Prerequisites: no prerequisites required, open to all majors across campus, course is also
Course Description:
This course will make students aware of the importance of the diversity of microbes and the significance in our every day lives. Different microbes are explored in readings, audiovisual materials and hands on explorations. Topics include viruses, bacteria, parasites and fungi, microbes and art, bioterrorism, GMOs and biotechnology, food production and the role of microbes in agriculture. Issues like disease spread and prevention, vaccines and drug resistance will be examined. Students will participate in a challenge project to launch a public outreach campaign to educate people about microbial problems that are currently facing humanity.
It's an online course, designed by myself and some micro majors. The goal is to give you a broad overview of the importance of microbes around the world. This is a great course for non-micro majors to explore the subject you may know little about (but it affects you every minute of your life)
This course is part of the UF International scholar's program
https://www.ufic.ufl.edu/UAP/InternationalScholarsProgram.html
Monika Oli, PhD
http://microcell.ufl.edu/contact-us/directory/faculty/monika-oli/
Undergraduate Coordinator
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science
University of Florida
Museum Rd. PO BOX 110700
Gainesville, FL 32611-0700
