微生物学和免疫学理学学士

地球上的生命始于并且一直依赖于微生物的活动。这些活动中的大多数对地球和我们都有帮助，但有时微生物会做坏事，例如引起感染，并可能造成灾难性的后果。我们的免疫系统可以抵抗感染，并且通常会获胜，但这是一场军备竞赛，我们必须不断适应新的感染。了解微生物进化和生存的惊人能力，以及我们的免疫系统如何控制感染并提供对那些有害于我们的微生物的免疫力。
The Bachelor of Science (BSc) course is designed to provide excellent science education across a broad range of science and technology areas of study and equip students with a range of knowledge and skills to enhance their science studies. The degree will provide flexible pathways to employment, research higher degrees and many professional postgraduate programs. <br><br>This major provides students with a detailed understanding of Microbiology, the study of microbial organisms. The major describes how infectious microbial agents are studied, the diseases they cause and their possible prevention or treatment. Aspects of our immune system, how it responds to protect us during infection, and vaccination are discussed. The major also describes how microbiology applies to a range of areas in the biomedical sciences. It opens up careers in infectious disease, diagnostics, molecular biology, biotechnology, vaccinology, antimicrobial chemotherapeutics, biosafety and regulation, as well as post-graduate research into infectious microbial agents, their genes and mechanisms of disease. It provides a basis for further study into medicine and other paramedical disciplines.