Courses Handbook 2010

311429 (v.2) Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases 332


Area: School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Practical: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 311405 (v.1) Medical Microbiology 235
Syllabus: This unit details the molecular biology and pathogenesis of major bacterial pathogens and how molecular biotechnology uses this information to improve diagnosis, treatment, epidemiological analysis, control and prevention of infectious diseases. Action and range of antimicrobial agents. Bacterial genetics and the evolution of resistance to antimicrobial agents, the mechanisms of resistance to antimicrobial agents, and the spread and epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance genes.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 010911 Microbiology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2010 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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