3 |
Hurdle
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass the unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:
(i) An aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
(ii) Obtain at least 40% in the final exam, and
(iii) Complete a minimum of 80% of laboratory work based on the criteria for successful completion as explained in the lab handout(s).
Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirements (ii) and (iii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.
Content
• Virology
• Host-parasite relationships
• Host response to infection
• Clinical and diagnostic microbiology
• Medical microbiology
• Applied microbiology
• Host-parasite relationships
• Host response to infection
• Clinical and diagnostic microbiology
• Medical microbiology
• Applied microbiology
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.