BIOL 432 - Microbe-Host Interactions

Units: 3
The intimate relationships between a variety of hosts and their symbionts, including symbiont biology and notably, microbial contributions to human evolution, physiology, health and disease.

Prerequisites: BIOL 320 with a C- or better.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid or Online Synchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Use examples to explain how symbioses are now used to design modern medical and agricultural therapeutics.
Discuss emergent data on the role of microorganisms on the regulation of human physiology;
Discuss the roles of microorganisms on behavior of self and non-self principles, and further, their roles in animal cognition;
Describe how the human microbiome can be used to understand principles behind human health and disease;
Compare and contrast hypotheses and theories of the origin of the eukaryotic cells and assess the impact of these ideas on contemporary views of evolution;
Discuss how biological novelties arise through symbioses.