Worms that burrow into people's feet. Viruses that hide inside neurons for years. The Black Death. Learn about everything from zombie spiders to amoebas that can swim up your nose and eat your brain. This class will cover the biology of pathogens and parasites in all their gory details. We'll learn how these can be contracted and spread, why they cause diseases, along with how they evolved and might continue evolving, and possibly even why there are so many crazy cat ladies (yes, parasitology truly does answer all the important questions in life). By the time you leave this class, you might become terrified of all your fellow human beings. Bringing hand sanitizer with you may give you some comfort, but not much.