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Undergraduate Biology

Degrees and Major Requirements

MICROBIOLOGY

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Requirements apply to students entering 2003 and later. At least 124 hrs. (45 Junior/Senior hrs.) must be completed for graduation. Double majors must complete at least 15 hrs. unique to each major.

I. General College Requirements (33 hrs):

English (9 hrs.): ENGL 101 ___; ENGL 102 (or 105) ___; ENGL 203 (or 205, 209, 210, 211) ___
Oral Communication/Logic (3 hrs.): COMS 130/230, PHIL 148/310, OR Exemption/Examination ___
Western Civilization (6 hrs.): HWC 204 (or 114) ___ and 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 Undergraduate Catalog and Timetable for list of principal courses and topical subgroups.):
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 Introduction to 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 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.

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