Graduation Requirements for the Microbiology Minor

Graduation Requirements (27k PDF)

Prerequisites

Students must have completed 01:119:115-116 General Biology and 01:160:161-162 General Chemistry with grades of C or better.

Required courses (19 to 22 credits)

1. One course from the following list:

1. General Microbiology 11:680:390 (4)

2. At least one course from the following list:

1. Introductory Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 01:694:301 (3)
2. Introductory Biochemistry 11:115:301 (3)
3. General Biochemistry 11:115:403 (4)

3. At least one course from the following list:

1. Microbial Genetics and Genomics 11:680:480 (3)
2. Microbial Ecology and Diversity 11:680:491 (3) (91k PDF)
3. Applied Microbiology 11:680:494 (4)

4. At least 9 credits from the following list:

1. Comparative Virology 11:126:407 (3)
2. Environmental Microbiology 11:375:411 (3)
3. Food Microbiology 11:400:423 (3)
4. Pathogenic Microbiology 01:447:392 (3)
5. Fungi and Ecosystems 11:628:404 (3)
6. Bacterial Physiology 11:680:481 (3) (56k PDF)

Any courses not taken from #3:

1. Microbial Genetics and Genomics 11:680:480 (3)
2. Applied Microbiology 11:680:494 (4)
3. Microbial Ecology and Diversity 11:680:491 (3) (91k PDF)
4. Microbial Ecology & Diversity Laboratory 11:680:492 (2)
5. or other microbiology courses approved by the Program Director