You will not be tested on material in the text that we don t cover in class unless I specifically assign a section to learn on your own. Remember to keep up with the reading. It will be impossible to do all the reading the week before an exam. There are Vocabulary Lists for each broad topic. Start looking up the words and learning their meaning as soon as you start a new unit.
Microbiology is a little like a foreign language.
Most, but not all, of the words will be found in the Glossary in the back of your book. Look the others up in the index of the book and look for a page reference from the chapter that we are currently discussing. Make flash cards for all the words with the definition on the back. Include structure and function , if possible, for all terms, i.e., what is made of and what does it do. Mix up your flash cards.