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Applied and environmental microbiology.
This course is designed to further the knowledge base of advancing microbiology students by covering material presented in Microbiology 1 in greater depth. The course focuses on applied and environmental microbiology. Students are expected to complete an original research project as part of the course requirement.
Understand the strategies different microorganisms use to cause disease in animals and plants and techniques scientists use to study these processesBe able to explain how microbial genomes change and how this challenges efforts to control and manipulate microorganismsBe able to explain the role of different microbes in different ecological habitatsDemonstrate an understanding of hypothetico-deductive reasoning and its application within the laboratoryBe able to communicate scientific ideas in written form
BIOL213
PAMS303
Due to the nature of the projects the lab is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 2-5 pm and Wednesday and Friday from 10-12 noon. Work can be conducted on any of these days at your convenience in term 4.
Laurence Greenfield
Laurence Greenfield , Tony Cole and Prof Richard Burns (Erskine Visitor)
No set textbook, but those from Biol 213 can be used and many microbiology books are on reserve in the Central Library.
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Individual lecturers may choose to supplement their lectures by suggesting selected reading. Copies if this reading will either be distributed to the class, made available in the research lab or on reserve in the library.
It is compulsory to wear a lab coat in the laboratory.
Domestic fee $1,069.00
International fee $4,736.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Biological Sciences .