Date       Subject                       Exercises

1/16, 17 No Lab – MLK Jr. Day

1/18, 19 No Lab

1/23, 24 Introduction, Safety, Grading, Epidemiology

1/25, 26 Culture Media Preparation     1

1/30, 31 Ubiquity of Microorganisms, Microscope  2

2/1, 2 Ubiquity and Microscopy Continued   3

2/6, 7 Aseptic Techniques, Pure Cultures, Quiz 1   4

2/8, 9 Staining, Begin Unknowns     5

2/13, 14 Identification of Clinical Unknown,    6

2/15, 16 Unknowns Continued -- Metabolic Tests   6

2/20, 21 Microbial Populations, Quiz 2    7

2/22, 23 Microbial Populations Continued   8 

2/27, 28 Transformation, Unknown Report Due   9

3/1, 2 Transformation Continued     9

3/6, 7 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)    10

3/8, 9 Electrophoresis, Quiz 3    11

3/13, 14 Student Projects      12

3/15, 16 Student Projects      12

3/20, 21 Environmental Microbiology -- MPN   13

3/22, 23 Environmental Microbiology -- MPN, Quiz 4 13

3/27, 28 Spring Break

3/29, 30 Spring Break

4/3, 4 Presentations

4/5, 6 Presentations

4/10, 11 Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics   14

4/12, 13 Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics, Quiz 5   14

4/17, 18 Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics   14

4/19, 20 Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics   14

4/24, 25 Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics, Review for Exam

4/26, 27 Review for Exam, Staph. Report Due

5/1, 2 Lab Exam

5/3, 4   Clean Up