BS131 - Health & the Community
- Module code: BS131
- Module name: Health & the Community
- Department: School of Life Sciences
- Credit: 12
Content and teaching | Assessment | Availability
Module content and teaching
Principal aims
This module continues the microbiology and virology teaching as a natural extension of BS127 (Agents of Infectious Disease) with a focus on the influence of micro-organisms on everyday life and how infections can arise when simple hygiene goes wrong
Principal learning outcomes
Through this module students should gain an appreciation of the requirements for and the methods of control of contamination of drinking water and food. An understanding of the most prevalent infections in this context will be gained, and this will be extended into the area of emerging and re-emerging infections
Timetabled teaching activities
Lectures 1-5. Water: sources, supply and quality,Lectures 6-10. Food-borne disease,Lectures 11-15. Emerging Infectious Disease.Lectures 16-20. Antibiotics: Use and Abuse,Lectures 21-25. Bioterrorism Agents and Disease,
Departmental link
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/intranet/teach/1styr/lectures/healthcomm/
Module assessment
Assessment group | Assessment name | Percentage |
---|---|---|
12 CATS (Module code: BS131-12) | ||
B (Examination only) | 1 hour examination | 100% |
Module availability
This module is available on the following courses:
Core
N/A
Optional Core
- Undergraduate Biomedical Science (MBio) (C1A3) - Year 1
- Undergraduate Medical Microbiology and Virology (MBio) (C1A4) - Year 1
- Undergraduate Biomedical Science (C1B9) - Year 1
- Undergraduate Microbiology and Virology (C520) - Year 1
- Undergraduate Medical Microbiology and Virology (C526) - Year 1
Optional
- Undergraduate Environmental Biology (C150) - Year 1
- Undergraduate Biomedical Science with Industrial Placement (MBio) (C1A7) - Year 1
- Undergraduate Medical Microbiology and Virology with Industrial Placement (MBio) (C1A8) - Year 1