This course will focus on the structure and physiology of free-living and pathogenic bacteria. The diversity of their metabolic activiites, the interaction of microbes with their environment, symbiotic relationships and cell-to-cell communication are major topics. Lectures and laboratory exercises are coordinated to explore topics in basic microbiology, environmental microbiology, molecular microbiology, and the production of economically or medically important products through microbial biotechnology.

Introductory course in medical microbiology designed for students enrolled in health care related programs. The course begins with basic information on microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites and prions), the immune system, infection control, transmission of infection, epidemiology, antimicrobials, disinfection and sterilization. The later part of the course concentrates on infectious diseases caused by pathongenic microorganisms.

A synoptic view of the Canadian legal system, with emphasis on underlying considerations of social policy. While considering the nature, sources, philosophy, and policy objectives of the law, selected topics from the fields of tort and contract will be analyzed.

Reasoning and problem solving in the context of logic, algebra, geometry, and combinatorics.

Vector spaces; inner product spaces; examples of n-space and the space of continuous functions. GramSchmidt process, QR-factorization of a matrix and least squares. Linear transformations, change of basis, similarity and diagonalization. Orthogonal diagonalization, quadratic forms. Applications in a variety of fields, numerical methods.

The course includes first order and second order linear differential equations with constant coefficients; curves, tangent vectors, arc length, integration in two and three dimensions, polar, cylindrical and spherical coordinates, line and surface integrals; Green's, divergence and Stoke's theorems.

Infinite series; plane curves and polar coordinates; vectors and three dimensional analytic geometry; partial derivatives will be explored.

Elementary Number Theory, Numeration Systems, Number Systems and Elementary Probability Theory are included in this course.

Systems of linear equations, vectors in n-space, vector equations of lines and planes, matrix algebra, inverses and invertibility, introduction to linear transformations, subspaces of n-space, determinants, introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors, the dot product and orthogonality, applications in a variety of fields.

Applications of integration to areas, volumes, work force and arc lengths are included in this course. Differentiation and integration of exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions; techniques of integration; indeterminate forms and improper integrals.