Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: analyze the structure, function, physiology and metabolism of bacteria and viruses; differentiate between bacterial infection, viral infection and disease; categorize the types of viruses and explain how they replicate; analyze diseases caused by DNA viruses, RNA viruses and protozoa; identify and define food-borne illnesses and bacterial infections of the gastrointestinal tract; outline the causes and symptoms of sexually transmitted bacterial diseases; identify the types of bacterial skin, wound and respiratory infections; and apply basic immunology to model the body's defenses against pathogens.