BIOL 119 EMERGING DISEASES
Objective #1: Define the general characteristics of the major groups of agents that cause infectious disease
Cognitive Dimension: Understand, Knowledge Dimension: Factual
Outcome Assessment:
By the end of the semester, students should be able to list three characteristics of each of the five groups of pathogens.
Formative Assessment-in class: Think-Pair-Share Question: Write three important characteristics of bacteria.
Summative Assessment: Multiple choice question on exam: A bacterial cell typically does not contain which of the following
structures or substances?
(A) nucleus (B) cell membrane (C) cell wall (D) RNA (E) carbohydrates
Objective #5: Appraise and evaluate the components of a society’s response to challenges posed by emerging infectious disease.
Cognitive Dimension: Evaluate Knowledge Dimension: Conceptual
Outcome Assessment: By the end of the semester, students should be able to judge the importance of the rights of an individual
and the rights of society with respect to important historical public health issues.
Formative Assessment-in class: (based in video about Typhoid Mary)
Why did Mary not want to cooperate with Dr. Soper or the other public health authorities? Why did she feel insulted by her first
confinement to the hospital on North Brother Island?
Summative Assessment: Question from Writing Assignment on video
The video raises some personal rights issues that are related to the City’s enforced quarantines of Mary even though she had
committed no crime. What were these personal rights issues and how do they relate to the events of the 2014-2015 outbreak of Ebola
in Africa, Europe and the US? In other words, is the general need for good public health more important than the rights of an
individual such as Mary? Write your answer as though it is intended for a group of IUP students at about your own level of education.
Use complete sentences organized in paragraph format for your answer.
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Footnotes:
1: Knowledge survey or pre-class assessment
3: Discussion Questions
5: Writing Assignment
2: Think-pair-share, Muddiest Question, Minute Paper
4: Exam questions