Schedule for Spring Semester 2007

The schedule is set for the Spring Semester so that every two days we have a four-hour block of lecture (split 3/1) and 2.75 hours of lab.  Below is the preliminary breakdown of how subjects will be covered.

BLOCK          CHAPTERS                                      

DATE             COVERED                                        

5/14-15            Chapters 1 – 3                        

5/16-17            Chapter 4 / EXAM I                           ASSIGNMENT I

5/21-22            Chapter 5

5/23-24            Chapter 6 – 7                                       ASSIGNMENT II

5/29 (1 hr.)       EXAM II

5/30-31            Chapter 8 – 9                                       ASSIGNMENT III

6/4-5                Chapter 10 - 11

6/6-7                Chapter 11 / EXAM III                      ASSIGNMENT IV

6/11-12            Chapter 12 -13

6/13-14            Chapter 13 – 14                                   ASSIGNMENT V

6/18-19            Chapter 15 / EXAM IV

6/20-21            Chapter 16 – 18                                   ASSIGNMENT VI

6/25                  Chapter 19 - 20/ FINAL EXAM         ASSIGNMENT VII

LAB                EXERCISES

5/15                 Simple / Gram / Endospore staining

                        Hand Wash Experiment I

                        General Lab Overview

5/17                 Start Environmental Isolations (Media / Location / Spread Plate Iso)

Hand Wash Experiment II

                        Acid – Fast / Capsule (Negative) Staining

5/22                 Environmental Isolations II (Bacteria and Endospores)

5/29                 Environmental Isolations III (Phage and Fungi)

                        Water Testing (including field work)

5/31                 Water Testing II

                        Environmental Isolations IV (Finish Phage)

6/5                   Water Testing III

Food Microbiology Experiment I

6/7                   Food Microbiology Experiment II

6/12                 Metabolism Experiment

6/14                 UNKNOWN I (Isolation and General Testing)

6/19                 UNKNOWN II (General Metabolic Tests / Media)

6/21                 UNKNOWN III (Specific Metabolic Tests/Commercial Test Kits)

6/26                 CATCH-UP ON UNKNOWNS

6/28                 TURN IN UNKNOWN RESULTS

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