UCC/UGC/ECCC
Proposal for New Course
Fall 2016
Please attach proposed Syllabus in approved university format.
1. Course subject and number:
BIO 488L
2. Units:
See upper and lower division undergraduate course definitions.
3. College:
CEFNS
4. Academic Unit:
1
Biological Sciences
5. Student Learning Outcomes of the new course. (Resources & Examples for Developing Course
Learning Outcomes)
After completing BIO 488C students will be able to:
Follow sterile procedures
Stain all organisms following lab manual instructions
Inoculate and identify fungal specimens and structures
Identify and inoculate differential and selective clinical media for microbial cultures
Isolate and purify “clinical” samples given by instructor
Extract and purify DNA from samples using BLAST identification for report
Observe and collect data on microbial growth throughout semester
Analyze and interpret data
Present results both in both written and verbal format
6. Justification for new course, including how the course contributes to degree program outcomes,
or other university requirements / student learning outcomes. (Resources, Examples & Tools for
Developing Effective Program Student Learning Outcomes)
We are proposing that the lab, which has been taught for many years, be separated from the lecture
in order to allow our students to self-enroll in the lecture only. This requires that the lab be a new,
separate course rather than being subsumed into BIO 488C
7. Course Title:
MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
(max 100 characters including spaces)
8. Catalog course description (max. 60 words, excluding requisites):
This course reinforces and provides hands-on learning opportunities of the concepts covered in BIO
488C
9. Will this course be part of any plan (major, minor or certificate) or sub plan (emphasis)?
Effective Fall 2015
Yes x
No
If yes, list and include the appropriate plan proposal.
10. Does this course duplicate content of existing courses?
Yes
No x
If yes, list the courses with duplicate material. If the duplication is greater than 20%, explain why
NAU should establish this course, and include applicable support/correspondence.
11. Grading option:
Letter grade x
Pass/Fail
Both
12. Proposed Co-convene with:
14a. UGC approval date*:
See co-convening policy.
*Must be approved by UGC before UCC submission, and both course syllabi must be presented.
13. Proposed Cross-list with:
See cross listing policy.
14. May course be repeated for additional units?
14a. If yes, maximum units allowed?
14b. If yes, may course be repeated for additional units in the same term?
Yes
No x
Yes
No
15. Proposed Prerequisites:
BIO 488C
If prerequisites, include the rationale for the prerequisites.
This lab is designed to demonstrate and reinforce material covered in BIO 488C
16. Proposed Co requisites:
BIO 488C
If co requisites, include the rationale for the co requisites.
This lab is designed to demonstrate and reinforce material covered in BIO 488C
17. Does this course include combined lecture and lab components?
Yes x
If yes, include the units specific to each component in the course description above.
3 hours lecture
1 hour optional lab
18. Does this course include an experiential learning component?
Yes x
19. Class Instruction Mode:
In-person x
If In-person or Blended, where will the course be offered?
20. Which terms will the course be offered?
Fall
Winter
Other
Online
FLGMTN
No
Blended
Other
Spring x
Summer
(Fall/Even Yrs, Spring/Odd Yrs, Intermittent, etc.)
21. Do you anticipate this course will be scheduled outside the regular term?
Effective Fall 2015
No
Yes
No x
If yes, please refer to: http://nau.edu/Registrar/Faculty-Resources/Schedule-of-ClassesMaintenance/
22. Will there be a course fee?
If yes, please refer to: http://nau.edu/Registrar/Faculty-Resources/Course-Fees/
Yes x
No
Answer 23-24 for UCC/ECCC only:
23. Is this course being proposed for Liberal Studies designation?
Yes
No x
24. Is this course being proposed for Diversity designation?
Yes
No x
FLAGSTAFF MOUNTAIN CAMPUS
Scott Galland
Reviewed by Curriculum Process Associate
12/8/2015
Date
Approvals:
Department Chair/Unit Head (if appropriate)
Date
Chair of college curriculum committee
Date
Dean of college
Date
For Committee use only:
UCC/UGC Approval
Date
EXTENDED CAMPUSES
Reviewed by Curriculum Process Associate
Date
Approvals:
Academic Unit Head
Effective Fall 2015
Date
Division Curriculum Committee (Yuma, Yavapai, or Personalized Learning)
Date
Division Administrator in Extended Campuses (Yuma, Yavapai, or Personalized
Learning)
Date
Faculty Chair of Extended Campuses Curriculum Committee (Yuma, Yavapai, or
Personalized Learning)
Date
UGC Approval (Graduate-Level Courses Only)
Date
Chief Academic Officer; Extended Campuses (or Designee)
Date
Effective Fall 2015
BIO 488L
Spring 2013
Syllabus
Nathan Nieto
Office: Wettaw 235
Phone: 523-8034
E-mail: Nathan.nieto@nau.edu
Office Hours: TBA
Instructors
TA: Pete Polsgrove
Office: TBA
Phone: TBA
E-mail: Peter.polsgrove@nau.edu
Office Hours: TBA
DESCRIPTION:
The goal of this lab is to provide students with knowledge and techniques used in clinical medical
microbiology. It will consist of a number of laboratory exercises, unannounced quizzes, post-lab questions,
laboratory reports, a midterm exam, an oral presentation, and a field trip to the Flagstaff Medical Center
microbiology laboratory.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
After completing BIO 488C students will be able to:
Follow sterile procedures
Stain all organisms following lab manual instructions
Inoculate and identify fungal specimens and structures
Identify and inoculate differential and selective clinical media for microbial cultures
Isolate and purify “clinical” samples given by instructor
Extract and purify DNA from samples using BLAST identification for report
Observe and collect data on microbial growth throughout semester
Analyze and interpret data
Present results both in both written and verbal format
ASSESSMENT:
Quizzes:
There will be seven unannounced quizzes during the semester. These quizzes will cover pertinent laboratory
material discussed in previous sessions or material related to the exercise yet to be performed on the day of the
quiz. Your lowest quiz score will be dropped from your grade total.
Effective Fall 2015
Post-Lab Questions:
After each laboratory exercise, a series of questions will be given. You may need to use sources other than your
lab manual to fully answer these questions. Post-labs are worth five points and must be turned in at the
following lab period.
Lab Reports:
Formal lab reports are required for three of the laboratory exercises as well as one final lab report on the
identification of a Clinical Unknown. These reports should follow the same format given in BIO 205/220L.
You will be expected to include a title, fully developed introduction, materials and methods, and discussion
sections, and properly formatted citations and references. If you are unclear about how to write a formal lab
report, please talk with your instructors. Late lab reports will be accepted, however, two points will be deducted
for each day the report is late. If you miss a lab session that requires a formal lab write-up, you will
automatically lose five points on the report.
Midterm Exam:
The midterm exam will be in the format of a laboratory practical with identification as well as analysis
questions in separate stations placed throughout the lab.
Oral Presentations:
The oral presentation will consist of a 15 to 30 minute talk on a topic chosen by the student. The information
for your presentations should come from recent reference material in microbiology (within the last five years).
Each student is encouraged to use any visual aid equipment (e.g. – overheads, charts, slides, PowerPoint, etc.)
In addition, each student will provide a handout for the class that outlines the presentation and lists all
references. Presentation sessions are not optional and your score is dependent upon your attendance at all
sessions.
Evaluation: Point Breakdown:
Quizzes (seven at 5 points ea. – drop one)
Post-Labs (eight at 5 points ea.)
Lab Reports (three at 25 points ea.)
Clinical Unknown Report
Midterm Exam
Oral Presentation
Technique
Professionalism
30 Points
40 Points
75 Points
80 Points
50 Points
50 Points
45 Points
30 Points
400 Total Points
Professional Conduct:
THIS IS TO BE CONSIDERED A PROFESSIONAL LABORATORY AT ALL TIMES. You will be using
opportunistic pathogens and you need to handle all cultures with extreme caution so as to avoid exposing
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yourselves and others to potentially disease-causing organisms. Laboratory Protocol & Safety rules are
presented on page viii. These rules must be followed at all times that you are in the lab. However, emphasis is
placed on the following:
1. No eating or drinking in the lab!
2. Wash your hands at the beginning and end of each lab.
3. Wipe lab bench with 10% Bleach at the beginning and end of each lab.
4. A lab coat or an old button-front shirt is required at all times. This is not so much to protect your
clothing from stains as it is to facilitate the easy removal and sterilization that would be necessary
should any culture be spilled on you, as well as to prevent removal of organisms outside the lab.
5. Extreme caution should be used at all times when you are handling microorganisms. ALWAYS USE
STERILE TECHNIQUE.
6. No mouth-pipetting!
NOTE: Continual careless behavior or any behavior deemed dangerous or inappropriate by the lab instructor
will result in expulsion from the lab and the lecture course.
Academic Dishonesty:
Academic Dishonesty (including, but not limited to, plagiarism and cheating): See "Academic Integrity" in the
on-line Student Handbook at http://www4.nau.edu/stulife/StudentHandbook/AcademicPolices.htm. These
penalties for any form of academic dishonesty are up to and including an “F” in the lab and/or lecture. Since
microbiology laboratory experiments are often done
in groups of two or more students, each student should pay particular attention to definition of plagiarism,
“Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary” defines the word plagiarize as: to steal and pass off (the ideas or
words of another) as one's own: use (a created production) without crediting the source ~ vi: to commit literary
theft: present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source." So while discussion and
examination of methodology and results between students with respect to the laboratory experiment is
encouraged, this collaboration stops when the laboratory report is written, and each student will write
independently his or her own report
Effective Fall 2015
Schedule of Laboratory Exercises
(Subject to Change)
Week of:
Laboratory Exercise:
January 13
Lab Orientation and Safety Quiz
January 20
MLK HOLIDAY – NO LABS
January 27
Exercise 1: Fundamental Lab Skills
February 3
Exercise 2: The Enterics
February 10
Exercise 3: Enterics Part II
-Enterotube™ II
-Clinical Unknown
February 17
Exercise 4: Staphylococcus and
Streptococcus
February 24
Exercise 5: Fungi- Yeasts and Molds
March 3
Exercise 6: Oxygen Requirements &
Fungi: Part II
March 10
Exercise 7 : Neisseria and
Mycobacterium
-Protozoan Parasites
March 18-22
March 24
SPRING BREAK
Exercise 8: Natural Antibiotics
Due:
Post-Lab 1
Post-Lab 2
Enterics Lab Report
Post-Lab 4
Staph and Strep Lab Report
Post-Lab 5
Yeasts Lab Report
Post-Lab 6
Have a good break!
Clinical Unknown Report
Post-Lab 7
March 31
MIDTERM EXAM/Lab Clean-Up
April 7
FMC Field Trip
April 14
Oral Presentations
April 21
Oral Presentations
April 28
Oral Presentations
Effective Fall 2015
Post-Lab 8
Mandatory Attendance!!
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SAFE ENVIRONMENT POLICY
NAU’s Safe Working and Learning Environment Policy prohibits sexual harassment and assault, and discrimination and
harassment on the basis of sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity,
disability, or veteran status by anyone at this university. Retaliation of any kind as a result of making a complaint under the
policy or participating in an investigation is also prohibited. The Director of the Equity and Access Office (EAO) serves as
the university’s compliance officer for affirmative action, civil rights, and Title IX, and is the ADA/504 Coordinator. EAO also
assists with religious accommodations. You may obtain a copy of this policy from the college dean’s office or from NAU’s
Equity and Access Office website nau.edu/diversity/. If you have questions or concerns about this policy, it is important that
you contact the departmental chair, dean’s office, the Office of Student Life (928-523-5181), or NAU’s Equity and Access
Office (928) 523-3312 (voice), (928) 523-9977 (fax), (928) 523-1006 (TTD) or equityandaccess@nau.edu.
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
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are required to register with DR and provide required disability related documentation. Although you may request an
accommodation at any time, in order for DR to best meet your individual needs, you are urged to register and submit
necessary documentation (www.nau.edu/dr) 8 weeks prior to the time you wish to receive accommodations. DR is strongly
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a student should expect, on average, to do a minimum of three hours of work per week, including but not limited to class
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Integrity is expected of every member of the NAU community in all academic undertakings. Integrity entails a firm
adherence to a set of values, and the values most essential to an academic community are grounded in honesty with
respect to all intellectual efforts of oneself and others. Academic integrity is expected not only in formal coursework
situations, but in all University relationships and interactions connected to the educational process, including the use of
University resources. An NAU student’s submission of work is an implicit declaration that the work is the student’s own.
All outside assistance should be acknowledged, and the student’s academic contribution truthfully reported at all times. In
addition, NAU students have a right to expect academic integrity from each of their peers.
Individual students and faculty members are responsible for identifying potential violations of the university’s academic
integrity policy. Instances of potential violations are adjudicated using the process found in the university Academic
Integrity Policy.
RESEARCH INTEGRITY
The Responsible Conduct of Research policy is intended to ensure that NAU personnel including NAU students engaged
in research are adequately trained in the basic principles of ethics in research. Additionally, this policy assists NAU in
meeting the RCR training and compliance requirements of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-The America
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SENSITIVE COURSE MATERIALS
University education aims to expand student understanding and awareness. Thus, it necessarily involves engagement with
a wide range of information, ideas, and creative representations. In the course of college studies, students can expect to
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encounter—and critically appraise—materials that may differ from and perhaps challenge familiar understandings, ideas,
and beliefs. Students are encouraged to discuss these matters with faculty.
CLASSROOM DISRUPTION POLICY
Membership in the academic community places a special obligation on all participants to preserve an atmosphere
conducive to a safe and positive learning environment. Part of that obligation implies the responsibility of each member of
the NAU community to maintain an environment in which the behavior of any individual is not disruptive. Instructors have
the authority and the responsibility to manage their classes in accordance with University regulations. Instructors have the
right and obligation to confront disruptive behavior thereby promoting and enforcing standards of behavior necessary for
maintaining an atmosphere conducive to teaching and learning. Instructors are responsible for establishing,
communicating, and enforcing reasonable expectations and rules of classroom behavior. These expectations are to be
communicated to students in the syllabus and in class discussions and activities at the outset of the course. Each student
is responsible for behaving in a manner that supports a positive learning environment and that does not interrupt nor
disrupt the delivery of education by instructors or receipt of education by students, within or outside a class. The complete
classroom disruption policy is in Appendices of NAU’s Student Handbook.
August 25, 2015
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