Course Name	Microorganisms & Living
Credits	2
Professor(s)	Name	Chang-Won Lee
	Affiliation	Division of Life Sciences, College of Natural Science

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives

1. to introduce to the basic knowledges of what microbes are and what they do.

2. to get to know the various aspects of relationships between microbes and human society, such as disease, food production, agriculture, environment and cultures.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

Alcamo, I.E. (2003) Microbes and Society (출판사 Jones and Bartlett)

Postgate, J. (2000) Microbes and man

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments: submit reports on the following assignments, each about 5-10 A4 pages

1. Kimchi making

2. Microbes in the News

Grading Scheme: Absolute grading.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outline

Week 1: introduction; micobes and our body

Week 2: viral diseases

Week 3: bacterial diseases

Week 4: foods and microbes

Week 5: lactic fermentation foods

Week 6: alcoholic fermentation foods

Week 7: other fermentation foods; food safety and preservation

Week 8: Midterm exam

Week 9: microbes and ecosystem; waste treatment

Week 10: microbes and water

Week 11: microbes and agriculture I

Week 12: microbes and agriculture II

Week 13: the basics of biotechnology

Week 14: microbes in the industry

Week 15: Terminal exam.

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: 751-5941                e-mail: cwlee@gnu.ac.kr