SDSU Zoo 467: Mike Hildreth
General Parasitology
Germs, Worms and Bugs 
Spring 2009: 

Class Schedule


Date
Activity
Topic
Jan. 16 (Lc1) Lecture #1 Introduction to Parasitology I
Jan. 21 (Lc2) Lecture #2 Introduction to Parasitic Arthropods; Tick
Jan. 23 (Lc3) Lecture #3 Mites, Lice and Bugs
Jan. 26 (Lb1) Lab #1 Course Mechanics; Parasitic Arthropods I
Jan. 28 (Lc4) Lecture #4 Mosquitoes and Flies
Jan. 30 (Lc5) Lecture #5 Introduction to Parasitology II
Feb. 2 (Lb2) Lab #2 Parasitic Arthropods II; Immune Response
Feb. 4 (Lc6) Lecture #6 Introduction to Protozoans
Feb. 6 (Lc7) Lecture Exam #1 Introduction and Parasitic Arthropods
Feb. 9 (Lb3) Lab Exam #1 Parasitic Arthropods
Feb. 11 (Lc8) Lecture #7 Parasitic Amoeba
Feb. 13 (Lc9) Lecture #8 Flagellates I (trypanosomes)
Feb. 18 (Lc10) - Virtual Web-lecture; class will not meet Lecture #9 Flagellates II (Giardia and Trichomonads)
Feb. 20 (Lc11) - Virtual Web-lecture; class will not meet Lecture #10 Intestinal Coccidians
Feb. 23 (Lb4)  Lab #3 Intestinal Amoeba and Flagellates
Feb. 25 (Lc12) Lecture #11 Cryptosporidium
Feb. 27 (Lc13) - Virtual Web-lecture; class will not meet Lecture #12 Toxoplasma
March 2 (Lb5) Lab #4 Blood & Tissue Flagellates and Intestinal Coccidians 
March 4 (Lc14) Lecture #13 Malaria
March 6 (Lc15) Lecture #14 Introduction to Platyhelminthes & Trematodes
March 16 (Lb6) Lab #5 Toxoplasma & Malaria
March 18 (Lc16) Lecture Exam #2 Parasitic Protozoans
March 20 (Lc18) Lecture #15 Class Digena; Misc. Groups
March 23 (Lb 7) Lab Exam #2 Parasitic Protozoans: Exam
March 25 (Lc19) Lecture #16 Class Digena; Liver Flukes and Schistosomes
March 27 (Lc20) Lecture #17 Introduction to Cestodes; Order Pseudophyllidea
March 30 (Lb7) Lab #6 Trematodes
April 1 (Lc 21) Lecture #18 Introduction to Cyclophyllidea; Taeniids and Misc.
April 3 (Lc22) Lecture #19 Introduction to Nematodes; Threadworms and Hookworms
April 6 (Lb8) Lab #7 Cestodes
April 8 (Lc23) Lecture Exam #3 Phylum Platyhelminthes
April 15 (Lb9) Lab Exam #3 Phylum Platyhelminthes
April 17 (Lc24) Lecture #20 Ascarids, Herringworms and Pinworms
April 20 (Lb10) Lab #8 Hookworms, Ascarids and Pinworms
April 22 (Lc25) Lecture #21 Guineaworms and Filarids 
April 24 (Lc26) - Virtual Web-lecture; class will not meet Lecture #23 Whipworms and Trichinella
April 27 (Lb11) Lab #9  Fecal Analysis, Filarids, Whipworms, and Trichinella 
April 28 (Lc27) Lecture #24 Movie Day
May 1 (Lc28) Lab Exam #4 Parasitic Nematodes and Everything Else (during lecture or any other free period)
May 4 @ 9:00-10:40AM Lecture Exam #4 Parasitic Nematodes and Everything Else



 Last Update: 15-April-2009
Published by Department of Biology & Microbiology, South Dakota State University
E-mail: michael.hildreth@sdstate.edu