BIOL 2210 Microbiology for Health Professionals Laboratory

Name: Microbiology for Health Professionals Laboratory
Rating: 4.18 (406 reviews)

One two-hour laboratory period per week. Exercises in this laboratory course deal with aseptic techniques, microbial cultivation and growth characteristics, staining and bacterial isolation techniques, differential biochemical tests, identification of unknown bacterial species, and testing effectiveness of antimicrobial agents.

Course overview

Department: Biology
School: MCAS
Credits: 1
Level: Undergraduate
Offered: Every Fall, Every Summer

Catalog details

Corequisites: BIOL2200 or MCBI2200 or BIOL3090 or BIOL4140

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Requirements fulfilled

Nursing B.S.: Sophomore Year, Semester I (Typical Plan of Study for Class of 2019 and Forward)

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating: 4.18 / 5 · Very Good
406 responses
Instructor rating: 4.43 / 5 · Very Good
406 responses
Terms evaluated: 9
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
Term	Instructor	Course overall	Instructor overall	Well organized	Clear learning objectives	Intellectually challenging	Helpful assignments	Applicable beyond course	Attendance necessary	Weekly effort	Responses
Spring 2026	Indu Ramesh Warrier	4.3	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.1	4.7	4.5	4.8	1–3 hrs/week	34 of 42
Spring 2025	Eun-Mi Jeong	3.9	4.2	4.0	4.2	4.3	4.6	4.7	4.7	1–3 hrs/week	26 of 34
Fall 2024	Hilary Scheintaub	4.4	4.5	4.9	4.7	4.4	4.8	4.6	4.9	1–3 hrs/week	42 of 49
Spring 2024	Hilary Scheintaub	4.3	4.2	4.7	4.7	4.3	4.6	4.7	4.8	1–3 hrs/week	46 of 51
Fall 2023	Hilary Scheintaub	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	86 of 95
Spring 2023	Hilary Scheintaub	4.3	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.4	5.0	4.9	5.0	1–3 hrs/week	21 of 25
Fall 2022	Hilary Scheintaub	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.3	4.7	4.4	4.9	1–3 hrs/week	76 of 82
Spring 2022	Hilary Scheintaub	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.1	4.6	4.7	4.7	1–3 hrs/week	18 of 31
Fall 2021	Hilary Scheintaub	4.1	4.4	4.6	4.6	4.4	4.6	4.5	4.9	1–3 hrs/week	57 of 86

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Daniel Mark Beringer
Spring 2027, Fall 2026
Eun-Mi Jeong
Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.19/5
Hilary Scheintaub
Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.43/5
Indu Ramesh Warrier
Spring 2026 · Official rating 4.61/5

Sections

Section 01
Spring 2027 · Daniel Mark Beringer · Higgins Hall 380 F 11:00AM-12:50PM · Offered
Section 02
Spring 2027 · Daniel Mark Beringer · Higgins Hall 370 F 11:00AM-12:50PM · Offered
Section 03
Spring 2027 · Daniel Mark Beringer · Higgins Hall 380 F 02:00PM-03:50PM · Offered
Section 04
Spring 2027 · Daniel Mark Beringer · Higgins Hall 370 F 02:00PM-03:50PM · Offered
Section 05
Spring 2027 · Daniel Mark Beringer · Higgins Hall 375 F 11:00AM-12:50PM · Offered
Section 06
Spring 2027 · Daniel Mark Beringer · Higgins Hall 375 F 02:00PM-03:50PM · Offered
Section 01
Fall 2026 · Daniel Mark Beringer · Higgins Hall 380 F 11:00AM-12:50PM · Offered
Section 02
Fall 2026 · Daniel Mark Beringer · Higgins Hall 380 F 02:00PM-03:50PM · Offered
Section 03
Fall 2026 · Daniel Mark Beringer · Higgins Hall 370 F 11:00AM-12:50PM · Offered
Section 05
Fall 2026 · Daniel Mark Beringer · Higgins Hall 375 F 02:00PM-03:50PM · Offered