Microbiology

Learn about microbiology as it applies to the healthcare field, including pathogenic microorganisms and their role in human disease, human immunology, symptoms and treatment of microbial infection, among others.

What you’ll learn

  • Understand interaction between microbe and host
  • Understand prevention & treatment of infectious diseases
  • Ability to classify microorganisms
  • Learn microbiology as it applies to the healthcare field
Microbiology

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

All courses include:

eTextbooks

2 to 3-day turnaround for grading

Multiple chances to improve your grade

On-demand tutoring & writing center

Student support 7 days a week

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

All courses include:

eTextbooks

2 to 3-day turnaround for grading

Multiple chances to improve your grade

On-demand tutoring & writing center

Student support 7 days a week

Microbiology

$79

Plus membership

3 Credits

About This Course

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ACE Approved 2022

The online Microbiology course teaches you microbiology as it applies to the healthcare field. Learn about pathogenic microorganisms and their role in human disease, human immunology, symptoms and treatment of microbial infection, and preventative measures against microbial infection.

Course Outcomes

Describe the basic characteristics, and classify the microorganisms studied.

Understand the interaction between the microbe and host.

Describe the symptoms, causative agent, pathogenesis, epidemiology, prevention and treatment for the infectious diseases studied.

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Course Text

Prefer the hard copy? Simply purchase from your favorite textbook reseller; you will still get the eTextbook for free. The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.

Microbiology: A Systems Approach. 6th ed.

Cowan, Marjorie Kelly, and Heidi Smith. Microbiology: A Systems Approach. 6th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2021.

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