There was strong agreement to make "microbe" (and not "bacteria") the focus of the updated ASM microbiology curriculum guidelines...

The latest issue of JMBE is out - Perspective articles therein explain the updates to ASM's guidelines for undergraduate microbiology courses (journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...) & review learning objectives that support guidelines for undergraduate virology courses (journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...).

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Hi, Eric! There's guidelines for this at asv.org/curriculum-g...; also see journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... and journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... for more info/details. Happy teaching!

Development of learning objectives to support undergraduate virology curriculum guidelines | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education The discipline of microbiology is extremely broad as it encompasses the study of microscopic organisms and entities. The field of virology is a specialized area of study within the field of microbiology. Due to the complexity of virology as a field, herein we describe the development of curriculum guidelines and associated example learning objectives to help educators teach virology.

A great group of folks has developed learning objectives to help you with undergrad virology education. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...