SCI 205 - Epidemics in Society

1. Describe the basic biological structure of bacterial cells and viral particles.
2. Integrate the evolutionary changes in infectious agents to human outcomes of infectious disease (re-infection, lifelong immunity, etc.) and summarize the challenges in the treatment of emerging infectious diseases especially in the context of evolution.
3. Describe the central approaches and medical interventions that limit the spread of infectious diseases.
4. Analyze historical pandemic outcomes and the experiences of people living through the historical outbreaks for common themes related to current outbreaks.
5. Analyze the risks of zoonotic disease emergence in our modern world based on historical occurrences and infer the risks of contracting an emerging infection in your everyday life.
6. Evaluate fictional depictions of pandemics and infer details about the biology of the fictional infection, apply these conclusions to an analysis of the realistic nature of the fictional pandemic/outbreak.