Microbiology Option (Fall 2008)
Administered by Biological and Allied Health Sciences
Effective Fall 2008
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 50.490 may be applied as biology elective credit toward the degree. A maximum of 6 cr hr from among 50.390, 50.391, 50.490, 50.493 and 50.494 may be applied as biology elective credit toward the degree.
50.114 Concepts in Biology I
50.115 Concepts in Biology II
50.242 Microbiology
50.271 Cell Biology
50.332 Genetics
50.342 Medical Microbiology
50.343 Immunology
50.351 Ecology
50.481 Senior Biology Seminar
50.479 Integrated Physiology Laboratory
And at least one of the following physiology lecture courses (50.478 Microbial Physiology is recommended):
- 50.472 Animal Cell Physiology
- 50.474 Vertebrate Systems Physiology
- 50.477 Plant Physiology
- 50.478 Microbial Physiology
- 50.480 Comparative Animal Physiology
Choose one of the following two sets:
- 54.111 Introductory Physics I and 54.112 Introductory Physics II
- 54.211 General Physics I and 54.212 General Physics II
52.115 Chemistry for the Sciences I
52.116 Chemistry for the Sciences II
52.230 Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
52.341 Biochemistry
Choose one of the following three sets:
- 53.141 Introduction to Statistics or 48.160 Basic Statistics, and 53.123 Essentials of Calculus
- 53.141 Introduction to Statistics or 48.160 Basic Statistics, and 53.125 Calculus I
- 53.125 Calculus I and 53.126 Calculus II
Electives (12 semester hours). Choose from:
- 50.333 Molecular Biology
- 50.350 Plant Pathology
- 50.411 Radiation Biology
- 50.432 Microbial and Molecular Genetics
- 50.435 Bioinformatics and Genomic Analysis
- 50.442 Virology of Mammals
- 50.450 Mycology
- 50.455 Environmental Microbiology
- 50.470 Medical Parasitology
- 50.483 Medical Mycology
- 52.442 Biochemistry II
- 55.320 Marine Microbiology