Hiroshima University Syllabus

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Japanese
Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Program of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lecture Code I7015001 Subject Classification Specialized Education
Subject Name 微生物学
Subject Name
(Katakana)
ビセイブツガク
Subject Name in
English
Microbiology
Instructor KURODA TERUO,MORITA DAICHI
Instructor
(Katakana)
クロダ テルオ,モリタ ダイチ
Campus Kasumi Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  Second Semester,  4Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms (4T) Fri1-4:霞R404講義室
Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details)
Face-to-face
Lecture 
Credits 2.0 Class Hours/Week 4 Language of Instruction B : Japanese/English
Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area(Area) 27 : Health Sciences
Course Area(Discipline) 03 : Pharmaceutical Sciences
Eligible Students
Keywords Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi, Protozoa 
Special Subject for Teacher Education   Special Subject  
Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
 
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)
Pharmaceutical Sciences
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・Knowledge and understanding of the biological maintenance system of homeostasis and the ability to adjust to the environment  ●quality ④
(Abilities and Skills)
・Abilities of collecting necessary information of drug treatment her/him self and utilize it. ●quality ⑤ ⑥ ⑦

Medicinal Sciences
(Knowledge and Understanding)
・Knowledge of human and biological bodies.
(Abilities and Skills)
・Development of knowledge about human and biological bodies. (advance)
・To be able to basically treat major chemical agents, substances related to the living body, and microbes. 
Class Objectives
/Class Outline
Outlines: It is important to understand the property of microbes to understand the chemotherapy. In this class, you can learn how microbes live, proliferate, and cause infectious diseases.
Purposes: In order to understand infectious diseases, you can take the knowledge of pathogenicity. In order to understand chemotherapy, you can take the fundamental knowledge of microbial physiology. 
Class Schedule Lesson 1 Introduction of Microbiology(Chap.1), Infection and pathogenesis(Chap.2)
Lesson 2 Introduction of Bacteriology (Chap.4)
Lesson 3 Pathogenic bacteriology(1)(Chap.5)
Lesson 4 Pathogenic bacteriology(2) (Chap.5)
Lesson 5 Pathogenic bacteriology(3)(Chap.5), Infection control measures(Chap.3)
Lesson 6 Introduction of Virology (Chap.6)
Lesson 7 Mid exam, Pathogenic virology(1)(Chap.7)
Lesson 8 Pathogenic virology(2)(Chap.7)
Lesson 9 Mycology(Chap.8), Protozoology(Chap.11)
Lesson 10 Final exam 
Text/Reference
Books,etc.
Microbiology and Infectious Disease (Kagaku-doujin)
 
PC or AV used in
Class,etc.
Text, Handouts, Microsoft Stream, Microsoft Forms, moodle
(More Details) Textbook, print, powerpoint 
Learning techniques to be incorporated Quizzes/ Quiz format
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review
A mini test will be given by Forms (not on the day of the mid-term and final examinations). The questions will be based on the content of the previous lecture or the content to be covered that day, but the score will not be included in the grade (it will be used to check attendance). If you take this seriously, it will help you prepare for the exam. 
Requirements  
Grading Method Mid exam : 60
Final exam : 40
total 100
 
Practical Experience  
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it  
Message Questions can be submitted by e-mail, but it is strongly recommended to come to the lectures in person for a more appropriate response.
If you do not fully understand the content of this lecture, it will be extremely difficult to understand the third-year course, "Antibiotics and Drug resistance". The content of this course is very diverse, but please make sure you work through it.
A recording of the lecture will be uploaded to Moodle for your review.
 
Other Item numbers of the academic objectives: C-6-3-1), C-6-3-2), C-6-3-3), C-6-3-4), D-2-15-1), D-2-15-2), D-2-15-5), E-1-2-1), E-1-2-2), E-1-2-3), F-3-4-1), F-3-4-2), F-3-4-4)

This course is closely related to Microbiopharmaceutics, Pharmacology IV, Genetic Engineering, Hygienic Pharmacy II, Introduction to Clinical Medicine I, Introduction to Clinical Medicine II, Introduction to Clinical Medicine III, Clinical Pharmacotherapeutics A, and Clinical Evaluation, and their relationship is demonstrated in the course. The content of this course is designed to deepen conceptual understanding in the field of pharmacy through integrated study of these subjects. 
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. 
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