Biology - Microbiology Option
Administered by Biological and Allied Health Sciences
Effective Fall, 2005
The option provides a biology major the opportunity to specialize in microbiology while obtaining a general background in biology.
A maximum of 3 cr hr of BIOLOGY.490 may be applied as biology elective credit toward the degree. A maximum of 6 cr hr from among BIOLOGY.390, BIOLOGY.391, BIOLOGY.490, BIOLOGY.493 and BIOLOGY.494 may be applied as biology elective credit toward the degree.
BIOLOGY.114 Concepts in Biology I
BIOLOGY.115 Concepts in Biology II
BIOLOGY.242 Microbiology
BIOLOGY.271 Cell Biology
BIOLOGY.332 Genetics
BIOLOGY.342 Medical Microbiology
BIOLOGY.343 Immunology
BIOLOGY.351 Ecology
BIOLOGY.481 Senior Biology Seminar
BIOLOGY.479 Integrated Physiology Laboratory
And at least one of the following physiology lecture courses (BIOLOGY.478 Microbial Physiology is recommended):
- BIOLOGY.472 Animal Cell Physiology
- BIOLOGY.474 Human Physiology
- BIOLOGY.477 Plant Physiology
- BIOLOGY.478 Microbial Physiology
- BIOLOGY.480 Comparative Animal Physiology
Choose one of the following two sets:
PHYSICS.111 Introductory Physics I and PHYSICS.112 Introductory Physics II
PHYSICS.211 General Physics I and PHYSICS.212 General Physics II
CHEM.115 Chemistry for the Sciences I
CHEM.116 Chemistry for the Sciences II
CHEM.230 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
CHEM.341 Biochemistry
Choose one of the following three sets:
MATH.141 Introduction to Statistics or 48.160 Basic Statistics, and MATH.123 Essentials of Calculus
MATH.141 Introduction to Statistics or 48.160 Basic Statistics, and MATH.125 Calculus I
MATH.125 Calculus I and MATH.126 Calculus II
Electives (12 semester hours). Choose from:
BIOLOGY.333 Molecular Biology
BIOLOGY.350 Plant Pathology
BIOLOGY.411 Radiation Biology
BIOLOGY.432 Microbial and Molecular Genetics
BIOLOGY.435 Bioinformatics and Genomic Analysis
BIOLOGY.442 Virology of Mammals
BIOLOGY.450 Mycology
BIOLOGY.455 Environmental Microbiology
BIOLOGY.470 Medical Parasitology
BIOLOGY.483 Medical Mycology
CHEM.442 Biochemistry II
MARSCI.320 Marine Microbiology