BIOL 2051 General Microbiology

BIOL 2051

BIOL 2051 General Microbiology-MWF

Spring 2023

Sections 7-10

Sections 13-18

IN Person Course, Attendance in Person is mandatory (zoom options can be used for emergencies)

Class time (depending on the section): MWF 1:30-2:20 pm, or 2:30-3:20 pm

Office Hours: MWF 2:20-3:10, T,Th-Zoom, 10:00-11 am, or by appointment

Vaccination statement

LSU strongly encourages all students, faculty and staff to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Visit

www.lsu.edu/roadmap/vaccines/ to learn how to get vaccinated on campus. Vaccination helps keep our

campus community safe, helps protect those among us who are most vulnerable to COVID-19, and is our

path back to more normal operations and the full college experience that our students deserve.

Purpose and content of course

This course covers the basic information, concepts and methods of modern microbiological science. It is

intended for students in science, agriculture, and education. The material discussed includes general

concepts in microbial structure, metabolism and diversity, including pathogens of major organ systems as

well as free-living microbes of natural and man-made ecosystems (mines, agricultural soils etc). Students

successfully completing this course should be able to: Demonstrate knowledge of a broad survey in the

discipline, including the underlying principles that govern the natural world; Demonstrate the ability to use

inductive and deductive reasoning to understand scientific phenomena.

Instructor: Dr. Tatiana Luzan

Office: TBA

Phone: (337) 254-0532 (will answer within 24 hr; TEXT is preferred way to communicate, please keep it

9am-9pm CALL for appt-s or class related manner)

E-mail: tluzan1@lsu.edu (will answer within 2 weeks)

Office Hours: MWF 10-11:00 am, 12:30- 1:15 pm (in person or Zoom /call), TR – by appointment, Zoom/Call

ONLY

Required Materials

Text: Brock Biology of Microorganisms 16e ISBN 9781292404790

(You can purchase either a paperback version at the bookstore or online or ebook version. Both

will come with the access code that you will need to register for pearson online homework (“myLab

and mastering) – see the separate file posted on how to do that

(FOR YOUR LAB PORTION YOU WILL NEED THE McGraw Hill Connect – please verify with Dr Brininstool;

last semester students needed it, she might have changed it this time around)

Moodle

From your PAWS account, under Student Services, you will be able to access MOODLE for this section. I will

use MOODLE to post all course materials, please check this page regularly. The official grades for the class

will be posted here. You should be able to view your grades in MOODLE at any time during the semester.

If you are having trouble accessing MOODLE, call 578-0100 or go to the Frey Computing Services Building.

Class Expectations and HOW to study

General expectations: As a general policy at LSU, for each hour you are in a class, you (the student) should

plan to spend at least two hours studying for this class for each hour of lecture, including reading assigned

chapters, reviewing class notes etc. Since this course is for three credit hours, you should expect to spend

at least six hours outside of class studying for BIOL 1011 per week.

ALWAYS READ THE SYLLABUS WHEN IN DOUBT, AND TEXT/ CALL ME after if you still HAVE questions. KEEP

UP WITH THE DEADLINES!!

How to Study: I recommend studying AFTER EACH LECTURE by READING powerpoints and writing your own

notes. Get together with some fellow students and DO A STUDY SESSION at least ONCE per week. Complete

the homework (provided for most of the chapters) at the end of each chapter (and DEFINITELY BEFORE

each exam) – homework will help reinforce the understanding of major concepts. Homework is pretty long,

so please do NOT leave it till the last minute

To do well on EXAMS, I recommend starting to study at LEAST 2 weeks in advance, about 2-3 hr a day,

morning and afternoon (DO NOT “cram”: its just way too much material!): download the study guide (I will

try to post it as soon as possible) and use it as a template to “fill in blanks”, in essence, create your OWN

outlines using the powerpoints provided (use your own words, do whatever you need to understand the

material). Study ONE CHAPTER A DAY, and the morning of next day, try to “regurgitate” what you have

learned either by writing it or talking it through with your study buddy (or your relative). Then proceed to

study the NEXT chapter and the morning after, write down what you remember from the TWO chapters

(the first and the second one), and so on. Thus, you will “snowball” the info and hopefully remember it

better. Remember: exams are about 52% of your grade, but other things , like homework, quizzes and

research project are ALSO very important.

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Class Conduct

Louisiana State University adopted the Commitment to Community in 1995 to set forth guidelines for

student behavior inside and outside the classroom. The Commitment to Community charges students to