Microbiology will be one of the simplest yet most time-consuming subjects during the summer semester of your second year. Each bacterium has its own characteristics, and combined with case studies and lab reports that you will analyze in class, the course is definitely detail-oriented.

You are required to have an exercise book from the very beginning. In this book, we not only monitor lab experiments and results throughout the semester, but also keep track of our lab quizzes and tests, which will be checked by our teachers at the end of each class. There are 13 labs in total, each lasting 2 hours and 45 minutes. Attendance is mandatory to pass the course.

• In 2023/2024, tablets or loose pieces of paper were not accepted as substitutes for exercise books!

It is important to study the lectures (the primary source of information for the credits) as well as the material from the labs, because most, if not all, questions will come from there. 

Lectures are conducted live on Blackboard, and the content is often not fully covered during the scheduled hours, so further study is required. 

The majority of students found the credits to be somewhat tricky but, in the end, very fair. The credits were easy to understand, and the results were sent to your private UMB email.