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Microbiology (3 cr)

Code: 5O00GX03-3001

General information


Enrolment period

22.11.2024 - 08.01.2025

Timing

01.01.2025 - 31.07.2025

Credits

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Laboratory Engineering

Campus

TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Laboratory Engineering

Teachers

  • Mirja Niskanen

Person in charge

Eeva-Leena Tuominen

Groups

  • 24LATE

Objectives (course unit)

After completing the course, the student
• knows the structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
• understands the most important properties, growth and nutritional and living conditions requirements of microbes, and can draw conclusions about the growth of microbes based on them
• understands the importance of microbes in terms of health, the environment and industrial production
• knows the most important sample preparation, cultivation and microbial identification methods and sterilization techniques used in microbiological work

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student is able to identify and define the most important structures of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The student knows the basics of microbial growth, nutrition and living conditions and is able to describe the most important basic properties of microbes. The student knows at a basic level the importance of microbes for health, environment and industrial production. The student knows the basic principles of the methods used in microbiological work.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student is able to describe the structure of the pro- and eukaryotic cell, the cellular organelles and their main functions. The student is able to identify and explain the requirements of microbial growth, nutrition and living conditions and is able to describe the most important properties of microbes. The student can explain the importance of microbes for health, environment and industrial production. The student is able to explain the principles of the methods used in microbiological work.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student is able to explain the structure of the pro and eukaryotic cell in detail. The student is able to identify and explain in detail the requirements of microbial growth, nutrition and living conditions, and to describe the most important properties of microbes, and to draw conclusions about microbial growth. The student is able to explain in depth the importance of microbes for health, environment and industrial production. The student is able to explain in depth the principles of the methods used in microbiological work. The student has a good overview of the properties and functions of microbes.

Assessment scale

0-5