Bachelor of Science in Microbiology

Freshman Year

CHEM 121            General Chemistry I           5 cr
CHEM 122            General Chemistry II          4 cr
BIOS 101            General Zoology               3 cr
BIOS 103            General Botany                3 cr
ENGL 101            Composition                   3 cr
MATH 117            Algebra and Trigonometry      5 cr
MATH 120*           Essentials of Calculus        4 cr
SPCH 101            Principles of Speech          2 cr
IN ADDITION:        One of Goals 6, 7, or 8       3 cr
                                                  TOTAL: 32 cr

Sophomore Year

ENGL 201            Critical Reading and Writing  3 cr
CHEM 301            Organic Chemistry I           3 cr
CHEM 302            Organic Chemistry II          3 cr
CHEM 303            Organic Chemistry Lab I       1 cr
CHEM 304            Organic Chemistry Lab II      1 cr
BIOS 235            General Microbiology          4 cr
BIOS 236            Advanced General
                    Microbiology                  3 cr
PHYS 211-212        General Physics               6 cr
PHYS 213-214        General Physics Lab           2 cr
IN ADDITION:        Two of Goals 9, 11, and 12    6 cr
                                                  TOTAL: 32 cr

Junior Year

CHEM 232            Quantitative Analysis         2 cr
CHEM 234            Quantitative Analysis
                    Laboratory                    2 cr
BIOS 332            Biochemistry                  3 cr
BIOS 334            Experimental Biochemistry     1 cr
BIOS 351            Immunology                    3 cr
BIOS 353            Immunology Lab                1 cr
BIOS 355            Pathogenic Micro              3 cr
BIOS 357            Pathogenic Micro Lab          2 cr
IN ADDITION:        Foreign Language              8 cr
                    (2 semesters, Goal 10B)
                    One of Goals 6, 7, or 8       3 cr
                    Electives                     4 cr
                                                  TOTAL: 32 cr

Senior Year

BIOS 433            Microbial Physiology          4 cr
BIOS 465            Microbial Genetics            3 cr
BIOS 467            Microbial Genetics Lab        1 cr
BIOS 475            General Virology              3 cr
BIOS 477            Bacterial Virology Lab        1 cr
                    OR
BIOS 478            Animal Virology Lab           1 cr
BIOS 491-492-       Seminar, to total:            2 cr
                    OR
BIOS 494            (Minimum of 1 cr. must
                    be in BIOS 494)
IN ADDITION:        Electives                     18 cr
                                                  TOTAL: 32 cr

Recommended Electives

BIOS 303            Principles of Animal
                    Physiology                    4 cr
BIOS 447            Biochemistry II               3 cr
CHEM 351-352        Physical Chemistry            6 cr
MATH 222*           Calculus and Analytic
                    Geometry II                   4 cr

*Students electing to take MATH 222 are advised to take MATH 121 rather than MATH 120 as the first calculus course.