BIOMI 1400 - Antibiotics: Probing the Biology of Life and Death

(BIONLS-AG) (CU-SBY)

Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.

A. Hay.

Though antibiotic resistance puts millions of lives at peril from infectious diseases each year, antibiotics and other antimicrobials have played a critical role in helping scientists understand biologicals systems better. This class examines the biology of microbial life through the lens of antibiotics and other antimicrobials. It is intended for non-life-science majors.

Outcome 1: Explain, evaluate, and effectively interpret factual claims, theories, and assumptions in the sciences.

Outcome 2: Find, access, critically evaluate, and ethically use information.

Outcome 3: Integrate quantitative and qualitative information to reach defensible and creative conclusions.

Outcome 4: Communicate effectively through writing, speech, and visual information.

Outcome 5: Demonstrate the capability to work both independently and in cooperation with others.

Outcome 6: Apply concepts of sustainability to the analysis of one of more major challenges facing humans and the Earth's resources.

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