2024 ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators

The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the importance of understanding viruses, but also the challenges with misinformation about and misunderstanding of viral evolution, control, and treatment. Educating undergraduates about viruses can help mitigate these challenges, but virology is not always offered at this level. In part, this is due to the complexity of viruses, and finding time in the curriculum to include virology. Here, session participants will be introduced to recently-developed undergraduate virology curriculum guidelines and example learning objectives, to develop (or modify) their microbiology (and/or introductory biology) course(s) to help their students better learn this important material.