MICROBIOLOGY
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
At least 124 hrs. (of which 45 must be Junior/Senior hrs. — courses numbered 300 or above) must be completed for graduation.
Completing the minimum requirements listed on this page will result in 117 overall hrs. and 57 Jr/Sr hrs.
Double majors must complete at least 15 hrs. unique to the major.
I. General College Requirements (33 hrs):
English (9 hrs.): ENGL 101 ___; ENGL 102 (or 105) ___; ENGL 203 (or 205, 209, 210, 211) ___
Argument & Reason (3 hrs., one of the following):____ COMS 130, COMS 230, PHIL 148, PHIL 310
Western Civilization (6 hrs.): HWC 204 (or 114) ___;
HWC 205 (or 115) ___
Principal Course and/or Foreign Language Requirements (No more than one course from each topical subgroup from the principal course list can be applied toward fulfillment of this requirement. See: http://www2.ku.edu/~clasus/pnwc/principal_courses.shtml):
Social Science (3 hrs.) ___; Humanities (3 hrs.) ___; and three additional courses in foreign language, social sciences, or humanities: ________, ________, ________.
II. General Science Requirements (49-50 hrs):
_____ BIOL 150 Principles of Molecular and Cellular
Biology (4 hrs.) (or BIOL 151)
_____ BIOL 350 Principles of Genetics (3 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 184 Foundations of Chemistry I (5 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 188 Foundations of Chemistry II (5 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 624 Organic Chemistry I (3 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 625 Organic Chemistry I lab (2 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 626 Organic Chemistry II (3 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 627 Organic Chemistry II lab (2 hrs.)
_____ PHSX 114 & PHSX 115 Col. Physics I & II (8 hrs.) OR
PHSX 211 & PHSX 212 General Physics I & II (8 hrs.)
_____ MATH 121 Calculus I (5 hrs.) OR
MATH 115 & MATH 116 Calculus I & II (6 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 570 Statistics (3 hrs.) OR
MATH 365 (3 hrs.) OR PSYC 300 (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 636 Biochemistry I (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 638 Biochemistry II (3 hrs.)
III. Microbiology Requirements (29 hrs.):
_____ BIOL 400 Fundamentals of Microbiology (3 hrs.)
(or BIOL 401, Honors)
_____ BIOL 402 Fund./ Microbiology Laboratory (2 hrs.)
(or BIOL 403, Honors)
_____ BIOL 416 Cell Structure and Function (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 503 Immunology (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 504 Immunology Laboratory (2 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 506 Pathogenic Microbiology (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 507 Pathogenic Microbiology Laboratory (2 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 512 General Virology (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 513 Virology Laboratory (2 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 518 Microbial Genetics (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 519 Microbial Genetics Laboratory (2 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 599 Senior Seminar — Current Progress in Microbiology (1 hr.) (must be
taken in senior year)
IV. Elective Requirements (6 hrs.):
Biology courses numbered 400 or higher to be selected in consultation with a microbiology advisor. A course listed above which has not been used to fulfill the above requirements, or BIOL 423 Non-Laboratory Independent Study or BIOL 424 Independent Study, may be used as an elective.
BIOL _____ (____ hrs.)
BIOL _____ (____ hrs.)
BIOL _____ (____ hrs.)
