Division of Biology

Electives BS Microbiology for all sub-plans

Choose 11 credit hours from the lists below. At least 5 of the 11 credit hours must be laboratory. No more than 6 credits can be counted from courses outside of BIOL (Research Courses do not count toward this limit). Courses used here may not be used elsewhere.

Courses in this section count as all lecture credit (0 toward lab credit).

  • BIOL 365 - Practicum in Biology Credits: 1-4
  • No more than 2 credits from BIOL 365 can be used toward MICRO electives
  • BIOL 410 - Biology of the Cancer Cell Credits: 3
  • BIOL 462 - Phage Hunters 2 Credits: 2
  • BIOL 495 - Topics in Biology Credits: 1-6
  • OR
  • BIOL 697 - Topics in Biology Credits: 1-6
  • No more than 3 credit hours from BIOL 495 plus BIOL 697 can be used toward MICRO electives.
  • BIOL 520 - Evolution Credits: 3
  • BIOL 521 - Evolution of Infectious Diseases Credits: 3
  • BIOL 545 - Human Parasitology Credits: 3
  • BIOL 580 - Molecular Biology of Genes and Genomes Credits: 3
  • BIOL 609 - Cellular and Molecular Biology of Human Diseases Credits: 3
  • BIOL 670 - Immunology Credits: 3
  • BIOL 675 - Genetics of Microorganisms Credits: 3
  • BIOL 687 - Microbial Ecology Credits: 3
  • BIOL 705 - Eukaryotic Genetics Credits: 3
  • BIOL 707 - Advanced Cell Biology Credits: 3
  • BIOL 730 - General Virology Credits: 3
  • BIOL 734 - Introduction to Genomics and Bioinformatics Credits: 4
  • AGRON 610 - Biotechnology Credits: 3
  • AGRON 645 - Soil Microbiology Credits: 3
  • AP 600 - Introduction to Pharmacology for Health Professionals Credits: 3
  • AP 711 - Stem Cells and Comparative Biomedicine Credits: 2
  • ASI 218 - Fundamentals of Nutrition Credits: 3
  • ASI 540 - Principles of Animal Disease Control Credits: 3
  • BAE 445 - Biological Engineering Fundamentals Credits: 3
  • BIOCH 571 - Medical Biochemistry Credits: 3
  • BIOCH 755 - Biochemistry I Credits: 3
  • BIOCH 765 - Biochemistry II Credits: 3
  • BIOCH 775 - Molecular Biophysics Credits: 3
  • DMP 691 - Introduction to High Containment Laboratory Topics and Techniques Credits: 3
  • DMP 710 - Introduction to One Health Credits: 2
  • DMP 754 - Introduction to Epidemiology Credits: 3
  • DMP 770 - Emerging Diseases Credits: 3
  • ENTOM 649 - Introduction to Arthropod Vectors of Human Pathogens Credits: 3
  • FDSCI 600 - Food Microbiology Credits: 2
  • FNDH 654 - Pathophysiology and Clinical Evaluation Credits: 3
  • GEOL 650 - Geomicrobiology Credits: 3
  • PLPTH 610 - Biotechnology Credits: 3
  • STAT 703 - Introduction to Statistical Methods for the Sciences Credits: 3

Courses in this section count 1 credit toward lab credit.

  • BIOL 441 - Human Body I Credits: 4
  • BIOL 530 - Pathogenic Microbiology Credits: 3
  • BIOL 546 - Human Parasitology Laboratory Credits: 1
  • BIOL 604 - Biology of the Fungi Credits: 3
  • AGRON 646 - Soil Microbiology Laboratory Credits: 1
  • ASI 560 - Course-Based Undergraduate Research in Animal Sciences & Industry Credits: 2
  • BIOCH 757 - NMR Laboratory Credits: 1
  • BIOCH 758 - Protein Structure Laboratory Credits: 1
  • BIOCH 766 - Recombinant DNA Laboratory I Credits: 1
  • BIOCH 767 - Recombinant DNA Laboratory II Credits: 1
  • DMP 690 - Essential Practices for BSL-3 Research Settings Credits: 1
  • PLPTH 500 - Principles of Plant Pathology Credits: 3
  • PLPTH 585 - Crop Diseases Credits: 2

Courses in this section count 2 credits toward lab credit.

  • BIOL 461 - Phage Hunters I Credits: 3
  • BIOL 671 - Immunology Lab Credits: 2
  • BIOCH 756 - Biochemistry I Laboratory Credits: 2
  • ENTOM 652 - Introduction to Insect Molecular Techniques Credits: 2
  • FDSCI 601 - Food Microbiology Lab Credits: 2

Courses in this section count 3 credits toward lab credit.

  • BIOL 676 - Molecular Genetics Laboratory Credits: 3
  • BIOCH 522 - General Biochemistry Laboratory Credits: 3

Research Courses: A total of up to 3 credits from all Research Courses combined can be used toward MICRO lab electives.

  • AGRON 598 - Undergraduate Research in Agronomy Credits: 0-18
  • AP 790 - Problems in Anatomy and Physiology Credits: 1-18
  • ASI 561 - Undergraduate Research in Animal Sciences & Industry Credits: 0-3
  • BAE 497 - Undergraduate Research Experience Credits: 0-3
  • BAE 499 - Honors Research in Biological Systems Engineering Credits: 1-18
  • BIOCH 599 - Research Training in Biochemistry Credits: 1-3
  • BIOL 695 - Internship in Biology Credits: 1-3
  • BIOL 698 - Research in Biology Credits: 0-8
  • CHE 497 - Undergraduate Research Experience Credits: 0-3
  • CHM 497 - Research in Undergraduate Chemistry Credits: 1-3
  • DAS 400 - Undergraduate Research in Arts and Sciences Credits: 0-3
  • DAS 506 - Undergraduate Cancer Research Credits: 1
  • DMP 680 - Problems in Pathobiology Credits: 1-5
  • ENTOM 482 - Research Experience in Entomology Credits: 1-3
  • PLPTH 495 - Undergraduate Research in Plant Pathology Credits: 0-3