Curricular Unit:			Code:
General Microbiology			1100MGER
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
1	CTSP	Laboratory Analyses	7 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	91
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
To understand the diversity of the microbial world and to perform basic microbiology protocols in order to observe microrganisms and to determine their susceptibility to antimicrobial agents.
Syllabus:
Microbiology - history; Nomenclature and classification of microrganisms; microbes and human well being/microbes and human disease; procaryotic cell structure; eucharyotic cell structure; microbial metabolism; Groups of microbes - Archaea, Eubacteria, fungi, protists, virus and prions; antimicrobial agents.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
Understanding the diverse microbial groups as well as their cell structure allows the students to fulfill the UC objectives
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Theoretical classes will be lectured by explaining the program topics, in interaction with the students. PL classes will be held in the lab, where students will perform the microbiology protocols. The final evaluation will result from the theoretical evaluation (50%) and the practical evaluation (50%). The theoretical evaluation will consist on the mean of two written tests. The practical evaluation will result from the mean of two practical tests (80%), the mean of three class quizzes (10%) and the atitude and responsability demonstrated by the students (10%).
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The evaluation method allows the student to fulfill the UC objectives.
Reading:
Tortora,G.J., Funke, B.R., Case, C.L. 2012. Microbiologia (10ª Ed.). Artmed Willey, J.M., Sherwood, L.M., Woolverton, C.J. 2014. Prescott’s Mycrobiology (9th Ed.) McGraw-Hill Canas-Ferreira, W., Sousa, J.C., Lima N. 2010. Microbiologia. Lidel.
Lecturer (* Responsible):
Amélia Assunção (assuncao@ufp.edu.pt) Cristina Pina (cpina@ufp.edu.pt)