Welcome to this microbiology telecourse. The course is challenging, but not impossible. Students need some science background to be comfortable with the content. Prerequisites are suggested in the Telecourse Study Guide, page xiii.
Microbiology seems abstract to many students because they can t conceptualize the small organisms.
Use the Telecourse Study Guide as your guide to the course. The suggested readings in the teleguide provide explanation to the material presented in the videos. Some units include a couple of chapters. The teleguide suggests studying the course outline rather than doing all the reading. I suggest looking at the pictures, tables and illustrations of those pages to gain a grasp of main concepts.