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Microbiology Minor

Some of the courses required for the Microbiology minor have additional prerequisites or grade requirements that are separate from the MB minor. At a minimum students will need to take the BI 2xx course series.

 All of the courses in the minor must be completed with A-F grading (not taken S/U).

Course List
Code Title Credits
Required Core  
BHS 255/MB 255 *ALLIED HEALTH MICROBIOLOGY 4-5
or MB 230 *INTRODUCTORY MICROBIOLOGY
or MB 302
MB 303
GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
and GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
Electives  
Select 23 credits from the courses in Category I and Category II. No more than 9 credits can come from Category II. 23
Category I  
Select 14-23 credits from the following courses:  

BHS 316

PRINCIPLES OF IMMUNOLOGY  

or MB 416

IMMUNOLOGY

BHS 320/MB 320

HUMAN BACTERIOLOGY  

or MB 430

BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS

BHS 323

^MICROBIAL INFLUENCES ON HUMAN HEALTH  

BHS 329

MECHANISMS OF DISEASE: INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL PATHOLOGY  

BHS 340/MB 340

HUMAN VIROLOGY  

or MB 434

VIROLOGY

BOT 350

INTRODUCTORY PLANT PATHOLOGY  

BOT 461

MYCOLOGY  

MB 385

^EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND EPIDEMICS  

MB 310

BACTERIAL MOLECULAR GENETICS  

MB 311

^MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY LAB: A WRITING INTENSIVE COURSE  

MB 312

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM  

MB 314

AQUATIC MICROBIOLOGY  

MB 401

RESEARCH 1  

MB 406

SPECIAL PROJECTS 1  

MB 417

IMMUNOLOGY LABORATORY  

MB 420

MICROBIAL GENOME EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY  

MB 422

AQUATIC MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY  

MB 435

PATHOGENIC MICROBES LABORATORY  

MB 436

THE HUMAN MICROBIOME  

MB 440

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY  

MB 441

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY  

MB 448

MICROBE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS  

MB 456

MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY  

MB 479/FST 479

FERMENTATION MICROBIOLOGY  

MB 480

GENERAL PARASITOLOGY  

MB 491/FW 491

FISH DISEASES IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND AQUACULTURE  

MB 496/FW 496

FISH DISEASES IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND AQUACULTURE LAB  
Category II  
Select 0-9 credits from the following courses:  

ANS 302

COMMON DISEASES OF COMPANION ANIMALS  

BB 485

APPLIED BIOINFORMATICS  

BI 495

DISEASE ECOLOGY  

BOT 324

*FUNGI IN SOCIETY  

BOT 480

PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PHOTOBIOLOGY  

FST 360

FOOD SAFETY AND SANITATION  

FST 460

CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF BEER  

FST 461

PRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS OF BEER  

H 312

*HIV/AIDS AND STIS IN MODERN SOCIETY  

H 320

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN DISEASE  

MB 330

*DISEASE AND SOCIETY  
Total Credits 27-28

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

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Writing Intensive Course (WIC)

1

No more than 3 credits can consist of MB 401 or MB 406. Other blanket courses (MB 403MB 405MB 407MB 410) cannot be used to satisfy the minor requirement