Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Cornell University/The Microbiology of College Life (Spring)
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- Course name
- The Microbiology of College Life
- Institution
- Cornell University
- Instructor
- Kathleen Hefferon
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Microbiology
- Course dates
- 2024-01-22 00:00:00 UTC – 2024-05-18 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 100
Microbial habitats are literally everywhere on a college campus – and college students interact with microorganisms daily. From the athlete locker room, to the kitchen, to the bathroom, to between the sheets, college students are exposed to a plethora of microorganisms that are benign, beneficial, and pathogenic. The goal of this class is for students to learn about microbiology and microbial ecology as it relates to them – in the college campus environment. Students will learn about viruses, bacteria, eukaryotes and metazoans that cause common illnesses (i.e. gastroenteritis, influenza and STDs), the microbially-driven elemental cycling of alcohol production, and ecology of microorganism that spoil food. Students will take away a practical understanding of the microorganisms that they can apply to their own lives. I would like the students to choose a topic in microbiology and create a wikipedia post. It could be about a specific microbe or a general process associated with microbiology.