Prerequisite: BS 124 and formal admission to the Allied Health programs, or admission to the Sterile Processing Technician Certificate Program. Please
refer to appropriate program curriculum. This course provides people desiring to work in the health care professions with basic knowledge and principles of microbiology and epidemiology. The course will take a portal of entry approach to understanding epidemiology. Diseases are categorized by portal of entry used to invade the human body and are subcategorized by the type of infectious agent.