BIOMI 1400

Antibiotics: Probing the Biology of Life and Death

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2023-2024 Catalog.

Though antibiotic resistance puts millions of lives at peril from infectious diseases each year, antibiotics and other antimicrobials have played a critical role in helping scientists understand biological systems better. This class examines the biology of microbial life through the lens of antibiotics and other antimicrobials. It is intended for non-life-science majors.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Outcomes

• Explain, evaluate, and effectively interpret factual claims, theories, and assumptions in the sciences.
• Find, access, critically evaluate, and ethically use information.
• Integrate quantitative and qualitative information to reach defensible and creative conclusions.
• Communicate effectively through writing, speech, and visual information.
• Demonstrate the capability to work both independently and in cooperation with others.
• Apply concepts of sustainability to the analysis of one of more major challenges facing humans and the Earth's resources.

Distribution Category (BIONLS-AG)

When Offered Spring, Summer.

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