To acquire a basic understanding of: 1. Evolutionary origin, history and diversity of eukaryotes and their genomes, organelles, biochemistry, cells, and organismic biology (Part I: Week 2–7) 2. Major eukaryotic lineages and important eukaryotic microbes (Part II: Week 9–12, written assignment and oral presentation) 3. Relationships between eukaryotic microbes and Earth, ecosystems, humans, and other microbes (Part III: Week 13 (and 9–12) + assigned readings)

References
1. Archibald et al., Eds., Handbook of the Protists (Springer, ed. 2nd, 2017). 2. Adl et al., Revisions to the classification, nomenclature, and diversity of eukaryotes. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 66, 4–119 (2019). 3. Lee, Phycology (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ed. 4, 2008). 4. Willey et al., Prescott’s Microbiology (McGraw-Hill Education, ed. 10, 2017). 5. Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell (Garland Science, ed. 6, 2015). 6. Other selected review articles and research papers

Designated Reading
Course slides (midterm and final exam)
Additional reading (final exam):
Sun et al., Host range and coding potential of eukaryotic giant viruses. Viruses 12, 1337 (2020).
Wells et al., Algae as nutritional and functional food sources: revisiting our understanding. J. Appl. Phycol. 29:949–82 (2017).