NURSING 51Medical Microbiology for Nursing Students
Nursing · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Limited to Nursing majors. Not open for credit to students with credit for Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics 10. Introduction to biology of microbial pathogens, their role in development of human immune response, and presentation of symptoms and disease caused by microbial infections. Includes techniques used in bacterial identification including isolation of microbes, staining, microscopic examination, aseptic technique, and microbial growth media. Emphasis on control of microbial growth including antiseptics, disinfectants, antimicrobial sensitivity testing.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: Life Sciences 30A or 30B or Mathematics 3A or 31A.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
NURSING 51
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 1Precalculus
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus
4 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 7 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.