BI 234: Microbiology

Lecture, recitation, and laboratory cover: bacterial identification, morphology, metabolism and genetics; bacterial, viral, and parasitic relationships with human health and disease; and basic immunology. Laboratory stresses aseptic technique, bacterial identification and physiology using a variety of media, culturing techniques, and staining techniques. Prerequisites: BI 112 or BI 221 or BI 101 and BI 102. Audit available. ADDENDUM TO COURSE DESCRIPTION: The format for this course is a traditional lecture and laboratory presentation. Lecture will be presented utilizing a variety of multimedia and interactive presentations. Laboratory experiences will be largely hands-on, team based and collaborative utilizing a variety of resources including but not limited to: multimedia, prepared microscope slides, human and animal specimens. Clarification of the teaching of evolution in the classroom Science is a fundamentally non-dogmatic and self-correcting investigatory process. In science, a theory is neither a guess, dogma, nor myth. The theories developed through scientific investigation are not decided in advance, but can be and often are modified and revised through observation and experimentation. The theory of evolution meets the criteria of a scientific theory and is the major organizing theory in the discipline of the biological sciences. It will be presented as such in Tillamook Bay Community College science courses. In contrast, neither creation science, nor its derivatives, are self-examining nor investigatory. Creation science, and its derivatives, are not considered legitimate science, but a form of religious advocacy. This position is established by legal precedence (Webster v. New Lenox School District #122, 917 F. 2d 1004). The TBCC Biology faculty stands with such organizations as the National Association of Biology Teachers in opposing the inclusion of pseudo-sciences in the college's science curricula