| Mid-term exam | 30% |
| Final exam | 40% |
| Laboratory exercises and papers | 30% |
Grading Scale:
| 93-100 | A |
| 90-92 | A- |
| 87-89 | B+ |
| 83-86 | B |
| 80-82 | B- |
| 77-79 | C+ |
| 73-76 | C |
| 70-72 | C- |
| 67-69 | D+ |
| 63-66 | D |
| 60-62 | D- |
| <60 | E |
Prerequisites: None
Readings: A series of assigned review articles covering lecture topics
will be provided to students.
Make-up Exams: None - take average grade of other two exams minus 10
points.
Late exercises: Minus 25% per day.
Tentative Schedule (Fall 2009)
| Week | Topic | |
| 01 | Introduction to the microbial groups | |
| 02 | Microbial symbionts and commensals | |
| 03 | RNA viruses | |
| 04 | DNA viruses | |
| 05 | Non-crystalliferous bacteria | |
| 06 | Bacillus thuringiensis | |
| 07 | Insect fungi | |
| 08 | Insect fungi (Mid-term exam) | |
| 09 | Microsporidia and protists | |
| 10 | Protists | |
| 11 | Insect parasites | |
| 12 | Entomopathogenic nematodes | |
| 13 | Insect defenses | |
| 14 | Microbial control | |
| 15 | Microbial control | |
| 16 | Review (Final exam) |
List of Class Presentations:
| Class | Topic | |
| 01 | Introduction | |
| 02 | Wolbachia | |
| 03 | Commensals | |
| 04 | Diversity and evolution of viruses | |
| 05 | Viral replication and epizootiology | |
| 06 | Polydnaviruses | |
| 07 | Baculovirus biology | |
| 08 | Insect sterilizing viruses | |
| 09 | Introduction to the prokaryotes | |
| 10 | Serratia entomophila | |
| 11 | Honeybee diseases | |
| 12 | Overview of the bacterial sporeformers | |
| 13 | Bacillus thuringiensis toxins | |
| 14 | Properties of insect fungi | |
| 15 | Developmental programs of mycopathogens | |
| 16 | Fungal epizootiology | |
| 17 | Microsporidia from humans to insects | |
| 18 | Microsporidial development | |
| 19 | Infectious and chronic protists | |
| 20 | Insect pathogenic algae | |
| 21 | Cestodes and other parasites | |
| 22 | Entomopathogenic nematodes and bacterial associates | |
| 23 | Innate defense systems | |
| 24 | Cellular defense systems | |
| 25 | Insect pathogens as natural regulators of insect populations | |
| 26 | Manipulation of pathogens as biological controls | |
| 27 | Prospecting metabolites from insect microbes |
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1. University Counseling Center, 301 Peabody Hall, 392-1575, personal and
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2. Student Mental Health, Student Health Care Center, 392-1171, personal
counseling;
3. Sexual Assault Recovery Services (SARS), Student Health Care Center,
392-1161, sexual counseling; and
4. Career Resource Center, Reitz Union, 392-1601, career development
assistance and counseling.
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